Carlyle To Make The Big Jump With IPO

strong>By Delian Naydenov:Shares of publicly traded private equity firms should continue to perform well in 2013 due to a number of factors including low interest rates, strong fundamentals, and favorable economic environment. Three leading investment companies that I expect will outperform the general market include Blackstone Group (BX), Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

By The Financial Lexicon:Consumer confidence is in recession. Housing is in recession. Job growth is unimpressive. Income growth is unimpressive. Outflows from domestic equity mutual funds are at levels not seen since the depths of the 2007-2009 bear market. But guess what: Thus far, consumer spending is holding up reasonably well, especially given the circumstances. So why is the conventional wisdom of a strong correlation between consumer confidence and consumer spending breaking down?

The normally secretive private equity industry spent 2012 in the spotlight thanks to Mitt Romney‘s ill-fated presidential run, and some of these firms appear to be capitalizing on all the free press they received — literally. That’s right, the publicly traded private equity firm Carlyle Group — whose funds were once open only to the mega-rich — is now allowing the merely well-off to get in on the action.

The normally secretive private equity industry spent 2012 in the spotlight thanks to Mitt Romney‘s ill-fated presidential run, and some of these firms appear to be capitalizing on all the free press they received — literally. That’s right, the publicly traded private equity firm Carlyle Group — whose funds were once open only to the mega-rich — is now allowing the merely well-off to get in on the action.

The normally secretive private equity industry spent 2012 in the spotlight thanks to Mitt Romney‘s ill-fated presidential run, and some of these firms appear to be capitalizing on all the free press they received — literally. That’s right, the publicly traded private equity firm Carlyle Group — whose funds were once open only to the mega-rich — is now allowing the merely well-off to get in on the action.

By Suman Chatterjee:A P/E ratio of 19.28x: That's how Dollar General (DG) is valued in the market. This seems to be high at first, comparing with the 12.04x of Wal-Mart (WMT) and 12.27x of Target Corp (TGT). But, hey, nothing is so simple in finance and investment.

Renaissance Capital IPO Research submits: Cloudary Corporation is an online community-driven literary platform in China including six original literature websites, filed on Tuesday with the SEC to raise up to $200 million in an initial public offering.