Influx in M&A Announcements

According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, October 2016 is the third-strongest month ever for M&A announcements. Two major ones are Qualcomm's acquisition of NXP Semi and AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner.

How do you feel about this? What message are you getting from the influx in mergers?

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