Retail Alts Fundraising Exceeded Expectations in 2024
Wealth Management
JANUARY 27, 2025
The volume of fundraising for alternative investment vehicles through the retail channel reached $122 billion, reports Robert A. Stanger & Co.
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Wealth Management
JANUARY 27, 2025
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sherwood.news) Retail Online retailers are cutting back on discounts. bonddad.blogspot.com) Earlier on Abnormal Returns The investment world was a different place when Josh Brown started writing. (riskofruinpod.substack.com) Crypto You can now trade options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ($IBIT).
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advisorperspectives.com) A history of quant investing and the state of the factor zoo. advisorperspectives.com) Can you use alternative measures to invest across countries? quantpedia.com) Retail attention is a mixed blessing for stocks. Factors Timing returns factors is tempting, but difficult in practice. papers.ssrn.com)
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Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s guest: Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management discusses the best ways to responsibly manage crypto assets. I’m Barry Ritholtz, and on today’s edition of At the Money , we’re going to discuss how retail investors can responsibly invest in crypto.
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decline in April, retail sales in May were only up by 0.1%, not meeting the anticipated 0.3% This approach involves large retail chains offering a limited selection of their products in more compact locations. Both asking and effective rents experienced a marginal increase of 0.2% and $19.07 per square foot respectively. and $19.07
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news.crunchbase.com) Crypto companies, like FTX, invested in a bunch of crypto startups. bonddad.blogspot.com) Why falling retail sales aren't all bad. (ft.com) Startups How unicorns are dealing with the decline in valuations. Those stakes are set to change hands. theinformation.com) The bloom is off the 'passion economy' rose?
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Investment sales in the sector have been impacted by the same volatile forces as other commercial real estate assets, but potential long-term returns remain attractive.
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The chief investment officers for T. Rowe Price and Schwab Asset Management discussed disconnects between how RIAs and retail investors view current opportunities.
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Calculated Risk
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Feb 14th] emphasis added From Goldman: Following this mornings retail sales and industrial production reports, we lowered our Q1 GDP tracking estimate by 0.3pp to +2.0% (quarter-over-quarter annualized) and our Q1 domestic final sales forecast by 0.1pp to +2.2%. From BofA: Next week, we will initiate our 1Q GDP tracker. percent on February 7.
Calculated Risk
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vacancy rate for the retail sector, dropping to 10.3% These results were propelled by robust performance in online purchases and core retail sales, excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials, and food services, alongside a decline in the unemployment rate following four consecutive monthly increases. this quarter.
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sherwood.news) Annual outlooks It's always going to be a 'stockpicker's market' in strategist investment outlooks. behaviouralinvestment.com) Financial writing Nick's favorite investment writing from 2024 including 'No Regrets' by Jonathan Clements. bloomberg.com) Retail Vinted wants to become the Amazon of secondhand.
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Retail Using LLMs to identify retail trader strategies. alphaarchitect.com) Analysts Why are all-start investment analysts influential? papers.ssrn.com) A look at the value, or lack thereof, of WallStreetBets stock picks. papers.ssrn.com) Can LLMs replace the average human analyst?
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Retail investors’ beliefs regarding gold investments are contradictory to the empirical evidence.
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Wealth Management
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billion joint venture focused on retail assets. These are some must reads from around the real estate investment world heading into the weekend. Office REITs are trading at their lowest levels since 2009, reports Bloomberg. Crow Holdings formed a $2.6
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Wealth Management
JUNE 26, 2024
is expanding further into private-markets investing, striking a new partnership to include the assets alongside traditional ETFs and mutual funds in model portfolios pitched to wealthy US retail clients. (Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. The firm will w
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JANUARY 31, 2023
Ali is a Partner and the Managing Director for Waldron Private Wealth, a multi-family office based in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania that oversees nearly $3 billion in assets under management for 280 ultra-high-net-worth family households.
The Big Picture
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
I think about this when I see the torrent of forecasts this time of year: Price targets for the S&P, inflation forecasts, and most LOL of all, NRF Black Friday retail predictions. It should be both robust and boulder-proof. Never confuse opinion marketing with actual, useful information. ~~~ Give thanks this weekend! Count your blessings.
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