Download PDF USA US equities traded mostly at a loss this week, with the S&P and Nasdaq closing the week at -0.16% and -0.39%, respectively. The Russell 2000 also closed below the weekly open at -0.24%, while the Dow Jones closed at +0.12%. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) was the big mover among Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Internationally, Bed Bath & Beyond is probably best known for its prominent role in the 2021 meme stock craze. Inside the US, however, the firm and its specialty homeware shops were a central part of popular culture. The company’s April 23rd bankruptcy capped off a tumultuous couple Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Swap spreads, which measure the difference between the fixed rate on a swap and the yield on a Treasury bond of the same maturity, have often been negative in recent years, particularly in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008. This phenomenon has puzzled market participants, Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Inflation made a return post pandemic and has been affecting all market participators for 18 months now. In this article, we will dive into the persistence of inflation in the UK specifically and the struggles the UK has had to face trying to cool this red-hot inflation Read more…
Download PDF Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Before delving into commercial real estate (CRE), which will be the focus of this article, it is useful to provide an overview of the Real Estate Market. The Real Estate sector is expected to reach a size of $613.6tn in 2023, with the Read more…
Download PDF Introduction The potential $23bn hostile takeover of Teck Resources (NYSE: TECK) by the commodities behemoth, Glencore (LON: GLEN), would mark a significant moment in the industry. The Canadian family-controlled company has long been a prized asset eyed by the biggest industry players; however, its organisational structure was thought Read more…
Download PDF US The week in the US market was marked by big losses in regional banks stocks, as First Republic failed. The S&P500 lost 0.8% for the week, the Dow Jones was down 1.24% and the Russell 3000 Value was down 1.71%. While the Nasdaq and Russell 3000 Growth Read more…
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Download PDF Introduction When investors decide to allocate their money in a risky investment, they demand higher expected returns than riskless investments. Thus, the expected return on every risky investment can be seen as the sum of the risk-free rate and a risk premium that compensates investors for bearing the Read more…
Download PDF Introduction The healthcare industry saw a surge in M&A activity post-pandemic in 2021 which stretched across geographies and was driven by an incentive to consolidate healthcare systems to exploit economies of scale, fill pipelines, and boost top-line growth. In 2022, macroeconomic conditions, namely uncertainty, inflation, and high labour Read more…
Download PDF Introduction After the great years of 2020 and 2021, the cryptocurrency market has been recently going through what many industry analysts believe to be a “crypto winter”, with Bitcoin prices reaching a low of $15,000 in December 2022, falling from almost $60,000 in November 2021. The fall from Read more…
Download PDF US The US stock market closed the month of April with the S&P posting monthly gains for the second month in a row, adding 0.87% for the week and 1.5% for the month. All US indexes closed the week in the green, with the only exception of the Read more…
Download PDF Introduction The Issa Borthers, along with their private equity partner TDR, made the headlines in early 2021 when, out of relative obscurity, they acquired the UK supermarket chain ASDA from the US giant Walmart [NYSE: WMT] for an enterprise value of £6.8bn. Despite having acquired susbtancial wealth through Read more…
Download PDF Introduction The photovoltaic (PV) industry experienced remarkable growth in 2022, as evidenced by the record-breaking new solar installations of 268GW worldwide, an 60% increase from 2021. This surge in demand was primarily fueled by the growing awareness of energy safety and supportive government policies. While the environmental benefits Read more…
Download PDF Introduction This week Merck & Co. announced one of the biggest healthcare deals disclosed so far in 2023. The US drug maker reached an agreement with Prometheus Biosciences to acquire the company in an all-cash transaction that values Prometheus at $10.8bn, a 75% premium to its market cap Read more…