Ackman out at JCPenney, Icahn investing in Apple?
This final note on the way out, which comes with the observation that it’s been a busy day for what’re commonly called “activist investors.”
First, a guy named Bill Ackman, who runs a hedge fund called Pershing Square Capital Management, was squeezed off the board of JCPenney this morning. It’s a kind of inside baseball thing involving who’s gonna actually run the struggling retailer, but it does get me to the juicy bit of today’s activist shareholder news.
Carl Icahn — activist-shareholder extraordinaire — tweeted this this afternoon:
We currently have a large position in APPLE. We believe the company to be extremely undervalued. Spoke to Tim Cook today. More to come.
— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) August 13, 2013
Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again shortly.
— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) August 13, 2013
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