Private Markets Are Opening Up. Should You Buy In?

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  Here's your money briefing for Monday, March 31st.

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  I'm Dalvin Brown for the Wall Street Journal.

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  It used to take hundreds of thousands or even millions to invest in a private company.

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  Doing so could send your wealth into the stratosphere.

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  Now all it takes to stake a claim in the next big thing is $5,000.

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  Think about top names like OpenAI, Epic Games or Sports Gear company Fanatics.

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  These that people are familiar with.

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  But there's not really an easy way to buy in.

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  But what we're seeing now is

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  that there's a whole bunch of fintech companies that are working to make them more accessible.

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  But with more access comes more risk.

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  We'll talk to Wall Street Journal reporter Imani Moise after the break.

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  For years, private markets were the playground of the R. But today,

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  a growing number of individual investors are being invited in. Wall Street Journal reporter Imani Moise joins me.

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  Imani,

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  you wrote about how the ultra wealthy used to have exclusive access to private company investments,

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  but they don't anymore.

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  What changed?

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  So there's a lot more interest in private market securities these days

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  because companies are staying private for longer.

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