The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

So the theory was that’s great that you’re providing a loan, but if you can co-invest with them and get the upside of partnering with some of the most successful private equity funds in the United States, you know, a great way to enhance your returns. RITHOLTZ: We call that legal insider trading. And I said three things.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

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JULY 15, 2024

Meade -- General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer Thank you, operator. iShares' AUM was about $300 billion when we announced our acquisition in 2009. Well, obviously, we are doing whatever we legally can in terms of making sure that we are -- making sure that there are two operating entities until we get legal approvals and we close.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

And what we figured out in 2009, really when we started buying homes is that we made the bet that it, I mean, it wasn’t a very exotic bet, but we made the bet that the subprime mortgage market wasn’t coming back at all. And so, so starting in 2009, we, we, there was no flip market. So it’s very long dated capital.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 3, 2025

From about February or March of 2009, so we're past the global financial crisis. annualized since 2009. If you were a buyer in March of 2009, you're getting your cost basis back now at this point, every two years, just from the dividend loan. The dividend last year got funded by debt. Dividends gone from $0.90 It's up 15.6%

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

00:09:48 [Speaker Changed] And, and then in January, 2009, we we’re deep into the financial crisis. We were running the commercial paper funding facility. So that was a big job in the spring of, of 2009. But, you know, it was very touch, touch, touch and go there in the first part of 2009. Again, fantastic timing.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 2, 2025

He may even face legal troubles because of it. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $285,647 !* If youre worried youve already missed your chance to invest, now is the best time to buy before its too late.

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