| 8,000% | “8000%” | Bisserier: 2020 quant hedge funds fell 20-40% while discretionary gained 50-100% | Damien Bisserier | Mar 1, 2021 | Supported |
| 7,000% | “7000%” | In 2015, 150 hedge funds owned 70 days of Valeant trading volume | Basil Qunibi | Mar 5, 2018 | Supported |
| 800% | “800%” | Giannini: Disciplined Portfolio Construction Lags Hype Cycles but Wins Long Term | Mario Giannini | Apr 17, 2023 | — |
| 625% | “625%” | Breach: Vista's average portfolio company delivers a 625% customer ROI | David Breach | Jun 9, 2025 | — |
| 600% | “600%” | Vista portfolio companies deliver average customer ROI exceeding 600% | Robert F. Smith | Jul 5, 2021 | — |
| 500% | “500%” | Hamed: Title lending is abusive and frequently charges 500% APRs | Ali Hamed | Feb 19, 2018 | — |
| 300% | “300%” | Bessent: Soros used 300% leverage to gain 140% trading 1980s currency accords | Scott Bessent | Nov 4, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 300% | “300%” | Brolin: Edenbrook held a 15% position that gained 300% in Q4 | John Brolin | Oct 7, 2021 | Supported |
| 300% | “300%” | Seides: Buffett bet collateral held in Berkshire stock outperformed the S&P 500 | Ted Seides | May 2, 2017 | — |
| 200% | “200%” | Mahr: Dot-com brokerages distributed hot IPO shares first-come, first-served | Daniel Mahr | Nov 20, 2025 | Supported |
| 200% | “200%” | Housel: Excessive VC Capital Broke Good Businesses by Forcing Unnatural Growth | Morgan Housel | Jan 1, 2024 | — |
| 200% | “200%” | Kuruvilla: A 10% edge in biotech trial forecasting creates outsized alpha | Finny Kuruvilla | Oct 12, 2023 | — |
| 200% | “200%” | Collins: FrontPoint returned 200% on the subprime short without heavy leverage | Porter Collins | Jul 3, 2023 | — |
| 200% | “200%” | Fishner-Wolfson: Rate normalization won't hurt companies growing 200% annually | Justin Fishner-Wolfson | Dec 23, 2021 | — |
| 195% | “195%” | Tannenbaum: India's private sector debt-to-GDP is ~53% compared to China's ~195% | Dan Tannenbaum | May 23, 2024 | Supported |
| 150% | “150%” | Lewinsohn: Fixed wireless drove 150% of US broadband growth last year | Jonathan Lewinsohn | Feb 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 150% | “150%” | Collins: Seawolf gained over 150% in 2022 despite a 30% drawdown | Porter Collins | Jul 3, 2023 | — |
| 140% | “140%” | Bessent: Soros used 300% leverage to gain 140% trading 1980s currency accords | Scott Bessent | Nov 4, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 130% | “130%” | Behring: 3G returned 130% of capital on Burger King IPO while keeping 70% | Alex Behring | May 6, 2024 | Supported |
| 130% | “130%” | The World Wildlife Fund's stranded asset total return swap gained over 130%. | Bob Litterman | Jun 15, 2020 | — |
| 130% | “130%” | Two partners generated 130% of total P&L at Galbraith's startup hedge fund | Steve Galbraith | Apr 13, 2017 | — |
| 125% | “125%” | Khoury: REITs Trading at 125% of Net Asset Value Is Now Normal | John Khoury | Dec 1, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 120% | “120%” | Stavros: C.H.I. Grew Revenue 120% While Scrap Rose Only 7% | Pete Stavros | Sep 15, 2022 | Supported |
| 120% | “120%” | Grantham: Markets will see a major reversal favoring value over growth | Jeremy Grantham | Jul 8, 2021 | — |
| 116% | “116%” | Overfunded Textron Pension Ignores LDI Strategies To Maintain Growth Focus | Charles Van Vleet | Nov 28, 2022 | — |
| 112% | “112%” | SWIB reduced portfolio leverage to 12% amid an inverted yield curve | Anne-Marie Fink | Jun 3, 2024 | — |
| 110% | “110%” | Kayden: Crypto represents 2% of portfolios but dominates 110% of IC discussions | Joelle Kayden | Feb 27, 2023 | — |
| 110% | “110%” | Libby: Knight Capital's market-making division generated 110% of total net income | Billy Libby | May 23, 2022 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 110% | “110%” | Manager excuses for lagging holdings usually explain 110% of total fund underperformance | Roz Hewsenian | Aug 6, 2018 | — |
| 104% | “104%” | Auby: Texas Teachers applies 4% leverage for 104% asset exposure | Jace Auby | Sep 9, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Jain: Investment teams that always agree with leadership become mere cheerleaders | Rajiv Jain | Jun 8, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Kim: Enter every meeting knowing your opening statement and closing objective | John Kim (Kimmer) | May 25, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | UTIMCO prefers probabilistic 'fox' portfolio managers over overconfident storytellers | Tony Caruso | May 11, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Non-traded BDCs recreate the structural asset-liability mismatches of the past | Kieran Goodwin | Mar 30, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Capital Group founder absorbed all losses until 1950s profitability | Mike Gitlin | Jan 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Firms only avoid asset management partnerships to retain 100% of fees | Mike Gitlin | Jan 5, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Passive smart beta beats benchmark Sharpe ratios across EM asset classes | Nick Rohatyn | Jan 22, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Promising 'the Funniest Story Ever' Ruins the Comedic Payoff for Listeners | Matthew Dicks | Dec 15, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Mahr: Dot-com brokerages distributed hot IPO shares first-come, first-served | Daniel Mahr | Nov 20, 2025 | Supported |
