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The Price of Time | Edward Chancellor & Joseph Wang

Forward Guidance

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The Benefits of Private Equity

I would distinguish VC from private equity for stuff. I think the private equity business kicks off in 1982. Former Secretary of Secretary Bill Simon's leverage purchase of Gibson Greetings, which is a card company. And really, the private equity guys, they're more like corporate finances or investment bankers than traditional investors. Guys, it's all about how much debt can we put? Look, I'm just talking about the LBA. It's not some of the others. The entire business was, you know, grew on this long, 40 decade bond bull market of ever declining rates of interest.

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