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Mergers and Acquisitions - What's the news saying?

11/9/2012

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Apropos of my previous blog post discussing quantifying news stories, I present an additional news metric that provides food for thought.

The graph below represents M&A news chatter activity through time, with the Y-axis representing M&A news as a percentage of the overall news flow. The graph shows that M&A news peaked in Q1/Q2 2011 (at around 1.3%) and has been declining ever since.
News articles for S&P 500 stocks: M&A News 
(percent of overall news flow)
Mergers and Acquisitions News
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    Jason Apolee is a contributing editor to The Margin Investor where he focuses on news commentary and evaluating broker offerings.

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