The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

Recently filed Forms 13F show that two high-profile hedge fund managers sold shares of Nvidia during the second quarter while reallocating capital to the iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ: IBIT) , an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). David Shaw at D.E. Shaw sold 12.1 million shares of Nvidia, trimming his position by 52%. Meanwhile, he bought 2.4 million shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust, increasing his position by 1,658%.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

AUGUST 18, 2024

After the Great Financial Crisis, everyone was trying to figure out how it would impact the coming wave of millennials entering adulthood. Millennials were getting blamed for killing everything — napkins, diamond rings, chain restaurants, motorcycles, bar soap and more. Sure, whatever. The one that never made sense to me was all the pundits predicting millennials would never buy a home or move out of big cities.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 21, 2024

DL Software, a NYC-based company providing software products, raised $2M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by dao5, Naval, and Evolve Ventures. Other participants included Kevin Zhou, Meltem Demirors, Balaji, and co-founders from Anduril, Rippling, Flexport, Intercom, Lambda, Replit, Ankr, and Akash. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. […] The post DL Software Closes $2M Pre-Seed Funding Round appeared first on FinSMEs.

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AltAssets

AUGUST 21, 2024

Tech-focused investment house Insight Partners has reportedly raised more than $10bn towards its latest flagship fund, putting it well on the way to its $12.5bn target. The post Insight Partners said to pass $10bn for latest flagship raise, eyeing early 2025 final close first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. The post Insight Partners said to pass $10bn for latest flagship raise, eyeing early 2025 final close appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

On Wall Street, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is truly in a class of his own. Without using fancy software or trading algorithms, the Oracle of Omaha has, over nearly six decades, nearly doubled up the annualized total return, including dividends paid, of the benchmark S&P 500. On an aggregate return basis, we're talking about Berkshire's Class A shares (BRK.A) increasing in value by roughly 5,387,100% under Buffett's watch.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

AUGUST 20, 2024

There’s plenty of investment advice out there based on what one must do to be successful. You don’t see many people who take the opposite approach and talk about what you shouldn’t do. There are many ways to succeed as an investor but only a few avenues to failure. Here are some surefire ways to make poor investment decisions: 1. Pretend you’re smarter than the market.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

InfraRed Capital Partners is to sell a minority 25% stake in Twin Peaks onshore wind farm from one of its private European core infrastructure strategies to Infranode, a Nordic infrastructure investment manager. Twin Peaks is a renewable energy asset located in central Sweden, approximately 100km from Östersund. The project comprises two operational wind farms with 39 x 6.2MW Siemens turbines, giving a combined capacity of 242MW.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

The average 401(k) balance for American workers 65 and older hovered around $233,000 in 2022. Not too shabby. For some, that might be a solid nest egg when combined with other sources of retirement income. But if you're like me, you're probably aiming for a bit more to play it safe. Becoming a retirement millionaire may have crossed your mind. More people are reaching that goal with their 401(k)s, and you could be one step closer to joining the 401(k) millionaire club.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

AUGUST 23, 2024

In December 2020 I wrote a short history of chasing the best performing funds. At the time, Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation fund was on fire, absolutely destroying the market: Wood quickly became one of the most famous fund managers alive. She was in the headlines every day. Her stock picks and pronouncements about the future were reported by every financial media publication in the country.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 19, 2024

Power to Hydrogen Inc., a Columbus, OH-based company which specializes in advanced electrolysis technologies, raised over $18M in Series A funding. The round was led by Rev1 Ventures and Worthington Enterprises, with participation from global investors, including Finindus, JERA, Asahi Kasei, American Electric Power, EDP Ventures, E.ON, ESB, FH Capital, INP Capital, and others.

