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What Private Equity’s Shift Means for Investors, Business Owners

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What Private Equity's Shift Means for Investors, Business Owners

(Image credit: Getty Images) Private equity is in flux as the threat of consolidation looms and more expensive debt reduces firms’ ability to rely on deal structure and leverage to deliver outsized returns. Economic conditions have changed, and private equity needs to change along with them, focusing less on financial engineering and more on traditional […]

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Here’s What’s Behind Trump’s $200 Billion Mortgage Bond Buy, and How It Could Affect Investors

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In This Article The announcement that President Donald Trump plans to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds using cash reserves at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is the latest White House strategy to lower interest rates and address the affordability crisis. For real estate investors, anything that moves rates down must be seen as a

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Cyber Breach Affected 750,000 Canadian Investors, Regulator Says

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Cyber Breach Affected 750,000 Canadian Investors, Regulator Says

Personal information of about 750,000 Canadian investors has been impacted by a “sophisticated phishing attack,” according to the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, in an update on the fallout from a major breach disclosed in August. Information that might have been exposed includes dates of birth, phone numbers, income, social insurance numbers, government ID numbers, investment

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Investors Could Reap Millions With 2026’s Shift in Tax Rules

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Investors Could Reap Millions With 2026's Shift in Tax Rules

(Image credit: Getty Images) If you’re a real estate investor or high-net-worth individual with significant capital gains, 2026 isn’t just another year on the calendar; it’s a convergence point where three major tax strategies intersect to create unprecedented wealth-building opportunities. Understanding how these strategies work together could mean the difference between paying millions in taxes

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General Partner Stakes: Why Investors Buy Into Private Equity

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General Partner Stakes: Why Investors Buy Into Private Equity

(Image credit: Getty Images) Investors have long appreciated the business model that is asset management, but historically, the only way they could gain exposure was through publicly traded asset managers. The challenge is that those stocks tend to be very volatile, exhibit high correlations to the rest of a typical investor’s portfolio and usually do

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Investors Still Face Plenty of Financial Risks This Year—Here’s What You Should Watch Out For

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In This Article Entering 2026, there’s no shortage of risks on the table. From asset bubbles to geopolitical instability, here are the threats I see—and how I’m protecting against them.  Asset Bubbles A few months ago, I wrote about how nearly every asset type appeared at risk of a bubble. And in fact, one of

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How Worried Should Investors Be About a Jerome Powell Investigation?

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President Trump Fed Chair Powell tour Federal Reserve headquarters renovation project

(Image credit: Getty Images) The Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas on Friday and threatened a criminal indictment related to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee last June about a multi-year project to renovate historic buildings. That’s according to a Sunday evening statement from Powell, whose

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Trump Signals Ban on Institutional Investors in Housing Market

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Trump Signals Ban on Institutional Investors in Housing Market

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration plans to ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes, a step he says is intended to help lower home prices and expand opportunities for everyday buyers. In his January 7 post, Trump framed the proposal as part of a broader effort to restore the

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President Trump Proposes to Ban Institutional Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes

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Trump signing executive order

In This Article President Donald Trump’s plan to stop large investors from buying single-family houses could have far-reaching effects on all real estate investors. Trump said in a Truth Social post on Jan. 7: “For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream. It was the

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