Venture Capital Investment with a 7.2% Yield
Private equity companies take large positions in private companies, and sometimes own the entire companies. Often, these companies are referred to as venture capital firms. Sometimes, the only way to invest in a ‘hot’ company is through a private equity company. As an example, many years ago, I invested in a company called the Nautilus [...]
The Advantages of Tax Free CEFs Yielding Over 5%
With so much uncertainty in the stock market, and with the possibility of tax increases on the horizon, investors have been allocating funds into tax free bonds (municipal bonds), directly and through tax free income closed end funds. Tax free closed end funds or CEFs have several advantages over investing in municipal bonds directly. Many [...]
Market Commentary – Wednesday October 20, 2010 posted @ 11:45PM/EST
Over the past several days we nailed down some profits. We reduced our portfolio exposure from 25 long positions down to 13 longs and we added 2 short positions. Notwithstanding a pullback in the major market averages of 3-5%, I remain positive on the market going forward. Yes, we sold some positions to lock in [...]