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Gold has outperformed the S&P 500 over the past 20 years. Economist Dan Altman explains what that means for investors with concentrated domestic portfolios and why the dollar matters more than most realize.
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Tad Fallows
CEO and Co-Founder of Long Angle, a peer community for first-generation wealth-creators. He previously co-founded iLab Solutions and bootstrapped the software company to serve 80% of world’s leading research universities. Tad started his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He studied economic history at Harvard, graduating Magna Cum Laude.
Sriram Gollapalli
President and Co-Founder of Long Angle, helping guide the community’s focus on personal finance, investing, and peer learning. He previously co-founded iLab Solutions, later acquired by Agilent, where he led enterprise SaaS and cloud operations. Sriram is also an active angel investor and mentor with interests in enterprise SaaS, healthcare, and education.
Matt Shechtman
CEO of Long Angle Management, where he oversees strategy and institutional investments. His work spans sourcing, diligence, and execution across private equity, credit, real estate, and other assets. Before Long Angle, Matt founded and exited two companies, practiced real estate finance at Jones Day, and clerked on the United States Court Court of Appeals (5th Circuit).