Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors.
Activist investor Carl Icahn is back in action, this time announcing a 1.56% stake in Transocean (NYSE:RIG), his latest venture into the oil and gas industry. According to the company, Icahn's planned future purchase of Transocean shares would amount to at least 3.4 percent and make Icahn one of the top two shareholders, but it remains unclear as to whether he will take an activist role.
Read the rest at the stockpucker blog here...
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
Seeking Alpha's Disclosure: Past performance is no guarantee of future results. No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor. Any views or opinions expressed above may not reflect those of Seeking Alpha as a whole. Seeking Alpha is not a licensed securities dealer, broker or US investment adviser or investment bank. Our analysts are third party authors that include both professional investors and individual investors who may not be licensed or certified by any institute or regulatory body.
