Middle market still hot for mergers
Judging by the first two months of the year, merger activity may equal and even exceed 2005 levels as buyout shops, active strategic buyers, willing lenders and a generally good economy fuel deal-making. The market is perhaps hottest in the middle-market sector. You can expect high valuations and lots of leverage, which just might get more expensive. In this market, a softening economy may mean that hot targets now will end up struggling post deal.
> Here's an Investments Dealers' Digest article. (exclusively for FierceFinance)
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