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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Top Yielding NYSE Stocks	Here are the highest yielding stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange, with PE ratios below 20, PEG ratios below 1, and market caps above $500 million. You will notice that there are many European companies on the list, including a couple Irish banks.Northstar Realty Finance Corp. (NRF) a debt oriented real estate investment trust yielding 15.91% KKR Financial Holdings LLC (KFN) a mortgage oriented real estate investment trust yielding 15.31% Barclays PLC (BCS) the London based bank hol...	July 24, 2008
The Week's Insider Buys	Here are the stocks with the highest insider buying for the week.KKR Financial Holdings L L C (KFN)- $9,744,693General Electric Co (GE)- $1,515,460Quicksilver Resources Inc (KWK)- $967,360Northern Oil & Gas Inc New (NOG)- $721,600Bcsb Bankcorp Inc (BCSB)- $714,000Revlon Inc (REV)- $549,000American Spectrum Realty Inc (AQQ)- $419,078Discover Financial Services (DFS)- $360,301Xtl Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (XTLB)- $357,590Northstar Neuroscience Inc (NSTR)- $298,268Arbinet Thexchange ...	April 19, 2008
KKR gets some political savvy	Filed under: Private equityKKR Financial Holdings LLC (NYSE: KFN) is a pioneer of the private equity world. However, over the past few years, things have changed significantly. Besides the credit crunch, dealmakers must also deal with the complexities of politics. After all, a buyout can have a major impact on a community -- in terms of jobs and the ecosystem. Realizing this, KKR is bulking up its political heft. This week, the firm announced that it has hired Kenneth Mehlman as a managing dire...	April 17, 2008
Wednesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesGlobal Payment (GPN)- Credit Suisse Underperform » Neutral Teekay Offshore (TOO)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Enbridge Energy (EEP)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Buckeye GP Hldgs (BGH)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Bunge (BG)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Oxford Industries (OXM)- Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey Neutral » Buy Aracruz Celulose (ARA)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Vertex Pharm (VRTX)- Robert W. Baird N...	April 02, 2008
Analyst downgrades: PEP, ACAS, O and KFN	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, PepsiCo (PEP), KKR Financial (KFN)MOST NOTEWORTHY: American Capital, Realty Income and KKR Financial were today's noteworthy downgrades: Jefferies downgraded American Capital (NASDAQ: ACAS) to Underperform from Hold as they see a disproportionate risk profile in the company's current portfolio when compared to most peers. Banc of America cut Realty Income (NYSE: O) to Sell from Neutral as they believe the current valuat...	April 01, 2008
Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesTaiwan Semi (TSM)- Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight Regions Fincl (RF)- Stifel Nicolaus Sell » Hold Biolase Technology (BLTI)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy Mine Safety (MSA)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Pioneer Drilling (PDC)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Omniture (OMTR)- Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy Plains Exploration (PXP)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Obagi Medical (OMPI)- Oppenheimer Perform » OutperformPanacos Phar...	March 06, 2008
Blackstone Group IPO -- the real thing?	Filed under: Private equity, Goldman Sachs Group (GS)Since the story of private equity firm The Blackstone Group's potential initial public offering has been out only a couple hours, it is still very much developing. With so few details out, the implications are as yet unknown. Here is Tom Taulli's earlier piece on the subject.From CNBC's Faber (you can watch the video here, partial transcript's here) we know that the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) and Blackstone attorneys are preparing a pr...	March 16, 2007

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