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Private Equity Supports Efficient Markets (and why you should care)

What is Private Equity? Private equity refers to investments made in companies that are not publicly traded . The goal is to achieve high returns by improving the company’s operations and then selling it for a profit. Think of diamond-in-the-rough companies in which value is difficult to see, (but which you are assured is there).  What is the Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH)? The EMH states that share prices reflect all available information. It posits that stocks always trade at their fair market value , making it impossible to consistently outpe

YouTube High CPU/GPU usage

Fix. No tweaks required. YouTube videos would start OK then start stuttering after about a minute, with CPU in Task Manager spiking to 100%. What I didn't realise is that how you play videos affects resource intensity.