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theprof00 on 14 May 2013
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kowenicki said:
theprof00 said:
kowenicki said:
theprof00 said:
kowenicki said:
Yen and suggested break up of Sony.

Yen really hasn't changed since last week, and if anything has gone down.
the suggested break up of sony was just by a hedge fund manager....so it would be speculation on the part of investors, creaming at the thought of lopping off the weaker divisions into other companies. 


correct.

it has nothing to do with a single phone model.  that would be ludicrous.

I'm not really familiar with the investor mindset, but I don't really take them to be very smart for the most part, at least not about the video game industry.

You don't think a huge selling phone would do that? eh, maybe you're right.

well seeing as revenue doubling in mobile lead to massive losses in that division last year.. no, it wouldnt.

A new phone wouldnt cause the value of a company like Sony to increase by over 10%.  they are too diverse for that by far.

Did they turn a profit in the phone division last quarter?
It's so hard to keep up with where Sony is putting their assets. Is phone in the same as gaming?

And even then, the profit margin was pretty small (17m$)..
And also sale of buildings helped with the bottom line.

Yeah, I see your point.
But man, this idea just makes investers sound rather silly.
Some guy (albeit someone who owns 6% of the stock) says they should lop off an arm, and everyone jumps on the train.

(I would sell the pc business, myself.. that's another television division waiting to happen)
EDIT: Although, he's not really asking them to sell off divisions, correct? He's asking them to split...so like, tv division becomes "Bravia Corp", and pc division become "vaio corp", so that the main Sony only includes great margin divisions...in theory, this would skyrocket the stock. This would account for the rise today, definitely, but are people taking what this guy is asking for so seriously?