Very few companies find themselves on an ever-improving business path. It's way more common for a business to cycle between good times and bad times, especially if it has been around for a long time.

Sometimes, usually when a business is having a tough time, an activist investor will show up and take a large stake in the company with the hope of spurring management and the board of directors to improve performance in some specific ways.

If this happens to a company you're a shareholder in, you'll need to think carefully about what this means for you.

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Source Fool.com