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Our Yahoo Stock Forecast 2016 Shows Losses Will Continue

By , Sr. Cannabis Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email

Our Yahoo stock forecast 2016 has found three catalysts that will determine the health of the Yahoo stock price.

YHOO is already down 8.47% into 2016, and current shareholders remain in limbo about the future of the company under CEO Marissa Mayer.

If you want to know what to expect as a YHOO shareholder in 2016, our forecast breaks down everything that needs to be on your radar.

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Why the Yahoo Stock Price Dropped After New Activist Proposal Today

By , Sr. Cannabis Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email

The Yahoo stock price is down after hedge fund investor Eric Jackson proposed a 99-page plan to unlock Yahoo shareholder value.

Jackson wants Marissa Mayer fired and wants Yahoo to keep its failing Internet business.

But larger shareholders want Mayer to sell off the Internet business, which may make it even more difficult to unlock value for Yahoo shareholders...

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The Only Way Marissa Mayer Can Avoid Yahoo's "Kodak Moment"

By , Executive Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email

When folks ask me why I'm such a business-news junkie, I point to the up-and-down sagas like the one that continues to play out at the Marissa Mayer-helmed Yahoo.

Thanks to Yahoo's pre-IPO stake in Alibaba Group, the long-suffering shareholders of that wheezing Internet pioneer found themselves with a $40 billion windfall when China's top e-commerce firm went public in September 2014.

Not only was it a terrific drama, but my Private Briefing readers got the chance to clean up on the 50%+ rocket ride Yahoo shares took that year.

So watching Team Mayer fumble that victory – transforming it into another period of deep shareholder pain – has been profoundly disappointing.

But here's the good news.

I know exactly what Mayer needs to do to save Yahoo and its shareholders from absolute ruin.

You see, I've seen this before...

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The YHOO Stock Price Is in Trouble Heading into 2016

By , Sr. Cannabis Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email

The YHOO stock price is down today despite Verizon's potential interest in purchasing Yahoo's Internet business.

CEO Marissa Meyers is under heavy pressure to start providing more value to YHOO shareholders, and a sale of the company's Internet business might be her only option.

Read on to find out the warnings signs as to why the YHOO stock price is in deep trouble heading into 2016...

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Yahoo Earnings for Q3 2015 (Nasdaq: YHOO)

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email

Yahoo earnings for Q3 2015 will be released after the bell today (Tuesday). And analysts are expecting earnings per share (EPS) of $0.17 and revenue of $1.26 billion.

Those estimates represent a year-over-year drop of 67% for earnings and a gain of 14.8% for revenue.

While investors are looking for EPS and revenue figures, there's a more important factor for investors to watch...

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Why Yahoo Stock Is Climbing Ahead of the Alibaba Spin-Off (Nasdaq: YHOO)

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email

Yahoo stock has climbed 16% in October. Now investors are awaiting the Q3 earnings report on Tuesday, Oct. 20, as a lackluster report could put an end to that run.

And while investors will be focusing on earnings per share and revenue, the most important part of the Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) earnings report will be an update on the Alibaba stock spin-off.

Here's why the spin-off is so important for Yahoo shareholders...