U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions Monthly Review: Oct. 2022
U.S. M&A deal activity decreased in October, going down 2.7% with 1,178 announcements compared to 1,211 in September. However,...
Spinoffs Suddenly Popular on Wall Street: Deal Flow Higher Year-on-Year
November 2021 was perhaps the height of speculation with many stocks and cryptocurrencies notching new all-time highs while...
A Santa Claus Rally in Buybacks? A Record Year Shaping Up
The beat rate has been decent thus far, but third-quarter earnings estimates have come down significantly from where they were on...
On the World’s Stage: The Middle East & Growth in the 21st century
This month’s chart examines the region from a private markets performance perspective. As a follow-up to the dive into Emerging...
Five Research Findings on Earnings Date Timing That Affect Trading
Third quarter earnings season recently began. To complement the slew of new reports, Wall Street Horizon looks at recent findings...
The Path Forward for the Asian Apparel and Footwear Industry
To understand the pandemic’s effect on the apparel and footwear industry, we analyzed financial data for manufacturers and trade...
The Asian Apparel and Footwear Industry Looks to Recovery
There are two big agenda items that are going to affect the apparel and footwear industry: delivering on sustainability...
U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions Monthly Review: Sep. 2022
U.S. M&A deal activity decreased in September, going down 15.9% with 1,054 announcements compared to 1,254 in August. However,...
Tracking the Infrastructure Asset Class in a Downmarket
Listed infrastructure equities have performed relatively well year-to-date while at the same time expected high growth has...
Q4 2022 Investor Conference and Events Highlights
What a year it has been. The traditional 60/40 stock/bond portfolio is pacing for its worst year since 1920, according to Bank of...
In for a Penny: Comparing FTSE Performance Against Various Private Market Geographies
This month's chart uses the FTSE 350 as a proxy for historical public market sentiment of the UK in comparison to Cobalt’s...
Stock Buybacks Under Attack: Tracking Share Repurchase Events Ahead of 2023
On August 16, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. With its passage comes a new 1% excise tax on...
The best way to understand what makes FactSet different is to see it for yourself. We've worked with investment professionals for 40 years, so we understand your workflow and know precisely how to help. Talk to us about your challenges, and we’ll help you design the most effective solutions for your firm with everything you need — and not what you don’t.
The information contained in this article is not investment advice. FactSet does not endorse or recommend any investments and assumes no liability for any consequence relating directly or indirectly to any action or inaction taken based on the information contained in this article.