Archive for February, 2011
The Bears Are Here With Oil Rising…
Not a lot of time to write today (as usual), but the past two trading days have been worthy of a quick note and a chart of the SPY. With two days of bearishness, amidst the craziness of oil prices due to macroeconomic issues, it will be interesting to see if the S&P 500 can [...]
Private Equity Outperforms Venture Capital for the 1, 3, 5 and 10-year periods…
Great stuff from Dan Primack (@danprimack) related to private equity and venture capital returns for the past few years. If this trend doesn’t change, VCs may have some issues raising money going forward. Article here.
S&P 500 Annual Returns Since 1998…
The below link presents the S&P 500 annual return since 1998…pretty interesting data. A couple of interesting tidbits… In 2008 we lost 38.49%, but have gained 36.24% back in 2009 and 2010 – not bad, eh? The largest one year gain was 34.11% in 1995 The largest one year loss was….you guessed it…38.49% in 2008 [...]
Brief Travel Review: Mohonk Mountain House
The Mohonk Mountain House is rich in tradition, dating back to the late 1800’s. Built on the deep-blue waters of Lake Mohonk in 1869, this grand 267-room Victorian castle is one of America’s oldest family-owned resorts. There are thousands of acres of pristine forest and winding trails, just 90 minutes north of New York City. The [...]
