Venture Society
09/29/2020
“If you could be cryogenically frozen for the next year, you’ll make a killing”-Tom Kaplan Gold and silver are correcting from their recent highs. If you’re new to the party, you’re probably worried. Financings that were hot and oversubscribed just 2 weeks ago are now underwater. Liquidity will become a […]
09/22/2020
Initial Public Offering’s (or IPO for short) are riding high right now. You might’ve heard about the Snowflake IPO making headlines. It’s a company with a special type of deal structure that most investors might not have heard of before. And leading the charge and fury in the IPO markets […]
09/18/2020
In case you haven’t been able to tell by my writing these last few months, my entire workflow centers around data of all kinds. In the age of COVID, however, it hasn’t been enough for analysts to rely on traditional sources, as most of which aren’t updated very frequently. Instead, it has been crucial to find alternative […]
09/16/2020
After what was an incredibly long, often exhausting layoff for parents all around the world, the new academic school year has finally begun in earnest. Unfortunately, the complete lack of Federal guidance has meant that state and local education authorities were essentially left on their own to lay out both remote learning options and […]
09/11/2020
I’m not going to lie… working in the financial industry these past five years has been exhausting. And frankly, the last five months have been doubly so. Every news segment and article has become so riddled with speculation and opinion, it gets harder and harder to figure out what’s actually happening in the […]
09/10/2020
In normal times, businesses that need capital offer a reasonable rate of return to individuals or businesses who have capital. For example, a mining company might issue debt with a 10% coupon to expand their operations. It could hire a broker syndicate to sell those bonds to investors. Sometimes one […]
09/04/2020
The late 19th century was one of the fastest developing periods in the history of the world… particularly so in the United States. During the lead-up to the Civil War, American entrepreneurism caused entire new industries to pop up right and left. Henry Bessemer’s industrial process to produce steel was patented in 1856. […]
09/03/2020
For most of us in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly forced a merger of home and office. And surprisingly, it was reasonably successful… so much so that it’s now likely to become the new norm. That dynamic certainly didn’t change much this summer – Google Mobility data shows navigations to US […]
08/31/2020
The rare-earth elements (REEs) sector could become one of the most sought after, highly competitive marketplaces in the world. Why are REEs so important? Rare-Earth Elements provide the building blocks to produce the best magnets in the world. When you think magnets, you likely think of the one on your […]