an individual or group such as a hedge fund that takes a significant position in a public companies stock with the intention of making major changes to the company’s strategy in order to boost its share price Target companies for activist investors typically are not well managed have bloated costs and can be broken up or taken private to realize their underline value in a way that’s existing management is not willing to undertake activist investors May pursue many strategies to accomplish their goals such as game board seats or engage in proxy fights
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tendency of people with significant potential to file claims wanting…
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book value adjusted for market value on the balance sheet
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