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Why Pre-IPO Investing is Growing Rapidly

Startup companies spend more time — and raise at more significant valuations — in the private markets. At the turn […]
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The Impact of Rate Hikes on Private Markets

Interest rates are a crucial driver of asset prices. The Dow fell over 1,000 points after Fed Chair Jerome Powell […]
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Comparing Private Market and Crypto Resiliency in a Downturn

The notion that cryptocurrency is a safe-haven asset has long been touted by its proponents. The idea of Bitcoin as […]
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Guide to IRAs and Retirement Investing With Alternatives

What is an IRA? An individual retirement account (IRA) is a savings plan that offers specific tax advantages to help […]
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Why Analysts Are Warning of Low Public Market Returns Ahead

After years of strong stock market returns, many analysts now warn of low public market returns ahead. This is a […]
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Why Millennials and Gen Z Are Leaving Public Markets

Less than half of young Americans are investing in stocks, with market volatility and concerns about the economy cited as […]
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Investing in VC to Survive Recessions

The S&P 500 recently posted its worst first half in 50 years, and The Fed abruptly ended a bear market […]
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Invest with Gridline Through Your IRA

Investors can now allocate retirement assets to top-performing private market funds through Gridline multi-manager portfolio vehicles, the most efficient mechanism […]
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How Southeast Asian and African Startups Escaped the Downturn

The Fed’s 180-degree turn on monetary policy this year – from quantitative easing to rate hikes – put investors on […]
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The Unique Opportunity for Buy-and-Build

For many middle market firms, there is a significant opportunity in running a buy-and-build strategy, in which you purchase a […]
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The Benefits of Alternatives in an IRA

The goal of retirement investing is to preserve and grow your wealth to maintain your lifestyle in retirement. Since public […]
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Why Smaller Funds Are Increasingly Attractive as Dry Powder Soars

Dry powder, a term originally referring to stashes of reserved gunpowder, has been adopted by private equity to describe money […]
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Comparing Liquid and Illiquid Alts

Fidelity Investments recently announced the launch of two new liquid alt funds, Fidelity Advisor Macro Opportunities Fund ($FAQFX) and Fidelity […]
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Buyout Performance Relative to Public Market Indices

Since the first index funds in the 1970s, investing in a diversified basket of stocks has been lauded as the […]
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The Rise of Non-Dilutive Funding

An unfortunate set of dominos began to fall in early 2020. Lockdowns, and ensuing unemployment, compelled central banks to flood […]
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