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In this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo, private equity investor Carl Icahn speaks at the World Business Forum in New York. Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc. could leave him with a black eye, and a big hole in his pocket, if he's wrong about Microsoft Corp.'s desire to buy the Internet pioneer.
In this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo, private equity investor Carl Icahn speaks at the World Business Forum in New York. Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc. could leave him with a black eye, and a big hole in his pocket, if he’s wrong about Microsoft Corp.’s desire to buy the Internet pioneer.
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NEW YORK — Billionaire Carl Icahn said he was “cautious on the market” and holding “lots of cash” because of the market turmoil that sent the Dow Jones industrial average below 10,000 on Monday. He said bank debt may be a sound investment.

Even with the 25 percent drop in the Dow this year, Icahn says there are places to make money.

“I don’t think we’ll have a depression,” he said, noting the average price of actively traded leveraged loans is 75.33 cents on the dollar, according to Standard & Poor’s LCD. “I won’t see this again in my lifetime.”

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