If Inorganic Growth Is Bad, Why Is the Disney/Fox Deal Good?

In this segment of the Market Foolery podcast, host Mac Greer, Total Income's Ron Gross, and Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser explain the underlying reasons why Fools, as a rule, don't give growth that comes from mergers and acquisitions (M&A) the same weight as gains made by improving your existing business. But more to the point, they discuss what they think makes Disney's (NYSE: DIS) massive 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOX) (NASDAQ: FOXA) acquisition a potential exception to that rule.

A full transcript follows the video.

Source: Fool.com