by Sarah Bauder | Oct 26, 2020 | Definitions
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has imposed few restrictions on what can be held within a self-directed IRA (SDIRA), making this type of retirement account is a popular choice for investors. Stocks are one of the multitudinous assets allowed in self-directed IRAs....
by Liam Hunt | Jul 28, 2020 | Definitions, Portfolio Management
Accurate financial predictions are difficult at best. This is because uncertainty and risk are inherent characteristics of free markets. Fortunately, you can sway uncertainty in your favor by finding highly asymmetric investments and trading opportunities. An...
by Liam Hunt | Jul 14, 2020 | Definitions, Portfolio Management
A money market account (MMA) and a certificate of deposit (CD) are two financial products that generate interest income from cash savings. Both products can be thought of as fixed-income investments, like bonds, that provide predictable interest over a defined...
by Liam Hunt | Jul 10, 2020 | Annuities, Definitions
A variable annuity is a type of public annuity and investment vehicle whose value is tethered to the performance of an underlying investment portfolio. Investors close to retirement age often use variable annuities to ensure financial security and supplement their...
by Liam Hunt | Jul 8, 2020 | Annuities, Definitions
Private annuities are valuable tools for estate planning. In essence, a private annuity is an agreement between an individual (the “annuitant”) and the obligator to whom property is being transferred. As such, private annuities are one of the most important tools for...
by Ashley Lipman | Mar 20, 2020 | Definitions
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...
by Sarah Bauder | Mar 2, 2020 | Definitions
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...
by Liam Hunt | Jan 19, 2020 | Definitions, Hedge Funds, Portfolio Management, Precious Metals
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...
by Liam Hunt | Jan 12, 2020 | Commodities, Definitions, Real Assets
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...
by Michael Panzner | Nov 17, 2015 | Definitions, Hedge Funds
In “Hedge Fund Investing: The 4-Ps,” I discussed the notion of due diligence and how investors might go about selecting a hedge fund manager. In theory, the range of criteria that can be used to make such a assessment is unlimited, which means that it...
by Michael Panzner | Nov 17, 2015 | Definitions, Hedge Funds
There are various reasons why someone might want to invest in a hedge fund. The most obvious, of course, is performance, or more accurately, the prospect of acceptable future performance, however that is defined. There is no point in entrusting funds to a manager if...
by Gino D'Alessio, CAIA | Oct 26, 2015 | Definitions
The definitions vary from around the globe, basically apart from institutional investors the term Accredited Investor usually refers to High Net Wealth individuals who are considered sophisticated enough to understand the risks of the investments they are undertaking....
