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James Walsh's avatar

This was intense! Had to re read a couple times. Great work as always

James Walsh's avatar

Really felt like a dumb real estate operator guy reading this one.

Eric McArdle's avatar

This was excellent. And somewhat frightening. Thank you.

Curious Generalist's avatar

Sounds a lot like the mortgage and housing market

The Credit Strategist's avatar

This is a fascinating analysis of APO’s business model & the leverage embedded inside it.

George Aliferis, CAIA's avatar

I always thought Buffett's use of insurance as permanent capital was clever... but Apollo is on another level. Rowan once said “One way we create growth for a reasonable price is complexity" and I didn't get it at the time...

Brandon's avatar

I'm not smart enough!