Sentences with phrase «than alternative investments»

In case you didn't notice, real estate's income producing ability allows you to become financially independent with a much smaller net worth than alternative investments.

My key question in deciding whether to sell a stock is whether I think its future returns are likely to be less than alternative investments.

Not exact matches

They argued transporting crude by pipeline would be safer than alternatives like rail, and charged Obama with hypocrisy for complaining about the lack of investment in U.S. infrastructure while obstructing an $ 8 billion project.

Sonia Gardner is president, managing partner and co-founder of Avenue Capital Group, a global alternative investment manager with more than $ 10 billion in assets under management.

But a Wharton - professor - turned - mortgage - consultant is now putting a more upbeat spin on that idea: If you play your cards right, your house could produce a bigger retirement income than a lot of other investment alternatives, with a federal guarantee behind it, to boot.

Pamela investigated more than 450 financial strategies seeking an alternative to the risk and volatility of stocks and other investments, which led her to a time - tested, predictable method of growing wealth now used by more than 500,000 Americans.

And when there's no other compelling use for a company's cash, this is a better alternative than risky spending on takeovers or other big investments.

For more than two decades, Warburg Pincus has invested or committed over $ 9.5 billion across more than 50 energy investments around the world involved in oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, power generation, oilfield technology and related - services, mining and alternative energy development.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

Select from more than 140 products — including mutual funds, exchange - traded funds, separately managed accounts and alternative investment opportunities (for qualified investors).

Companies such as Mainstar allow investors to maintain «self - directed» individual retirement accounts where they can put money in alternative investments such as real estate, rather than more mainstream stocks and mutual funds.

«For many people, the investment component may be more important than any state tax savings,» says Nelligan, who recommends working with a financial advisor to weigh the tax benefits of staying in - state and shopping around for suitable alternatives.

Alternative Investments (aka Private Equity Fund), which invests in more than 50 private equity investment partnerships;

Additionally, alternative investments historically have lower correlations to traditional assets like equities and fixed - income securities than some other asset classes do.

He subsequently built it into a global alternative investment powerhouse that manages more than $ 24 billion in assets.

Over his more than 20 years of investment management experience, Wander has been intimately involved in the design, development, and oversight of a wide range of active, indexed, and alternative fixed income strategies.

Over his more than 20 years of investment management experience, Mr. Wander has been intimately involved in the design, development and oversight of a wide range of active, indexed and alternative fixed - income strategies.

I've researched just about all the crowdsourced real estate and other alternative investment platforms (more time than I care to admit) and I highly recommend RealtyShares.

By Michael Cole, Mingtiandi.com, The head of alternative investment giant Blackstone finds China's warehouses more interesting than luxury apartments, and -LSB-...]

That profound impact of opposing movements is why hedged and alternative investment strategies should always be evaluated over complete market cycles, rather than the advancing or declining portion alone.

More than 85 leading alternative investment firms use Katipult to manage their investors and to raise money through their own crowdfunding platforms.

Do not allocate more than 5 - 10 % of your overall portfolio into alternative assets, including startup investment opportunities.

Alternative investment strategies are more important than ever as investors emerge from the most dramatic market crash of a generation.

I was just in New York last week at the Women's Alternative Investment Summit, a gathering of more than 400 women across the private equity and alternative investmenAlternative Investment Summit, a gathering of more than 400 women across the private equity and alternative investmentInvestment Summit, a gathering of more than 400 women across the private equity and alternative investmenalternative investmentinvestment industry.

Alternative investing, including use of futures, options and short positions, may involve risks different from or possibly greater than the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments.

Barclay began publishing fund data for CTAs and hedge funds in 1989 and currently maintains data on more than 33,500 + alternative investment vehicles.

14 % of respondents believe that insider trading practices in the alternative investment industry have become less prevalent since the FBI arrested Raj Rajaratnam and scared the bejeezus out of everyone, a noticeable drop from January 2016 when 25 % of respondents felt this way; 37 % of respondents think the news of arrests and convictions there has had little impact on insider trading because those who engage in such practices think they are smarter than everyone else and will never get caught, compared with 39 % of respondents in 2016; and 49 % of respondents believe the influx of money into funds in recent years and the explosion in the number of hedge fund firms has put enough pressure on fund managers that there will always be a few desperate enough to try anything, including insider trading, a significant increase from the 36 % of respondents who felt this way in the Roundtable's previous survey on this topic.

«The choice of rebalancing as an investment discipline as compared with an alternative such as buy - and - hold is simply a risk - return trade - off — though one that is a little more subtle than most.

I don't recommend investing more than 10 % of your net worth in alternative investments.

While extractive investments involve Casino Finance, alternative approaches involve Stakeholder Finance, where capital becomes a partner rather than a master.

One small start - up, 24M, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has attracted more than $ 50 million of investment for an alternative manufacturing method.

«There will be greater investment [in alternatives] if there's greater confidence that a technology or fuel will not do more harm than good to the planet,» Leffin said.

Although purchasing a robotic drone is more affordable than alternative aerial imaging technologies, initial investments can exceed US$ 1,500.

Also, black denim is the best investment because it's dressier and more polished than blue or colored denim, which you can wear to work as an alternative to your office pants.

SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY - June 12 - On Friday, shares in the company behind websites such as benaughty.com and flirt.com soared by 9.1 % to close at 216.5 p, their highest - ever level and more than three times the 60p price put on the shares when they were floated on the Alternative Investment Market last June.

But, is education a better investment to break the cycle of poverty than any other alternatives?

GTM manages numerous partnerships with assets of more than $ 3.0 billion, specializing in alternative investment strategies.

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Still, Samsung has an uphill climb if it hopes to persuade consumers to make an $ 800 investment rather than opt for more affordable alternatives like the Surface, Nexus 10, or iPad this holiday season.

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For investors, it adds additional diversification to their investment portfolio and provides the opportunity to earn higher returns on their money than through many other common investment alternatives.

Alternative investments, including commodities, involve a higher degree of risk and can be more volatile and less liquid than shares and bonds.

Not a bad problem to have, especially when the alternative is to not implement the SM and have less than half the investment portfolio.

A loan with modest interest is better than paying by cash if there are better alternatives for investment.

Alternative investments are often less liquid than traditional ones.

Our investment advice: When it comes to choosing between stock or bonds and you're reluctant to hold a 100 % - stocks portfolio — and many people are — then one alternative to consider is to keep a portion of your investment funds in relatively short - term fixed - return investments, with maturity dates of a few months to no more than two to three years in the future.

AMG Funds represents over 30 independent and autonomous investment managers, and offers more than 100 mutual funds and separately - managed accounts across nearly every asset class and up and down the risk spectrum — from short - term fixed income to private equity, active equity choices to liquid alternative strategies.

To me bitcoins fit the bill for an alternative investment and are actually more transparent than a hedge fund type of investment or real estate.

The DRS has had more downside risk than traditional investment - grade bonds, but with the lack of yield available in fixed income, an increasing number of investors are open to the idea of an allocation to «alternative fixed income.»

The answer is clear: Higher education is a much better investment than almost any other alternative, even for the «Class of the Great Recession» (young adults ages 23 - 24).