LP Investing Digest #55
Tweets on investing, and anything else helpful to LPs
Last premium post: The dangers of "trust but verify" - a suggested framework for approaching trust within the context of investments with some examples.
Last free post: LP Investing Digest #54 & Full Article Index
Announcements:
LP Cohort: Review 4 deals with me and other LPs to learn what to look out for in deals. Please reply to this email if it’s of interest.
Some interesting research on long term holds
For those interested in REITs, this is insightful; I wrote on REITs vs LP investments here
Updated CLO data
The trend isn’t great, but also a reminder that numbers/stats can be misleading (repeat buyers probably matter much less in terms of the overall point)
A look inside TPG (large fund) returns with some interesting thoughts
Couldn’t repeat this enough times.. I’ll write more on this topic in the coming months, but be sure to read this past week’s article to see how this relates to trust
Investing is difficult, but you have to remember that VC investing is very different than real estate investing - read more on the comparison of LP investments to VC and treasuries here (excerpt below)
“Expecting real estate to provide you venture capital type returns is (in probability) a really bad idea. Similarly, going into a VC investment thinking it's safe is a bad idea.”
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