Alibaba IPO could be ‘huge’ for Yahoo shareholders: Sizemore

by John Spence|Published April 24, 2014

Wall Street is abuzz as Chinese internet giant Alibaba reportedly prepares to file paperwork for what could be one of the biggest initial public offerings in history.

Sizemore Global Macro portfolio manager Charles Sizemore was recently interviewed by E-Commerce Times for his insights on the expected IPO and how it could affect Yahoo (YHOO), which owns a stake in Alibaba.

According to the report:

“The impact will be huge for Yahoo shareholders,” Charles Sizemore, a portfolio manager on Covestor, told the E-Commerce Times.

“Subtracting its cash in the bank and its Alibaba stake, the market is awarding Yahoo a valuation of close to zero. Why? Outside of Alibaba, Yahoo’s revenues are skimpy. Yahoo commands about 4 percent of the online ad market, vs. over 50 percent for Google,” he pointed out.

Read the full article at E-Commerce Times.

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John Spence

John leads the editorial organization at Covestor, including the production, editing and distribution of content. He has extensive experience with creating high quality financial content and his work has appeared in several national newspapers and print publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune. Previously, he covered personal finance for MarketWatch.com and ETFtrends.com. In his early career, John was an editor for IndexFunds.com and IndexUniverse.com. From 2004 to 2011, he also wrote a weekly ETF Investing column for Dow Jones. He earned a BA from Middlebury College, and an MFA in Writing from the University of San Francisco.

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