A 66% profit in just 6 days...
Imagine that.
Well, if you’d gotten in on LendingClub’s (NYSE: LC) IPO last week, you’d be sitting on gains like that right now.
LendingClub was the largest U.S. tech IPO of the year.
It was a huge “win” for the company, its early…
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I'm cheating on my girlfriend.
There. I said it.
It’s been going on since October of 2011.
And really, who could blame me?
My mistress is an angel.
She listens to me…
She understands me.
But lately, I’ve been tempted to cheat with someone new…
Someone I can imagine sharing…
Just a few hours from now, the biggest U.S. tech IPO of the year will get priced…
And tomorrow, it will start trading.
According to The New York Times, it could "rank among the 10 biggest-ever stock market debuts of an Internet company."
If all goes well, it could raise…
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Matt and I have a year-end tradition:
On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, while our NYC office is still quiet, we sit in the lounge chairs by our big, south-facing windows...
As we gaze over lower Manhattan towards the Statue of Liberty, we ask ourselves an important question about the year…
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Many risk-averse investors seek out the stability of big, recession-proof brands…
Brands like McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) or Burger King (NYSE: BKW).
These stocks may help you sleep at night, but they sure don’t offer much yield:
Dividends from Burger King are less than 1%…
And “high-yielding” McDonald’s offers just 3.5%.
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Imagine owning a luxury hotel, just blocks from the Freedom Tower in downtown New York City.
Or owning high-end luxury condos in Midtown East, right near the United Nations.
Imagine the joy you’d feel in owning a piece of Manhattan…
And the pleasure you’d get by earning double-digit…
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For most folks – aside from purchasing a home – buying or leasing a car is the single biggest financial transaction they’ll experience.
It can also be one of their most painful experiences…
In 2012 alone, the FTC reported 59,214 fraud reports related to car sales.
But a new company…
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Wall Street is dying...
Big brokers like Morgan Stanley are being replaced by more efficient alternatives, and traditional investments like stocks and bonds are falling by the wayside.
It began with companies like E-Trade introducing online trading...
And you can see it today as Peer-to-Peer Lending and Equity…
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Imagine earning 93% annual returns…
In ten years, that would turn $10,000 into more than $7 million…
Sound impossible?
Today, we’ll introduce you to an investor in the private market who’s done it.
Even more importantly, we’ll show you how you can invest alongside him…
Spotted In Our Weekly “Deals…
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Not only was the JOBS Act passed, setting the stage for all citizens to invest in private equity...
But another set of groundbreaking laws was enacted as well – and they’ve led to the emergence of an exciting new $100 billion industry.
This new industry…
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