For the past several years, most investors focused on one of two possible acquisition strategies — they either went after
only core assets in prime areas or concentrated exclusively on value - add opportunities, according to Mark Keschl, national director of the retail services group with Colliers International.
Some of the older options included small - cap stocks, preferred shares, and real estate investment trusts (REITs), but I switched to recommending a three - ETF portfolio covering
only the core asset classes.
Not exact matches
It has become very challenging for
core fund managers to compete with aggressive direct buyers, and this may
only get worse as the new owners look to hold these
core assets long - term.
In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) and the iShares
Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: IVV) are the
only ETFs trading in the United States with more than $ 100 billion in
assets under management.
Big electricity and energy utilities are boring dividend plays, with heavily regulated
core assets subject to rules that
only let them raise prices by a formula based on inflation rates.
Ethernet equipment vendor Extreme Networks (NASDAQ: EXTR) has acquired the remaining
core technology
assets of Soapstone Networks (Pink Sheets: SOAP.PK) for an undisclosed sum that Extreme will
only say is less than $ 5 million.
This award is not
only an affirmation of our
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asset to their communities — instead of potential liability.
While an official confirmation is yet to be made, the fact that the deal will
only focus on the software
assets and Fitbit is supposedly looking to sell off the product inventory, it follows logic that consumers will need to bid adieu to the Pebble
Core and Time 2 devices.