East Rock Capital, LLC is an investment firm based in New York City, managing over $3 billion on behalf of a select group of high-net-worth families. United around the belief that talent is the best asset class, we take responsibility for protecting and carefully growing our clients’ assets by creating highly aligned partnerships with proven investing talent.
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New York, New York 10022, US
Smart, highly-regarded investors make mistakes. Sometimes they even break the most fundamental rules of portfolio construction. In the latest edition of #FromStarToFounder, Managing Partner Adam Shapiro discusses three surprising mistakes and what you can learn from them.
What can you learn from the mistakes of investing geniuses? A lot. In the latest #FromStarToFounder, I discuss three examples worth knowing about.
In a wide-ranging conversation with William Green of the #richerwiserhapper podcast, East Rock co-founder and managing partner Adam Shapiro explained why talent is the best asset class, why smaller funds outperform, and how the endowment model can be updated. Listen here. Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eqHH62Kb iTunes: https://lnkd.in/ef6Uu-WU YouTube: https://lnkd.in/e-Guw3pX Investor’s Podcast Network: https://lnkd.in/e8T5ueic Watch: https://lnkd.in/gKQyPefa Listen: https://lnkd.in/gn565nig
Dive into the newest episode of Richer, Wiser, Happier where William Green is joined by Adam Shapiro, Managing Partner at East Rock Capital. Here, he explains how to build & safeguard wealth over the long term, how he identifies the best fund managers, why he’s wary of index funds & ETFs, and much more! IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: • Why Adam Shapiro stopped investing in emerging markets. • Why the U.S. is a great—but potentially perilous—place to invest. • What he learned at Goldman Sachs about intelligent investing. • How he identifies fund managers who are likely to outperform. • Why he favors small funds run by young & hungry investors. • What human qualities lead to investment success. • How Adam built an investing edge through networking. • How David Swensen’s Yale Endowment Model can be updated. • How to reduce your risk & ensure survival in extreme conditions. • Why Adam is wary of index funds & ETFs. • Why his #1 financial rule is “never, ever run out of liquidity.” • Why firms like Millennium & Citadel may be riskier than they seem. • How to improve your portfolio & life by subtracting excess “filler.” Watch: https://lnkd.in/gKQyPefa Listen: https://lnkd.in/gn565nig
We are excited to announce that Alexandra Schueler, CAIA has joined East Rock as Senior Director of Strategic Engagement. She will work closely with our investment and operations teams to serve key relationships and expand access to the firm’s resources and investment services. Alexandra joins from the Milken Institute, where she was a senior member of the Business & Program Development team responsible for sourcing and managing significant relationships with private equity firms, hedge funds, banks, multinational corporations, and individual philanthropists. She built the Institute’s highly regarded South Florida Dialogue series and founded the Forum for Family Asset Management, a network of CIOs of single-family offices. Welcome to the team, Alexandra! https://lnkd.in/e-8htYGQ
Our managing partner Adam Shapiro explains why the field of endowment investing offers tremendous career opportunities in the latest edition of #FromStarToFounder.
Career success has a lot to do with being at the right place at the right time. I have a front row seat to endowment investing as a sector and to me the opportunities look enormous. #FromStarToFounder
Adam Shapiro identifies five places to look for hidden Alpha and explains how to free up the search for Alpha through better management of Beta. #FromStarToFounder
Where does Alpha hide and what gets in the way of capturing as much as possible? Here are my thoughts. #StarToFounder
Managing Partner and life-long golfer Adam Shapiro explains how the search for commonalities can improve your game – whether it’s golf or investing – in the latest edition of #FromStarToFounder.
Whether in golf or investing, modeling ourselves after a single elite player is not as good as finding commonalities that many top players share. Sometimes the commonalities hide in plain sight. Use the meta-rule and find them. #FromStarToFounder
In the latest edition of #FromStarToFounder, East Rock Managing Partner Adam Shapiro explains why drilling away “Filler” should be a goal for every investment manager.
Addition is the fun part of portfolio management—we all love finding a great investment and adding it to the portfolio. But subtracting “Filler” may offer the best opportunity to really move the needle. To see why, please read the latest edition of #FromStarToFounder.
Managing Partner Adam Shapiro explains why families often overlook mediocre investment performance and what they should to do about it in the latest edition of #FromStarToFounder.
I'm often surprised at how willing families are to overlook mediocre investment performance. Even a few percentage points can make a big difference. I explain why and what to do about it in the latest edition of #FromStarToFounder.