Category: Investment
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Blind trust basics
I can’t figure out if the Trump campaign people don’t understand how a blind trust works or they just hope that the rest of America doesn’t. Blind trusts are usually a great tool for politicians. The basic concept is that the politician is not aware of what company stocks or investments their independent investment managers…
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Crowdfunding at its worst
It was bound to happen. A crowdfunding platform called First Asia Alliance apparently misrepresented investments, may have mishandled investors’ money and now the owners may now be bankrupt. Crowdfunding is a ripe opportunity for fraud and we know that mismanagement is rampant in some non-business crowdfunding platforms like Gofundme. Fortunately, this failed crowdfunding project was in Asia so few…
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PA government says use a good financial adviser
The Department of Banking and Securities is reminding Pennsylvania investors and businesses interested in buying and selling shares in companies through crowdfunding that finding a good adviser is an important first step in the process. “It is important for investors to do your homework and/or seek trusted professional advice before investing money in an equity…
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Update on crowdfunding legislation for July 2016
I’ve written often that the world of crowdfunding is evolving at a rapid pace. references to other recent news is built into my new crowdfunding bibliography published yesterday. This month that evolution continued as the U.S House of Representatives passed two bills designed to make it easier for businesses to raise money through crowdfunding. I feel…
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Crowdfunding article bibliography
Are you a small business owner thinking about crowdfunding? Crowdfunding issues have become an increasingly frequent part of my day-to-day discussions with small businesses – both for profit and nonprofit – and the investors who finance them. Many of my recent blog posts reflect this trend. Most of these blog posts focus on very basic concepts of…
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Is this the time to buy at the Jersey shore?
The national housing market is healthy. Median sale price for a previously owned home reported by the Realtors Association in June 2016 was $239,700, up 4.7% from a year earlier. Overall, it seems like real estate has returned as a healthy asset class to consider for investment. But it is not clear that home prices…
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“Could crowdfunding be the next big investment scandal?”
British newspapers are buzzing this week with headlines like “Could crowdfunding be the next big investment scandal?” Let’s be clear about a few things here in the U.S: The reference to “investment” means that we are discussing equity crowdfunding. This is different from most types of crowdfunding that you’ve heard or read about. Buying stock…
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Low interest rate news boosts stock prices
Seldom has the stock market been so easy to predict. But it will become fully valued and performance will change quickly, as it always does.
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The demand for alternative investments
Establishing a safe stream of investment income has been a significant challenge for investors and the challenge is expanding. The Wall Street Journal today reports “There is now $13 trillion of global negative-yielding debt, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. That compares with $11 trillion before the Brexit vote, and barely none with a…
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Bala Cynwyd investment scam hits close to home
Hardly a week goes by that I don’t read about some homeowner being defrauded by an unscrupulous building contractor or an elderly person being lured into an investment scam. I’ve written and talked about dozens of such schemes over the past three decades. Yet year after year the stories keep coming. The latest incident occurs…