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SPACs Are All the Rage, but These Private-Equity-Like Vehicles Are Complicated. Here’s What You Need to Know. “Bet on me” is essentially the pitch that backers of blank-check companies known as special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, make to investors. While that’s usually not enough to persuade seasoned investors to part with their money, it has worked like a charm in...

Self-storage investment has been said by experts to be “recession-resistant” due to its performance in the last economic recession. As the country goes through a downturn in the economy, investors are looking for more ways to increase capital gains. Through this venture for higher capital gains, investors are turning to Self-storage investment as a potential asset. Its reputation of high...

Rule 506 of Reg D Real Estate and the benefits of the CARES Act Investing can be very profitable when one does their research, and an important form of investing is Regulation D. IN THIS ARTICLE, WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW REGULATION D, THE JOBS ACT, BRIEFLY OUTLINE THE BENEFITS OF THE CARES ACT IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT CORONAVIRUS AGENDA. WE...

Stocks tumbled again Wednesday, closing at a new coronavirus crisis low as investors worried about the economic damage from the pandemic. The Dow dropped 1,338 points, or 6.3%, to close below 20,000 for the first time since February 2017. It was down more than 2,300 points earlier. The S&P 500 was down 5.2% and closed nearly 30% below a record set last...

Issuers rejoice as the SEC Raises Reg CF to $5 million and Reg A+ to $75 million. The Securities and Exchange Commission delivered new proposals to change the limits issuers can raise through Reg CF and Reg A+. The new changes will dramatically change and impact platforms that offer online securities and increase the benefits for smaller issuer companies looking...

Uber, Postmates, Lyft have an uphill battle in trying to keep their business model sustainable thanks to new California worker law. Uber and Lyft are now essentially taxi services. Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday informed its California customers that it would switch to providing estimates as opposed to fixed prices for its rides in response to a new law that makes...

Amazon to showcase its transportation drive at world's largest tech show From making cars talk using Alexa’s voice to managing data from factories full of robots, Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) wants a big piece of the action in transportation, and next week at CES will unveil more about its strategy to achieve that goal than ever before. The Seattle retail and cloud...

Stocks could see a double-digit drop in the coming months, warns Wells Fargo Even as geopolitical tensions continue to ratchet up, there’s much to be bullish about in the stock market in the New Year Maybe too much, according to Chris Harvey, the head of equity strategy at Wells Fargo Securities. “There’s a lot of things to like. Rates are lower, credit...

BioTech and Healthcare will be big players in 2020 US stocks have rocketed 28% this year. This is the second largest annual gain since 1999. And the tenth straight year stocks have climbed higher. This has a lot of investors worried that stocks could tank soon. But this bull market is far from over. My research shows stocks should continue to rise until...

Uber and Postmates Sue To Challenge California’s New Labor Law SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ride-share company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates sued Monday to block a broad new California law aimed at giving wage and benefit protections to people who work as independent contractors. The lawsuit filed in U.S. court in Los Angeles argues that the law set to...