Kass Nailed It on Private Equity

The post referenced below originally appeared on RealMoney Silver.

On Oct., 30, I predicted that private equity would be the next shoe to drop. Over the weekend, Barron's Senior Editor Andrew Bary wrote a cover story on the demise of private equity.

I'll continue to try to stay ahead of the curve for my RealMoney Silver subscribers. Stay tuned.

Doug Kass writes daily for RealMoney Silver, a premium bundle service from TheStreet.com. For a free trial to RealMoney Silver and exclusive access to Mr. Kass's daily trading diary, please click here.

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Know What You Own: Private equity firms manage assets, and some of the stocks that operate in the asset management industry include Franklin Resources (BEN Quote), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM Quote), T. Rowe Price (TROW Quote), Invesco (IVZ Quote), Ameriprise Financial (AMP Quote), Principal Financial Group (PFG Quote) and Eaton Vance (EV Quote). For more on the value of knowing what you own, visit TheStreet.com's Investing A-to-Z section