X and tiktok. Thank you so much for joining me today. First of all, was going on a short hiatus. Im taking two weeks off to go enjoy the warmth of other suns. Ill see you back here saturday, october 5th. Smerconish is up next they or wont day im Michael Smerconish in new York City today, ballots are now being cast in alabama, were 52 days away from the final day of voting. But whether there will be another debate remains in doubt. Tuesday night in philadelphia ended with a nearly unanimous decision, but no Knockout Blow before it began, i said Donald Trump needed to exhibit discipline and Kamala Harris needed to show depth she met her mark. He missed his. I locked in my own assessment of the debate Via X just prior to delivery of closing statements before i might be swayed by anybody elses spin. Among my points, that trumps claims about migrants eating pets and abortions being performed at nine months would be a fact checkers dream, but not decisive. I wrote this, she won the debate bu
Lets get into some of the burning issues. With me today are sonali basak, adam tempkin, and natalie wong. The total value of u. S. Buyouts has fallen 25 through october compared to the year last year. Why are private equity firms not putting more of their cash to work . Sonali one reason you can think of is valuation. Morgan stanley has pinned the first half of the year as the highest since 2000. Equity valuations are high but leverage levels are also high. One way that private equity firms make a return is by delevering the companies they invest in. Lisa are we expecting to see a pickup in a number of lbos next year . Sonali people are waiting for valuation to come down a little bit. Only so long you can hold onto cash. Everybody is looking at Warren Buffett, wanting him to spend more. Until that happens, until people get comfortable with the debt markets, youll not see it come back. Lisa even Warren Buffett tried to bid on a deal but got outbid by a private equity firm. He said, i do
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