Looking back to the M&A activity in Germany, the total deal value surged from quarter to quarter in 2015 reaching €51.9bn, up by 5.8% YTD 2015 from the value YTD 2014 (€49.1bn). After the negative performance during H1 2015, a decrease of 24% with respect to 2014 (€32.6bn), the lowest value of M&A activity on…
Oil stock piles have increased to a record of almost 3 billion barrels because of strong production in OPEC and elsewhere, potentially deepening the rout in prices, according to the International Energy Agency. This “massive cushion has inflated” on record supplies from Iraq, Russia and Saudi Arabia, even as world fuel demand grows at the fastest…
The time series analysis is set of statistical methods used to describe the time course of a phenomenon, explain it, identifying its generating mechanism and possible relationships with other phenomena, decompose the series into its unobservable components and predict the future trend of the phenomenon.To analyze a time series, could be used several software. In…
“Lending Club” is the world’s largest credit marketplace, a peer-to-peer lending company where borrowers access lower interest rate loans through a fast and easy online – or mobile – interface while investors provide the capital to enable many of the loans in exchange for earning interest. As of September 2014, the platform has originated over…
INTRODUCTION The zero interest rate policy [ZIRP] is a monetary tool used by central banks to jump-start the engine of a slowing economy. By reducing the interest rate near to zero, central bank promotes greater leveraging to invest and boost asset prices. It is important to note that there are 2 types of interest rates;…
The private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Michael Dell and the strategic partner Microsoft Corporation, on the 5th of February 2013, carried out one of the largest leverage buyout transaction since the financial crisis of 2008, worth $24bn, a risky bet for stopping the decline in the business of laptops and desktops and focusing on…
During this year investors have faced many difficulties to deliver the expected returns to their clients. However, these are some hints for all the investors out there. 10. COMPUTERS – PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT On average these companies have performed poorly this year, with an YTD Performance of -22.31%. Computer peripheral equipment have faced one of their…
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