This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. I think it’s important in this era of building audiences and living in public to acknowledge that no one actually needs to explain the reasons why they’re making career moves or leaving a company.

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American Investment Council

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Today, the Financial Times published the following op-ed from AIC President & CEO Drew Maloney discussing how FTC Chair Lina Khan’s aggressive and misguided regulatory agenda threatens the growth and stability of the US economy by unfairly targeting productive private equity investments. Maloney also highlighted private equity’s essential role in directly employing 12 million Americans, building better businesses, and strengthening the retirements of millions of retirees.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

OCTOBER 20, 2023

There’s this guy on Twitter, Paul Fairie, who does these threads using old newspaper clippings to show how the stuff we worry about today is the same stuff people have been worrying about for decades. There was one called a brief history of we are raising a generation of wimps. Every older generation thinks this (and will always think this…it’s called progress).

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We spend way too much time trying to predict the future (especially this time of year). Rather than engage in futility, let’s look at the coincident indexes in all 50 states over the past 3 months, via the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (October 2023). Note: I have been occasionally eyeballing this map since 2008 , and it does a good job of showing the overall trend of the economy (on an obvious lag).

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Financial Times M&A

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

EQT, Cinven and General Atlantic among those involved in take-private deals for businesses floated two years ago

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Entrepreneur - VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In the new book "Write Your Own Business Plan," business expert Eric Butow breaks down how a solid business plan can save your startup during those tough early days.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Here are some things I believe about investing. 1. I believe simple beats complex. The problem is simple is much harder to implement because complex will always sound more intelligent and appealing. 2. I believe the timing of buy or sell decisions matters less than your holding period. Picking tops and bottoms is for the lucky and the liars. Patiently holding onto your investments is more important for most investors than.

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Blackstone and Apollo executives talk up scope to expand into private credit and infrastructure investing

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“I need the US Dollar to be a store of value between the time I make it until I spend it, invest it, pay my taxes with it, or give it away. It does that splendidly.” 1 Today, we’re going to look at a perennial (un)favorite #chartfail. To be more precise, I want to discuss the type of chart that reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of money, currency, spending, investing, and taxes.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 3, 2023

Polestar Automotive (NASDAQ: PSNY) hasn't impressed investors since its public debut last June. The electric vehicle maker went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), and its stock opened at $12.98 on the first day. But today Polestar's stock trades at about $4. Like many other SPAC-backed EV makers, Polestar drove away the bulls by overpromising and underdelivering.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

EQT AB is leading the bidding as private equity firms compete for a stake in the media rights business of the Bundesliga, Germany’s main football competition, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Nordic investment firm has so far presented the highest offer with an initial proposal valuing the unit at about €12.7bn ($14bn), according to the people.

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Private Equity Info

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For years, the private equity industry has been moving down market, as firms invest in smaller deals in the middle market and lower middle market. However, our most recent review of the data suggests that trend is reversing.

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PE Hub

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Within the broad field of AI, there is a crucial distinction between traditional AI and generative AI. The post AI innovation and disruption in M&A appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 2, 2023

Who needs a theme park when you have Wall Street. Over the trailing two years, we've watched the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) , widely followed S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , and growth-dominated Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) , roar to new all-time highs, plunge into a bear market , and regain their luster, once more.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 9, 2023

X-ray machines have been around a long time and might not seem like hot commodities, but one manufacturer has recently become a hot investment. Shares of Nano-X Imaging (NASDAQ: NNOX) have been on a wild bull run, gaining 163% in the past three months, and Wall Street analysts expect the stock to rise by another 120% over the coming year. And given that it's currently launching its alternative X-ray devices worldwide for the first time, it has a solid chance of meeting those lofty estimates.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 8, 2023

Is Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) one of the best stocks to buy now? In this Palantir stock analysis video, we'll be taking a look at Palantir Stock and how CEO Alex Karp plans to dominate the artificial intelligence (AI) market. If you want to understand Palantir and its new AI tools, this is a must-watch video. I provide the bear and bull cases, valuation, news, price predictions, technical analysis, CEO interview clips, and real-talk commentary on Palantir stock.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 9, 2023

For most Americans, Social Security provides, or will eventually provide, more than just a check or direct deposit each month. It represents a vital source of income that's consistently helped between 80% and 90% of retired workers cover some of their monthly expenses, according to more than two decades of annual surveys from national pollster Gallup.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 5, 2023

No doubt about it, artificial intelligence (AI) is 2023's hottest tech trend. Beyond that, it's also helped power big gains for the stock market. Some analysts and industry watchers have already hailed the beginning of a new bull market. But regardless of what definition of bull market you use, the market's next big bullish phase will almost certainly see big gains for top AI companies.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2023

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) stock is down nearly 50% from all-time highs, and SentinelOne (NYSE: S) stock is down over 80% from all-time highs, but which cybersecurity stock should you buy now? The video below shares stock analysis, commentary, valuation metrics, technical analysis, and price targets for both stocks. Please don't forget to subscribe to the channel for future videos and updates.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 18, 2023

Nvidia 's (NASDAQ: NVDA) explosive growth in its data center segment recently overtook gaming as the company's largest source of revenue. But gaming is still a large business, generating a third of Nvidia's total revenue in the most recent quarter. With over 1.7 billion PC gamers worldwide and growing, gaming is still an important growth driver for Nvidia that investors shouldn't forget about, especially as it continues to introduce advancements in gaming with artificial intelligence (AI).

