Author: Aaron

  • GRESB Launches Health & Well-being Module for the Real Estate Industry

    Health and well-being rapidly emerging as important area of opportunity for the industry March 14, 2016 – (Amsterdam) – GRESB, the global standard for ESG assessment of real estate portfolios and infrastructure assets, today announced the launch of the GRESB Health & Well-being Module. This new module is an optional supplement to the GRESB Real…

  • Australia Climbs To Top Of The Buy List For Foreign Investors

    Australia has for the first time moved to the top of the buy list for cross border investors in Asia Pacific according to CBRE’s Investor Intentions Survey 2016. The report analyses the outlook and appetite of APAC real estate investors for the rest of the year. It shows that overall buying intentions remain positive with…

  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow

    The Use of Private Placement Group Variable Deferred Annuities in Generation Skipping Trusts Over the last several decades, trust and estate lawyers have placed great emphasis on proper planning regarding the proper allocation of the generating skipping transfer (GST) exemption in order to maximize generational wealth accumulation. Over the same time period, a number of…

  • Chinese Stock Market Participation Report

    Chinese Stock Market Participation Low, Long-Term Investment Planning Needed [box size=”large”]Improved financial education resources needed in China to improve financial outlook[/box] COLUMBIA, Mo. – In the past two decades, the Chinese economy has undergone drastic reforms in an effort to compete more effectively on the international market. These reforms included the creation and proliferation of a…

  • Is the biggest short yet to come?

    Q: Is the biggest short yet to come? A: Yes. I think so. We are in a much larger bubble than the Internet/Tech Bubble or the Real Estate/Subprime Mortgage Bubble. Q: What is the bubble and how did it develop? A: Before I explain, I need to cover a few economic principles. Every transaction involves…

  • Rare Coin Firm Highlights Emerging Generational Wealth Transfer Trend

    Irvine, CA (March 8, 2016) – RCW Financial and Thomas Neptune, the company’s General Counsel, have collaborated with family offices and high net worth families in an effort to utilize United States rare coins to achieve the elusive triad of wealth preservation, portfolio growth and tax efficiency. According to Neptune, “While living in New York…

  • Tips on Buying Diamonds for Pleasure and Profit

    Everyone has at least one diamond. In 1477 A.D., Archduke Maximilian of Austria presented a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy as a sign of their engagement. They have since become the number one symbol of love and marriage around the world. But what do we really know about them? Outside of being shiny, hard…

  • The Fixed System of Option Trading

    The Fixed System (option trading service) offered is as follows. All securities and cash stay with your broker or bank. We provide you with buy and sell orders. The client transmits these orders to his bank or broker for execution. Our fee is twenty-five percent of profits in excess of fifteen percent per annum. Q: What is…

  • What if You Could Cash Out of Your Business and Maintain Ownership?

    Scott Ford, founder and CEO of Cornerstone Wealth Management Group Is your business your largest asset? A 2014 CNBC study revealed that most small business owners have 70% of their wealth invested in their businesses, with 20% of owners having over 80% tied up in their firm. What if you could take considerable cash from…