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The Power of the Private Market
By Adam Sharp on July 31, 2020
Two amazing American companies went public (IPO’d) in 2004 — Google (GOOG) and Domino’s Pizza (DPZ). Since then, Google (now Alphabet) has become one of the largest companies in the world. Today it’s worth more than $1 trillion. Domino’s is currently valued around $15 billion. So it might surprise you to learn that Domino’s shares have outperformed Google’s since the IPO, according to a CNBC analysis…
Republic CEO on Four Years of Equity Crowdfunding
By Early Investing on July 29, 2020
Note: Equity crowdfunding and Republic both turned four this year! To mark the occasion, our friends at KingsCrowd reached out to Republic CEO and co-founder Kendrick Nguyen to hear his thoughts on the future of startup investing. We wanted to share their piece…
How to Play the End Game
By Adam Sharp on July 24, 2020
It’s been another crazy week in markets. There are a bunch of topics I want to discuss with you. So today we’re going to look at five stories, with brief commentary on each. Grant Williams and Bill Fleckenstein Interview Jim Grant about “The End…
Upcoming Webinar: Meet Republic’s CEO
By Vin Narayanan on July 22, 2020
In the past few weeks, we’ve written extensively about the Republic Note. In early July, Andy Gordon first reported on the Note — calling it an opportunity unlike any other. And on Monday, Andy recommended that our First Stage Investor…
Profiting Off Misunderstanding
By Adam Sharp on July 17, 2020
Lately I’ve been analyzing my investment history — both successes and failures. I noticed that all my winning investments have one thing in common. In almost all cases, I understood something that the market didn’t. That may sound a bit strange (or arrogant). So…
Grading the SEC’s Proposed Crowdfunding Changes
By Andy Gordon on July 15, 2020
The SEC is about to make a series of modifications to equity crowdfunding regulations. These updates come a little more than four years after it first enabled regular investors like you and me to crowdfund startups. Back then, the SEC was mostly concerned with protecting investors.
Protect Your Portfolio While You Can
By Adam Sharp on July 10, 2020
It’s a strange world out there for investors today. Stocks in the U.S. are very expensive — despite the fact that S&P 500 earnings may drop 40% in the second quarter. Investment grade bonds yield tiny amounts that amount to basically…
The Republic Note is an Opportunity Unlike Any Other
By Andy Gordon on July 8, 2020
Crowdfunding has come a long way. It’s far more diverse and interesting than it was just a year ago. There are investment portals that now offer a way to buy and sell shares of startups whose raises have ended. There are portals that offer crowdfunders shares of startups…
Early Investing Webinar with Republic CEO
By Vin Narayanan on July 1, 2020
We know that many of you were unable to attend our webinar with Republic’s Chuck Pettid last week. So if you missed our discussion about crowdfunding real estate and video game investments, here’s the video so you can watch it at your leisure (you can also read more…
Roundup: Overvalued Stocks, Gold, and more
By Adam Sharp on June 26, 2020
This has been a busy week filled with important news and information. So today we’re doing a news round-up — along with brief commentary on each story. Let’s go. The S&P 500 priced in gold One of my favorite financial analysts, Lyn…
Startup Founders Leaning Into COVID-19 Economy
By Andy Gordon on June 24, 2020
It’s been surprisingly difficult to pigeonhole the effects of COVID-19 on startups. I’ve reached out to many startups to see how they’re doing in the current market. And much to my surprise, many founders have told me that COVID-19 is a “net positive” for their companies. None have…
Don’t Fall for Day Trading
By Adam Sharp on June 19, 2020
Day trading is back in a big way. Robinhood, the original free stock trading app, has seen a huge influx of users this year. And I have a strong feeling most of them are new to investing. From Barrons:…
Investors Should Avoid Getting Hertz
By Andy Gordon on June 17, 2020
Hertz is the latest example of baffling investor behavior. On May 22nd (the Friday leading into Memorial Day weekend), bankruptcy rumors caused the car-rental company’s stock to drop 7.5%. The rumors turned out to be true. Hertz officially filed for bankruptcy that night. And by the…
The Fed is Reflating the Bubble
By Adam Sharp on June 12, 2020
This market is crazy. We’re in the middle of a severe economic crisis. The Nasdaq Composite index recently cracked the 10,000 mark for the first time and hit a new all-time high. Even the broader S&P 500 got back to even for the year before falling…
Bringing Inclusion to Startup Investing
By Andy Gordon on June 10, 2020
Crowdfunding can’t fix the social ills of this country by itself. But it can be part of the solution. New companies — with 99% of their growth ahead of them — are the economic engine of the U.S. Per dollar of revenue, they hire more people…
Understanding the Difference Between Private Equity and Startup Investing
By Adam Sharp on June 5, 2020
Vanguard Group, the investment fund giant with $6.2 trillion of assets under management, announced Wednesday it is launching private equity funds that may soon be available for many people to invest in. Here’s how Institutional Investor described the development: …