AT&T-Time; Warner: A Deal Hedge Funds Won’t Touch
New mantra for those who trade on difficult deals: ‘Don’t fight the president’
The once-mighty merger arbitrager has been humbled.
Time Warner Inc. shares closed Tuesday some $20 a share below the price spelled out Saturday in AT&T Inc.’s $85 billion takeover bid.
The big discount in Time Warner’s stock price means that an investor who buys the stock today and holds it would make around 17% annualized if the...