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With SecondMarket acquisition, Nasdaq moves closer to liquidifying private shares market

Nasdaq (NDAQ: NSQ) announced that it would acquire private transaction platform, SecondMarket. Founded in 2004, SecondMarket was the 2nd most active […]

10 companies enriching shareholders — and the planet

A quiet corporate revolution is underway: Companies are beginning to compete to change the world for the better. The drive […]

China Mall 2020 Report to Explore Future of China Retail

by Michael Cole After covering China’s real estate market on a daily basis for more than three and a half […]

Investors Are Mining for Water, the Next Hot Commodity

Gazing out of a turboprop high above his company’s main asset — 34,000 acres in the Mojave Desert with billions […]

China says to promote equity crowdfunding to support startups

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will promote greater use of equity crowdfunding for startups to encourage entrepreneurship in the world’s second-largest […]

Migration crisis proves boon for some businesses

By FRANK JORDANS . BERLIN (AP) — People crammed into boats and trekking across borders have become the dominant images of […]

How Donald Trump Survived Near Bankruptcy

By Warren Cassell Donald Trump was just thirty-seven when a 68-story, mixed-use skyscraper bearing his name went up on 5th Avenue […]

Conditional Expected Returns

by Douglas R Terry, CFA The following table presents the probability of 4 possible paths for the economy and our macro […]

A Look at Secular Bull and Bear Markets

By Doug Short, Advisor Perspectives, Was the March 2009 low the end of a secular bear market and the beginning […]

The Fourth Turning: Crisis of Trust

“Imagine some national (and probably global) volcanic eruption, initially flowing along channels of distress that were created during the Unraveling […]