Friday 6-6-2014 The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX) $BX
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How Blackstone Mortgage Trust and Starwood Property Trust Take Two Different Routes to Big Profits
Bill Stoller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jun 06, 6:11AM CDT
Investors seeking high dividend yields who are concerned about risks associated with residential mREITs that own pools of fixed rate mortgages have some attractive alternatives. The vast majority of commercial real estate loans are variable... (full story)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of Blackstone After 2.40% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jun 04, 4:28PM CDT
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $31.14 to a high of $32.00. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $31.55 on volume of 4.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious. (full story)
Brixmor and American Homes 4 Rent Offer New Opportunities In An Old Sector
Reuben Brewer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jun 04, 6:00AM CDT
Blackstone Group is a giant in the finance world. It's also an increasingly influential player in the property markets. While you can't do everything Blackstone does, real estate investment trusts (REITs) Brixmor and American Homes 4 Rent are... (full story)
Blackstone and Hilton Worldwide Break Ground at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki
Business Wire - Tue Jun 03, 2:00PM CDT
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced the development of a new 418-unit vacation ownership tower at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, creating more than one thousand jobs. An official groundbreaking ceremony marked the construction launch of The Grand Islander by Hilton Grand Vacations Club(R), slated for completion in early 2017. A Blackstone-managed fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI, is providing the capital for this new tower. It has appointed Hilton Grand Vacations, the vacation ownership division of Hilton Worldwide, to provide vacation ownership sales and marketing services, resort operations, timeshare homeowners' association management and loan servicing. (full story)
Expert Briefing on Capital Markets Stocks -- Research on Blackstone, State Street, American Capital, and Janus Capital
PR Newswire - Tue Jun 03, 6:10AM CDT
The trading session on Monday, June 02, 2014 ended on a mixed note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,743.63, up 0.16% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,237.20, down 0.13%. The S&P 500 finished the day 0.07% higher at 1,924.97. During the trading session, six out of ten sectors finished on a positive note. The S&P 500 Financials Sector Index advanced 0.27% to close the day at 300.59, and the index has gained 1.44% in the previous one month. Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX), State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT), American Capital Ltd (NASDAQ: ACAS) and Janus Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: JNS). Free technical research on BX, STT, ACAS and JNS can be downloaded upon signing up at: (full story)
Red Lobster is Making a Mess of Things for These Companies
Reuben Brewer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jun 03, 5:00AM CDT
Darden is selling Red Lobster to a private equity shop that is, in turn, selling 500 of the restaurant's properties to American Realty Capital Properties . That's got investors up in arms about the prospects for both companies, and for good... (full story)
Blackstone Makes Strategic Investment in Cloud Theory
Business Wire - Mon Jun 02, 9:08AM CDT
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that it has made a strategic investment in Cloud Theory, a technology consulting firm specializing in cloud-based solutions, to expand its product offering with customized Salesforce software for alternative asset managers. (full story)
GSK Keen to Keep Some Emerging Markets Drugs
at The Street - Fri May 30, 10:35AM CDT
Blackstone, KKR and Advent are among the recipients of sales information for the brands on the block. (full story)
Statement of Support, Dividends, and Opening of Outlet Centers - Analyst Notes on Blackstone, Synovus, CME Group, CIT and The Howard
PR Newswire - Fri May 30, 5:40AM CDT
Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Synovus Financial Corp. (Synovus: SNV), CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME), CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) and The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE: HHC). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.analystsreview.com/3122-100free. (full story)
3 Financial Stocks Nudging The Sector Higher
at The Street - Thu May 29, 12:02PM CDT
TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the financial sector higher today. (full story)
Tyson Ready to Play Chicken Over Hillshire Brands
at The Street - Thu May 29, 10:37AM CDT
Tops unsolicited proposal from Pilgrim's Pride with $50 per share, or $6.8 billion, bid. (full story)
Why American Realty Capital Property (ARCP) Stock Is Rising Today
at The Street - Wed May 28, 10:45AM CDT
American Realty Capital Property (ARCP) is up following its deal to purchase Red Lobster's portfolio for $1.5 billion. (full story)
Outerstuff, Ltd. Announces Blackstone Equity Investment
Business Wire - Tue May 27, 1:31PM CDT
Outerstuff, Ltd., ("Outerstuff" or the "Company" the leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of licensed children's sports apparel for all of the major sports leagues in North America, today announced that it has closed an investment from private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone (NYSE: BX) ("Blackstone" . Blackstone will invest alongside founder and CEO Sol Werdiger, who will roll over equity in the transaction, and Blackstone will share equal economics and governance with the current shareholders. Blackstone will support Outerstuff in the next phase of its growth as it expands its presence in the sports apparel industry, both domestically and internationally. (full story)
Pilgrim's Pride Bids $6.4B for Hillshire
at The Street - Tue May 27, 10:47AM CDT
Bidder hopes to derail target's pending $6.6 billion deal to buy Pinnacle Foods from Blackstone. (full story)
Wood: The Wayback Machine of the Environmental Movement
Reuben Brewer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 26, 9:31AM CDT
SolarCity is at the cutting edge of the move toward cleaner energy. Rentech , by comparison, looks like it's stuck in the stone age. But there could be opportunity in seeing value where others see boring. Bleeding into a new world SolarCity... (full story)
2014 Value Investor 500: The Full List
Dan Dzombak, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 24, 8:01AM CDT
The Value Investor 500 is my attempt to highlight the top 500 publicly traded companies in the U.S. To construct a quality-based list of the top 500 companies in the U.S., I focused on what's really important for investors to pay attention to: ... (full story)
Why AstraZeneca (AZN) Stock Is Higher This Morning
at The Street - Fri May 23, 7:33AM CDT
Shares of AstraZeneca (AZN) higher in pre-market trade after it was reported that BlackRock (BLK) urged the firm's board to eventually re-engage in talks with Pfizer (PFE) over a possible deal, but backed its rejection of Pfizer's $120 million offer... (full story)
American Realty to Sell Assets for Red Lobster Buyout - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu May 22, 10:00AM CDT
American Realty (ARCP) has penned a deal with the affiliates of Blackstone Group (BX) to vend a large part of its multi-tenant shopping center portfolio and use the proceeds for financing Red Lobster portfolio buyout. (full story)
Eaton Vance Gains on Earnings Beat - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu May 22, 9:20AM CDT
Share price of Eaton Vance (EV) increased nearly 6% on Wednesday following its second-quarter fiscal 2014 adjusted earnings (ended Apr 30) of 59 cents per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 56 cents. (full story)