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Personal Finance and Investing

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts) Sat Dec 4, 2021, 09:59 AM Dec 2021

Is Private Equity overrated? [View all]

Interesting article on private equity funds in the NYT Dealbook newsletter today (I don't know if it's paywalled). They are difficult to value until they are liquidated after ten years. The internal rate of return is easily manipulated. Are they better investments than stock index funds? Maybe not now, if they ever were.

Is Private Equity Overrated? https://nyti.ms/3djYiFR

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Is Private Equity overrated? [View all] Tomconroy Dec 2021 OP

Good post, private equity could come under more scrutinty and regulation. ShazamIam Dec 2021 #1

Private equity is mostly rule bending IbogaProject Dec 2021 #2