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AltAssets

AUGUST 23, 2024

Genomics and precision health investment specialist Illumina Ventures is back in the fundraising market eyeing up to $300m for its latest vehicle. The post Illumina Ventures returns to fundraising with eyes on $300m appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

After a spectacular performance in 2023 and a roaring start to 2024, the capital markets have started to cool down as of late. Naturally, the recent selling activity can be attributed to a variety of factors including mixed job data, the Federal Reserve's monetary policy outlook, and of course the upcoming presidential election. During times like these investors may opt to exit more growth-oriented opportunities and seek safer, steadier positions.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

AUGUST 22, 2024

Callie Cox, our new Chief Market Strategist at Ritholtz Wealth, joined me on the show this week to discuss questions about the potential for a recession, what the Fed should do now, going all in on the Nasdaq 100 in your retirement accounts and how markets move in off hours. Further Reading: What’s the Worst Long-Term Return For U.S. Stocks? 1Taxes and fees are excluded as well, of course.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 22, 2024

Thera, a NYC-based payroll and payments platform, raised a $4m Seed funding round. Backers included Y Combinator, 10x Founders, Amino Capital, Zillionize, and Bayhouse Capital, as well as angels Oliver Jung, Chris Bakke, Andrew Yeung, Akash Magoon, and Bobby Matson. The company will use the funds to accelerate its growth by further developing its platform […] The post Thera Raises $4M in Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

A consortium of private credit lenders, led by Blue Owl Capital and Ares Management, has taken control of Pluralsight, wiping out $4bn that Vista Equity Partners and its co-investors have invested in the company since acquiring it three years ago, according to a report by Bloomberg. The deal for the troubled software company comes after months of intense negotiations.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

As we entered the last weeks of summer, the crypto market began to heat up as if it was mid-July. Numerous news developments and trends that have powered rallies in digital coins and tokens in the past started to boost the market again. As a result, many were rising at comfortable, double-digit rates over the course of this week. There was plenty of variety in that surge, too, data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveal.

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AltAssets

AUGUST 22, 2024

Warburg Pincus is selling a more than 2% stake in India’s Kalyan Jewellers for about INR13bn ($155m). The private equity firm bought into Kalyan ten years ago, and held an almost 25% stake following the company’s IPO in 2021. Kalyan sells diamond and gold necklaces and other jewellery online and through a series of more […] The post Deal Roundup: Warburg Pincus sells Indian jeweller stake, Inflexion buys Cutwel from NorthEdge first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 21, 2024

AstroForge, a Huntington Beach, Calif.,-based asteroid mining startup, raised $40m in Series A funding. The round, which brought total funding raised to date to raised to date to $55M, was led by Nova Threshold withy participation from 776, Initialized, Caladan, YC, Uncorrelated Ventures, and Jed McCaleb. The company intends to use the capital to expand […] The post AstroForge Raises $40M in Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

SFW Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm focused on the industrial and life sciences technology sectors, has sold US materials science producer Micromeritics Instrument Corporation to Spectris for $630m. The sale includes deferred consideration of up to $53m based on agreed financial performance metrics in 2024 and 2025. Micromeritics, headquartered in Norcross, GA, provides analytical instrumentation for particle and material characterisation, specialising in the measurement

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

The stock market hasn't rewarded Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) enough for the outstanding growth that it has been delivering in 2024, which is evident from the 26% jump in the shares of the memory specialist so far this year. It is also worth noting that Micron stock has retreated nearly 30% since hitting a 52-week high two months ago. However, this is good news for savvy investors looking to add a company that's well on its way to capitalizing on the fast-growing adoption of artificial intelli

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AltAssets

AUGUST 22, 2024

Diversified alternatives investment major Adams Street Partners is eyeing up to $2bn for its latest private equity co-invest fundraise. The post Adams Street Partners could collect up to $2bn for new co-invest fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. The post Adams Street Partners could collect up to $2bn for new co-invest fund appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 22, 2024

Qualified Digital, a Berkeley, CA-based digital business and experience agency, received an investment from Stella Point Capital. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate and elevate its practice of a strategy-first approach to customer experience, data, content and technology. Led by CEO and Founder Jaqi […] The post Qualified Digital Receives Investment from Stella Point Capital appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

Global asset manager Unigestion has added Nick Kavanagh as Principal, Satsheel Redkar as Vice President and Jin Young Kim as Associate to its global secondaries team. Kavanagh is based in London and the latter two are based in New York. Kavanagh focuses on sourcing, structuring and executing mid-market secondary transactions. He started his secondaries career at Pantheon Ventures and previously worked for Hamilton Lane for almost seven years, most recently as Principal.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

Two artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have led the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) higher this year. Semiconductor company Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and server manufacturer Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) have see their share prices surge 159% and 119%, respectively. Both companies recently announced 10-for-1 stock splits to make shares more affordable.

