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Posted by Martin June 22, 2024

The Complex Journey of Yahoo’s Investment in Alibaba and the Current State of BABA Stock

Yahoo’s investment in Alibaba (BABA) in 2005 marked a significant milestone in the tech world, demonstrating the potential of international partnerships and investments in emerging markets. However, the journey has been fraught with challenges, regulatory hurdles, and corporate governance issues. This blog post delves into the intricacies of Yahoo’s investment, the controversial spin-off of Alipay Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 11, 2023

Technical view: BABA (BABA)

  BABA is now in stage #2. China reopening its economy after a draconical Covid shutdown is helping Chinese stocks. The CCP also reversed or at least is trying to, their policy on the economy and private businesses. They agreed to allow for account audits by the US PCAOB which literally averted the risk of Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 26, 2021

2021 Week 25 investing and trading report

June 2021 is almost over, one more week and the month’s books can be closed. Although our options income was good this month, our account grew little compared to previous months. As you will see in this investing and trading report, our net-liq went up by 5.15% this month only. Our options revenue was 5.47% Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 19, 2014

I do not trade stocks but couldn’t help trading BABA

If you follow my blog, you know that I use two strategies – 1) I invest into dividend growth stocks and 2) I trade options.   When speaking about stocks, I invest into stocks. I do not trade them. In the past I chose dividend stocks for two reasons: Dividend income Long term investment In Continue reading →

New Trade – Alibaba (BABA), I too decided to take this play and bought a few shares

New Trade - Alibaba (BABA), I too decided to take this play and bought a few shares

Not exactly a dividend growth stock here, but the prospect was appealing and made me think to buy some shares of Alibaba (BABA). When I first heard about BABA in the news and all the frenzy it created I said myself “Not interested”. I do not do IPOs nor buy post IPOs. I only made Continue reading →