Private Equity Explained With Examples and Ways To Invest
There are some important changes underfoot in private markets:
1. Returns are compressing - few funds are able to consistently achieve the necessary spread over the risk-free rate to justify fees and illiquidity.
2. LPs are segregating bi-modally: 1) a growing group of smaller family office... See more
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Thoughts on Private Equity
tldr; Private Equity funds use highly optimistic assumptions. They only make their investors money when interest rates decline - like big, illiquid, leveraged shorts on Treasuries. It's gonna get ugly this decade with rising rates. Most people don't understand this. (excerpted from our 2023 S... See more