Value Investing News

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

After its second bid was rejected, a frustrated Microsoft turned its back and walked away. This infuriated Yahoo shareholders who had seen the bid as the company’s last chance to regain profitability. A contingent led by Carl Icahn instigated a proxy battle, seeking to oust Yahoo’s current board of directors and replace it with candidates of his choosing.

Viacom and CBS shareholders are better off since the company split a year and a half ago, Sumner Redstone told CNBC's Maria Bartiromo.

Wall Street and the private market may differ substantially in their valuations of a business, and that’s an opportunity for the Boyar Value Fund. The fund aims to buy businesses at a significant discount to their intrinsic value with the idea that, over time, the market will value them appropriately, or they will be acquired. Relying on in-depth fundamental research, the manager Mark Boyar runs