U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions Monthly Review: August 2024
U.S. M&A deal activity decreased in August, going down 22% with 891 announcements compared to 1,142 in July. Aggregate M&A...
Energy Infrastructure at Risk as Hurricane Season Intensifies
As hurricane frequency and intensity increase due to climate change, it is crucial for companies with energy infrastructure in...
Less Than 50% of S&P 500 Companies Cited “Inflation” on Earnings Calls for Q2
With the year-over-year CPI number falling below 3.0% in recent months, did fewer S&P 500 companies comment on inflation during...
More Than 40% of S&P 500 Companies Cited “AI” on Earnings Calls for Q2
Artificial intelligence has been a focus topic for the market. Given the heightened interest, have more S&P 500 companies than...
Measuring Momentary Impacts of Latin America Presidential Elections on Public and Private Markets
Investors often look at the future economic policies of presidential candidates to forecast public versus private market...
During the initial generative AI boom, we presented a new methodology to derive AI companies from supply-chain relationship...
Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August 2024 is Projected to Rise 2.6% Year-Over-Year
The median estimate (year-over-year, not seasonally adjusted) for the consumer price index (CPI) for the month of August 2024 is...
How is the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem Evolving?
In our latest podcast episode, we sat down with executives from FactSet partner firm Coin Metrics, a data and analytics firm for...
Are Analysts Cutting EPS Estimates More Than Average for S&P 500 Companies for Q3?
During the months of July and August, analysts lowered EPS estimates for the third quarter within the range of recent averages.
Earnings Insight Infographic: Q2 2024 By the Numbers
Each week, Earnings Insight offers analysis of critical trends in the S&P 500. Here are key highlights of the second quarter 2024...
Navigating the Storm: An Analysis of the Global Financial Market Risk Outlook
Since the downturn of global financial markets on August 5—a so-called Black Monday given the significant losses across major...
The Implications of Libya’s Oil Production Outage
Yesterday, Libya’s eastern government announced all oilfields in the country will be shut and production and exports will stop.
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