Tag: Investment

Investment Metrics for Climate Change, Part 2: CO2 Is Our Top Priority

Climate change is visible everywhere you look. Glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate, as those pictures from the 1930s and the 2020s show. Farmers all over the world need to cope with more frequent and more severe drought, even in moderate climates such as Switzerland. Eve...

Binance Labs Investment Announcement

Binance Labs Incubation to Investment Kinza Finance was one of the twelve projects selected from over 1,500 applicants for the Season 6 cohort of the Binance Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Accelerator program. The program started mid-April, and has now come to a close. The team cherished the 11 week...

US Capital Global to Host Prestigious Dubai Summit: Exploring Next-Generation Trade and Investment Strategies

As a prominent international financial group with offices in San Francisco, Dallas, Miami, New York, London, Milan, and Dubai, US Capital Global specializes in investment banking, asset management, and capital formation services. The group’s Dubai office is regulated by the DFSA as a Represent...

What would you pay to cure loneliness? Our $10M Series A investment in Papa

Healthcare — Papa’s focus — is a sector resistant to change. And yet, our healthcare system is massively broken. Many solutions exist that are small steps in the right direction, but that’s not Papa’s approach. Instead, they are using technology to create an entirely ne...

Outside Investment Alert (+ a Story!)

In2001, exactly 20 years before ArkHAUS was conceived, a handful of UCLA recent grads had moved to NYC. We began playing fantasy football together and this league became more intense every year. Naturally, we had to name it “Be Legendary”. With many of us moving and spreading around the ...

Bad Investment? Why I Decided to Buy a Campervan With Our Hard-earned Savings

We’re so caught up worrying about tomorrow that we often forget our life is happening right now. I’m not an exception, I also have this tendency — I get anxious about the future all the time. Through higher self-awareness, I noticed spending time imagining future disasters thwar...

Our Investment in Tetra

This month, world leaders met in Dubai at the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference to discuss limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees celsius. Sadly, it is a goal we are likely to miss, resulting in an escalating climate crisis and irreversible damage to our planet. Yet, there is reason to ...

Investment Metrics for Climate Change, Part 2: CO2 Is Our Top Priority

Climate change is visible everywhere you look. Glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate, as those pictures from the 1930s and the 2020s show. Farmers all over the world need to cope with more frequent and more severe drought, even in moderate climates such as Switzerland. Eve...

Invest in (Almost) Anything with Self-Directed Accounts: The Ultimate Flexibility in Retirement Investment

Are you tired of the limited investment options in traditional retirement accounts? Self-directed IRAs and Solo 401(k)s offer a way to invest in a wider range of assets beyond stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. With self-directed accounts, you can invest in real estate, precious metals, private equity...

Why Checking Your 401k Balance Daily Could Harm Your Long-Term Investment Outlook

When it comes to managing your 401k, it can be tempting to check your account balance on a daily basis. After all, you want to make sure that your investments are performing well and that your retirement savings are on track. However, checking your 401k balance too frequently can actually harm your ...

What is a 401k and how does it work

Gold is often seen as a safe investment, and for good reason. It’s been used as currency for thousands of years, and it doesn’t corrode or tarnish over time. This makes it a valuable asset to own, especially in times of economic instability. If you’re thinking about investing in...

Focus on Your Savings Rate, Not Your Investment Returns

In most areas of life, hard work pays off. When it comes to investing, the opposite is true. The harder you try to be a “good investor” and work hard at managing your portfolio, the worse your returns will likely be. This lesson is one of the most difficult for investors to lear...

Ep. 8: Trying on our “Hold Co” Investment Thesis

This week, I talked with Network for Good’s CEO, Abby Ross, to discuss the new “holding company” we’ll set up in 2024. Through this new entity, we’ll be able to take big swings to bring durable capital to support critical infrastructure that will help communities respon...

What is Land Banking and Why is it a Good Investment in Nigeria?

In the ever-evolving landscape of investment opportunities, land banking has emerged as a promising avenue for individuals looking to diversify their portfolios in Nigeria. With favourable economic conditions and a growing population, land banking is gaining traction as a lucrative investment strate...

Citizenship By Investment: Caribbean Overview, 2024 Guide

Citizenship by Investment is becoming increasingly attractive for HNWIs and wealthy families worldwide. These programs enable foreign investors to acquire citizenship and a passport by investing in the country’s economy. Investors can choose from different investment options, such as real...

Prime Real Estate: Our Series A Investment In Revela

Today we’re very excited to announce our Series A investment in Revela, (the all-in-one property management system or “PMS” specifically built to unlock new revenue streams and increase margins for property managers), making this the company’s first institutional equity ...

“Worst Investment Ever?” Guru’s Advice on Social Media Is Dangerously Wrong

Social media makes it far too easy for “gurus” to make proclamations that reach millions of people. That wouldn’t be so bad if only their advice wasn’t so dangerous to our financial well-being! Case in Point: Grant Cardone’s Recent Instagram Interview In a June...

How Starting an Investment Firm Almost Landed Me in a Federal Prison

I’m personally familiar with how easy it is to find oneself in legal jeopardy. A few decades ago, I came dangerously close to being indicted, not because I’d broken the law but due to a bizarre confluence of circumstances. Only a few people know this part of my history. Those who do t...

Experiments on Returns on Investment

When we run an experiment, we are often not only interested in the effect of a treatment (new product, new feature, new interface, …) on revenue, but in its cost-effectiveness. In other words, is the investment worth the cost? Common examples include investments in computing resources, r...

Dressed for success: the investment potential of luxury brands

Demand for luxury retail is still on the rise, according to the latest Forbes data. This is nothing new. Lovers of expensive “fashion” know very well that their pieces increase in value over time. A 2016 study by luxury handbag e-tailer Baghunter.com reported that the value of the &ldquo...

Profitable Investment Ideas for Air Jordan Lovers without Sneaker Bots and Cook Groups

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are a digital game changer, giving tangible value to unique virtual assets. They are akin to digital collector’s items, with each NFT carrying unique data and a distinct value. NFTs are not interchangeable like cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin — think of the...

Sneaker Investment 101: How to Make a Profit Without a Bot or Cook Group

Sneaker reselling has become a lucrative industry, with some resellers making thousands of dollars in profit from a single pair of shoes. However, with the rise of bots and cook groups, it can be challenging for the average sneaker enthusiast to compete in the reselling game. But what if I told you ...

What I Learned from Running an Investment Fund for Sneakers

Investment? Sneakers? Now those are two words you don’t hear in the same sentence often. But I promise you that it is exactly what it sounds like. As of today, my investment service, which runs a fund consisting of investments made solely in the sneaker market, concluded its first 6-month i...