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Private Credit, Meet “Higher for Longer”

Blackstone

From March 2009 when the S&P 500 traded at 13x earnings to August 2020 when it peaked at 23x, a passive investor in the market earned 16% per annum. From March 2009 when the S&P 500 traded at 13x earnings to August 2020 when it peaked at 23x, a passive investor in the market earned 16% per annum.

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Transcript: Mike Green, Simplify Asset Management

The Big Picture

That’s amazing leverage. What lase pointed out in his paper was that passive had to transact during periods in which there was index rebalancing. 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.