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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. In assessing the data, VOG relies on commonly accepted valuation methodologies and each valuation analysis is unique and conforms to fair value accounting principles.

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Author Lawrence McDonald Chats With "Motley Fool Money"

The Motley Fool

In other words, there's not a lot of homework and there's not a lot of due diligence, there's not a lot of questions being asked of senior management and that's one of the points in the book. The New York Fed told us multiple times in the last couple of years, the bottom 30% of Americans only have $400 in the checking account.

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