RE: $51barneytalks, your comments are astute and I agree with much of what you say. One positive from all this is that the larger company will pull in more investment flows from the institutional money managers that don't do deep sector research and index-type investors. That will be a positive counterbalance to the increased risk (integration risk, higher costs, etc.).
But I've got to say that even though it would take more work, I wish Goldcorp would have gone the route of buying many juniors/mid-tier companies over many months/years. That's where the value and big upside is. Going in that direction would also likely have a stronger impact on elevating the entire gold market, IMO.
So it goes. Goldcorp is empire building.