Investments

On December 10, 2008, Bernie Madoff’s two sons told authorities their father was running a $65B Ponzi scheme for decades. Supposedly the sons and mother had no idea. Beware, ponzi schemes are everywhere. Bernie’s scheme began to unravel after the financial crisis in 2008 catalyzed a series of fund redemptions, which ultimately forced Bernie to come clean to […]

It’s bull markets baby. Now that we’re at record highs in 2021, well over 10 years since the bottom of the financial crisis, I’m left wondering now whether it’s time to take profits and sell everything. If you’ve been 100% invested in equities since the beginning of the year, you are likely only up 11%.

Are you interested in investing in options? There’s a lot of information out there you can read and some of it is crazy complex. Back in 1998, the head of the derivatives desk at Goldman made me read a 1,000 page book called, Options As A Strategic Investment by Lawrence McMillan after our first round of interviews. When

We’ve talked about the risks of investing in startups. Now let’s talk about investing in IPOs and how the IPO process works. Taking private companies public was a big part of my job when I worked in the Equities department at a couple major banks for 13 years.  Knowledge is wealth and I’m here to share

I don’t recommend average Americans invest in individual startups. Investing in a fund is a better bet. The Securities And Exchange Commission recently voted to implement Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. This means that starting in January 2016, average Americans no longer need to be accredited investors to be able to

Although difficult times are unpleasant, it can make you a better investor. In high school, I developed an interest in investing by going over stock ticker symbols in the newspaper with my father. From there, I began trading stocks online in college and eventually parlayed my interest into a career in Institutional Equities at a

Sometimes P2P borrowers stop paying. Then what? I’ve been an investor with Prosper, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending company since 2012. I usually check my account once a quarter to view my performance and to re-invest cash that has come in from borrower payments. Per my latest passive income update, the annualized return of all of the notes in