Soundings

Private Equity

Drawing from the nautical practice of measuring depth, Soundings explores the underlying forces, risks, and opportunities beneath the market's surface..

Democratizing Private Equity – Part II

March 2026

BDCs, evergreen funds, and the push to open alternatives to more investors — at what cost?

Democratizing Private Equity – Part I

March 2026

What Yale's legendary endowment run under David Swensen still teaches about private equity investing.

Uncorrelated

January 2026

Gold's best month in 40 years ends in a sharp reversal. What investors do next depends on why they bought it.

What happens after a national mid-life crisis?

September 2025

If the U.S. matures like Europe or Japan, here's what a 50-year portfolio might hold.