The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

Although start-ups can be risky, Hercules has demonstrated that it employs robust due diligence processes before making an investment. Over the last 15 years, the economy has witnessed the 2008-2009 Great Recession , prolonged cratering oil prices between 2014 and 2016, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 14, 2024

But every investor should do their due diligence and make sure they fully understand each stock and its investing thesis before buying. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $46,959 !* Without further ado, I present this year's list, with a little snippet about why I'm choosing each one.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

You want to perform your due diligence ahead of time so you're ready to pounce when opportunities present themselves. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $46,607 !* If you maintain your own portfolio, you should have a watch list. Where to invest $1,000 right now?

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Of course, investors should do their own due diligence because hedge funds invest very differently than retail investors, and even the greats like Ackman are prone to mistakes. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $46,374 !*

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $43,034 !* But we've also had a number of transactions or investments that we were actively executing on in due diligence and legal documentation that just, for one reason or another, slipped away. Dwayne Louis Hyzak -- Chief Executive Officer Yeah.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

BC Partners’ investment committee became uncomfortable with the asking price after conducting due diligence on the business, one of the sources said. Apax bought a controlling stake in Ascential in 2008 when it was still known as EMAP, before listing the business in 2016 and selling its remaining stake the following year.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2023

In retrospect, 2008 was a turning point for Apple. In a nutshell, we view Tesla where Apple was in the 2008/2009 period as [Apple] was just starting to monetize its services and golden ecosystem, with [Wall Street] not seeing the broader golden vision at the time. Still, after reviewing his logic, I'm inclined to agree.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Make sure to do some due diligence of your own before investing. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $42,611 !* Remember, Buffett and Berkshire invest hundreds of billions of dollars and have different mindsets from retail investors.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 29, 2024

I did my due diligence and shopped around with several mortgage lenders. A lot of people associate ARMs with the 2008 Great Recession and the subprime mortgage crisis, but this might be overstating things just a bit. Image source: Getty Images It's finally time -- I'm officially house hunting.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 15, 2025

Do your due diligence before investing in any AI agent platform, or in any of the thousands of new AI agents being created. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $44,179 !* AI agents have the potential to be a billion-dollar investment opportunity.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 12, 2024

But, as wise investors know, recent price action is in no way a substitute for doing due diligence. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $43,047 !* Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SMMT) is an exciting stock for many investors as its shares are up by 158% in the last three months alone.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 2, 2025

Shares ultimately look more like a hold on this pullback than a buy, but investors should do their own due diligence and decide for themselves how much they believe in Tesla's future growth plans. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $42,114 !*

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

The three-person leadership team will be led by co-managing partner Danny Graham, a manager research and due diligence head who left Bear Sterns & Co. in 2008, around the time of the firm’s failure during the financial crisis, to join Landmark. Trip Samson said he and Allyson have sold about 18.5%

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The Big Picture

MARCH 20, 2023

When JPM Chase purchases Bear Stearns without time to do proper due diligence but instead receives guarantees — or when UBS is encouraged to purchase weaker rival Credit Suisse via similar backstopping — is that a bailout? 3 Previously : Déjà Vu? billion), followed by the rescue of the S&L industry for $178 billion.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Over the last decade, the influx of institutional capital into the alternative investment arena has pressured fund managers to provide greater transparency into holdings and meet rigorous operational due diligence standards.

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BlueMind

DECEMBER 23, 2022

One of the few movies which portray the 2008 financial market crisis in the most accurate way possible, this thrilling movie’s inciting incident begins when a risk-management division head is laid off due to the company’s downsizing. In addition, know where your money is going. Billions Drama Series (2016 – 2022).

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2025

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $44,730 !* We have had opportunities to widespread due diligence across the industry. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $300,764 !* Really, you know it.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $42,133 !* In my past life, I've been involved in a fair bit of M&A, and it's really important that, we have a thorough due diligence. And the numbers speak for themselves: Amazon: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2010, you’d have $23,324 !*

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 2, 2024

I would like to think basic due diligence has had both parties run this up the flagpole in terms of legal and probably regulatory expert folks. In fiscal 2008, which their fiscal year is ending in February, it's always weird. When they stopped their major growth trajectory, like I said in 2008, they were at $0.90

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SuperAngel.Fund

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The sharing economy was born from the global financial crisis of 2008. The need for genuinely inventive solutions only increases during a downturn. The Dot Com boom created the internet.

