Interessanter Artikel von Wolf Richter bzgl. des grassierenden M&A-Fiebers, der in der 160 Mrd. Dollar schweren Übernahme Allergans durch Pfizer seinen momentanen Höhepunkt erlebt. Die M&A-Aktivitäten in den USA, welche die Hälfte des globalen Volumes darstellen, sind in diesem Jahr gegenüber 2014 um 55% (!) gestiegen und haben erstmals die 2 Billionen Dollar-Marke überschritten. Aber, so Wolf Richter, der fieberhafte M&A-Boom bringt auch seine (negativen) Konsequenzen für die Realwirtschaft mit sich:
"They tie up corporate resources, stifle innovation, and create bloated, unmanageable, over-indebted empires. They concentrate pricing power. They entail “efficiencies” and “synergies,” so shutdowns and mass layoffs. They’re the last leg in a bull market. And they’re always followed by deep trouble."
Desweiteren warnt Richter vor dem baldigen Ende des Credit-Cycle:
"So the flight to quality, as it’s called, has begun. The least risky junk bonds (rated BB) have merely edged down as their average effective yield has edged up from around 4.3% in mid-2014 to 5.85% now, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield index. But the bottom has fallen out of the riskiest end: junk bonds rated CCC or below have swooned, and their yields have soared from around 8% on average in mid-2014 to over 15% now. And the Fed hasn’t even begun to raise rates yet."
"M&A Spikes to Craziest Frenzy Ever, even as Bottom Falls out of Riskiest End"
wolfstreet.com/2015/11/25/...bottom-falls-out-of-riskiest-end/

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