Weekly & Monthly Commentaries on Alternative Investment
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Alternative Quarterly Commentary – Q4 2024
Election, interest rates, private companies, private real estate, exits in private equity, hedge funds, alternative assets
Alternative Quarterly Commentary – Q3 2024
Elections, private real estate, exits in private equity, hedge funds, alternative assets
Alternative Quarterly Commentary – Q2 2024
Alternative asset Trust Commentary for the second quarter of 2024, commentary on hedge funds, private equity, and North American private real estate
Alternative Quarterly Commentary – Q1 2024
During the first quarter of 2024, the Trust was higher by 4.1% net of costs, and this brings the Trust’s annualized rate of return since inception [October 2010] to 9.5%
The Monthly March 2024
Inflation, Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Gold, Periodic table of elements, Fiscal deficits, Gold stocks, Warren Buffett, Berkshire
The Monthly February 2024
The November-December affect, Price to book ratios, Crypto, Bitcoin, Bank of Japan, Warren Buffett, Behavioral investing
Alternative Quarterly Commentary – Q4 2023
During the fourth quarter of 2023, the MacNicol Investment Team continued to observe a widening gap between the inflation expectations of market participants and both voting and non-voting central bank officials. Catalyzing our concerns that financial markets may have “jumped to conclusions” when it comes to interest rates and a labor market that stands 200 basis points below its long-term (ex-COVID) average and fiscal profligacy that underpins a situation where government spending is leading to unsustainable levels of debt and deficit.
December Monthly Commentary
In terms of the labor market, job creation has been weak, and vacancies declined further. This led to a slight uptick in the unemployment rate even as wages are still rising by about 4%. More visible job actions at the Canadian banks and other larger companies offer a slanted view on labor as they gain a disproportionate amount of attention from the media.
November Monthly Commentary
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The MacNicol Alternative Asset Trust is a multi-strategy, alternative investment platform designed to generate returns that are positive and uncorrelated with public stock or bond markets. The Trust, through its underlying limited partnerships invests in real estate, private equity, and hedge funds. In total, the Alternative Trust is invested in more than 150 separate real estate projects, private businesses, and hedge funds. The advantages of our approach to alternative assets include effective diversification, enhanced liquidity and a less volatile return profile compared to the individual asset classes themselves.
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