Alternative Investing

Alternative Investing

This blog will explore ideas, news, and other interesting information related to alternative investing. Though we may discuss general macro finance, investing, economic issues and even more traditional investments like equities, bonds, and RE - the main focus will be on other options such as crowdfunding, crypto, collectibles, and more.


StartEngine Raises That Intrigue Us - October 2023

15 hours ago 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

This is NOT investment advice.  Investing in startups is risky whether it is via StartEngine or any of the other platforms.  Liquidity may or may not be an option for an extended period of time.  Let's see if we can toss out a few names on a monthly...

StartEngine Raises That Intrigue Us - September 2023

30 Aug 2023 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

This is NOT investment advice.  Investing in startups is risky whether it is via StartEngine or any of the other platforms.  Liquidity may or may not be an option for an extended period of time.  Let's see if we can toss out a few names on a monthly...

Our Plan For StartEngine To Take 80% of Reg CF Plus More A+

28 Jul 2023 4 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

Full Disclosure: We are long since 11/17/2019. This is NOT investment advice. StartEngine sent out an interesting update this week.  We'll get to that in a bit.  Earlier in the year we sent an email to the firm.  Who knows if it got to the CEO.  It w...

StartEngine Raises That Intrigue Us - August 2023

27 Jul 2023 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

This is NOT investment advice.  Investing in startups is risky whether it is via StartEngine or any of the other platforms.  Liquidity may or may not be an option for an extended period of time.  Let's see if we can toss out a few names on a monthly...

Tick Tock - It's Countdown Time

17 Jul 2023 1 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung

Well, here we are.  In a matter of a few weeks we have gone from the SEC trying to destroy crypto to Larry Fink becoming a Bitcoin Broski and the SEC losing a crypto lawsuit.  Fink Says Load Up on BTC FHLB Signals Major Stress Building It's just math...

BlackRock's Fink: "a hedge against . . . the devaluation of your currency, whatever country you're in"

10 Jul 2023 1 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung

The other day new Bitcoin broski Larry Fink added to his firm's recent ETF filings by singing the praises of Bitcoin emphatically on financial media TV. Fink even tipped you off that your currency might be devalued soon.  Or did he?  Who knows.  He...

Gradually, Then Suddenly All At Once

7 Jul 2023 2 minute read 3 comments davidgyoung

So what do we have here?  Let's take a look at the Fed's new bailout program (Bank Term Funding Program - BTFP) and the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB).  IMF Preps Central Banks for Raising Inflation Target Above 2% Also, here are some other recent art...

Oh - So Now The 2% Inflation Target Is Not Needed?

2 Jul 2023 2 minute read 5 comments davidgyoung

Here is a very recent article from the Financial Times where they push the trial balloon out of the container and into the atmosphere tenderly suggesting that the almighty gods at central banks will raise their "inflation targets": IMF Warns Central...

StartEngine Raises That Intrigue Us - July 2023

28 Jun 2023 1 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung

This is NOT investment advice.  Investing in startups is risky whether it is via StartEngine or any of the other platforms.  Liquidity may or may not be an option for an extended period of time.  Let's see if we can toss out a few names on a monthly...

Perhaps Not Checkmate Yet - But Dominoes For Sure

27 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

We posited before about what, if anything, might constitute checkmate if you will in terms of the long, brutal, and grinding war between the HODLers and the Status Quo - and by that we mean, of course, the war over Bitcoin. What Would Constitute Chec...