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Highlights “The TagniFi Investors database is a powerful tool for identifying financial buyers by their stated investment criteria including, size preference, industry focus, geographic focus, and more.” Active Private Equity…

Highlights “With over 300,000 companies and $13 trillion of revenue, the middle-market continues to be an attractive target for acquisition opportunities.” What Exactly Is The Middle-Market? On the front page…

By Charlie Strout Last month in Part 1, we reported that 25% of S&P 500 companies were at a high risk for bankruptcy according to the Altman Z-Score.  At that…

By Charlie Strout, CFA Professor Edward Altman recently warned of an impending spate of “mega” bankruptcies that will break all the records. As the author of the well-known bankruptcy-predicting Z-Score,…