| 100% | “100%” | Mahr: Factor selection and interaction at MDT is 100% algorithmic | Daniel Mahr | Nov 20, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | MacArthur: Two-thirds of polled LPs prioritize 100% cash-outs over creative liquidity | Hugh MacArthur | Jun 23, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Hightower buys 100% of RIA assets but flexes retained economics | Bob Oros | Jun 16, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Gave: Structured Products in Private Banks Create Catastrophic Hidden Downside Leverage | Louis-Vincent Gave | Apr 14, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Dietrich allocates roughly 55% of its private portfolio to venture capital | Ed Grefenstette | Mar 24, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | O'Leary: Foundation investment team turned over 100% twice before her arrival | Shannon O'Leary | Mar 10, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Pompliano sold Reflexivity Research to DeFi Technologies in an all-stock deal | Anthony Pompliano | Feb 3, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | McLean: Direct raw acreage leasing yielded 100%+ returns vs 10-15% on producing assets | Jay McLean | Jan 20, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Sullivan: Hedge fund industry tilts toward a mercenary P&L-driven model | Mark Sullivan | Jan 16, 2025 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | McCusker: Hightower acquiring 100% of NEPC was a deal-breaker | Tim McCusker | Dec 9, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Miller: 100% battery backup for Germany's grid would cost $270T | Matt Miller | Oct 14, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Miller: Carbon capture will reach coal and gas plants within a decade | Matt Miller | Oct 14, 2024 | Open |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Nesbitt: Cliffwater was founded because 60/40 could not hit actuarial targets | Steve Nesbitt | Oct 7, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Bessent: Mortgage book author's fund lost 100% during the subprime crisis | Scott Bessent | Nov 4, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Sandler: Eminence allocates 70% to long strategies and 30% to hedge fund | Ricky Sandler | Oct 28, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Auby: Texas Teachers applies 4% leverage for 104% asset exposure | Jace Auby | Sep 9, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Texas Teachers achieved near 100% '1-or-30' fee adoption in directional hedge funds | Jace Auby | Sep 9, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Eichhorn: US corporate pensions are over 100% funded on average | David Eichhorn | Sep 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Connaughton: Private partnerships retain talent better than public PE firms | John Connaughton | Jul 8, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Connaughton: Alternative asset management success depends 100% on talent | John Connaughton | Jul 8, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Dawson takes 100% of cash flows until hitting a 1.3x multiple | Yann Robard | Jun 17, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Alpine targets boosting add-on EBITDA by 50-100% in the first 18 months | Graham Weaver | Jun 10, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Tannenbaum: 75% to 80% of Indian Large-Cap Returns Are EPS-Driven | Dan Tannenbaum | May 23, 2024 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Tremblant Sells Rigidly on Price Target Realization or Thesis Change | Brett Barakett | May 20, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Behring: 3G Capital uses single-deal funds where partners are largest investors | Alex Behring | May 6, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Schwartz: Bet on high-potential talent before they are fully ready | Daniel Schwartz | May 6, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Morehead: Venture capital industry in total has never lost money over 10-year period | David Morehead | Apr 22, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | CLO equity liquidations often return just 40 to 50 cents on the dollar | Shiloh Bates | Apr 11, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Freno: CEOs must support direct reports even when they disagree | Mike Freno | Mar 14, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Milken: Non-investment grade debt returned 100% unleveraged in 1974 | Michael Milken | Feb 26, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 100% | “100%” | Milken: Three US companies are AAA, but S&P rated 15,000 structures AAA | Michael Milken | Feb 26, 2024 | Supported |
