KKR & Co. LP (KKR)

Blackstone vs. KKR Both good and both are global players. She likes the private equity space, and the way to invest here is through stocks like these. She plays this space through BAM. All have a strong global presence. Private equity will see continued secular growth with interest rates staying near zero. Large institutions are seeking returns in private equity and infrastructure and will invest more here.

They suffer from lumpy revenues, receiving a cut of sales when they liquidate their properties, a system that the street doesn't industry. This pressures KKR stock. Prefers BAM who are more diversified internationally.

This financial services firm has billions under management in private funds. It depends on your outlook on interest rates and the economy. If the overall financial sector continues to grow you will do well here.

This is an alternative asset manager. Their exit strategy is to sell these alternative assets to the market. When the market has a correction, it raises concern about their exit strategy. As this was a short-term market correction, this company should benefit from a recovery. It has out-performed over 85% of the S&P500 stocks over the past 12 months. He would buy it right here. It is only 9-10 times earnings and they will have opportunities to monetize its assets.

Has been a strong performer. The story hasn't changed for a number of years. When credit spreads blew out in the 1st part of 2016, this company did a good job of clawing its way back. A lot of good things are happening in the company. They still have the ability to raise a lot of capital. Assets under management year-over-year has very strong growth. Performance has been very good, which leads to performance fees they've been collecting. This is a core holding in her portfolio.

You have to think that although interest rates are rising, private equity guys should be looking at shops such as energy, retail, grocery food stores, etc. There is value out there, and there is cheap capital to be put to work. When you invest in this company, you are making a bet that management can find some very strong returns to invest in. He likes this as a very diversified financial.

This is cheap. However, the issue is, is it going to get any more expensive. The balance sheet really hasn’t gone anywhere. In particular the earnings aren’t going anywhere. They haven’t done anything spectacular recently to capture people’s imaginations.

This is in the private equity space, and he would prefer public equities today, where you pay a lower price. However, this company will do just fine.

This is run by brilliant men who have had a great track record of acquisitions. The stock continues to drift upwards and will probably continue to do so over the years. You are not buying a business, you are actually buying the leadership and the trust in the leadership. You will probably be fine with this over the long-term.

Has owned this for a number of years. There has been concern as to how much leverage there is when taking over companies, and what happens when interest rates increase. That may put some pressure on some players. Coming out of the downturn, there were a lot of private equity players, and not all of them did well. There is a big difference in returns between top players and the others, so there has been a lot of asset flows coming into the top players. It seems that it helps not having to use as much leverage when you are taking over companies. So far, she hasn’t seen any impact on the valuations.