Reading Time: 2 minutesThe J. M. Smucker Co. SJM announced plans to acquire Hostess Brands TWNK for $34.25 per share, implying a total enterprise value of $5.6 billion.Hostess, founded in 1930, has been through two Chapter 11 bankruptcies. The company was bought out of liquidation a decade ago by two investment companies and then returned to the public
Dissecting The All Too Famous Zig-Zag Pattern
A zigzag in a bull market is a simple three-wave declining pattern labeled A-B-C. The wave sequence is 5-3-5.
- A three wave move in Wave A, signals a flat or triangle for Wave B
- A triangle always occurs in a position prior to the final wave
- Wave C is the final wave in the sequence