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How Spinoffs Affect Your Stocks

Stocks and Spinoffs When stocks you own spins off a segment or division of its business, the company you own changes.  Not only do you now have two companies instead of one, the parent or original company is no longer the same as it was prior to the spinoff.  Consequently, this can change not only …

11 Investable Consumer Non-Durables: Finding Value in Food, Footwear, Apparel, Alcohol and Tobacco: Part 4

Introduction My primary objective with this series of articles (identifying attractively valued stocks in different sectors) is to provide the reader with a clear perspective of just how different individual stocks are and how different companies operating in different sectors are.  It is my opinion and experience that investors worry far too much about what …