Investments

I recently caught up with Ben Miller, CEO of Fundrise in person, about the Innovation Fund’s latest investments in private AI (artificial intelligence) companies. Since launching the open-ended venture capital fund in 2H 2022, the Innovation Fund has made a series of promising AI investments that I was eager to learn more about, but unable […]

Recently, I received a capital distribution from a private real estate fund, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. The experience brought me both joy and relief, prompting me to share it in the hope that it might inspire you to invest more for your future. After purchasing a new home in October

In general, the longer you stay invested, the greater your chance of making money. To help you maintain a long-term investment approach, it’s imperative to develop an investment thesis. Drawing from my experience in investing since 1995, it’s sometimes easy to get shaken out of a particular investment. Or it’s easier for some people to

With stocks again at or near record highs, it’s a good idea to find ways to spend some of your stock market gains. Owning stocks provides no utility or inherent joy (unless you’re a lover of money itself), so we must sell on occasion to capture its benefits. When I first began investing in stocks

After a bull market in 2023, let’s look at the 2024 Wall Street forecasts for the S&P 500. Overall, the 2024 S&P 500 targets range from 4,200 to 5,500. Obviously, anything can happen over the course of a year. Plenty of economic data and corporate events will happen through 2024 that will make Wall Street

Everybody knows that being a long-term investor is the way to go. The longer you can stay invested in the stock market and real estate markets, the greater your chances of making more money. There’s just one big problem with being long-term investors. We eventually all run out of time. And if we run out

If you want to invest in venture capital, you now can by investing in the Fundrise Innovation Fund. It has democratized access to venture investing with only a $10 investment minimum for all investors. In comparison, traditional venture capital funds are invite only and have $100,000-$250,000 minimums. My first venture capital investment was in 2007.

Are you ready for another recession? With interest rates surging, an inverted yield curve, oil prices rising, the government stalling, increasing layoffs, and the housing market grinding to a halt, it seems inevitable another recession is just around the corner. Don’t wait until it’s too late to prepare. Surely, there will be a bunch more

Investors and particularly homebuyers are wondering when will the Fed finally start cutting rates? After 11 rate hikes so far since 2022, investors and homebuyers are starting to feel the strain of higher borrowing costs. The longer the Fed Funds rate stays high, the more negative impact it will have on the economy. Ideally, the