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  1. Rainman

    Rainman Senior Investor

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    I saw a link on Yahoo Finance.

    http://ophirgottlieb.tumblr.com/post/128034479889/google-or-facebook-will-buy-twitter-soon
    Either way, Twitter is on sale. There will be a buyer. Period.

    Is there something to it or these rumors that are supposed to drive up Twitter's stock prices? The interested buyers according to the writer of the article are Facebook and Google. It would be a huge acquisition for the buyer.
     
  2. 111kg

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    A bit offtopic, but I'd rather prefer to watch and see what happens next. Even if Twitter won't be bought, it's an unique opportunity to see how the stocks will "behave" in the upcoming weeks. Even if we don't buy, at least we'll have an idea about how the market reacts on these rumors.
     
  3. crimsonghost747

    crimsonghost747 Senior Investor

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    Most likely this is just speculation that it would be possible... doesn't mean that it will happen. Or that a big corporation (such as the ones mentioned) is even thinking about it.
     
  4. baudwalk

    baudwalk Senior Investor

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    Twitter is interesting because as an internet entity it is huge, but as a public company it is garbage. They just have no way to monetize the site to get any real valuation. I could see Google buying it just as another place to put Adwords. In a way, Twitter is very similar to Youtube in that it is a huge entity, but it hard to create profits. Google bought youtube, and then integreated adwords into it.. they could easily do the same with Twitter. Instead of twitter having to find and cultivate it´s own advertiser network, Google could just plug in the already existing adwords network.

    But I think Google and everyone else is smart enough not to buy right now.. Twitter is going to tank, and in a year they will be able to buy it at half price, and it will still have the same value to them.
     
  6. Rainman

    Rainman Senior Investor

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    They [interested buyers] are probably floating the idea [the buyout] to see how Twitter responds. Should Twitters marketing campaign [to get more subscribers] fail then they'll obviously seriously consider selling the company before it's value drops too far. Can't wait to see how this plays out.
     
  7. JR Ewing

    JR Ewing Super Moderator Staff Member

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    I recently bought a very small speculative nibble after it got beaten down good. Still have puts here as well. I'll sell if it jumps up significantly again, otherwise I'm confident I'll make money on the puts. Twitter is one of those stocks that doesn't seem to ever stay put - it's usually moving one way or another.

    Reports, rumors, etc not coming from a well-known reputable source should be ignored.
     
  8. Onionman

    Onionman Senior Investor

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    There has been plenty of speculation about this for a while. He's not actually saying anything majorly new given that: Twitter clearly has management problems, Google and Facebook are seeing plenty of traction, and we just haven't seen enough consolidation in this industry yet.

    I would be wary though of someone that writes to simply "pump and dump" the stock. If it was coming from an established analyst I would be more interested, simply because the investment banking arm of the firm might have got wind of M&A business there.
     
  9. baudwalk

    baudwalk Senior Investor

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    FWIW BBC Business News just reported the Twitter Board of Directors will be meeting later today (Thursday) to discuss the hunt for a new CEO. First time I saw anything about it. Watch Twitter, StockTwits, Periscope during the day. No doubt Bloomberg and CNBC should have something by end of day. Let's see what if anything lights the wick.
     

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