Financing is cheap on loans used to finance leverage buyouts: The average yield in the junk-bond market is at its lowest level since October 2007, falling to 8.7%.

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Borrowed money, or leverage, made up 49% of buyouts last year, down from 57% in 2010, according to data-provider PitchBook.

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