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What Investors Need to Know About the Most Common Private Equity Fund Structures
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There’s a critical decision you have to make if you want (or already have) exposure to private equity as a part of your portfolio — does your chosen manager deploy capital through a fund structure...
A Looming Uranium Shortage?
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"Nuclear is wonderful as one of the sources of energy, one of the sources of sustainable energy.” —Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang The global nuclear renaissance is gaining steam. Our readers have seen our...
FIXED INCOME MARKET INSIGHTS 8/8/22
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WEEK ENDING 8/5/2022 Highlights of the week: The July jobs report threw a monkey wrench (not to be confused with monkeypox) into the recession debate. Four Federal Reserve officials came out in favor...
An ESG Debate
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Interest in ESG investing surged following the pandemic. While the term ESG (environmental, social, and governance) has been around since the early 2000s, something about the “Great Resignation” and...
FIXED INCOME MARKET INSIGHTS 8/1/22
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WEEK ENDING 07/29/2022 Highlights of the week: Second-quarter GDP is negative, but are we in a recession? Federal Reserve increases short-term rates by 0.75%. The four most dangerous words in the...
Maintaining Balance In Your Equity Portfolio
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One of the things that makes City Different Investments, well, different is our principled investment approach. We are doing a series of articles looking at the three tenets of our equity investment...
FIXED INCOME MARKET INSIGHTS 7/25
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WEEK ENDING 07/22/2022 Highlights of the week: Big News Week Upcoming — Earnings, Federal Reserve, and Pricing Data A Pullback in the Earnings Estimate Are We in a Recession?
FIXED INCOME MARKET INSIGHTS 7/18
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WEEK ENDING 07/15/2022 Highlights of the week: Hot inflation! Choose-your-flavor - headline CPI or PPI Y/Y. Both beat expectations, along with core inflation. Just when your think COVID-19 is in the...
FIXED INCOME MARKET INSIGHTS 7/11
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WEEK ENDING 07/08/2022 Highlights of the week: Nonfarm payrolls increased by 372,000 in June. The consumer price index might hit an all-time high when its June report is released this Wednesday....
Market Timing: A Loser's Game
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How has the equity team at City Different reacted to the market downturn and all this talk of recession? The short answer - we haven't. We believe market timing is a loser's game. If you have a...
FIXED INCOME MARKET INSIGHTS 6/24
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WEEK ENDING 06/24/2022 Highlights of the week: In his semi-annual testimony before Congress, Chairman Powell was resolute in the Fed’s desire to tame inflation. The stock market rallied for the first...
FIXED INCOME MARKET INSIGHTS
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WEEK ENDING 06/17/2022 Highlights of the week: Surprise. The Federal Reserve announces a 75-bps increase. The Fed's desperation rings recession alarms. President Biden's approval rating falls lower...
Women in Finance
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Finance is a results-driven field. Leaving women out is leaving money on the table. You all know the stereotypes about the finance industry: It’s a bunch of high-achieving types, pinstripe suits,...