Investing Ideas Articles

Breaking: Mini-IPO Prepares for Takeoff

I’m writing today from a quiet cottage in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Mountain views. Wildflowers. Chirping birds and running streams. This is my escape from New York City—a place of peace. But getting here is anything but peaceful: Either bumper-to-bumper traffic and dodging deer for two hours… Or a subway to…

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Tags: The Jobs Act Reg A+ StartEngine Mini IPO

Private Mutual Fund Up 3,000%

Imagine investing in a mutual fund that increased in value by 3,000%. Given the anemic performance of most funds, you might find that hard to believe. But today, we’ll show you a fund that’s managed to do it— And more importantly, we’ll show you how you can get access to…

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Tags: Mutual Fund Wefunder Start-ups Y Combinator

Earn 11% Monthly Income This Year

Every day, regular hardworking people are quietly pocketing tens—even hundreds—of thousands of dollars “flipping” houses. Flipping involves the rapid purchase and sale of a home. Although the profits can be substantial, the process requires a lot of work. But as you’ll learn in a moment, there are other people who…

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Tags: Real Estate

128 Takeover Targets

Late last week, a Crowdability subscriber emailed me with a tough question: “How am I supposed to make money investing in private start-ups when they’re already valued at billions of dollars? How much higher can these things go?” With Pinterest recently valued at $11 billion, Airbnb at $25 billion, and…

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Tags: Airbnb Uber Buy Low Sell High Investment Strategies

The Greatest Source of Tech Profits

Do you know where some of the most important—and most profitable—technology breakthroughs have come from? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not Silicon Valley. Historically, these breakthroughs have come from the Military. For example, during World War II, actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr created a radio-wave technology to prevent Nazi submarines…

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Tags: Ourcrowd Defense

Invest in This "Stock"

Two months ago, there was a major law change. This change is tearing down walls that have been in place for 83 years—and it’s opening up new ways for you to invest and make money. Simply put, every U.S. citizen is now legally allowed to invest in start-ups. It no longer…

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Tags: SeedInvest The Jobs Act Reg A+ Elio Mini IPO

Meltdown in Greece, Opportunity at Home

In 2014, investors in private technology companies made a bundle: Multi-billion dollar acquisitions of companies like Beats, Nest and WhatsApp netted them more than $100 billion. But 2015 has turned out to be a different story entirely… Instability in China and Greece is causing volatility in the stock market—and this…

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Tags: M&A

Federal Asset Paying 7.3% Yield

Can you guess what the government’s largest asset is? Surprisingly, it’s not land, mortgages, or tax receivables. It’s student loan debt. According to a recent report by the Federal Reserve, student loans currently represent 48.5% of the government’s assets... And over the next 20 years, those loans will translate into…

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