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Northrop to sell TASC to comply with conflict-of-interest rules

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From GOPAL RATNAM AND JASON KELLY, The Washington Post,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Northrop Grumman Corp,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Blackstone to buy InBev parks

Blackstone Group LP, the world’s biggest buyout firm, agreed to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev NV’s amusement park business for as much as $2.7 billion in the largest private-equity deal this year. Blackstone, based in New York, agreed to purchase the parks ...

From JASON KELLY, Boston Globe,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: InBev,  Busch Gardens,  SIX FLAGS INC,  eBay Inc.,  Skype

Buyout firms balk at plan to alter bank takeover rules

Private-equity firms said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. may be diminishing the appetite for future bank takeovers by demanding that buyout groups put more capital at risk. Under a proposal outlined by the FDIC Thursday, investor groups would act ...

From JASON KELLY AND MARGARET CHADBOURN, Boston Globe,  3 Jul 2009
Related Topics: John Bowman

Worried About Rising Rates

Thomas asked, "Are you guys worried about rising interest rates?" Yes, very. Wednesday of last week saw a rough 5-year bond auction that sent 10-year yields higher, to 3.70%. That was the high of the year, and it got traders talking about whether the ...

From JASON KELLY, ETF Investor,  4 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Niall Ferguson,  Paul Krugman

Why I Still Think This Rally Is Sustainable

Today's article comes courtesy of frequent contributor Dave Van Knapp. His site, SensibleStocks.com, is chock full of clear-headed ways to pick stocks and explains the oft-unappreciated role of dividends. The blogosphere is full of pundits trashing the ...

From JASON KELLY, Seeking Alpha,  2 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Federal Reserve

Financial ETFs Show the Trouble with Trading Ranges

My old friend, Michael, has been watching the rally for signs of exhaustion or continuation with an eye on trading Direxion's 3x/-3x financial sector ETFs, symbols FAS and FAZ respectively. Last Friday, he wrote about FAS that it "looks like a classic ...

From JASON KELLY, Seeking Alpha,  20 May 2009

Don't Expect Answers on the Market from the Calendar

So much for that rising stock market. Andy Kessler at Opinion Journal thinks it was a sucker's rally "because there aren't sustainable, fundamental reasons for the market's continued rise." He offers three reasons for the brief bull: the Federal ...

From JASON KELLY, ETF Investor,  12 May 2009
Related Topics: Federal Reserve,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Arnold Schwarzenegger

KKR's public entities lose 90% of value

NEW YORK — KKR & Co., the buyout firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, has left shareholders of its two publicly traded vehicles with losses of more than 90 percent after write-downs on takeovers, mortgages and corporate loans. KKR Private ...

From JASON KELLY, Denver Post,  2 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Henry Kravis,  KKR Financial Corp.

Credit Cards, Unemployment and the S&P 500

From Fitch via FT, we learned Thursday that credit card delinquencies reached a record high in January and that further deterioration is likely as the economy slows and unemployment rises. Payments at least 60 days late climbed nearly 0.5% last month ...

From JASON KELLY, ETF Investor,  8 Feb 2009

Three Areas of Opportunity for the Bold

Don't allow the media barrage of negativity to keep you from cashing in on these amazing times. Leave the paralysis to others. Take action to get ahead. The S&P 500 is down 39% in the last year despite Tuesday's fabulous 11% rally. I've written ...

From JASON KELLY, ETF Investor,  29 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Dow Jones

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