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Is the timing right for Real Estate investments?
Real Estate Bull market since March 2009 Real Estate has performed extremely well since it bottomed out after the financial...
Read More3 things to ask about your portfolio
#1 How will my portfolio fare in a crisis This is a question every investor should have on his mind....
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NYSE to Eliminate Stop Orders, This is Why It Matters
Stop orders are one of the tools traders have to automate their transactions and limit their losses. While they are...
Read MoreCTA Investing: The Trend to Follow?
Following decades of solid performance, commodity trading advisors (CTAs)--who are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and who...
Read MorePre-IPOs: Square Slips Through a Growing Hole
Sighs of relief could be heard across Wall Street late last week following Square's initial public offering, which was priced...
Read MoreReal Estate; Raw Land Investment
Raw Land investments offer great opportunities within the Real Estate space. They are also the most adventurous, in the sense...
Read MoreTricky path of Benchmarking Private Equity
Benchmarking an investment is a necessary procedure to analyze the performance of a manager compared to his peers or an...
Read MoreManaged Futures; SMAs or Funds
Most Managed Futures Funds will not offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) and often those that do have extremely high minimums...
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Common Misconceptions About Commodities
Most financial advisors tell their clients to keep around 5-10 percent of their portfolios in commodities. The idea is that...
Read MoreWhich type of Real Estate are you investing in?
Why define investment styles? The concept of investment style is imported from traditional assets like Stocks and Bonds. An example...
Read MoreThe best Tech VC funds and how to rank them
Usual ranking methods Traditional ranking methods in Private Equity and therefore in VC funds usually involve return performance metrics such...
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The Ins and Outs of Peer-to-Peer Investing
When it comes to investing, the smart money looks at the stock market – as well as outside of it....
Read MorePre-IPO; What to look out for
Pre-IPO or Late stage VC investing Pre-IPO stock investments are fundamentally a very late stage VC funding investment. These types...
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The Hedge Fund Smell Test
In "Hedge Fund Investing: The 4-Ps," I discussed the notion of due diligence and how investors might go about selecting...
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Hedge Fund Investing: The 4-Ps
There are various reasons why someone might want to invest in a hedge fund. The most obvious, of course, is...
Read MoreReview: Online Hedge Fund Database Providers in 2019
Data vendors are useful in that they allow us to find all the data we may need in one place...
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The Short Guide to Private Equity
Are you looking to “divorce” your stock broker? Are you willing to take on higher risk, a longer outlay, and...
Read MoreThe Endowment Model; Blessing or Curse?
The Value of Alternatives What is known now as the Endowment Model was introduced by David Swensen of Yale in...
Read MorePerforming Due Diligence in Manager selection
Due Diligence consists of performing a careful, competent and thorough review of an investment, its soundness and its suitability. Due...
Read MoreHedge Fund Investing: A Contrarian Dream
Many commentators have voiced opinions about what is wrong with hedge fund investing. In “The Misguided Focus on Hedge Fund...
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