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Quiet Growth

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As seen during the 2008 financial crisis, several securities had high ratings until just before they collapsed. It’s always essential to conduct thorough due diligence. Potential conflicts of interest: Since bond issuers pay rating agencies for their services, there’s potential for conflicts of interest.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $43,034 !* We do certainly have a disciplined and rigorous filtering process, and we've moved a number of those through to due diligence phase. Netflix: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2004, you’d have $429,567 !*

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When I read the first draft of the private fund rule, my first reaction was that the SEC must have subpoenaed a few hundred operational due diligence reports written by knowledgeable ODD practitioners across the industry. On a yearly basis this was the steepest decline since 2008, when All Equity REITs declined 41.1%.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

I've seen it firsthand at the BDC back in 2008 and I will see it again. Of course, since then, Sequoia Capital has been more than happy to accept Canadian and other pension money and it even made the news last year when the FTX disaster exposed its weak due diligence.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 17, 2023

The 77-year-old billionaire told the Financial Times that big asset managers had competed aggressively to lend to the largest private equity groups as money poured into their coffers in 2020 and 2021, raising questions over the due diligence the funds conducted when they agreed to provide multibillion-dollar loans.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 21, 2024

Don writes, prior to becoming a member of the Motley Fool in 2008, I was inclined to sell a stock after it increased in value in order to lock in gains. My favorite came from Don. Dear David, perhaps the most important lesson I've learned from you, is let your winners run. I really love India.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 8, 2023

Blackstone told us "extensive pre-investment due diligence showed PSSI had industry-leading hiring compliance." But it seems, that diligence failed to find what was obvious to investigators watching a shift change in a parking lot. Both the Templeton and Kluge prizes also carry cash awards of more than $1 million.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2025

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $45,331 !* And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $320,756 !* Netflix: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2004, youd have $527,508 !*

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $42,133 !* We didn't do any due diligence if you recall. And the numbers speak for themselves: Amazon: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2010, you’d have $23,324 !* And we bought this asset, remember, based on analysts' consensus.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $42,271 !* So in many cases, it was very aggressive technical due diligence plus getting your best price out there. And the numbers speak for themselves: Amazon: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2010, you’d have $22,469 !* This was six weeks.

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Axial

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We assist in valuation, transaction structure, marketing the business, leveraging our network of institutional buyers and managing due diligence / legal process to close. In 2008 Bentley professionals worked with over 50 clients. Our fees are 100% performance based paid at close of transaction.”

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

So, 00:22:17 [Speaker Changed] So when you are evaluating a company, this is more than EBITDA or earnings per share or something like that, you are really doing your due diligence on the management team and how effective they are. And hey, are these people we want to get into bed with and do business with? That makes a lot of sense.

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Blackstone

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We take a more muted view for the next cycle as multiple expansion was responsible for only 14% of the average annual total return from 1991 to 2008 when rates were both higher and more volatile. 9 In a higher-rate environment, earnings growth will drive returns. 12 Of course, not all private credit is created equal, as Jon discusses below.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2023

And what I think distinguishes us at Wellington is that we’re able to utilize our public market investors in the due diligence process in helping us assess. And so we, we kind of stay very stealth when we’re in the due diligence process. 00:45:53 [Speaker Changed] So where does your deal flow come from?

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The Big Picture

JULY 26, 2022

Well, you have to have a certain track record, be around for certain length of period, be able to check all of their due diligence boxes, and that takes time and money. I think we have — the consumer isn’t as leveraged as they were back in 2008. WEAVER: Yeah. And I checked zero of those boxes. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

And it stopped in like September of 2008. 00:33:08 Who, who is advising him to waive due diligence? Well, 00:33:14 He, so I actually think that in hostile public company m and a, it is not that uncommon to not do due diligence, right? And it restarted in, I wanna say March of 2009, but like onlya little bit.

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Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I mean, how is the CFP Board even going through a process of due diligence, again, innocent till proving guilty in the sense when they have all kinds of disclosures, but at the same time, they’re publicly reprimanding 40 people, 80 people, whatever the number is, in a given year, out of the tens of thousands.

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