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by multicast 3y ago
That is the reason why most big quant hedge funds look for ghost patterns. Patterns that are not obviously at the first sight and which can be (hopefully) solely mined until the pattern disappears. To catch onto obvious patterns you have to
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by multicast 3y ago
In a high interest rate and pessimistic market environment, raising funds for a stumbling business is not easy at all. PE firms are specialized in such risky investments, thus the option of a buyout from a PE firm is the best thing that can
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by multicast 3y ago
Again, wrong. The original post completely fails in its argumentation. As I stated above the investment banks providing the loans are not 'perpetual suckers'. They know what they are doing. If PE financing were such a bad game nob
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by multicast 3y ago
Big PE firms are now setting up new investment vehicles that specialize in funding big investments of other PE firms. PE firms are starting to invest more and more into equity with their own investors money, thus amount of investments shrin
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by multicast 3y ago
> Why is private equity ending up with all these resources? Most of the cash (50-90% - changed through time to time) comes from the banks - leverage, the investing commitments to the PE firm by e.g. pension funds and private invetors, ta
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by multicast 3y ago
Wrong. Banks who provided billions in loans to PE firms for decades, are now getting more cautious. But not because they fear of a failed investment, but certain investors of the bank do and that means problem for the bank. The Banks actual
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by multicast 3y ago
Wrong. PE investments today make a small portion of the overall portfolio of a pension fund (varies from state to state). In widely swinging markets a PE form that does not speculate in the market but buys and flips with a lot of expertise
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by multicast 3y ago
> that uses the existing cash flow of the business to fund the loan repayments, but the business itself cannot get a loan to invest in new capital / buy the CEO a yacht etc Loan repayment to banks and other financial institutions is
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by multicast 3y ago
It is a free market, about 30% of all hospitals and doctor offices in the US are a for profit private corporation, thus they can be acquired as any other business by anyone. Like with pharma, most people have the very big misconception that