Tag: Stock Market
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The hedge fund industry manages $5 trillion dollars. That money is managed so poorly you could do better throwing darts at a board. From a Financial Times report out over the holiday weekend: Using backtested data for the HFRI 500, hedge funds continue to be a clear laggard on a…
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Benchmark Capital might be the greatest venture firm on the planet. I stole a trick from them — and you can use it too! This morning, I was chatting with a great young founder. We got past all the numbers and on to a real conversation. He opened up to…
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Late stage startups are running out of options. For every $3 they want to raise, just $1 is available. From a new Pitchbook report: The capital landscape during H1 has not seen significant improvement for late-stage and venture growth companies. The capital supply and demand dynamic is still skewed, with…
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Just when we thought AI couldn’t get any hotter, it got hotter. Yesterday, Masayoshi Son announced plans to take the industry by storm. From a report out overnight in CNBC: SoftBank Group chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son on Wednesday said that the Japanese investment firm plans to shift from “defense…
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A major rally this year has punished short sellers, leading to massive losses. From a report out overnight in The Wall Street Journal: Short sellers have incurred roughly $120 billion in mark-to-market losses this year, including $72 billion in the first half of June, according to S3. “There are still…
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Startupland is a mess. Valuations are depressed. Companies are going bust. So today, I went back to basics: Warren Buffett. No one in history has matched his investment prowess. Buffett’s net worth stands at $112 billion, making him the eighth richest person alive. Since taking control of Berkshire Hathaway in…
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Things are going from bad to worse for hedge fund billionaire Carl Icahn. Icahn Enterprises stock is down over 20% today after prominent fund manager Bill Ackman predicted disaster for the firm. In a lengthy tweet yesterday, Ackman outlines a nightmare scenario for the stock: Icahn owns 85% of the…
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Corporate raider Carl Icahn has lost $15 billion since the release of an exposé by Hindenburg Research. That’s over $900 million a day. The Hindenburg Report Hindenburg claims that Icahn’s holding company, Icahn Enterprises, is structured like a Ponzi scheme. Repeated share sales support an unusually high 28% dividend. In…
