by Amit Kumar
value traps, 60; Ackman and activist investing on, 153–54; AIG insurance case study of, 61–63, 65–66, 66; bankruptcy and, 64, 65–66, 67; Carpetright case study of, 67, 68, 69; financial crisis of 2008 and, 63–65; hidden options escape from, 204–8; Internet retail and, 71–72; other examples of, 69–72; revival from, 203–4; Roberts on, 180; traits of, 69–70
Verizon, 55, 75
video subscriptions, 205–8
VIX, 111–12, 113
Vixie, Paul, 155
Vodafone AirTouch, 32
Volkswagen, 196, 197
Walmart, 165–66, 167, 182
Washington Post, 143–44
way of pricing, 122, 123
way of timing, 122, 123, 132–33
weaknesses evaluation, 130–31
Western Union (WU), 192–94, 193
Weyerhaeuser, 130
WhatsApp, 33
White, William, 139–40
Whitman, Meg, 29, 71
World Bank, 141
write-down provisions, 84–86
WU. See Western Union
Yahoo!, 70, 204
Yellen, Janet, 109–10
YouTube, 206
Zell, Sam, 137