Stock prices and bond yields are easy to find. But it’s challenging to confirm whether the terms of a direct investment in private placements are fair. Given that the private securities markets (over $2.4 trillion/year raised in the U.S.) are now larger than the public markets, we offer this framework to lend some perspective. The pricing of...
We financed a scrap metal dealer once that needed additional working capital to purchase and process scrap because it had high cost overruns in building its large-scale shredding operation. Let’s just say that experience is everything, and you can learn from ours. Numerous lenders already were providing equipment financing with broad claims on the company’s assets – so we couldn’t use that...
We were approached by a small company in the consumer goods business looking to raise capital to build inventory. It’s true, experience is everything, and we’re game to share. In our normal course of conducting due diligence, we discovered that the owner of the company previously had exited and sold another business and, rather than pay federal taxes, he had used the proceeds to improve his...
By Henry Yoshida | CEO of Rocket Dollar The Power Of Tax Deferral In A Self-Directed Account When we’re talking about your tip on a lunch out, 20% hardly seems worth discussing (especially if the service is good). When we’re talking about your retirement accounts, 20% could mean hundreds of thousands (even millions) of dollars more in your retirement accounts. To that end, I want to talk about a...
By James Jones | CEO of IRAeXchange.net I’ve spent a lot of time in and around IRAs and Self-Directed IRA or “SDIRA,” writing books, speeches, and, generally, educating folks on the topic. Inevitably, when people get a chance to engage with me after a panel discussions or other presentation, they ask questions. Shockingly, they are often CEOs, Fund Managers, and other financial...
In an article in Bloomberg, Simone Foxman discusses the rising trend among the centimillionaires investing directly in private enterprises and away from managed products. While I agree with the author, let me expand on a few points. You Don’t Have to be a Centimillionaire to Play in This Market. First of all, it’s not just the centimillionaires who have been buying stakes in companies – or...
Your brother-in-law tells you this Company is going to revolutionize the (…pick an industry). And these people are incredibly experienced in this field. “Let’s invest together,” he tells you. Well … let’s take a deep breath and think about private investing and what it might mean for you. Risks of Private Investments Investors must be aware of the additional risks associated with investments...
Everybody’s talking about alternative investments, but there seems to be a lot of confusion about what they are. Well, here’s our stab at defining alternative investments – what they are and what they’re not. If you’re interested in learning about alternative investments, this is a good place to start. What Alternative Investments Are Not Alternative investments are not equities (or stocks,...
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