3 Potential Takeover Targets to Buy Now: August 2024
Lower interest rates make it easier for firms to carry out acquisitions. That’s because the lower rates enable them to borrow the funds they need to make big deals much more cheaply. After the number of net new jobs added by the economy in July came in well below economists’ average estimate, 100% of economists surveyed expect the Federal Reserve to slash its benchmark rate by one-half of a percentage point in September. Roughly 60% expect the central bank to reduce the rate by another half of a percentage point in November with the rest anticipating a quarter of a percentage point reduction. Even before the Street became convinced the Fed would rapidly cut rates, the total value of global mergers and acquisitions had risen by 5% in the first half of 2024 versus the same period a year earlier. Now that rates will in all likelihood drop sharply going forward, the number of deals and their value are likely to increase a great deal compared to the past two years when rates were relatively high. Here are three potential takeover targets that could very well be acquired amid this trend.
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