# Asset classes

`kaal:entity:asset-classes`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `asset-classes`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2009 to 2022.

**2009**

- [1428387-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1428387-005) [mechanism/argued] -- When hedge funds adopt private equity strategies by adding private companies to their portfolios, they exacerbate valuation problems, and the convergence of the two asset classes makes it more difficult to accurately assess the value of each.
  > If hedge funds engage in private equity strategies, i.e. adding private companies to their portfolio, they may exacerbate the valuation issues. The convergence of hedge funds and private-equity funds makes it more difficult to accurately assess the value of each asset class.
  Kaal, Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability (2009). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1428387

**2022**

- [4033886-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4033886-001) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Valuation metrics developed for legacy assets apply only in a limited way to digital assets, so importing them wholesale produces unreliable digital asset valuations.
  > Existing valuation metrics for legacy assets only limitedly apply in the context of digital assets.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Samuel Evans, Hayley Howe, Digital Asset Valuation (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4033886

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