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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
7 Jul 2023 2 minute read 5 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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Jun 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...
31 May 2023 1 minute read 1 comment davidgyoung
The purpose of this post is to merely inform the audience of a recent announcement on StartEngine. We have mentioned a firm named AtomBeam a few times previously. They recently published this update (all in italics their words): AtomBeam, an innova...
