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Image source: Getty Images If you've been struggling to cover the cost of auto insurance , you're not alone. A May survey by Policygenius found that 43% of insured drivers were paying more for car insurance during the spring of 2023 than they were a year prior. If you're tired of having to cut back on other bills to keep up with your auto insurance premiums, don't just resign yourself to the high costs you're facing today.

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RØDE Microphones is a manufacturer of microphones, headphones, related accessories, and audio interfaces. The post Transom Capital divests audio equipment provider Mackie to RØDE Microphones appeared first on PE Hub.

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Warren Buffett was born in 1930 at the outset of the Great Depression. He purchased his first stock at age 11, and by 1965, he was operating his own investment company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). He still runs the company today. Berkshire holds an incredible portfolio of public and private companies, and it has successfully navigated every post-Depression crisis to significantly outperform the benchmark S&P 500 over the last 58 years.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ncontracts is a provider of integrated compliance, risk, and vendor management solutions to the financial services industry. The post Gryphon-backed Ncontracts scoops up compliance software firm Quantivate appeared first on PE Hub.

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Uber (NYSE: UBER) has underperformed the market since its IPO in May 2019. The mobility and delivery services company listed its shares at $45, and it stayed below that level throughout most of the following four years before finally rallying over the past few months to about $62 as of this writing. A $100,000 stake in its IPO would be worth roughly $138,000 today, while the same investment in an S&P 500 index fund would have grown to $160,000.

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Based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, TAS is a provider of specialized environmental and industrial services across the Southern U.S. The post Blue Point-backed TAS acquires waste management firm Environmental Concepts & Services appeared first on PE Hub.

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Nintex is a provider of process intelligence and automation solutions. The post TPG-backed Nintex snaps up low-code platform Skuid appeared first on PE Hub.

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Warren Buffett and his team and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) have put together one of the most impressive runs in stock market history. $10,000 invested in Berkshire Hathaway 40 years ago is now worth nearly $4 million, and a large part of its success has come from the stock picks within its investment portfolio. By examining the stocks within the firm's portfolio, investors can have a glimpse into one of the most successful stock-picking businesses of all time.

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McGuireWoods LLP and Citizens M&A Advisory advised Broadwing on the deal. The post Campany Roof Maintenance inks investment from Broadwing appeared first on PE Hub.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Image source: Getty Images When inflation started surging in 2021, one area where consumers immediately felt the pain was grocery prices. Food is, after all, an essential expense, and one that can be hard to reduce. Now, the good news is that in October, the cost of groceries was only up 2.1% on an annual basis, according to that month's Consumer Price Index.

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The seller was Parallel49 Equity. The post Harvest Partners buys Road Safety Services appeared first on PE Hub.

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In the tech space, stock-split stocks have been red hot in recent years. Companies generally opt to split their stocks because share prices reach elevated levels because of outsized investor interest. But in many cases, these companies that break up their stock structures to create more shares priced more reasonably end up continuing the buying momentum.

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A&R has also inked a partnership agreement with NOVA portfolio company Harbor Logistics. The post NOVA Infrastructure snaps up packaging firm A&R Bulk-Pak appeared first on PE Hub.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Cathie Wood is hoping to end 2023 on the same market-thumping groove she had earlier in the year. It's been a good time for her style of growth investing, and she kicked off the new trading week by adding to some of her existing positions. What is Wood buying these days? She added to her stakes in Toast (NYSE: TOST) , Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) , and Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) on Monday.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

TJC, which has been Worldwide’s sole investor since 2007, retains a meaningful minority equity stake in the CRO. The post Kohlberg recaps CRO Worldwide Clinical Trials appeared first on PE Hub.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

The amount of money you get from Social Security each month will hinge on your personal wage history. The program doesn't pay a single, universal benefit; it calculates payouts individually based on your earnings during your 35 highest-paid years in the labor force. But your age when you first file for those benefits will also determine how much you get from Social Security each month.

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MCA Dental Group is an Ottawa-based dental support organization. The post PCP invests more in MCA Dental to bolster acquisitions appeared first on PE Hub.

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Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) arrived on the crypto scene as the self-proclaimed Dogecoin killer. Since its launch in 2020, it has surged a remarkable 600,000%, which is good enough to make it the 16th most valuable cryptocurrency in December 2023. Riding the wave of meme coin mania, the SHIB token has garnered attention for its rapid rise and increasing number of use cases.