| 100% | “100%” | Marshall: Institutional allocators have an ethical duty to assist peer LPs | Ana Marshall | Jan 8, 2024 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Thacker: S&P 500 Reliance on Magnificent Seven Is Not Healthy | Allison Thacker | Nov 6, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Mercer's Sebusch: Short 2-to-5-year carry vesting destroys venture fund alignment | Eric Seabush | Oct 23, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Kuruvilla: A 10% edge in biotech trial forecasting creates outsized alpha | Finny Kuruvilla | Oct 12, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | BAM's fundamental equity risk dropped from 100% to roughly 50% | Dmitry Balyasny | Oct 2, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Sargent: Packard adopted a hybrid generalist-specialist investment team model | Kimberly Sargent | Aug 14, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Seides: Roughly 100% of conference panels fail to be interactive | Ted Seides | Jul 31, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Most NewView investments grow over 50% annually and remain unprofitable | Ravi Viswanathan | Jul 13, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Mullen: Internal operations drove Pretium's rental NOI margins to 65% | Don Mullen | Jun 29, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Monk: Asset allocation performance depends 100% on organizational capabilities | Ashby Monk | May 1, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Wong: Biotech positions above 5% require commercial revenue support | Rod Wong | Apr 24, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Assaiante: Success requires giving 100% of whatever capacity you have that day | Paul Assaiante | Apr 10, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | California's cap-and-trade program has achieved 100% emitter compliance to date | Colin Campbell | Mar 20, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 100% | “100%” | Steyer: Mediocre hires cannot be trained into performing excellent work | Tom Steyer | Mar 6, 2023 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Majewski: Only two 1940 Act companies have ever defaulted, both with full recovery | Tom Majewski | Dec 1, 2022 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Acker: US Drug Approvals Rose Over 100% Across Five Years | Andy Acker | Oct 6, 2022 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Enright: Keep Gross Long Exposure Over 100% Due to Asymmetric Upside | Paul Enright | Aug 15, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Wolfe: Lux Plans $20M–$25M Target for African Startup Investments in 2022 | Josh Wolfe | Feb 21, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Felicis caps internal headcount by guaranteeing revenue for external solo agencies | Aydin Senkut | Feb 7, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | The belief that $400M+ funds cannot generate venture returns is disproven | Chris Douvos | Jan 10, 2022 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Graña: Fintech Expands Emerging Market Bankability to Practically 100% | Daniel Graña | Sep 30, 2021 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Morgon: Eurazeo Grew Small-Cap Strategy 10x with 100% Retention | Virginie Morgon | Jul 19, 2021 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Johnson: 100% debt-financed Park Communications deal generated $200M profit on zero equity | Mark Johnson | May 6, 2021 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Johnson: Astra prefers utilizing co-investments over raising larger funds for $100M deals | Mark Johnson | May 6, 2021 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Garcia: New Mexico PERA is 100% externally managed | Dominic Garcia | Apr 5, 2021 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Paul Marshall: Sole-owner hedge funds fail because nobody challenges the founder | Sir Paul Marshall | Sep 21, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Ordinary risk arbitrage historically yielded 60% to 100% returns in pedestrian years | Joel Greenblatt | Nov 23, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Foundations ignore the 95% of endowments invested contrary to their core mission | Tony Davis | Jun 29, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Lawrence: Ørsted fully transformed into world's largest offshore wind generator | Richard Lawrence | Jun 25, 2020 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Hildene occasionally misidentified underlying banks in early TruPS portfolios | Brett Jefferson | May 25, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Adamson: Constellation launched with 100% asset owner equity and milestone-based vesting | Daniel Adamson | May 4, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Duke: