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The 5 Favorite Investments of Young Multimillionaires

The Motley Fool

High-net-worth investors who are interested typically invest their money through private equity funds. Private equity is risky, and there's no guarantee it will outperform the market. There can also be hefty fees involved. Investing in an S&P 500 index fund may not be nearly as exciting, but it's a lot cheaper.

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Want to Invest Like a Billionaire? This ETF Lets You Buy SpaceX, OpenAI, Stripe, and Other Unicorns for Less Than $50.

The Motley Fool

Private equity and venture capital firms typically have access to investments that are not available to everyday investors. Well, to put it simply, these funds raise capital from ultrahigh-net-worth individuals called accredited investors. Let's dig into the fund, and assess whether investing like a billionaire is right for you.

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Here's How Billionaires Buy Stocks

The Motley Fool

But even within a family office, a billionaire can direct financial experts to purchase specific company shares. A prime brokerage A prime brokerage is a group of services offered to ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) or hedge funds. But UHNWIs, including billionaires, may also be invited to participate in private placements.

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MicroStrategy (MSTR) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

Bitcoin ETPs also benefit from this, offset by the management fees that are charged for those products. This slide shows an illustrative example of how intelligent leverage can be used to boost returns when bitcoin prices are increasing, the baseline returns of any long bitcoin strategy from spot bitcoin price appreciation.

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Are CPP Investments' 'Ideological Goals' Costing Canadians Money?

Pension Pulse

They’re talking about asset management firms, in which public pension funds often have investments, supporting shareholder proposals meant to achieve social justice or climate objectives yet of dubious financial value. Second, these anti-ESG articles miss the mark when it comes to Canada's large pension investment managers.

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CDPQ Posts 7.2% Return in 2023

Pension Pulse

CDPQ's own public equities portfolio saw its performance "driven by growth stocks, as well as by large positions in Quebec companies, which performed well." The private equity portfolio was affected by interest rate hikes as well as by an increase in financing costs, which affected certain private companies.

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CDPQ's Head of Liquid Markets Discusses Mid-Year Results

Pension Pulse

“The renewable energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors, to which (the Caisse) has been exposed for many years, are significant vectors of performance,” the pension fund said. In the first half of 2023, higher financing costs hurt the Caisse’s private-equity portfolio, which posted a return of 1.4 per cent. “In