The number one killer of your portfolio value, even your 401(k), is stock market volatility. That’s why Tom Schmidt, Ticker Tape and its partners are building a private equity portfolio outside the public markets.
We typically invest in a pre-IPO deal, a company like SpaceX while it’s privately held. We hold our shares until the company goes public, sell once the shares are public, take our profit and redeploy it in other private equity deals. We invest in everything from litigation funding to apartments, hotels and restaurants, but our primary focus is pre-IPO deals in companies like OpenAI, Scale, Kraken and, before its IPO, SpaceX.
Key points
- Volatility is the biggest drag on stock portfolios, including 401(k)s.
- Ticker Tape builds private equity holdings outside the public markets.
- The core strategy: buy pre-IPO, sell after the IPO, redeploy the profit.
- TTI also invests in litigation funding, apartments, hotels and restaurants.
Accredited investors: learn about current opportunities at tickertapeinvestments.com.
