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Q&A: Buying Big, Struggling Companies; Adding to Losers

The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

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The High Stakes of Management Decisions

This chapter explores the critical influence of management decisions on shareholder value, focusing on the pitfalls of poor capital allocation and mergers. It highlights the risks associated with ego-driven acquisitions and critiques practices like stock buybacks, using AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner as a cautionary example.

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