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AltAssets

AUGUST 21, 2024

Boston-based buyout house HighVista Strategies is back in the market with its third opportunistic credit fund, with eyes on up to $500m. The post HighVista back with third private credit fundraise, could collect up to $500m first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. The post HighVista back with third private credit fundraise, could collect up to $500m appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 20, 2024

Cassidy, a NYC-based provider of a business automation platform, raised $3.7M in Seed funding. The round was led by The General Partnership, with participation from Neo, Comma Capital, Spacecadet Ventures, Ride Ventures, and angels like Erik Goldman (Co-founder of Vanta), Jason Dorfman (CEO of Orum), Zach Sims (founder of Codecademy), and other angels and operators.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

UK regional private equity firm NorthEdge has completed the sale of Cutwel, a cutting tool distributor to the SME precision engineering sector in the UK and Ireland, to Inflexion Private Equity Partners. Cutwel, based in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, serves over 13,000 customers. The exit, the ninth divestment from the fund, was led by Andy Ball, Partner, and John Hammond, Director, alongside the Cutwel management team, and provides a strong return for NorthEdge Fund II at over a 3x gross.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

Are you looking for some new stock picks that will start paying off sooner than later? Finding good choices can be particularly tough in the current environment. Not only are stocks' near-term performances difficult to predict, but we're starting to see a few economic red flags like rising unemployment and a recently uninverted yield curve. There is a small handful of stocks, however, that could be notably higher by the end of this year.

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AltAssets

AUGUST 21, 2024

Turn/River Capital is reportedly exploring a possible sale of Redwood Software that could value the automation software business at about $2.5bn including debt. The private equity investor has brought on board Goldman Sachs to run a sale process according to Reuters, which cited unnamed people it said were familiar with the matter. Turn/River made a […] The post Deal Roundup: Turn/River said to seek Redwood Software sale, Carlyle agrees SEIDOR buyou first appeared on AltAssets Private Equi

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 22, 2024

VividQ, a Cambridge, UK-based deep technology innovator in computational holography, closed an additional $7.5m Series A funding, bringing the company’s total funding to over $30m. The round was led by Foresight Group and included new investors such as GameTech Ventures, and Florida-based Ruttenberg Gordon Investments (RGI), as well as existing investors.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

Global private investment firm Carlyle Group is to acquire Worldpac, the wholesale distribution business of North American automotive aftermarket parts provider, Advance Auto Parts, in an all-cash $1.5bn deal, which is expected to complete by the end of the year. The sale of Worldpac is part of Advance Auto Parts’ strategy to simplify its enterprise structure and focus more sharply on its core “blended box” business model.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

There is so much to love about dividends, the cash payments investors receive when a company shares its profits with them. Dividends help shareholders realize an investment return without having to sell the stock. You can reinvest the cash or do whatever else you want. A large enough dividend portfolio can grow into a wealth machine, pumping out thousands of dollars in annual passive income.

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AltAssets

AUGUST 21, 2024

Houston-based asset manager CAZ Investments has raised more than $100m in managed assets for its Strategic Opportunities Fund in its first five months of operation. The post CAZ Investments seals over $100m for new fund targeting PE, VC, credit and secondaries commitments first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. The post CAZ Investments seals over $100m for new fund targeting PE, VC, credit and secondaries commitments appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 20, 2024

Trunk Tools, a NYC-based provider of an AI Platform for the construction industry, raised $20M in Series A funding. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from Innovation Endeavors. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. Led by Sarah Buchner, Founder and CEO, Trunk Tools leverages […] The post Trunk Tools Raises $20M in Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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