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A Spectacularly Underappreciated 15 Years

The Big Picture

From March 2000 to the double lows October 2002 and March 2003, the Nasdaq 100 fell 82.9% (peak to trough). Plus bonds down 15% – the first double-digit drop for both asset classes in 4 decades. For two decades, every dip purchase was soon rewarded. It takes a while to change behavior. See also Lazy Portfolios rolling returns.

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MiB: Michael Levy, CEO of Crow Holdings on Commercial Real Estate

The Big Picture

Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Tom Rampulla, managing director of Vanguard’s Financial Advisor Services division since 2002. He runs the business that provides investments, services, education, and research to more than 1,000 financial advisory firms representing more than $3 trillion in assets.

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MiB: Gretchen Morgenson on Private Equity

The Big Picture

A former stockbroker and alumna of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, she won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for her “trenchant and incisive” reporting on finance. UHNW investors have been so attracted to Private Equity’s diversified asset class and steady returns, especially in an era of zero interest rates.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

The only other years with a higher reading since 1990 were 2008 when the S&P fell 38%, and 2002, when it fell 23%. Pensions Brace for Private-Equity Losses : Retirement officials predict grim results from investments in private equity and other illiquid assets ( Wall Street Journal ). • Investors Keep Piling In Anyway.

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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

Be sure to check out our Masters in Business this week with Tom Rampulla, managing director of Vanguard’s Financial Advisor Services division since 2002. He runs the business that provides investments, services, education, and research to more than 1,000 financial advisory firms representing more than $3 trillion in assets.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

Strategies, asset classes and securities go in and out of style in part because the pendulum always swings back and forth between fear and greed but also because the future is unknowable. ( Professor Jeremy Siegel of Wharton, and Jeremy Schwartz, Chief Investment Officer at the $75 billion Wisdom Tree Asset Management. Green ). •

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MiB: Joel Tillinghast, Fidelity’s Legendary Fund Manager

The Big Picture

In 2002, Tillinghast was named “ Morningstar’s Domestic Stock Fund Manager of the Year.” Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Michael Rockefeller , Co-Chief Investment Officer and co-founder of Woodline Partners , managing $7 billion in assets.