WILL A STOCK BUST FOLLOW THE M&A BOOM? After a bumper crop of mergers in 2015, investors fear that history will repeat itself

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WE'RE WRAPPING UP A RECORD year for mergers and acquisitions. By mid-December the total value of deals involving U.S. acquirers in 2015 had topped $2 trillion for the first time ever, driven by such blockbusters as the Dow Chemical-DuPont merger. Throw in tie-ups of foreign companies like brewing giants Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller, and the global total neared $4.7 trillion.