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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It's taken years for Fisker (NYSE: FSR) to reach a material production level, but the big moment is finally here as the company just reported meaningful revenue for the first time in its history. In its third-quarter earnings report, Fisker reported production of 4,725 vehicles and delivered 1,097 vehicles. The gap between production and deliveries was mainly due to logistics challenges, though management said it had improved its logistics network and delivered more than 1,200 vehicles in Octobe

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PE Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Private equity firms may be among those competing with stalking horse bidder MedImpact. The post Rite Aid’s Elixir PBM auction delayed by a month appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Taking a look at famous investors' portfolios is a smart thing to do, as it gives you an idea of where their teams think money can be made in the market. It can lead to new ideas or challenge you to examine your holdings. For growth investors, Cathie Wood and her team at Ark Invest is a great place to start, and one of their largest holdings across all funds combined is UiPath (NYSE: PATH).

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PE Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The new strategy will address climate change in Africa and emerging Asia. The post Temasek, EIB to invest $500m in LeapFrog’s climate strategy appeared first on PE Hub.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) have disappointed investors for years. Intel is facing increased competition from Advanced Micro Devices and an extremely weak PC market, while IBM is coming off a decade-long turnaround effort that's only now starting to pay off. While it's been a tough period for Intel and IBM investors, both companies appear to be gaining momentum.

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PE Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

RLE is a facility environment monitoring, fluid leak detection and airflow management service provider. The post May River Capital completes 2nd deal in Q4 with RLE Technologies appeared first on PE Hub.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Summit Hill Foods owns brands including Better Than Bouillon and The Original Louisiana Hot Sauce. The post EagleTree Capital scoops up food company Summit Hill Foods appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN) seemed like a promising growth stock when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Dec. 2020. The online real estate company streamlined home sales by making instant cash offers for homes, repairing those properties, and relisting them for sale on its online marketplace. At the time of its public debut, about 90% of Opendoor's transactions were completed without any real estate agents -- which made it an appealing option for sellers a

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PE Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

'We’re still in the very early innings,' Perry said about the secondaries market. 'I would argue we're probably at the top of the second inning.' The post Blackstone’s Verdun Perry: ‘GPs are choosing to hold on to their best quality assets longer’ appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, can be superb investing vehicles. ETFs are both cost- and tax-efficient, and they can instantly diversify a portfolio across a broad swath of the equity markets or within a specific sector/theme. However, the immense diversity within the ETF universe represents a fundamental problem for investors. For instance, some of these vehicles fail to track their benchmark index accurately, resulting in the fund underperforming on a consistent basis.

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PE Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Maverix will be based in Menlo Park, California, and managed by Ajax Health. The post Blackstone’s Verdun Perry shares insights on emerging GP-led secondaries; KKR launches medtech platform appeared first on PE Hub.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Warren Buffett is one of the greatest investors in American history. His uncanny ability to pick winning stocks helped Berkshire Hathaway build a $318.6 billion portfolio, nearly two-thirds of which is unrealized capital gains. Moreover, Berkshire has become one of the largest companies in the world under his leadership, its value growing twice as fast as the S&P 500 since he took control in 1965.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Maverix Medical, which focuses on lung cancer diagnostics, will be managed by Ajax Health. The post KKR, Hologic form medtech platform Maverix Medical appeared first on PE Hub.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A big reason investors buy shares of telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) is its dividend and long-term stability. At nearly 7%, the dividend yield is incredibly attractive, as it is more than four times the S&P 500 average of 1.6%. And with the company projecting strong free cash flow this year, AT&T might get back to raising its payouts, perhaps as early as next year.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Managing biodiversity can be even more complex than reducing carbon emissions.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The novel coronavirus pandemic created a major shortage of semiconductors in 2020 as shelter-in-place orders led to an increase in the demand for consumer electronic items while also hampering chip production. It took the semiconductor industry a couple of years to get supply back to speed by bringing more capacity online. Meanwhile, the weak demand for personal computers (PCs) and smartphones also helped reduce the semiconductor supply crunch.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A reader asks: I’m finding it incredibly hard to invest my excess cash, even in my kids’ college funds, with the S&P 500 closing in on new highs. Objectively, I know I’m supposed to just grit my teeth and invest, not try to predict the market, take comfort in knowing that time-in-the-market is biggest factor in my long-term investment success…but IT IS SO DAMN HARD for me to do it psychological.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Preparing for retirement usually means answering a lot of questions. How much will I need saved? What will my expenses look like? What kind of lifestyle am I hoping to enjoy? There are plenty of factors that vary from person to person, but one of the most pressing for many people is when they're going to claim Social Security benefits. If you're blessed to have a nice retirement nest egg, Social Security will be a nice-to-have supplemental retirement income source.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic is weighing joining co-shareholder Hg in selling its stake in Argus Media, which could lead to 50% of the oil pricing data business being sold, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Private equity group Hg had already been gauging interest from investors including Mubadala, CDPQ, GIC and CPP Investments for its 25% stake in the London-based business, Reuters reported in October.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Warren Buffett and his team have made some small moves into Latin American fintech companies in recent years. It's an interesting trend, considering that the Oracle of Omaha is more known for value-oriented picks than high-growth tech stocks. Berkshire Hathaway invested in StoneCo 's (NASDAQ: STNE) initial public offering in 2018 and owns 3.4% of shares.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 49% interest in Cellnex Sweden and Cellnex Denmark (“Cellnex Nordics”), the Swedish and Danish operations of Cellnex Telecom (“Cellnex”), Europe’s largest independent operator of wireless telecommunications infrastructure for a total value of c. €730m, of which €558m is recognized upfront.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A super-high dividend yield can often be a sign of trouble. That's not the case for AT&T (NYSE: T) and British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI). AT&T is having success winning subscribers and growing its fiber internet business, and it recently bumped up its free-cash-flow outlook for the year. British American Tobacco is a riskier stock as the company tries to balance slumping demand for cigarettes and soaring sales on non-combustibles.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Bahrain-based alternative asset manager Investcorp is launching a $750m climate fund, anchored by sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat. The fund, Climate Solutions Partners, will invest “commercially proven climate solutions with the potential to transform” carbon management, building, transportation and food and agriculture, Investcorp said on Thursday.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Image source: Getty Images Popular stock broker SoFi announced this week that it will exit the crypto market in the coming months. The move leaves many of its crypto clients with a choice of either selling their assets or authorizing SoFi to move them to Blockchain.com , the crypto exchange it has teamed up with. Why SoFi is pulling out of crypto U.S. crypto platforms are under increasing regulatory scrutiny.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Deutsche Lufthansa AG shelved a planned sale of a minority stake in its maintenance and repair subsidiary, the world’s biggest business of its kind that had attracted interest from several private-equity bidders. The German carrier said that instead of selling a part of Lufthansa Technik, the company will implement its growth plans “independently,” according to a stock-exchange filing.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The underlying secular growth drivers behind investing themes like automation and industrial software are too powerful to be derailed by a cyclical slowdown caused by rising rates. In other words, the cyclical weakness in the industrial sector in 2023 is creating an interesting buying opportunity in stocks like PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) , Cognex (NASDAQ: CGNX) , and Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR).

