More Bank Mergers? Don’t Bank On It
Talk of increased bank M&A isn’t unfounded: There has been much speculation about increased bank M&A, including from Treasury...
U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions Monthly Review: May 2023
U.S. M&A deal activity increased in May, going up 10% with 1,201 announcements compared to 1,092 in April. Aggregate M&A spending...
M&A Revival on the Horizon Amidst Challenging Capital Markets
Capital markets have been cruddy lately. Higher interest rates and stubbornly elevated volatility in the fixed-income market have...
The Bridesmaid: Secondary Liquidity Investment Trends from 1999-2022
Wedding season is in full swing, and as many are searching for cheap suits and flights, we’ve looked at an always-invested-in...
The Box Office Bounce Back: Entertainment Stocks Produce Strong Returns
Ditching the dual monitors to take in a big-screen flick is not a bad way to unwind after a long day and busy earnings season....
Is Plant-Based Innovation Emerging as a Solution & Investable Opportunity?
This article specifically examines a topic that spans many of those areas: trends in plant-based and alternative proteins...
The Great Dividend Divide: Spotting Clues from Two Telling Companies’ Payout Changes
With the bulk of Q1 earnings season in the rearview mirror, investors have a better sense of where things stand at the macro and...
Back to the Future? A Look Back at 1994
Last year we noted some similarities between the current interest rate cycle and that of 1994. In both cases, the Fed had held...
U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions Monthly Review: April 2023
U.S. M&A deal activity decreased in April, going down 20.4% with 1,029 announcements compared to 1,292 in March. However,...
M&A in Metals & Mining: Future Proofing Mine Portfolios
Mining M&A activity has been substantially rejuvenated this year following a decade of persistently low transaction values...
This Week’s Bank Tracker: Key Dates, SLOOS Results, PacWest, Fed Balances, and Interest Rates
The Fed’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey results were quite bearish. PacWest deposit decline is not only a problem for...
Consumer Staples Sector: How Risks Are Evolving
Potential investor risk is one way to consider the elements comprising many ESG scores. Through that lens, one could further...
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