Fortress Likes Financials

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Good luck to Fortress's investors

Whose expected dividends were short circuited into a risky investment play.

HillbillyBill of TN @ Sep 25, 2008 14:11:27 PM

Yes, private equity CANNOT WAIT to buy financials distressed in price AND guaranteed to succeed by your tax dollars in a bailout.

What else do you think this bailout is for?

of @ Sep 25, 2008 13:21:55 PM

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Kirk Shinkle is a senior editor at U.S. News. He writes daily about ups and downs in equity markets, sectors and stocks. Formerly, he covered business and economics on both coasts for Investor's Business Daily.

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