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Insider Trading: The Secret Weapon of the World’s Most Successful Real Estate Investors In the world of investing, insider trading is often thought of as a taboo, if not illegal, activity. However, for the most successful private market real estate investors, insider trading is a secret weapon that can give investors an edge over their […]

The vast majority of people invest their retirement savings primarily in some combination of stocks and bonds, typically through ETFs and mutual funds. “Set it and forget it,” they’re often told by their investment advisors. And yet, despite that diversification, when market conditions change, these same people are often shocked to find that the value of these investments has tumbled.

Here at Paladin, we have a long track record as a U.S. SEC Registered Investment Advisor and fiduciary to institutional clients and family offices. These partners have come to know us well over the past three decades. They’re familiar with our company’s history, as well as our culture and what continues to drive us today.

Paladin’s Asymmetrical Risk-Reward Proposition Not long ago, Howard Marks, founder of Oaktree Capital and a widely respected institutional investor, wrote a memo in which he discussed the concept of “asymmetry”. In short, he described asymmetry as “[his] word for the essence of investment excellence and a standard against which investors should be measured.” According to

We have seen it happen time and time again. There is a prolonged bull market that keeps investors believing it will last forever. Looking in their rearview mirror, they begin to think that asset prices will continue to rise indefinitely, that there has been some fundamental, structural change that will prevent a future market downturn.