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Why private equity is stuck with ‘zombie companies’ it can’t sell
Private equity firms are facing a new reality: a growing crop of companies that can neither thrive nor die, lingering in portfolios like the undead. These so-called “zombie companies” refer to businesses that aren’t growing, barely generate enough cash to service debt and are unable to attract buyers even at a discount. They are usually trapped […]
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Luckin Coffee eyes U.S. relisting as five-year turnaround from fraud scandal takes hold
Key Points Luckin Coffee CEO Jinyi Guo said the company is preparing to relist in the U.S. The Xiamen-headquartered coffee chain was booted from the Nasdaq in 2020 after admitting to fabricating $310 million in 2019 revenue. Backed by top investor Centurium Capital, Luckin has rebounded to become China’s biggest coffee retailer, overtaking Starbucks, and […]
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Pop Mart’s Labubu dolls fueled a stock surge — now Bernstein says it’s time to sell
Pop Mart’s Labubu dolls have captured hearts — and fueled one of China’s hottest stock stories, surging more than 270% since the start of the year to hit a high of 339.8 Hong Kong dollars ($43.71) on Aug. 26. But behind the buzz, a sharp divide has emerged between believers in its emotional-branding power and […]
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Jim Chanos unwinds Strategy short as stock’s bitcoin premium collapses after 50% sell-off
Famed short seller Jim Chanos closed his closely-watched wager pitting Strategy against bitcoin , saying the valuation gap that once made the trade so compelling had largely vanished. Chanos said Saturday in a social media post on X that as of Friday’s market open he had unwound his pair trade of shorting Strategy and going […]
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Millennials are piling into alternative assets. Here’s where they’re investing
Key Points Millennials favor alternative investments — such as venture capital and private markets — as a way of capturing innovation and growth opportunities, particularly in tech. Goldman Sachs Asset Management data shows alts now make up about 20% of millennials’ portfolios, while allocations to traditional equities are lower than older age groups. As private […]
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A global wealth boom is fueling a rise in family office imposters
A global wealth boom is fueling the creation of a record number of family offices. And that has come with a peculiar problem: imposters. Fundraisers and fraudsters are presenting themselves as family office representatives, seeking to dupe gullible investors — and then there are also imposters who are in it just for an “ego boost,” […]
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Altimeter’s Brad Gerstner says market pullback is healthy, sees no bubble in tech
Altimeter Capital founder and CEO Brad Gerstner said Friday the recent pullback in technology shares is a healthy correction after a monthslong surge. “The Nasdaq’s gone up 40% off the bottom in April. The market was kind of looking for a reason for a breather,” Gerstner said on CNBC’s ” Money Movers .” “This week, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Opendoor, Affirm, Airbnb, Sunrun, Peloton & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell : Airbnb — The vacation rental platform saw shares rise about 4% after the company reported a revenue beat for the third quarter and hiked fourth-quarter revenue forecast. Earnings per share for the latest quarter came in below an LSEG estimate, however. Affirm — The fintech […]
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From ‘Trump dump’ to ‘Hedge America’: Global investors are still hesitant to go all-in on the U.S.
As the end of 2025 looms, one trend looks sure to follow investors into the new year: a widespread reluctance to go all-in on American assets. It started back in April, when U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” drove markets into a frenzy that saw a sell off of American stocks, government bonds and […]
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Cathie Wood trims her bitcoin bull case on threat of stablecoins taking some market share
Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood has trimmed her most bullish forecast for bitcoin, acknowledging that the rapid rise of stablecoins is taking on a role she once thought bitcoin would fill. “Stablecoins are usurping part of the role that we thought bitcoin would play,” Wood, CEO and chief investment officer of Ark, said Thursday on CNBC’s ” […]
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