ATVI News and Press, Activision Blizzard Inc From 01/17/23

On a report that its planned tie-up with a giant peer might be heading into rough regulatory waters, Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) stock took a body blow from investors on Tuesday. They traded the video game giant's shares down by nearly 3%, on a day when the S&P 500 index sl...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Video games are only getting better and more popular among consumers.  Worldwide sales of video games  are forecast to reach $221.40 billion in 2023, according to market research firm Statista, and continue growi...

Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) is expected to receive an European Union antitrust warning over its planned $69 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision ( NASDAQ: ATVI ). The European Commission is preparing a charge sheet called a statement of objections in regards to th...

Summary Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a gaming company which owns titles such as GTA, NBA 2K and Red Dead Redemption. They recently purchased Zynga for $12.7BN. We do not see the business being materially impacted by macroeconomic conditions weakening. There are many key op...

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) intends to release its fourth quarter 2022 results after the close of the market on Monday, February 6, 2023. As announced on January 18, 2022, Microsoft plans to acquire Activision Blizzard for $95.00 per share in an all-cash transaction. The transact...

Summary Compared to many other big tech companies, Microsoft Corporation could report great quarterly results with revenue still increasing 10%. Microsoft is not completely recession-proof, but its subscription model and the efforts to widen the company's moat will probably lead to stab...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips If you ask a thousand investment professionals what the best funds for a Roth IRA are, my guess is you’ll get close to a thousand different answers. Everyone looks at the task at hand slightly differently. I believe t...

Summary I significantly pruned my watchlist, removing a number of companies and adding in some high quality companies. I discuss my strategy of focusing on high quality companies and the mistakes I made including some cheap companies on previous watchlists. I name the top companies ...

The UK antitrust watchdog's review of Microsoft's ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) planned $69 billion takeover of Activision ( NASDAQ: ATVI ) was extended to late April from early March. The UK Competition and Markets Authority's review has been extended to April 26 from March 1, a...

Summary In today's update, we are reviewing the fourth-quarter performance of our Alan Lowenthal trading strategy and are analyzing his most interesting, and as always, well-timed trades. Lowenthal sold both his and his wife's Blackstone shares only days prior to the company announcing ...