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What is The Best Possible Exit Strategy When Looking to Sell Your Business?
Creating a successful business is no easy task. Some business owners work for years and never realize their dream of creating a successful venture. If your existing business is doing great but you have lost your passion for the industry you operate in, selling your...
Interview with Trevor Gerszt, CEO of Goldco
We have had the pleasure of interviewing Trevor Gerszt, CEO of GoldCo, also known as GoldCo Precious Metals or GoldCo Direct. GoldCo has been a pioneer in Gold IRA investments for years and also offers silver, platinum, and palladium IRA investments. Recently, the...
Fed to the Rescue? US Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates by 50 Basis Points on the Heels of Recession Scare
On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve announced emergency interest rate cuts amid a worsening coronavirus situation. Shuttered Chinese factories, negative bond yields, and record-setting losses across all major US indexes tell a story of an economy in decline. In response,...
Choosing Your Business Name: 7 Things To Keep In Mind
The Guinness World Record holder for the pub with the longest name in Britain is the long-winded “The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn”. The sixteen-syllable business name is certainly not something you could say thrice quickly after several...
All Signs Point to an Inflated ETF Market (Here’s Why)
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are rising in popularity, despite legislative efforts to cool the market. According to Bank of America, the ETF market will hit $50 trillion in assets by 2030. That’s a staggering growth trajectory, considering the market only crossed the...
What Is Arbitrage In Financial Markets (And How You Can Use It)
Arbitrage exploits inefficiencies in the market that otherwise wouldn’t exist under conditions of perfect interest rate parity. Without price inefficiency (i.e., market prices on one exchange not having caught up to the real market price reflected on another), there’s...
What Are Funds Extracted From Funds?
We’re often asked, “what are funds extracted from funds?” However, a better way of phrasing this question is to ask, “what is investment income?” Investment income is simply another way of describing funds (cash) that have been extracted from investment funds or...
Why Pension Funds Now Favor Private Equity Investing
No longer are the world’s largest pension funds investing exclusively in the traditional stock and bond market. Fueled by the recent boom in alternative asset investing, pension funds are now rebalancing their portfolios and endowments to reflect a 30 to 50 percent...
What Is An Alternative Investment Fund?
To understand what an alternative investment fund is, one must first understand what constitutes a conventional investment fund. An investment fund is a supply of capital pooled by several investors to purchase a basket of securities, of which each investor retains...
What Is The Difference Between Private Equity and Venture Capital?
Although they often overlap, private equity and venture capital (VC) are not the same things. Certainly, private equity and VC are both types of financial investing interested in turning a profit by buying at a low price and selling once the asset appreciates....
What Is Private Debt Investing?
Private debt, or private credit, is one of the fastest-growing asset classes for investors. This should come as no surprise given that private credit strategies yield an average of over 8.1 percent internal rate of return (IRR). The high returns generated by private...
5 Things That Could Go Wrong In The Economy In 2020
The recent progress in trade talks between the US and China marks a dramatic turnaround in the trajectory the US economy will likely take. The US-China trade war represented a cloud over the global economy, affecting business confidence and investment. Although the...
Confiscating Gold: Why the Government Can Take Your Gold and What You Can Do About It
Did you know that it is possible for the .U.S. government to take away your gold? History proves gold confiscation is a real thing and it can happen again. Even outside of the United States. That said, the economic state of our planet goes up and down in cycles. The...
The Top Five Bitcoin IRAs for Security & Insurance
Security and insurance are probably the most important reasons people invest in an IRA. That includes a Bitcoin IRA. After all, if every investor could reliably house their retirement fund under their own mattress or in their own safe and feel okay with that, nobody...
4 Reasons Why The Cayman Islands Are A Great Place For Storing Your Gold Bullion Coins And Bars
Precious metals such as gold have enjoyed a bullish market as of late, with the price on an upward trajectory. Given the present state of affairs regarding global economic uncertainties and volatility, it’s no surprise that investors are turning to the glittering...
Offshore Gold Storage: 9 Things People Need to Know
The current state of the global economy is one of incredible uncertainty and volatility. Given the economic turmoil, many investors turn to gold as a hedge against the economic upheaval and unpredictability against fiat currency. The yellow precious metal is certainly...
Tax Liens Investing: Pros and Cons
Real estate investing is an effective strategy for diversifying your asset portfolio and building net worth. Fortunately, you don’t have to go through the trouble of owning rental properties to get a high rate of return on real estate—instead, you can try tax lien...
