by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 17, 2015 | Pre-IPO Shares
Pre-IPO or Late stage VC investing Pre-IPO stock investments are fundamentally a very late stage VC funding investment. These types of investments offer all of the difficulties of evaluating a private security but are also potentially a gold mine. Being able to invest... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 15, 2015 | Hedge Funds
Data vendors are useful in that they allow us to find all the data we may need in one place and usually give access to charts and statistics relevant to a specific investment universe. Here is the list of the main ones in alphabetical order, we will then take a look... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 11, 2015 | Portfolio Management
The Value of Alternatives What is known now as the Endowment Model was introduced by David Swensen of Yale in the mid-1990s and consists principally of allocating a large part of a portfolio to non-traditional illiquid and risky assets. David Swensen has been at Yale... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 11, 2015 | Hedge Funds, Managed Futures, Private Equity
Due Diligence consists of performing a careful, competent and thorough review of an investment, its soundness and its suitability. Due Diligence aims to identify the most appropriate funds for an investor considering various tax and legal characteristics, together... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 10, 2015 | Managed Futures
A 67 year old Asset class Futures have been around for a long time, in the US the first Futures contracts began trading in soft commodities back in the 1800s, in Japan rice Futures were traded as early as the 1700s. So Managed Futures funds have not been around that...
