by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 21, 2015 | Real Estate
Raw Land investments offer great opportunities within the Real Estate space. They are also the most adventurous, in the sense of risky. They also offer the highest potential rewards. J.J. Astor knew that well, he become a millionaire in the 1800s through buying... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 20, 2015 | Precious Metals
Benchmarking an investment is a necessary procedure to analyze the performance of a manager compared to his peers or an index if it is a fund with a buy and hold strategy. It allows you to identify a manager’s performance compared to other managers, which is... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 20, 2015 | Managed Futures
Most Managed Futures Funds will not offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) and often those that do have extremely high minimums ranging into the millions. However there are some CTAs that do offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) with a more accessible minimum... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 19, 2015 | Real Estate
Why define investment styles? The concept of investment style is imported from traditional assets like Stocks and Bonds. An example of investment style for Stocks may be Mid-Cap domestic growth. It is basically a way of distinguishing and defining which sector within... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 18, 2015 | Angel Investing, VC and P2P
Usual ranking methods Traditional ranking methods in Private Equity and therefore in VC funds usually involve return performance metrics such as Internal Rate of Return (IRR) or multiples of committed capital. Some ranking lists have the VC firms in order of Capital...