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Strategies & Market Trends : John Pitera's Market Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Pitera who wrote (7506)	1/6/2007 1:59:09 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33421

Of course, private-equity investors like KKR want -- and expect -- good results from their portfolio companies. Their mission: to clean up and turn around the company, making it attractive to a buyer in the public or private market. So this begs the question.. Are US markets undervalued? Afterall, why tie up billions of dollars in a private equity deal (of course debt is different) without the possibility of some future public offering for the equity holders to cash in? Just curious. Hawk