What Happens Between Seeing a Deal and Investing in It
From sourcing to due diligence: how Ticker Tape moves from a pitched deal to an investment.
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How Many of Your Kids and Grandkids Should You Hire?
You can pay a child under 18 about $12,000 a year tax-free while your business takes a deduction. The details to check with your CPA.
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BillBots Investor Presentation: An Expense Reduction Platform With Zero Customer Acquisition Cost
BillBots (formerly Utility Rescue) negotiates lower bills for a success fee. It has 70,000 customers and zero customer acquisition cost.
Have $100,000 for Private Equity? Don’t Make One Investment
Have $100,000 for private equity? Why it should go into at least four deals, and how Ticker Tape makes smaller checks possible.
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Ranking the Ways People Lose Money in Private Investments
From informal deals and crowdfunding to blind pools, startups and oil and gas: how private investors lose money.
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The Myth That Your Money Belongs in Public Markets
Why the idea that your money belongs in stocks and bonds is a myth, and why we’re shifting more into private equity and real estate.
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Three Questions We Ask Before Investing in Any Private Company
Who else is invested, is the price right, and is there a real long-term value proposition? The three questions we ask first.
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Markets Overreact on the Way Down and on the Way Up
From the COVID crash to tariff day, markets overreact in both directions. Why spotting fear and euphoria matters.
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A Look at Ticker Tape’s Deals, Including the One That Never Paid Off
A look at Ticker Tape’s deals, from SpaceX and OpenAI to emergency rooms, plus the South Beach hotel that has never paid a return.
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The Number One Killer of Portfolio Returns: Volatility
Volatility is the biggest drag on stock portfolio returns. Why Ticker Tape builds a private equity portfolio focused on pre-IPO deals.
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