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Whatever Happened to Merger Mania?
Royce | January 2,2013

Chris Clark discusses factors that have aligned recently to restrain the normal cycle of capital allocation

  • While flush with cash, corporate America remains conservative in large part due to nagging concern and lack of confidence about the highly uncertain political and regulatory road ahead
  • Yet, in Royce's opinion, many of the pieces for a strong M&A cycle may already be in place and as confidence continues to build the capital allocation cycle should normalize
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