Wall Street Unplugged
Episode: 547August 31, 2017

Steve Koomar: This could be Amazon’s next big acquisition

Welcome back to another episode of Wall Street Unplugged.

For many investors, Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition was the death knell for brick and mortar retail…

This week, Steve Koomar, former derivative trader at Goldman Sachs and editor of Vigilante Investor, breaks down the acquisition… and explains how retail’s downward spiral has created one of the largest disconnects in the market today.

This disconnect, Steve says, has opened the gates for private equity firms or companies like Amazon – companies desperately looking to improve earnings – to scoop up exceptional brick and mortars at rock-bottom valuations.

He also shares a list of companies that could be the next takeover target. For value investors, it doesn’t get any better than this…

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