Blackstone’s $70B Property Beast Just Tamed Redemptions—Is the 18% Buyer Boom a Trap?
Blackstone’s BREIT has always been a creature of its time. Launched in 2017, the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust promised…
Author: Andrew Scott
AI Boom Meets 6% Policy Rate—Venture Burn Rates Double Overnight, Late-Stage IPO Window Slams
The year 2025 has ushered in a new era of financial turbulence, one that is marked by the dual forces…
Wall Street’s 0.02% ETF Reveal: The Hidden Revenue Play Every Investor Missed
The Fee That Wasn’t a Fee On 3 May the SEC’s new “spread-fee” footnote became mandatory inside every ETF prospectus.…
1.35% Fee, No K-1, 8.4% Payout: BCRED Opens the Gates to Mom & Pop Private Debt
Retail finally gets a ticket to the illiquid credit carnival—at a moment when carbon-intensity screens are rewriting the pricing grid…
Hidden Leverage in Plain Sight: Short Interest on Mag-7 ETFs Jumps 400% in 6 Days
The Quiet Leverage No One Wanted to Admit Last Monday the notional short interest in the three largest ETFs that…
Vanguard Leak: 42 bps Annual Leak That Even Proxy Portfolios Can’t Plug—Pay Up or Swap Out
The Quiet Spread That Refuses to Close Every basis point matters when the Federal Reserve’s overnight rate sits at 5.25%.…
As Service Jobs Flourish, Can They Bridge the Gap Left by Tech Layoffs?
The recent surge in service sector employment has raised questions about its potential to offset the job losses experienced in…
The Liquidity Premium: Why You Get Paid to Lock Your Money Away
In the current landscape of the U.S. stock market, the concept of liquidity premium has gained renewed attention among investors.…
Tech Stocks Are on the Edge, but ETFs Could Be the Lifeline You Didn’t See Coming
The current landscape of the U.S. stock market, particularly in the technology sector, is a complex interplay of opportunity and…
U.S. Stock Market Enters Critical Phase as Fed Pivot Reshapes Investment Landscape
The U.S. stock market is navigating a complex transition as the Federal Reserve’s anticipated 2025 policy shift collides with evolving…