Whatâs Offline: Some Leveraged Buyout Myths
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Why canât the executives who are running companies involved in the leveraged buyout boom deliver the same success for their shareholders?
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Not so long ago, highly leveraged companies could get loans to bail themselves out. Now they canât.
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Cyclical stocks are not your buy-and-forget holdings. So what are they?
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When I sat down for my annual review of what I've written over the past year, something jumped out at me. Usually, I write about widely diversified subjects. But in 2007, I devoted an inordinate number of columns to the shenanigans of leveraged buyout firms and the attempts by the world's central...
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Companies are in the stock market every trading day of every week, using spare cash to buy back their own shares. Buyback activity has become so common it's become standard operating procedure for big public companies.
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Last year 22 realty trusts got takeover offers. Here's how you can profit from the trend.
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Busting the small-cap risk myth once and for all.
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Leveraged buyout firms often tout themselves as value builders in companies they acquire, working closely with management for many years before looking to sell at hefty profit.
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THESTREET.COM, the financial news and commentary internet site, has emerged as a takeover target. TheStreet.comâs shares, after enduring three tepid years on Americaâs tech-laden Nasdaq
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Interactive Broker shares could make you richer.
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These companies are buying back some of their shares. Should you join them?
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Alliance Data Systems Corp , a credit card transaction processor, became the latest leveraged buyout to encounter turmoil on Monday, as it said a $6.76 billion buyout by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  was in jeopardy for regulatory reasons.
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What stock price does and does not tell you about a company.
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As the credit markets tighten, some investors fret that the renegotiated deal for Home Depotâs wholesale supply unit may be an omen for other buyouts.
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The buy high-sell low strategy may be a recipe for disaster for your average investor. But for companies, it has been a way to improve reported profits.
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By Adams, Gregory L Brau, James C; Holmes, Andrew  Abstract This study of real estate investment trusts (REITs) analyzes three possible explanations for the stock price reaction to a repurchase announcement and the subsequent repurchase behavior of managers under each hypothesis.
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Wall Street blames overregulation for pushing companies overseas. Why the law is getting a bad rap