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March 9, 2020

Are Rising Interest Rates Good for Commercial Real Estate Investments?

Even if you are not a finance person, it would be hard to miss the news about interest rates rising, whether it’s from pundits on news broadcasts to advertisements for home loans – it seems to...

March 1, 2020

A Layman’s Explanation of IRR (Internal Rate of Return)

Investing can be intimidating, especially if one is not comfortable with finance. Even though we may not understand how different metrics are calculated, or worse, how they correlate, most of us key-in on a couple of...

February 28, 2020

Why Do New Companies Fail?

When putting money towards a company as an investment, both the investor and company hope for some sort of success. However, the hard truth is, many companies simply do not pan out. Many failed companies...

January 7, 2020

Are Rising Interest Rates Good for Commercial Real Estate Investments?

Even if you are not a finance person, it would be hard to miss the news about interest rates rising, whether it’s from pundits on news broadcasts to advertisements for home loans – it seems to...

January 5, 2020

Due Diligence: That First Cold Look at a Potential Investment

Private equity investments are a much different animal than investing in publicly-traded stocks. Private investments require longer holding periods and contain little or no liquidity. Access to information from financials to company executives is usually...