By the end of the year, Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) will let go of its 15% stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA).
What as of late been the most significant Yahoo stock price driver will no longer factor into the day-to-day trading decisions of investors buying and selling Yahoo. This sounds dire.
The Chinese stock market has performed relatively well this year. But it's rushing headlong into an outpouring of China bears souring on the country's growth.
A number of other indicators - weak factory production, slowing car sales - have international investors questioning whether the so-called "Chinese Economic Miracle" is losing steam.
It hasn't, and Western analysts currently have these three stock picks wrong...
The Yahoo stock price was hammered last week.
Already on a downward trajectory earlier in the week, it fell 6%, closing at $43.43. That is a three-month low.
The most disappointing part of this drop was that it really wasn't Yahoo's fault.
Here's what happened - and why YHOO will rise in 2015...
The 2015 Yahoo stock forecast will, at least, reward shareholders with a 25% gain.
That's because Yahoo stock has been moving in tandem with Alibaba stock since the Alibaba IPO.
But there are other factors that could push Yahoo beyond even that optimistic 25% figure.
Yahoo stock secured a win in mobile ad revenue, according to a recent report.
It looks like Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) is going to overtake Twitter in market share for mobile ads.
This is a welcome development. But will it help Yahoo with a true turnaround?
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) stock got a bump today on news that it worked out a deal with browser Mozilla Firefox.
The deal would swap out Google's search engine with Yahoo's as the default home page for the browser. This ends a 10-year deal and starts a new five-year venture.
Yahoo looks to have gotten the upper hand on Google, though the story is hardly that simple...
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) stock is seeing some gains today on its Brightroll acquisition.
This purchase is the latest in a number of acquisitions made by Mayer in her "turnaround" since 2012.
But these buys are not what's propelling YHOO to new heights.
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) stock rose 4.5% today (Wednesday).
But why? Slight revenue growth was the only good thing to come of YHOO's earnings report Tuesday.
That's why YHOO investors need to see some key events take place to improve Yahoo's outlook.
Yahoo Inc! (Nasdaq: YHOO) stock got a boost in after-market trading following an earnings report that beat analyst estimates.
But the numbers are hardly as optimistic as they seem…
The most exciting business headline today will have to be that of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) earnings, to be released later today.
Even more interesting than the report will be the quarterly earnings call, when YHOO management will likely be grilled by analysts on its plan moving forward.
This earnings season will be awash in fascinating storylines from corporate America, and the technology earnings season will no doubt weave the most interesting of narratives.
That's because tech has been on a roll for the third quarter.
Here are the four stocks to watch as tech unveils one of its most important quarters…
It's been a tough time for Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) shareholders, which is likely why some prominent investors with large stakes in the company are wondering, "Will Alibaba buy Yahoo?"
Over the last few years, shareholders have had to watch as YHOO has struggled to turnaround its core business, while the bulk of its value as a stock lie in its lucrative holdings overseas.
Here are the tough decisions YHOO is going to have to make before any Alibaba purchase can happen.
U.S. markets rebounded Friday, with biotech companies leading the charge in today's session. The markets got a strong shot in the arm after the U.S. Commerce Department revised GDP growth upward for the second quarter. The U.S. economy accelerated at its strongest pace in 30 months.
Here are the top stories from the stock market today…
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) stock has been up over the last two years ahead of the Alibaba IPO, given its value as a backdoor play on the Chinese e-commerce company's largest IPO in history.
So what is Alibaba's value to Yahoo?
To understand this better, it’s better to look at YHOO as two separate businesses.
Now that the long-awaited Alibaba IPO (NYSE: BABA) is here and the stock starts trading tomorrow (Friday) -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer has some big decisions on her plate.
Yahoo figures to get a massive windfall from its 22.5% stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant, thanks to a prescient $1 billion investment the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Internet pioneer made in 2005.
But now Yahoo needs to put that money to work, primarily through key acquisitions.
Here are the companies most likely to be on Yahoo's shopping list...