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2023

Today, I share the seven best stocks to buy in July 2023, which I believe have significant upside for long-term investors. I provide a blend of stocks, from hypergrowth stocks to mature growth stocks, that are opportunities for growth investors. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of June 30, 2023. The video was published on July 1, 2023. Find out why Tesla is one of the 10 best stocks to buy now Our analyst team has spent more than a decade beating the market.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 8, 2023

Investor sentiment has improved substantially year to date as cooling inflation, a resilient labor market, and stronger-than-expected economic growth have mitigated recession fears to some degree. By no means has the possibility of a recession disappeared, but all three major U.S. stock indexes still increased in value in the first half of 2023. The blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 3.8%, and the broad-based S&P 500 increased 15.9%.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 7, 2023

For the better part of six decades, Warren Buffett, the billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , has been dazzling Wall Street with his investing prowess. As of June 30, 2023, Berkshire's Class A shares (BRK.A) have climbed an aggregate of 4,184,390% since the Oracle of Omaha took the reins in the mid-1960s. Buffett's secret to success is truly no secret at all.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 6, 2023

Image source: Getty Images Lower class, middle class, and upper class are all widely used, but rarely defined terms. For some people, lower class means living in poverty, upper class means a life of luxury, and middle class is everyone else. Thanks to reports by the U.S. Census Bureau, we can get a much more accurate idea of what these terms mean financially.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 3, 2023

The U.S. economy has consistently produced the world's most valuable companies, but the industries leading the way tend to change over time. For example, United States Steel became the first $1 billion company on the planet in 1901. But it has only grown to a $5.5 billion valuation in the 122 years since then, with hundreds of other companies leaving it in the dust.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 21, 2023

Recession fears sent the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) tumbling into a bear market last year, and the benchmark index is still down 8%. But patient investors have nothing to fear from a recession. History says the economy will regain its momentum in time, and the S&P 500 will find its way back to bull market territory, buoyed by secular trends like artificial intelligence (AI).

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2023

Cathie Wood is the CEO and founder of Ark Invest, an asset management company focused on disruptive technologies like DNA sequencing, blockchain, and robotics. But few technologies have as much disruptive potential as robotaxis. Ark believes autonomous ride-hailing platforms could generate $4 trillion in revenue by 2027 and $9 trillion in revenue by 2030.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Image source: Getty Images If you've had your eye on buying a house lately, you've likely felt the sting of opening the Zillow app and finding suboptimal homes for sale at suborbital prices. You can thank both the pandemic-fueled home-buying frenzy and soaring mortgage interest rates for the sticker shock. The average selling price for a home has jumped 27.7% over the past three years.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 9, 2023

Investors temporarily lost confidence in social media giant Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META). Shares fell to as low as $88 last fall, but have rallied back to around $300 per share, enough to value the company at about $750 billion. So many don't realize yet that Meta's value is built on a very narrow part of its company -- Facebook and Instagram. However, Meta's about to pull several growth levers over the coming years that could potentially add billions in profits to Meta's pockets.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 20, 2023

Bankruptcy is a word no investor wants to hear, with shareholders generally wiped out in the restructuring process. No public company is really looking to go down the bankruptcy path, which is why it is so important for investors to pay attention when one warns that bankruptcy is a very real possibility. That's exactly what Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV) has had to do in its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 18, 2023

Image source: Getty Images One life event that can have a major impact on your personal finances is getting divorced. Despite what some folks would have you believe, divorce rates have declined since 2000, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting that the rate was 4% per 1,000 members of the population that year. By 2021, the rate had decreased to 2.5% per 1,000.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 18, 2023

Although the average Social Security benefit is a relatively modest $1,835 per month for retired workers, as of April 2023, it's nevertheless a vital source of income for the vast majority of seniors. In each of the past 22 years, national pollster Gallup has asked an assortment of seniors how reliant they are on their monthly Social Security check.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 16, 2023

Image source: Getty Images Sure, a lot of what makes warehouse stores, like Sam's Club, good personal finance choices for many families is the quantity discounts. Everything you buy is huge, so your price-per-unit goes down. But bulk buys aren't the only way families save -- nor are they the only thing behind the dedicated fan bases warehouse stores maintain.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2023

What happened Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) shares are continuing their streak higher today. The battery- and hydrogen-electric heavy truck maker's stock has soared more than 70% in just the last week. Today the stock was higher by 14.9% at 10:35 a.m. ET. So what The winning streak began in the days leading up to Nikola's annual shareholder meeting, but additional catalysts have contributed since then.

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