Alternative Investing Report - July 10, 2026

*as of 7/9; Sources: S&P, BTC, FTSE, DJRE, 30YM

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund (MUTF: VITAX)
Current share price: $473.10

• This is the mutual fund, not the ETF, as the mutual fund has lower expense ratios

• I think it will do well long-term

• It will continue to gobble up all the mega-cap companies coming to market, but in a balanced way

• As a conservative person on the equities side, this is what I gravitate towards

Here’s a list of our past expert investment picks.

Prath Reddy is the CEO of Percent, the private credit platform. He joined Percent as a founding team member in 2018 from UBS Investment Bank's debt capital markets group, where he originated and structured fixed-income securities for public and private corporations. A CFA charterholder, Reddy has spent his career at the intersection of institutional public and private credit markets, and has overseen Percent's origination, structuring, and distribution work since the company's earliest days.

In the newest episode of Smart Humans, Slava Rubin talks with Sacra’s Jan-Erik Asplund about the autonomous driving market, looking at market leader Waymo and emerging startups as well as existing big tech companies such as Tesla, Amazon, Uber, and Lyft. They cover market history, current dynamics, future predictions, and investment opportunities across the sector.

🏡 Existing home sales drop: According to a report from NAR, existing home sales fell 2.4% month-over-month in June, though they remain up 2.8% year-over-year. Buyers are still sensitive to mortgage rate fluctuations as affordability remains a top concern, with the median price now a record-high $440,600.

🚀 Blue Origin fundraising: Jeff Bezos’ space startup Blue Origin is raising outside capital for the first time in a massive $10 billion round that values the company at $130 billion. This raise comes on the heels of the SpaceX IPO and growing investor demand in the sector.

⚾ T206 Wagner coming to auction: A copy of the “holy grail” Honus Wagner baseball card owned by TV personality Keith Olbermann was authenticated by CGC and is coming up for auction later this summer at Love of the Game Auctions. It is a restored copy and what it sells for will test the market’s appetite for altered versions of historic cards.

🏢 CRE pricing update: The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI) was flat in June, but is up 4.1% year-over-year, though results vary across sectors. Office and retail are up 5% annually, industrial 4%, and multifamily up 3%.

🚀 Wonder’s potential IPO: The food delivery startup founded by Marc Lore is reportedly raising hundreds of millions of dollars at a $9 billion valuation in anticipation of a potential IPO.

📜 Declaration of Independence sale: One of only 11 “Exeter Broadside” copies of the U.S.’s founding document from July 1776 was sold at auction for $3.64 million, in between the only two previous sales of the document for $2.4 million and $5.7 million.

Monday: 📜 Americana auctions, 📊 Tepid jobs report
Tuesday: 🚀 VC funding record, 🏢 Top office markets
Wednesday: 📉 S2 Fund collapse, 💵 Global M&A surge
Thursday: 🏡 Midyear housing update, 🚀 CSquare data center IPO

Have a great weekend!