Three questions to ask before any private deal: who else is in, is the sponsor invested, and what happens if it underperforms.
Three Questions to Ask Before Investing in a Private Deal Read More »
How we rank surgery centers, ERs, litigation funding, apartments, hotels, restaurants and pre-IPOs, based on our own money.
Ranking Every Type of Deal We’ve Put Our Own Money Into Read More »
Staying at one job too long can cost you. The same is true of sticking with one investing strategy.
Staying Comfortable Can Cost You, in Jobs and in Investing Read More »
From sourcing to due diligence: how Ticker Tape moves from a pitched deal to an investment.
What Happens Between Seeing a Deal and Investing in It Read More »
Have $100,000 for private equity? Why it should go into at least four deals, and how Ticker Tape makes smaller checks possible.
Have $100,000 for Private Equity? Don’t Make One Investment Read More »
From informal deals and crowdfunding to blind pools, startups and oil and gas: how private investors lose money.
Ranking the Ways People Lose Money in Private Investments Read More »
Why the idea that your money belongs in stocks and bonds is a myth, and why we’re shifting more into private equity and real estate.
The Myth That Your Money Belongs in Public Markets Read More »
From the COVID crash to tariff day, markets overreact in both directions. Why spotting fear and euphoria matters.
Markets Overreact on the Way Down and on the Way Up Read More »
Volatility is the biggest drag on stock portfolio returns. Why Ticker Tape builds a private equity portfolio focused on pre-IPO deals.
The Number One Killer of Portfolio Returns: Volatility Read More »
David Swensen grew Yale’s endowment from $1 billion to over $30 billion, and he didn’t do it in the stock market.
How the Yale Endowment Grew 30x Without the Stock Market Read More »
