By Jen Saarbach & Kristen Kelly, Co-Founders of The Wall Street Skinny There’s been renewed buzz about Big Tech breakups after a courtroom reveal: Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram...
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Why is Yale’s Endowment Liquidating Its Private Equity Portfolio?
By Jen Saarbach & Kristen Kelly, Co-Founders of The Wall Street Skinny When you learn about institutional investors, you’re bound to come across the “David Swensen” or “Yale Endowment” model....
Who Is Winning the Trade War: US or China?
By Jen Saarbach & Kristen Kelly, Co-Founders of The Wall Street Skinny Amidst the rollercoaster of the US’ tariff standoff with China, the Chinese RMB fell to an 18-year low. Some...
Basis Trade Blow-up: The REAL Culprit behind the Bond Market Chaos?
By Jen Saarbach & Kristen Kelly, Co-Founders of The Wall Street Skinny There’s been considerable speculation that last week’s bond market chaos wasn’t caused by a loss of confidence in...
Why Private Equity Panicked: The 4 Ripple Effects of Tariff Talk
By Jen Saarbach & Kristen Kelly, Co-Founders of The Wall Street Skinny At first glance, you might think private equity firms wouldn’t be too fazed by Trump’s proposed tariffs. After...
What Made Trump Blink? The Treasury Market’s Quiet Power Move
By Kristen Kelly & Jen Saarbach, Co-Founders of The Wall Street Skinny We think the Treasury market was the ultimate impetus behind the 90 day pause in reciprocal tariffs. Why?...
Elon’s $33 Billion xAI–X Deal: Valuation Tricks, Ownership Dilution, and Why It Matters
By Kristen Kelly & Jen Saarbach, Co-Founders of The Wall Street Skinny Elon Musk just bought Twitter…again. But this time, he bought it from himself — sort of. His artificial...
The Skinny on Tariffs & Market Shock: What’s Behind the New Trade War
By Jen Saarbach & Kristen Kelly, Co-Founders of The Wall Street Skinny Never a dull moment… Markets are imploding after Trump announced a new set of “reciprocal” tariffs on the...
What Private Equity Analysts Building LBOs Models Must Know About How D&A Impacts Interest Deductibility
By Kristen Kelly, Co-Founder of The Wall Street Skinny Let me walk you through one of the juiciest (and most misunderstood) finance policy fights happening right now: private equity firms...
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