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Does "buy the dip" actually work?
"Buy the dip" sounds like smart investing — wait for prices to fall, then pounce. But 60 years of evidence reveals the strategy underperforms passive investing more than 60% of the time. Here's why waiting for the perfect moment costs more than it saves.

Robin Powell
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Private equity’s fundraising crunch: investors call time on the boom
Private equity firms are dangling incentives that would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Management fee cuts, rebates on deal...

Robin Powell
Aug 24, 20253 min read


Private equity in 401(k)s: quick headlines, long timelines, hidden risks
Private equity in 401(k)s has been hailed as a breakthrough for American savers. But while the headlines promise fast change, the reality is slower, costlier and far riskier. History shows high failure rates, heavy fees and poor outcomes for investors. The winners may be asset managers, not workers.

Robin Powell
Aug 22, 20256 min read


The alternative fund graveyard: 75% have failed to last ten years
New Morningstar research reveals a shocking 75% alternative fund mortality rate. Of 1,345 alternative mutual funds that existed in 2015, only 341 survive today. As regulators push wider retail access to semi-liquid alternatives, Jeffrey Ptak's analysis shows three-quarters failed to deliver on promises of diversification and smoother returns. High fees, poor performance, and investor flight killed most funds within three years.

Robin Powell
Aug 22, 20255 min read
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