Warning: Avoid This Investment Scam

Imagine waking up one morning, making a pot of coffee and checking your e-mail.

You quickly notice an e-mail from one of the start-ups you invested in...

Turns out it was just acquired—for $425 million!

Before you even finish the e-mail, you start dreaming of all the things you’ll do…

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Tags: Investing education Preferred stock

2016 Forecast: Growth Sectors

Right around this time last year, we issued our forecasts for 2015—

We offered you our perspective on which sectors and investment themes would be important for the coming year.

Today, we’ll review our predictions and see how they panned out...

And then we’ll tell you where you should focus…

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Tags: Forecast Pot stocks Private equity

Your Holiday Gift from Crowdability

We’ll make this as short and sweet as a candy cane…

2016 is going to be a big year for you:

Starting in May, the private markets will be opening their doors to ALL citizens, regardless of their income or net worth.

And when those doors open, you’ll be able…

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Tags: Holidays

2015's Top Headlines

Matt and I spend a lot of time focusing on data.

Every Monday morning, for example, we bring you hundreds of data points on new start-up deals from around the web...

And if you’re a CrowdabilityIQ subscriber, you know that we crunch thousands of individual data points for each deal.

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Tags: Equity crowdfunding Equity crowdfunding-news

Our Boldest Prediction for 2015

My palms are sore.

So are Wayne’s.

You see, we’ve been pounding the table all year about a subject that’s near and dear to our hearts—and near and dear to your wallet.

In fact, this subject was the focus of our boldest prediction of 2015…

Title III is Coming!

Our…

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Why the Fed Rate Hike is GOOD For You

After nearly eight years of cutting interest rates, the Fed finally hit us with a rate hike yesterday.

Many investors are wary of higher interest rates, and understandably so:

When money becomes more expensive, businesses (and stock prices) tend to suffer.

In fact, historically, whenever the Fed has raised rates,…

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Tags: Interest rates Start up-valuations Valuation