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Advent International exploring strategic options for Manjushree Technopak; eyeing up to $1bn valuation. Leading global private equity investor Advent International, which is spearheaded by Shweta Jalan in India is exploring strategic options to unlock value in India’s largest rigid plastic packaging firm Manjushree Technopak, multiple industry sources with knowledge of the matter told Moneycontrol. “Advent International recently invited pitches from a clutch of foreign and domestic i

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Investors navigated some challenging economic conditions in 2023, though you wouldn't know it by looking at the solid 19% gain in the benchmark S&P 500 index. A group of the world's largest companies carried the broader market higher this year, but there is still weakness beneath the surface. Companies in the retail industry underperformed as elevated inflation and rising interest rates force consumers to tighten their belts.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

SDCL, a world leader in funding and operating energy efficiency and decentralized energy generation projects, has acquired Volery, a US-based private equity firm focused on the energy transition. The transaction brings together SDCL’s extensive real assets expertise with Volery’s institutional private equity investment capabilities, enabling SDCL to participate in a broader range of energy transition opportunities focused on energy efficiency.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of Ark Invest, has a unique approach to investing. She targets companies that are creating and applying disruptive technologies in fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles, genomics, and biotech. These companies have the potential to deliver sizable returns in a short time span, but they also come with a high degree of uncertainty and volatility.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced the final close on $2.6bn for its latest real estate secondaries fund, Strategic Partners Real Estate VIII L.P., and its related committed program vehicles. Verdun Perry, Global Head of Strategic Partners, said: “We are incredibly grateful to our investors for their continued support. We remain committed to generating strong risk-adjusted returns for the millions of beneficiaries that our investors represent.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Image source: Getty Images In October, the median existing home sold in the U.S. commanded a price of $391,800, according to the National Association of Realtors. But in some markets, it may be possible to find a nice home in good condition for $300,000. You may be wondering what a home with that price tag will cost you in terms of a monthly mortgage payment.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Antin Infrastructure Partners (Paris:ANTIN), one of the world’s leading infrastructure investment firms, announces today that it has successfully held the final closing of its first NextGen infrastructure fund at its €1.2bn target. With new trends and technologies rapidly reshaping the infrastructure landscape and ushering in a new era that is greener, smarter and more distributed, Antin’s NextGen investment strategy addresses the ever-growing need for capital to support the next generation of s

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

If you're worried that Social Security is soon going to stop paying benefits to retirees, rest assured -- that's not a concern. While it's true that the program is facing a financial shortfall in the coming years, that shortfall isn't so extreme to cause benefits to disappear completely. Rather, what's likely to happen is that once Social Security's trust funds run out, which is expected to occur in about a decade from now, benefits will be cut by roughly 20%.

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