Complicated problems like chess are solvable, but poker is fundamentally complex | Annie Duke | Apr 20, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Clarkson: Venture halts if tech workers and founders lack financial rewards | Beezer Clarkson | Jan 20, 2020 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | TransDigm Hikes Acquired Aircraft Component Prices by 500% to 700% | Jonathan Tepper | Oct 7, 2019 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Whineray: NZ Super Fund is legally prohibited from owning 100% of any private business | Matt Whineray | Sep 9, 2019 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Zorub targets 100% long and 60% to 70% short exposure | David Zorub | Apr 22, 2019 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | CalSTRS Uses 100% Active Management for Emerging Market Equities | Chris Ailman | Feb 11, 2019 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | NEPC is fully employee-owned by 38 partners | Tim McCusker | Dec 17, 2018 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Baumgartner: IAS endowment was 100% alternatives, 80% hedge funds | Mark Baumgartner | Nov 26, 2018 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Duke: Managers should fire a salesperson who closes 100 percent of sales | Annie Duke | Nov 19, 2018 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Pfeffer argues Bitcoin entry price is immaterial due to its binary payoff. | John Pfeffer | May 28, 2018 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Dayton Hudson pension hedged 50% of its portfolio before 1987 crash | Wayne Wicker | Mar 19, 2018 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Duke: Expressing outcomes with probabilities makes leaders more believable than projecting certainty | Annie Duke | Feb 5, 2018 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Masters: Most universities lock nearly 100% of spending into multi-year commitments | Seth Masters | Jan 29, 2018 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Sports media broadcast rights generate essentially 100 percent incremental profit margins | Chatri Sityodtong | Aug 21, 2017 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Public market investors routinely overestimate their own operational business competence | Chatri Sityodtong | Aug 21, 2017 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Solomon: Index volatility will spike massively when passive investors de-risk | Jeffrey Solomon | May 30, 2017 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | S&P outperforming international stocks by 100% over a decade is historically rare | Josh Brown | May 9, 2017 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Seides: Hedge fund-of-funds tied MSCI World over the bet's nine-year period | Ted Seides | May 2, 2017 | Supported |
| 99.98% | “99.98%” | Grinda: QXL Ricardo market cap crashed from $10B to $30M after Aucland sale | Fabrice Grinda | Jan 24, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 99.9% | “99.9%” | Dorsey: 99.9% of American CEOs Are Overpaid Relative to Value Created | Pat Dorsey | Jul 6, 2026 | — |
| 99.9% | “99.9%” | Almost all portfolio managers prefer identical terms over custom institutional mandates | Derek Drummond | May 11, 2026 | — |
| 99.9% | “99.9%” | Miller: 99.9% of global lithium reserves are in four countries | Matt Miller | Oct 14, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 99.9% | “99.9%” | Institutional Investor is financially an events business, not a media brand | Kip McDaniel | Dec 9, 2019 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Kim: Junior IR professionals out-earn deal peers; IR partners earn less | John Kim (Kimmer) | May 25, 2026 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Forman: 99% of Crypto Industry Projects Are Completely Uninvestable | Ben Forman | Apr 21, 2025 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Miller: Spectrum Brands Saw 99% Sales Jump From 'Kids Love Aquariums' Slogan | Donald Miller | Jan 13, 2025 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Nesbitt: Manager selection drives returns in VC far more than beta | Steve Nesbitt | Oct 7, 2024 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Starting an independent hedge fund makes no sense 99% of the time | Dmitry Balyasny | Oct 2, 2023 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Dixon: 99% of daily software interacted with is open source | Chris Dixon | Jun 27, 2022 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Forman: Over 98% to 99% of current DAOs will not survive | Ben Forman | Jun 20, 2022 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | McKeon: 99% of all crypto assets could be NFTs long-term | Stephen McKeon | Jun 16, 2022 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Barber: Co-investments are not adversely selected but driven by check sizes | John Barber | May 19, 2022 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Morgan Housel attributes 99 percent of Warren Buffett's success to time horizon | Morgan Housel | Sep 7, 2020 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Modern economics prioritizes econometric complexity over implementable policy | Taimur Hyat | Jul 20, 2020 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Computers drive 99% of combined cash and derivatives market trading volume | Charlie Ellis | Jul 30, 2018 | Contradicted |
