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Random Musings About Stuff People Should Understand – By Jonathan Friedland
A Financial Poise column dedicated to the belief that most things in life are not that complicated, even though some people have a vested interest in trying to make you think they are.
Installment 8: Venture Capital and Angel Investing
What is the difference between angel investing and VC? The first difference is money. Angel investors invest much smaller amounts. VC takes it from there.
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Accredited Investor Installment 7: Crowdfunding Under Title III of the Jobs Act
Crowdfunding has evolved from rewards-based funding to equity crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act. Is crowdfunding for you?
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Accredited Investor Installment 6: Equity Crowdfunding Under Regulation D
Equity crowdfunding developed under Regulation D matches startups with angel investors in weeks rather than months, shortening timelines all around.
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Accredited Investor Installment 5: Crowdfunding
In the first of three parts, discover the origins of crowdfunding, which started as rewards-based funding allowing investments in projects in return for rewards.
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Installment 4: Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor
Overview of the Alternative Assets Landscape [Editor’s Note: This is the fourth installment in a series of articles dedicated to the 95% of people in the U.S. who have never invested in a startup, a venture capital fund, a private equity fund, or a hedge fund even though they are permitted to do so and […]
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Installment 3: Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor
Overview of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 Editor’s Note: This is the third installment in a series of articles dedicated to the 95% of people in the U.S. who have never invested in a startup, a venture capital fund, a private equity fund, or a hedge fund even though they are permitted […]
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Installment 2: Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor
Meet Bob, Michele, David, and Isabella Editor’s Note: this is the second installment in a series of articles dedicated to the 95% of people in the U.S. who have never invested in a startup, a venture capital fund, a private equity fund, or a hedge fund even though they are permitted to do so and […]
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Installment 1: Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor
Who Is This Series For? This series of articles is written for the average “accredited investor.” An “accredited investor” is a legal term that refers to anyone (a) whose net worth, either alone or with a spouse, exceeds $1 million (not including the positive equity in her or his primary residence); or (b) who has […]
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So. Much. Winning. Let’s Party Like It’s 1984
The S&P 500 fell 2.3% and the Dow fell 2.2% on Friday. Is the sky falling? Look, short-term market swings do not define an economy. On the other hand, a market that constantly swings based on what a single man tweets is not exactly the sine qua non for sound financial markets. Be that as […]
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Don’t Assume You Will Send Your Kids to College: An Investment Thesis
Is a university degree a good investment? The Economist Magazine asked this question last year and while the article concludes that statistics support the proposition that a college education generally makes good financial sense, it also concludes that, “like so much else in economics, [it] boils down to supply and demand.” In other words, a college education does not always make sense from a strictly financial perspective.
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