2023 Tracks as the Weakest Buyback Announcement Year Since Before 2016
Wall Street Horizon has closely monitored the trend in corporate buybacks throughout 2023. It has been a bit like watching paint...
Playing the Long Game: Comparing VC & Buyouts Across Different Time Horizons
Within private markets, there’s often a focus on core metrics such as internal rates of return, multiples, and public market...
What’s behind the view in some pockets that artificial intelligence can make predictions? Can AI predict the future? When people...
9 Ways to Use Generative Artificial Intelligence Today
As businesses grapple with how to harness the impressive power of generative artificial intelligence, decision makers are asking...
US Mergers & Acquisitions Monthly Review: September 2023
U.S. M&A deal activity decreased in September, going down 12.6% with 1,033 announcements compared to 1,182 in August. However,...
Read-Throughs From Day 1 of Bank Earnings Season
Investment banking bounce: Debt underwriting revenues showed some strength as issuers adjusted to higher-longer. M&A bounced off...
More BRICS in the Wall: Analyzing the Effect of Currency Choice on Fund Performance
In light of the recent BRICS summit and the group’s goal of de-dollarization, we explored the effects of currency choice on...
Looking Ahead to Bank Earnings Season
Bank stocks underperform into earnings season: Both the BKX and KRX materially underperformed performed the S&P 500 in the last...
Infrastructure Underperformance and Potential Growth Drivers
The infrastructure asset class has had a tough period against leading indices since the Covid pandemic began. We look at several...
Bank Stocks Outperform Ahead of Earnings
Bank stocks outperform: For both the week and 3Q23 overall, both the BKX and KRX outperformed the S&P 500. Early earnings...
Data Strategies to Prepare Portfolios for Volatility
It’s that time of year. The kids are back in school, the summer heat has given way to cool breezes, pumpkin spice is out in full...
US Mergers & Acquisitions Monthly Review: August 2023
U.S. M&A deal activity increased in August, going up 7% with 1,136 announcements compared to 1,062 in July. Aggregate M&A...
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