Louis Basenese helped direct over $1 billion in institutional capital at Morgan Stanley before leaving Wall Street for Silicon Valley. Now, as the world’s premier venture capital analyst, Louis tracks early investment opportunities born from technological breakthroughs and new drug discoveries. His deep expertise of patents, buyouts, takeovers, mergers & acquisitions, Reg-D offerings, and crowdfunding has given Louis genuine star power on frontline media outlets like CNBC. Louis serves as the Investment Director for his wildly popular publications True Alpha, The Takeover Alert, Extreme Alpha, and The Crypto Alert.
An Important Change to Your Takeover Alert Subscription
I have some very exciting news to share about The Takeover Alert — so please read this email carefully so you know what’s going on. As you probably know, I launched The Takeover Alert with Jonathan Rodriguez and Martin Hutchinson over the summer. And in that short time, we’ve given you chances to rack up some impressive gains.
Year-End Portfolio Review
As promised, I wanted to provide you with several important position updates before we flip the calendar to 2018.
An Inevitable Takeover Battle
We have a new takeover target for you today. The company is currently in a standstill agreement with a larger competitor. This means that the bigger company is unable to make a hostile bid for the smaller firm. But this agreement expires soon…
The Data is in on this New Media Company
When I first recommended this new media company in early November, we only entered half a position. So let’s pounce on this new opportunity to scoop up shares of the next up-and-coming media platform at such heavily discounted prices while it still exists.
The Healthcare Takeover Wars
With the threat of Amazon entering the healthcare space, expect more defensive and offensive moves in the industry. That includes a rush of takeovers.
Put Your Profits Back to Work Right Away
Today, we’re going to take some profits in Planet Payment, Inc. (PLPM). Instead of squirreling them all away, though, I’m recommending you put the combined proceeds back to work immediately in theMaven, Inc. (MVEN).