AT&T Inc. Buying DirecTV Is a Megamerger; Will the Stocks Reflect It?

By Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson – May 21, 2014 at 2:07PM

With AT&T Inc. buying DirecTV, is it a good time to buy stock? And what about some potential mergers and unmergers down the road?

With the monster deal of AT&T (T 0.37%) buying out DirecTV (DTV +0.00%), it got us thinking about whether there's ever a good time to jump on a stock during a merger or acquisition. It also made us consider a few previous couplings that would probably be better if they broke up -- hello, Microsoft (MSFT 0.44%) and Skype -- and a few minglings we'd like to see happen, such as Google (GOOG 2.17%) gobbling up Zillow (Z 2.13%).

In the video below, Motley Fool banking analysts Matt Koppenheffer and contributor David Hanson talk about mergers, acquisitions, and spinoffs they'd like to see.

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Matt is the head of the Coverage Team for The Motely Fool's premium products. Previously, he's been . Matt is a heavy user of AI tools and is working on harnessing them to help Fool members. Previously, Matt was GM of Motley Fool Ascent, led The Motley Fool Deutschland, has been an investor on various Fool services, and co-hosted the podcast "Where the Money Is". He also co-authored the book The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global. Matt started his career in San Francisco as a technology-focused investment banker and also worked at a $15 billion private equity company. When he's thinking about how to make Fools smarter, happier, and richer, you can usually find Matt running trails or making a mess in the kitchen. He's a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, but is a lifelong fan of Penn State football.

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