Bert Dohmen, President and Founder, Dohmen Capital Research Institute, says a peak in M&A activity usually corresponds to a peak in the stock market.
Colombia, the fourth largest economy in South America, could see its NYSE listings double in the next year. The NYSE currently has two Colombian listings, totaling a market cap of $97.4 billion — only 7 percent of the NYSE’s Latin American total — and well behind Brazil’s 65 percent and Mexico’s 18 percent stakes.