Ben Holmes
Ben Holmes
Ben Holmeswas an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 56 films and wrote for 35...
continue deals energy work
We'll continue to see energy deals work well,
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Obviously KPMG is an old-line name. It's a really encouraging sign to see it trade to a premium like this. The deals up to now have been really spotty.
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Obviously KPMG is an old-line name, ... It's a really encouraging sign to see it trade to a premium like this. The deals up to now have been really spotty.
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There are a few star deals out there, ... These are a spark to the kindling and that's what we need.
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Two deals don't make a trend. We have to step back and wait a couple of days.
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It's well within the realm of advancing in a timely fashion, ... For similar deals of this size it's very much on track.
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This is a healthy looking market. It's not just energy deals that are working but some tech deals also. There certainly is a better tone in the stock market than a month ago.
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It would be difficult to sell it with their most recent period, which is a horrible result. Goldman Sachs is probably saying that this would be a tough story to tell on the road when you have a declining business, when the other investment banks are posting record numbers.
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Is it pricey? Probably. But it may be a small price to pay if they keep growing at their present rate or even faster.
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People get crazy, and they lose sight of reality.
dry
There's nothing out there in tech. It's so dry that it's not funny.
insurance
Willis is a big insurance brokerage and very profitable,
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While every other bank on the street was setting record numbers in their investment banking fees, their M&A (merger and acquisition) activity and their brokerage activity, these guys were losing money.
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We're really just looking at the lower end of the quality spectrum. For the most part the (deals are) like the little bits of popcorn left at the bottom of the pan - the half-kernels that didn't pop.