When the Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) reported its Q4 results, the company's CEO, Stephen Schwarzman, said that the stock price was "dimwitted." Well, since then, the stock price has surged from $4.87 to $13.44
What happened? Perhaps it's the fact that the financial system has stabilized.
But, if you take a look at the Q1 results (announced yesterday) for Blackstone, things still look ugly. In fact, on the conference call, President Tony James gave a particularly negative view on the economy. For the most part, it looks like it will take a long while to get things back on track.



