How to mitigate the risk of investing on crowdfunding platforms where there is little transparency on the underlying financial health of the platform company. Topics covered include: Show Notes Amazon: Independent Sellers In The U.S. Sold More Than 4.1 Billion Products in 2022 by SGB Media—SGB Media PeerStreet LinkedIn Post by Brett Crosby—LinkedIn Crowdfunding platform PeerStreet files for bankruptcy by Flávia Furlan Nunes—Housingwire AI Was Q2’s Big Hope To Reverse … [Read more...]
253: Are IPOs the New Ponzi Scheme?
How venture capital–funded startups have run up massive losses while justifying premium valuations using creative profitability metrics. These private companies are now going public allowing early investors to cash out with sizable gains. Meanwhile, these new publicly traded companies are added to equity indices, forcing passive managers to purchase them for their index funds and ETFs. In this episode you’ll learn: Show Notes The Shrinking Universe of Public Firms: Facts, … [Read more...]
