Key Facts
Middle market companies represent nearly 40% of the US GDP and workforce
Companies with annual revenues between $50 million and $1 billion
Greatest area for job growth and economic recovery
The Growth Gang
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America's Economic Engine StallingBy: Guest Commentary by Tom McGee|National Managing Partner, Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services, Deloitte, LLP
The middle market represents nearly 40 percent of the U.S. GDP and workforce. These companies are the growth engine for the U.S. economy and our best hope for an economic recovery. In an era of global economic uncertainty, looming regulatory reform, and a presidential election, middle market companies remain optimistic and determined to grow.
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So how do you invest and seize on this growing sector? We’ve put together a list of middle market companies that trade on Wall Street and offer possible investing opportunities.
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A Tale of Two Middle MarketsBy: Guest Commentary by Chuck Morton|Partner, Venable LLP
The new normal is an era of uncertainty. There are practical steps a middle market company can take to stay on course and even grow.
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Romney Shines Spotlight on Private EquityBy: Guest Commentary by John W. "Jay" Jordan II|Chairman and Managing Principal of The Jordan Company, LP
The private equity industry is misunderstood, especially regarding middle-market companies that comprise most private equity activity. And with the election cycle in full swing, private equity has taken a spotlight based on Mitt Romney’s past at Bain Capital.
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Technology Grows Freelance EconomyBy: Guest Commentary by Dave Maney |Founder HKSCKPVIamp; Publisher, Economaney.com; CNBC-YPO Chief Executive Network Member
How are middle market company CEOs thinking about the tradeoffs of using more technology versus hiring more people? With the wild proliferation of powerful cloud computing services and low-cost software platforms, as well as increasingly frictionless collaboration over the Internet, is technology investment proving to be the water in the gasoline of America’s job creation engine? Or is it creating a freelance economy?
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Regulation Hampers Growth CompaniesBy: Guest Commentary by Warren A. Stephens|CEO of Stephens Inc.
Middle market companies are the true growth engine of the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, this engine continues to be seriously hampered by federal regulation.
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Here’s a word you may have never heard before: unitranche. While it may sound like something you could contract in a jungle environment, it’s actually the name for a newly popular hybrid loan, mostly aimed at middle market companies and private equity buyout shops.
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The Capital BubbleBy: Guest Commentary by Mike McGill|Co-Founder and Managing Partner, MHT Partners LLC; CNBC-YPO Chief Executive Network Member
A blip in the in the U.S. private equity market is causing a valuation spike for some middle-market companies, creating a flurry of activity among company owners and investors seeking to raise growth capital or to sell their companies outright.
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The Growth ExpresswayBy: Guest Commentary by Gary A. LaBranche|President HKSCKPVIamp; CEO, Association for Corporate Growth
Middle market companies survived the recession but now face an uncertain future, and an environment of mixed signals and uncertainty. And so many firms are paused at an economic crossroads unsure of which road to take: One road leads to the Growth Expressway, the other to the safety of the parking lot and wait and watch from the sidelines.
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Growth Firms, Large-Cap ResourcesBy: Guest Commentary by Pam Hendrickson|Chief Operating Officer, The Riverside Company
One common misconception is that the “equity” in private equity begins and ends with money. Of course, new financing can help companies expand during a downturn, add staff or manufacturing capacity, and pay down loans, but today’s firms must bring intellectual capital to the table to be successful.
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Where's the Income?By: Guest Commentary by Lawrence E. Golub|CEO, Golub Capital
Today's fixed-income market has gotten so lean, where's the income? With market interest rates at stunningly low levels, traditional fixed-income investments that are "fixed" from a safety point of view do not generate meaningful "income"—and those that offer "income" often come with so much risk that one can hardly call them "fixed."
Video
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Tom McGee, Deloitte managing partner discusses the results of his company's "2012 Report on America's Economic Engine."
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Is Washington standing in the way of American becoming energy independent? Jay Glick, Lufkin Industries president/CEO, and Daniel Yergin, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, discuss.
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Jeffrey Hynes, Composites Horizons president & CEO, shares insight on middle market companies as signs of life in the economy.
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Investing opportunities in the middle market segment, with Jim Oberweis, The Oberweis Report editor.
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Business regulation vs. growth, with Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), who discusses how he would improve the climate for business.
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CNBC's Brian Sullivan weighs in on when Apple was a part of the middle market from the Mighty Middle Market conference in Ohio.