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As long term investors, Sovereign Wealth Funds may have the last laugh

August 25, 2008

Analysis of:Sovereign Wealth Fund Assets Could Triple by 2013 | www.bloomberg.com

The Sovereign Wealth Funds are long-term investors. We may find out as time passes who really is the greater fool. An investment in the best-of-best alternative investment firms may be more genius than foolishness. Blackstone is a premier player in alternative investments. With the S&P 500 index at 1280 it is lower now than it was in March of 1999, almost ten years ago. While the market appears to be quite reasonably priced, Blackstone happens to be loaded with cash and able to find assets to purchase at undervalued prices. In addition, they are the best India and China connected investment firm in the world, at a time investment opportunities abound in these countries. As the Goldman Sachs of alternative investments, in an environment where the world’s public and private pension funds are rapidly increasing their allocations to alternative investments these sovereign wealth funds may have done more research than those who may mistakenly consider them foolish.

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