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Sovereign wealth funds warm up to billion dollar deals again	Filed under: Blackstone Group L.P (BX)When the global markets entered the credit crunch, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) funneled billions of dollars into a variety of struggling companies, especially financial institutions like Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER). Alas, the transactions have shown tremendous losses. True, SWFs are focused on the long-term, which may extend into decades. But the extent of the losses were certainly jarring. So are SWFs backing off? Perhaps not. In fa...	October 21, 2008
Private equity's bigwigs zero-in on deals	Filed under: Private equityWhen getting the pulse on the credit markets, the private equity firms have a good sense of things. Credit is the lifeblood of the business. And, of course, the credit freeze has essentially stopped private equity activity. But, according to some veteran private equity dealmakers, it does look like things are stabilizing. For example, the Blackstone Group LP's (NYSE: BX) CEO, Stephen Schwarzman, is optimistic that the environment is improving. The main reason: the mass...	October 15, 2008
Blackstone's Schwarzman says US plan is the right stuff	Filed under: Blackstone Group L.P (BX)Despite having lots of cash - and little debt - shares of Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) have collapsed along with the other financials. Over the past year, the stock price has plunged from $29.38 to a recent low of $6.88. But the firm's uber dealmaker, Stephen Schwarzman, is getting optimistic. At the Super Return Middle East conference, he gave a presentation that extolled the benefits of the US's ambitious - and expensive - plan to get things back on trac...	October 14, 2008
Barack Obama Stock Index versus John McCain Stock Index versus Dow Jones Industrial Average	If you look at the companies that major contributors to the presidential candidates are connected with, stock indexes can be created for each candidate. Forbes Magazine came out with a great list of the members of the Forbes 400 that have contributed to presidential campaigns. The following spells out the stocks of each candidate, and who the contributor is. The contributors are either major shareholders or they run or have run these companies. The above graph shows the Barack Obama Stock Index ...	October 03, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street Dylan Ratigan hosted CNBC’s “Fast Money” Tuesday night. He began the show with a discussion of late breaking news out of Bloomberg that a conservatorship is under consideration for American International Group (AIG). Ratigan explained that the model of a conservatorship would mean very limited equity value and government responsibility for the orderly management of liabilities and exposures at AIG. “I would be surprised if this happens, but if it does the equity will b...	September 16, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Financial Outlook Dylan Ratigan hosted CNBC’s “Fast Money” Friday night. He began the show by discussing the amazing moves seen in financial stocks like Lehman Brothers (LEH), American International Group (AIG) and Washington Mutual (WM) this week. “The moves in these stocks have never been seen in the history of Wall Street,” Ratigan said. Pete Najarian thinks the financial sector looked terrible, but the coal, steel and everything commodity helped t...	September 14, 2008
Blackstone on the LBO Market	Reuters is reporting that the COO of Blackstone Group (BX) says private equity can't get bank financing for leveraged buyout deals over $5bln right now.If this is true, I wonder if we have seen a bottom yet as some have suggested.Disclosure ("none" means no position):noneVisit the ValuePlays Bookstore for Great Investing Books Enter your Email Preview \| Powered by FeedBlitz...	September 09, 2008
Can Lehman dump $40 billion in real estate?	Filed under: Earnings reports, Bad news, Merrill Lynch (MER), Lehman Br Holdings (LEH), Blackstone Group L.P (BX), HousingLehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH) is poised to lose $2.6 billion and it's trying to dump $40 billion worth of real estate from its books. The Wall Street Journal reports that Guy Moszkowski, a Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER) analyst thinks Lehman could lose $2.6 billion -- while others expect a mere $1.6 billion loss. Lehman normally reports in mid-September...	August 18, 2008
Blackstone goes green	Filed under: Private equity, Blackstone Group L.P (BX)With surging energy prices, investors have been pouring huge sums into alternative energy and cleantech deals. For example, according to a recent survey from Ernst & Young/Dow Jones VentureSource, venture capital investments in the category have surged 83% to $961.7 million in Q2.Well, private equity shops also want some of the action (especially since buyouts continue to remain fairly dormant). That is, the Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX)...	August 08, 2008
Blackstone Going Green (BX)	This morning there was interesting note out of The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), although some efforts have already been made down this road. The company has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	August 07, 2008

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