Blackstone Group L.P. Stock News

Blackstone Group is exploring options for Clarion Events, including a sale, that could value the business at up to 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion), three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as appetite for event organisers continues to recover after the pandemic.

In a highly volatile week across global financial markets, U.S. equity markets ultimately finished the week little-changed, while benchmark interest rates rebounded from the lowest levels of the year. Following a historic surge in volatility, stabilization in Asian and European markets, decent jobless claims data, and clarity on the domestic Presidential matchup helped to ease market jitters. N...

There are growing risks of a recession hitting due to weakening job numbers, rising unemployment, and weakening consumer spending capacity. We share a portfolio of high-yield stocks that should be able to weather a recession quite well. The yields range from 4.5%-14%.

The BDC sector is now in a correction. It also faces numerous significant headwinds. We share our outlook on and approach to the sector moving forward.

Stocks are falling due to recession fears and disappointing earnings reports. Despite the market volatility, now is a good time to buy high-quality dividend stocks at discounted valuations with attractive yields. I share several of the most attractive dividend stock opportunities of the moment.

There is an arbitrage opportunity between private and public real estate. Savvy investors are selling private real estate and buying REITs. I explain why this makes sense today.

The market is caught between excitement over Fed rate cuts and nervousness over weakening consumer trends, unemployment, and falling wage growth. I've been discussing the ongoing economic weakening, declining consumer spending power, and labor market struggles for months. I discuss my call for a 2024 recession, data on weakening consumer trends, the impact of Fed rate cuts on big tech, and a ca...

The next cycle for public REITs could be more similar to those of the 1990s and early 2000s than one of the past 14 years. In prior cycles, public REITs enjoyed a cost of capital that allowed for significant external growth, boosting cash flow and dividends per share. Many companies spent the past cycle shoring up their balance sheets to record low leverage and maintaining a low dividend payout...