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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...
Summer Heats Up
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WEEK ENDING 6/21/2024 A midyear review of investment grade corporates Softening consumer data Happy Independence Day (a bit early)
AI HYPErinflation
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When it comes to share price, nothing has been quite so good to companies these past couple of years as making waves in A.I. Much of the S&P 500’s gains over that period have been powered by a few...
Higher-for-longer
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WEEK ENDING 6/14/2024 Higher-for-longer tested by recent economic reports Supreme Court for sale CDI wishes all dads a Happy Father’s Day
Landmark Election Year
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WEEK ENDING 6/7/2024 Wednesday doubleheader: CPI data release and Fed meeting. Strong labor market dampens probability of July rate cut. Landmark election year for the world.
The Unknown
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WEEK ENDING 5/31/2024 “I just don’t know.” Municipal bond market underperforms prior to seasonal summer drought. 34–0
Bespoke vs. Off the Rack
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Mutual funds are off-the-rack, SMAs are bespoke tailoring. Which do you prefer?
The Receipts Are In
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WEEK ENDING 5/17/2024 Core CPI increases by 0.3%; softer after higher inflation prints in Q1. Receipts come back with lower retail sales numbers. Three paths to monetary policy: hold, ease, or ease....
The Big Small Business Opportunity
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The Current Landscape Small businesses are more critical to our domestic economy than you might realize —99.9% of all businesses in this country are small businesses. They employ 46% of our workforce...
Calm Before the Economic Storm
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WEEK ENDING 5/10/2024 Happy belated Mother's Day from all of us at City Different Investments. A very quiet week on the economic release front. Next week brings another look at CPI and PPI. Mike...
The Pendulum Swings
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WEEK ENDING 5/3/2024 Weekly rate volatility—markets tend to overreact. How do you unite Democrats and Republicans? A job nobody should want.
Stubborn Inflation
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WEEK ENDING 4/26/2024 Real GDP growth slower than expected at 1.6% for Q1. Core PCE for the year is unchanged at 2.8%. Market pushes the probability of rate cuts (if any) to the end of the year.