The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

Are most people better off in an index fund than playing with an active manager, be it mutual fund or high fee hedge funds? SEIDES: John Yeah, I said back then, the bet started in 2007 and I say today, being in the market and investing in hedge funds is completely apples and oranges. .” You would think.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

My take: I would say the key advantage IMCO and other large Canadian pension funds is certainty of cash flows and access to top private equity, real estate, infrastructure and private debt partners around the world. Leveraging these investment advantages are some of the strategies IMCO uses to enhance returns on behalf of our clients.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 17, 2025

Institutional investors such as mutual funds, pension funds, and even insurance companies could be the key to sustainable growth. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $40,476 !* Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 8, 2025

In some ways, it is like a mutual fund, given that the value of the company is equal to the value of its portfolio of mortgage securities. That, too, is more like the way investors look at a mutual fund. AGNC Investment's initial public offering (IPO) price in mid-2008 was $20 per share. Let's do the math.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2025

The asset allocation approach is normally used by large investors, such as pension funds, but some small investors do it, too. When AGNC Investment IPO'ed in 2008, it was priced at $20 per share. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $42,164 !*

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

If mutual funds , pension funds, and even insurance companies become more comfortable holding digital assets, this will boost demand and increase price stability. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $46,848 !*

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Not only did he stand up a research shop from a dorm room in college and started selling model portfolios to fund managers, but eventually created a suite of first mutual funds. Prohibits you from showing a back test for a mutual fund or an ETF. And then what happened in, in 2008? Absolutely.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2025

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $45,122 !* billion from one of our large pension fund clients. I just wanted to ask if the ETF vehicle eventually started to replace the mutual fund, do you think that changes the opportunity set for MSCI with active managers? Thank you.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

DAMODARAN: Or it could be some unique characteristic, pension funds pay no taxes. So when he bought Goldman Sachs in November of 2008 and Bank of America in November 2008, I thought about a traditional portfolio manager doing the same thing and trying to explain to their clients what they just did. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I remember it really well because I just finished building this house in West Virginia and we, we were taking occupancy in early August, and it was, it was literally the same day that BMP Paraba shut off redemptions from some of their mutual funds, caused all sorts of chaos in Europe. And so we have them in periodically to talk to.

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