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Transcript: Eric Balchunas

The Big Picture

BALCHUNAS: … I would say the financial crisis of 2008 is when they really kicked in. So that mutual ownership company that he created, and once it got really popular and they gradually then suddenly kicked in in 2008, and they started getting trillions, once the trillions start to kick in, a couple of things happened. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Mike Green, Simplify Asset Management

The Big Picture

That’s amazing leverage. 00:20:33 And so in that period they ceased to be passive investors, they became active investors, and that became an opportunity for outperformance. Everybody is an active investor. They’re also an active trader, but they’re not actively selecting stocks.

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Top Funds' Activity in Q1 2023

Pension Pulse

Even those who are active investors reflect sentiment at depressed levels. pic.twitter.com/J1EHKFFZpu — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) May 19, 2023 I mentioned below that Bear Stearns blew up the same weekend in 2008 that SVB did in 2023… The market then rallied after the initial bank panic was squashed. So what's the problem?

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The 2 Best Energy Stocks in the Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF

The Motley Fool

ETFs can also be a great way for more active investors to find new stock ideas. On the valuation front it looks at the price-to-earnings ratio , but also the financial-leverage ratio and return-on-equity ratio, which are quality factors. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $42,169 !*

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Walker & Dunlop (WD) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

We held Walker & Dunlop's annual summer conference in Sun Valley, Idaho two weeks ago with some of the largest and most active investors in commercial real estate. The sentiment at the conference was that after two years of rising interest rates and limited investment activity, it is time to get active again.

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