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bucolic_frolic

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1. The earliest private equity firms were the trading companies

Reply to Ranting Randy (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:41 PM

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that sailed west more than 500 years ago. Somebody put up the money and gave them a charter. They could plunder, make war, steal, bribe, and everything else. Profits to the shareholders. Modern times is just dusting off an old model.

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Is private equity anything other than an economic cancer? [View all] Ranting Randy Thursday OP

The earliest private equity firms were the trading companies bucolic_frolic Thursday #1

I'll agree with your point about it being under-regulated. That said, it's not all bad at all. unblock Thursday #2

Appropriate regulation is the key. However.... Ranting Randy Thursday #3

Yeah, the abuses are in those operating liquidations unblock Thursday #4