| 99% | “99%” | Gurfein: 99% of workplace failures stem from poor leadership, not bad employees | David "Bull" Gurfein | Jun 5, 2017 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Ellis: Institutional market share rose from 9% to 99% | Charlie Ellis | May 22, 2017 | Partly supported |
| 98% | “98%” | Identity Digital generates 60%+ EBITDA margins and 98% free cash flow conversion | Eric Brooks | Jun 1, 2026 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Lewinsohn: AI agents make too many errors for enterprise prime-time deployment | Jonathan Lewinsohn | Feb 2, 2026 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Smith: 98% of Kenya's Equity Group transactions happen electronically outside physical branches | Colin Smith | Nov 7, 2022 | Supported |
| 98% | “98%” | Dixon: a16z recently invested in social networks offering creators 98% payouts | Chris Dixon | Jun 27, 2022 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Graña: Up to 98% of EM Capital Is Benchmarked to MSCI | Daniel Graña | Sep 30, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 98% | “98%” | Smith notes that 98% of global software companies remain privately held | Robert F. Smith | Jul 5, 2021 | Supported |
| 98% | “98%” | Dixon: Angel investing is 98% about founders and 2% about the idea | Chris Dixon | Jan 11, 2021 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Morgan Housel states 95 percent of Warren Buffett's wealth accumulated after 65 | Morgan Housel | Sep 7, 2020 | Partly supported |
| 98% | “98%” | China Yangtze Power converts 98% of its cash flow into free cash | Richard Lawrence | Aug 14, 2017 | Supported |
| 98% | “98%” | Blitz: Quantitative risk models work in 98% of cases but miss tail events | Adam Blitz | Jul 17, 2017 | — |
| 97% | “97%” | Breach: About 96% to 97% of all software companies are private | David Breach | Jun 9, 2025 | Supported |
| 97% | “97%” | Sernovitz: Fossil fuels represent 3% of portfolios but 97% of CIO headaches | Gary Sernovitz | Dec 18, 2023 | — |
| 97% | “97%” | Philpot: Farmland real estate has a 97% correlation with inflation | Brian Philpot | Feb 9, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 97% | “97%” | Philpot: Institutional capital ignores the $3 trillion family-owned farm market | Brian Philpot | Feb 9, 2023 | Supported |
| 96% | “96%” | Majewski: 96% of pre-crisis CLO equity returned positive with 15% median IRR | Tom Majewski | Dec 1, 2022 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Wide autonomy with clear boundaries enables teams to self-correct mistakes | Sloan Payne | May 4, 2026 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Comegys: Vanguard Returns 95% of Securities Lending Revenue to Funds | Rodney Comegys | Apr 20, 2026 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Manage 95% of expenses ruthlessly to fund 5% on customer experience | Will Guidara | Mar 16, 2026 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | 95% of companies recklessly under-invest in customer recovery | Will Guidara | Mar 16, 2026 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Post-2008, 95% of hedge fund inflows went to managers over $5 billion | Nick Rohatyn | Jan 22, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Boucai: 95% of Real Estate Operating Partners Interviewed Wanted Floating-Rate Debt | Robert Bukai | Dec 4, 2025 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Forman: Polymarket Called All Seven Swing States Before the Associated Press | Ben Forman | Apr 21, 2025 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Marks: Nifty 50 Equities Lost 95% Over Five Years After September 1969 | Howard Marks | Apr 7, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 95% | “95%” | Well over 95% of high-yield bond market returns come from yield | Dave Brizano | Sep 12, 2024 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Alpine generated 95% of returns by scaling bright spots, not fixing problems | Graham Weaver | Jun 10, 2024 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Most PE firms market that they partner with existing management teams | Graham Weaver | Jun 10, 2024 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Tannenbaum: 90% to 95% of top Indian graduates emigrated in the 1990s | Dan Tannenbaum | May 23, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 95% | “95%” | Alex Abell: GP-led secondaries now account for about 50% of secondary market | Alex Abell | May 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Tepper: Replicate expensive quality funds for 15bps using XLP, XLK, and XLV | Jonathan Tepper | Mar 18, 2024 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Milken: Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate has fallen to 2% | Michael Milken | Feb 26, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Thacker: S&P 500 Reliance on Magnificent Seven Is Not Healthy | Allison Thacker | Nov 6, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Bain Capital Hedged Over 95% of Variable Debt in Early 2021 | Chris Gordon | Aug 28, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Partners Capital's multi-factor benchmark eliminates 95% of public equity managers | Stan Miranda | Aug 21, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | 95% of late-stage growth outcomes hinge on idiosyncratic execution, not macro | Michael Carmen | Aug 10, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Daniel: High leverage forces multi-manager hedge funds into short-term momentum trading | Vincent Daniel | Jul 3, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Mullen: 70% of US mortgage holders have rates under 4% | Don Mullen | Jun 29, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Non-investor operational managers best serve families uninterested in direct investing | Adam Shapiro | Jun 5, 2023 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Magic Eden captured 95 percent Solana market share in nine months | Avichal Garg | Aug 4, 2022 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Chhabra: Substantial wealth comes from concentrated business ownership, not diversification | Ashvin Chhabra | Jul 4, 2022 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Dowling: FEG passes on 95% of non-traditional investment ideas | Greg Dowling | May 2, 2022 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Ninety-five percent of major professional sports teams generate positive operating income | Ian Charles | Dec 6, 2021 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Cook: Internet Capital Group stock dropped 90% to 95% in six months | Will Cook | Dec 2, 2021 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Rubenstein: Blackstone, Carlyle, KKR, Apollo make 95% of profits in developed markets | David Rubenstein | Jul 12, 2021 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Smith notes that enterprise software is a 95% gross margin business | Robert F. Smith | Jul 5, 2021 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Dixon: At least 95% of global software is open source | Chris Dixon | Jan 11, 2021 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Clear leaves his phone in another room until lunch most days | James Clear | Jan 4, 2021 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Morgan Housel states 95 percent of Warren Buffett's wealth accumulated after 65 | Morgan Housel | Sep 7, 2020 | Partly supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Kraus: Holding 20 to 25 positions captures 95% of diversification benefits | Peter Kraus | Feb 3, 2020 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Seides: High passive ownership risks corporate governance by insulating executives | Ted Seides | Jan 27, 2020 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Karp: 95% of hedge fund managers generate returns primarily from beta | Jason Karp | Nov 11, 2019 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Sicilia: Relationships drive 95% of private equity investing success | Sam Sicilia | Jul 1, 2019 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Friedman: Active managers will profit massively when indexation hits 95% | Manny Friedman | Jul 23, 2018 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Lydon: 95% of ETF marketplace remains index-based | Tom Lydon | Jun 11, 2018 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Black: DCF models provide zero competitive advantage for investors | Paul Black | May 7, 2018 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Getty Trust endowment fully supports 95% of operational budget | Jim Williams | Apr 30, 2018 | Supported |
| 95% | “95%” | Cembalest: US municipal restructurings will rise continuously without federal intervention | Michael Cembalest | Apr 23, 2018 | Didn’t hold up |
| 95% | “95%” | Egan: Only 5% of Investors Demand Deep Technical Due Diligence | Dan Egan | Aug 28, 2017 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Egan: Wealth platforms must build for 5% of experts to win 95% | Dan Egan | Aug 28, 2017 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Indonesian, Thai, and Korean equities fell over 95% in 1997-1998 | Richard Lawrence | Aug 14, 2017 | Contradicted |
| 95% | “95%” | McDaniel estimates 95% of his conversations with sources are off the record | Kip McDaniel | Aug 7, 2017 | — |
| 93% | “93%” | Lyon: About 93% of pre-GFC CLOs generated positive equity returns | David Lyon | Nov 17, 2025 | Supported |
| 93% | “93%” | Heitzmann: 9/11 drove US Search monthly sales down by 93% | Rick Heitzman | Nov 13, 2023 | — |
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