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The Mitchell Partnership is a Toronto-based consulting engineering business. The post CDPQ’s Bouthillette Parizeau picks up The Mitchell Partnership appeared first on PE Hub.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Image source: Getty Images At this point, we're just a few short weeks away from the start of a new year. And if you want 2024 to be your best financial year ever, here are several important personal finance moves. 1. Boost your emergency fund Data from SecureSave shows that most Americans don't have enough cash on hand to cover an unplanned $500 expense.

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The aggregate purchase price is about C$829 million. The post Rogers Communications to sell interest in Cogeco to CDPQ appeared first on PE Hub.

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In recent years, workers have experienced their fair share of hiccups on the road to retirement savings. Rampant inflation has made it difficult for a lot of people to fund their nest eggs. And the pandemic forced a lot of people to take a temporary break from the labor force. As such, it's not that surprising to learn that 28% of workers today think they'll have no choice but to live frugally as retirees, according to data from Natixis.

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Based in Denver, Colorado, GO Car Wash is an express car wash company with more than 140 locations nationwide. The post Imperial Capital-backed GO Car Wash snags growth investment appeared first on PE Hub.

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Cathie Wood is the founder and CEO of Ark Invest, an investment company that runs a series of thematic index funds focused on innovative technologies. In the fintech space, Wood and her team are particularly bullish on Block (NYSE: SQ). Ark published a valuation model three years ago positing a stock price of $375 per share by 2025, implying a 435% upside from its current price.

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‘This enables a pretty dramatic acceleration of development timelines and product roadmaps’, says Darren Abrahamson, partner at Bain Capital Tech Opportunities. The post Bain Capital Tech Opps seeing 30-40% productivity gains from GenAI engineering tools appeared first on PE Hub.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Consistently funding a 401(k) plan is a great way to set yourself up for a secure retirement down the line. But simply putting money into your 401(k) isn't enough. It's also important to occasionally take a deeper dive into that account. With that in mind, here are three specific 401(k) moves you should aim to tackle before 2023 comes to an end. 1. Bump up your contribution for the year to snag your full employer match If your employer offers a match for your 401(k) plan , that's free money that

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Jhaver joined CD&R in 2020 while Selib and Berutti came on board in 2022. The post CD&R promotes Jhaver, Selib and Berutti as partners appeared first on PE Hub.

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Each year, I like to do a portfolio checkup when there are just a few weeks left in December. There are a few reasons, such as to see if any of my investments might be good candidates for tax-loss selling, but it's also interesting to see how my relative position sizes have changed over the past year. In 2023, the S&P 500 has generally had an excellent year, but that isn't the case for all of my top stocks.

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Los Angeles-based VXI is a provider of customer experience and business process outsourcing solutions. The post Bain Capital-backed VXI appoints Shankardass as CMO appeared first on PE Hub.

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In today's video, I discuss recent AI updates impacting Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD). Check out the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the after-market prices of Dec. 12, 2023. The video was published on Dec. 12, 2023. Should you invest $1,000 in Advanced Micro Devices right now?

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HarbourView has made some stunning acquisitions of music royalties from Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Christine McVie, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. The post HarbourView’s Sherrese Clarke Soares: Big buying opportunity plays music to her ears appeared first on PE Hub.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) was a massive growth catalyst for Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) in 2023, as the company's graphics processing units (GPUs) play a key role in helping cloud service providers train large language models (LLMs) and generative AI applications. It's a big part of why Nvidia's data center business took off this year. When Nvidia released its fiscal 2024 third-quarter results (for the three months ended Oct. 29, 2023) on Nov. 21, the company reported record data center revenue of

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Lynx is a provider of foundational, open architecture software solutions. The post OceanSound-backed Lynx Software Technologies snaps up software provider Timesys appeared first on PE Hub.

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QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) and ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT) were both red-hot stocks during the buying frenzy in electric vehicle (EV) stocks in late 2020 and early 2021. QuantumScape, a developer of solid-state batteries, merged with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in November 2020. Its shares opened at $24.80 on the first day before soaring to an all-time high of $131.67 a month later.

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