Positive Spin-off Stock News Increasing

News that companies may be considering what I think of as "positive stock spin-offs" seems to be on the upswing. It is a relief to read about spin-offs that are hoping to capture the positives that can be gained by separating off portions of companies that are likely to do better standing alone than as part of a larger entity.

After a number of reports of companies wanting to spin off toxic portions of their businesses to get responsibility for them into someone else's hands ( anyone else's ), this can only be viewed as positive.

For us value investors, when a deal can be put together that creates the edge that spin-off stocks have had in the past, this can only be viewed as a positive sign.