Activision: High-Yield Investment Amid 2023 Downturn And Recession

LK Shelley
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Summary

  • Activision Blizzard is a top global video game company, forecasted to yield 23-25% higher returns in 2023.
  • That gives 10-15% higher returns than the S&P 500, even if the S&P 500 potentially reverses.
  • ATVI is a potential arbitrage trade for Warren Buffett and a good fundamental play for Berkshire Hathaway which already held nearly 15 million ATVI shares before the acquisition announcement.
  • MSFT has agreed to an acquisition price of $95 for ATVI, and its business value remains at $95 based on fundamentals even if the acquisition does not go through.

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LK is the managing partner at AVMCap, a crossover of FO and venture fund. We are an allocator for alternative asset funds and a direct investor in early ventures, as well as a variety of alternative deal structures in the blockchain space, but also more broadly in digital media, consumer mobile and tech. LK is passionate about driving innovation and growth with a practical approach to business, operations, and financial scale. From Canada originally, LK invested in resources and energy a decade ago.LK has over 22 years’ international experience in the US, EU and Asia/JP. She participated in and transacted investments from US$5-$900M and exited a couple of ventures of her own. Prev investments incl. Pinterest, Viber, Viki, fashion e-commerce, OTA, mobile games, IoT, AI projects (image, video, text NLP tech, video tagging platform), and blockchain (Kik, Filecoin, and others).In addition, she has been a speaker and given talks at numerous major conferences and events including TEDx 2017 on the topic of how Blockchain democratizes the Creative Industry. She is also an Opinion Columnist at CEOWorld. She holds MBA and MS degrees from MIT.LK is also an author of five invention patents, one of which was acquired by Google and four by IBM.#WriteLKS #WriteLKS4

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