New Posts For Thread: Gooldman Sachs buy share Betfair in fire salehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-saleWhy have done this? Betfair can still make growth, maybe put commission up to 10% or 15%. No need sell share to Gooldman. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/marketforceslive/2013/jul/08/betfair-stake-sale-softbank-goldmanMaybe with Gooldman can nowmaybe japan bank saw drama this week with horse AUSTRALIA having late suspend, going 2.2 to 3.7, and betfair say YES THIS OK, and thought maybe this is not good company no more. if red card in football in first few seconds match, but no suspend, ishttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533724747#533724747maybe japan bank saw drama this week with horse AUSTRALIA having late suspend, going 2.2 to 3.7, and betfair say YES THIS OK, and thought maybe this is not good company no more. if red card in football in first few seconds match, but no suspend, isMon, 08 Jul 2013 12:49:50 -0500Alongside the purchase of Sprint, the bank's bf holding was non-core and their sale has cleared an overhang.Bf's problem is that they were never worth anything near their float price if all the company can anticipate is growth in line with the movemehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533724227#533724227Alongside the purchase of Sprint, the bank's bf holding was non-core and their sale has cleared an overhang.Bf's problem is that they were never worth anything near their float price if all the company can anticipate is growth in line with the movemeMon, 08 Jul 2013 12:34:09 -0500^don't really agree with his analysis, but he always writes well.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533723421#533723421^don't really agree with his analysis, but he always writes well.Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:06:43 -0500http://www.markxdavies.com/2013/07/08/softbank-sell-out/https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533723013#533723013http://www.markxdavies.com/2013/07/08/softbank-sell-out/Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:49:05 -0500The big q. for me is what they advertise next.If it's their fine exchange prices, w/ some sort of guarantee that they'll match their rivals, then the exchange model might have life left in it.But their position is difficult b/c bm s can muddy the wathttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533722441#533722441The big q. for me is what they advertise next.If it's their fine exchange prices, w/ some sort of guarantee that they'll match their rivals, then the exchange model might have life left in it.But their position is difficult b/c bm s can muddy the watMon, 08 Jul 2013 11:29:56 -0500^and that assumes they can compete with the big sportsbooks. their sportsbook's prices and restrictions to date don't really bear that out, imo, in which case competing will involve throwing more and more money at marketing.the way the minor marketshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533721965#533721965^and that assumes they can compete with the big sportsbooks. their sportsbook's prices and restrictions to date don't really bear that out, imo, in which case competing will involve throwing more and more money at marketing.the way the minor marketsMon, 08 Jul 2013 11:12:06 -0500*the best they can hope for is growth IN LINE with the overall gaming markethttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533721475#533721475*the best they can hope for is growth IN LINE with the overall gaming marketMon, 08 Jul 2013 10:54:16 -0500SoftBank's purchase of bf shares has not worked out well for them.The premiss of the purchase was that bf was going to take over the betting world.Now bf's own most senior management advise that the best they can hope for is growth is online with thehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533721463#533721463SoftBank's purchase of bf shares has not worked out well for them.The premiss of the purchase was that bf was going to take over the betting world.Now bf's own most senior management advise that the best they can hope for is growth is online with theMon, 08 Jul 2013 10:53:29 -0500maybe they sells quick at fire price because someone told them london stock exchange want to put premium charge on share salehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533721389#533721389maybe they sells quick at fire price because someone told them london stock exchange want to put premium charge on share saleMon, 08 Jul 2013 10:50:37 -0500well, firstly you have to think why they chose to sell this particular asset at this particular price. and you need to see how the market responds, given that softbank's position is common knowledge and therefore should be factored into the price.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29997351/gooldman-sachs-buy-share-betfair-in-fire-sale?post_id=533720949#533720949well, firstly you have to think why they chose to sell this particular asset at this particular price. and you need to see how the market responds, given that softbank's position is common knowledge and therefore should be factored into the price.Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:35:38 -0500