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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...
CDI's Active Management Philosophy
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Much as truly active equity investing can result in greater returns for investors (even net of fees), so too can active management of fixed income securities. We’re big believers in the power of...
Another Turkey Drop?
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WEEK ENDING 8/16/2024 Won’t you please come to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention? Or please come to Jackson Hole for a sign. “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”
Postcard From Brazil
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City Different Investments is known for finding compelling opportunities that may lie off the beaten path of Wall Street. Last week we caught up with our intrepid portfolio manager Vin Walden, on the...
Diversification Matters
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WEEK ENDING 8/9/2024 Diversification matters The market’s implied probabilities of future events are often wrong We’ll miss the 2024 Olympics – sure beats politics
Gold-medal Advice for Market Volatility
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WEEK ENDING 8/2/2024 Welcome home, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva Paris took center stage… Until the jobs report spoiled the party, that is.
Trade Execution
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A decade ago, fixed income trade analysis was like a country club — very few people had access to it, the asymmetry of information was staggering, and so much of the market was effectively word of...
How active is your fund manager, really?
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In the 1980s, very few equity fund managers adhered to an indexing strategy. Fund managers were actively picking stocks to generate alpha for their clients. But over the course of the 1990s and...
Goldilocks
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WEEK ENDING 7/26/2024 Goldilocks data before the Fed meets Wednesday GDP at 2.8% in Q2, thanks to strong consumer spending A brief overview of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Biden's Exit
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WEEK ENDING 7/19/2024 President Biden drops out of the presidential race. Like The Who, we “Won’t Get Fooled Again” — though it seems a rate cut is in the offing. “Won’t you please come to Chicago...
Cooling Inflation
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WEEK ENDING 7/12/2024 June’s cooling CPI makes the case for lower inflation. Probability of a Fed September rate cut of 25 basis point is currently at 95%. Former President Trump attacked at a rally.
Debates
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WEEK ENDING 7/5/2024 When will the Fed make its next move? Costs of avoiding the “Cash Trap” are on the rise. Try not to laugh: “His Highness, the President of the United States of America and...
Long Term Investing—A Walk in the Park
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There’s a great metaphor that describes in pretty perfect detail how you should think about investing. It comes from Ralph Wanger, a legendary investor (as quoted in The Four Pillars of Investing):...