{"id":72847,"date":"2026-04-09T12:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/paramount-skydance-psky-soars-as-funds-pledge-billions-for-wbd-buyout\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:42:13","slug":"paramount-skydance-psky-soars-as-funds-pledge-billions-for-wbd-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/paramount-skydance-psky-soars-as-funds-pledge-billions-for-wbd-buyout\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Skydance (PSKY) Soars as Funds Pledge Billions for WBD Buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Paramount Skydance Corp. (NASDAQ:PSKY) is one of the <strong>10 Stocks With Effortless Gains.<\/strong><!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Paramount Skydance soared for a 6th straight day on Tuesday, climbing 10.66 percent to close at $10.90 apiece, as investors gobbled up shares following news that it earned the backing of three Middle Eastern funds for its $110-billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->A report by the Wall Street Journal, citing people privy to the matter, said that Paramount Skydance Corp. (NASDAQ:PSKY) inked equity commitments amounting to $24 billion from three sovereign wealth funds led by Saudi Arabia to help back its takeover of Warner Bros.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-750ceo\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-lglytj\" style=\"--max-height: 512px;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-lglytj\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 768 \/ 512; --img-max-width: 768px;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ZLyKNa7wyhvm2eWnMGT9kg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/insidermonkey.com\/e3c84bffd95ecba3ede86d4a4cd63c08\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"512\" width=\"768\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Of the total, Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund pledged $10 billion, with the support of Qatar Investment Authority and Abu Dhabi&#8217;s L&#8217;imad Holding.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Apart from the Persian Gulf-based investment firms, Paramount Skydance Corp. (NASDAQ:PSKY) also secured a $45.7 billion backing from billionaire Larry Ellison and his trust, as well as RedBird Capital Partners, which agreed to invest $250 million.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Paramount Skydance Corp. (NASDAQ:PSKY) expects to close the acquisition in the third quarter of the year.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In the event that the transaction is not closed by September 30, Paramount Skydance Corp. (NASDAQ:PSKY) would pay each WBD shareholder a $0.25 per share of what it called a \u201cticking fee\u201d for each quarter until the successful closing of the transaction.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->While we acknowledge the potential of PSKY as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. 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