Acquisitions Prop Up Low-Growth Beverage Makers
Posted on July 02, 2012 at 18:31 PM EDT
How can low-growth companies in low-growth industries achieve listings in IBD's best-in-the-world stocks? A round of acquisitions, or the expectations of such activity, can make for red-hot gains among stocks that have little else going for them. It's all about growth. And in the global beverage market, growth is being bought, rather than grown organically. Belgium-based brewery behemoth Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) shot up 8% Friday on news it will