Edward Menashy

Edward Menashy
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The market is being dominated by mergers and acquisitions activity -- all the fundamentals have fallen into the background.
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It has been another storming day with plenty of mergers and acquisitions activity.
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If we look at 2006, the expectation is identical to the start of 2005. People are talking about a slowdown and therefore corporate earnings growth will also slow down.
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The thing behind it short term, without any doubt, is the merger and acquisition activity.
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We are due a period of slight relief. (But) we always have to come back to the question of valuations and, relative to gilts, equities are still incredibly cheap.