Alternative Investing Report - March 27, 2026

Happy Friday. Anthony Scaramucci gives us an investing pick, mortgage rates are skyrocketing, Blackstone is buying a data center firm, and Fannie Mae is accepting crypto-backed mortgages. Let’s dive in!

🎤 Listen: To the newest episode of Smart Humans, featuring $9 billion asset manager Orchard’s Global CEO Paul Horvath, who talks about why the U.S. is better positioned than Europe financially.

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📈 DAILY MARKETS

*as of 3/26; Sources: S&P, BTC, FTSE, DJRE, 30YM

✅ PICK OF THE WEEK


SAP (NYSE: SAP)
Current share price: $166.82 ($205.95 billion market cap)

  • Its price has gotten crushed because investors are negative on software right now, so it’s trading at or below its Morningstar fair value estimates

  • It has very predictable cash flow and it has consistent, steady revenue generators

  • The cloud business has a big moat

  • It’s heading towards generating a 10 billion euro free cash flow this year

  • The average price target is around $340 per share

  • It’s a cheap stock and it’s growing

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👨‍🏫 TODAY'S EXPERT

Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio.

Scaramucci served on President Donald J. Trump’s Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee in 2016 before serving briefly as White House Communications Director.

Scaramucci, a native of Long Island, New York, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

🎤 PODCAST

"If you can make 15-20% every year, it compounds bigly." - Paul Horvath


In the newest episode of Smart Humans, Slava Rubin talks with Orchard Global CEO Paul Horvath about Europe v. the U.S. and current macroeconomic trends.

📰 NOTABLE NEWS


🏡 Mortgage rates climbing: The Freddie Mac average 30-year fixed mortgage rate jumped 16 basis points to 6.38%, the largest one-week increase since last April. It has now risen 40 basis points in the last month, when it dipped below 6% for the first time since 2022. The war in Iran is largely to blame for the reversal, and the longer it drags on, the longer rates could remain elevated.

🏢 Blackstone’s $10 billion deal: The asset management giant is reportedly acquiring data center provider Rowan Digital Infrastructure in a $10 billion deal, as it continues to commit capital to AI infrastructure bets.

🪙 Crypto-backed mortgages: Fannie Mae will start accepting crypto-backed mortgages for the first time, allowing homebuyers to hold their crypto rather than sell it for cash. Both the mortgage company Better Home & Finance and crypto exchange Coinbase will offer the Fannie Mae-approved mortgages.

🚀 X-Energy files for IPO: The nuclear energy startup filed a draft registration statement with the SEC, and intends to go public on the Nasdaq with the ticker XE. No details have been released yet, but the company raised $700 million last November at an undisclosed valuation.

💵 Ares private credit loss: In addition to limiting investor withdrawals, the Ares Strategic Income Fund posted its largest monthly loss on record, dropping 0.68% in February as the downturn in private credit continues.

🤖 Reflection AI fundraise: The Nvidia-backed AI startup is now reportedly raising $2.5 billion at a $25 billion pre-money valuation, up from the $20 billion mark it had been targeting earlier this month and more than triple its last valuation of $8 billion.

📝 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

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