The simple answer is, ‘yes’. According to Bank of America, ESG funds will grow in leaps and bounds in the next 20 years. Analyst are expecting a $20 trillion of asset growth, which will be at par with S&P 500’s value. ESG represents an opportunity for all of us who want to save this planet and wish to have a sustainable future. We can’t have a sustainable future alone. A good way to do it is to invest in companies who give importance to environmental, social, and governance factors. What is ESG investment? ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance investing. Responsible invest ..read more

What Happened Last Week? New cases of coronavirus were discovered around the world. More unsettling information from healthcare specialists was announced. Multiple countries declared the virus a pandemic; and one Bloomberg Opinion argues that coronavirus is here to stay: like the common cold or influenza. This sent the public into a panicked frenzy, purchasing face masks and other basic essentials. WeWork issued a work from home policy for some of their employees. And Wall Street? They launched into a selling frenzy. Last week represented the worst week on Wall Street since the 2008 ..read more

What started out as Fair, Isaac and Company, FICO, the analytics company and their omnipotent FICO Score has come to dominate many parts of our life. Want a mortgage? FICO. How about a car loan? FICO. Maybe refinance that student debt? FICO. The list goes on and on. But what exactly is a FICO Score, where do they come from and more importantly, do they actually work?  Numerous other factors have been proven to influence a person’s ability to repay a loan better than FICO Scores, but they’re still industry standard. Obviously, there must be more than meets the eye. What is FICO and a ..read more

In 2018, Sprint and T-Mobile announced a merger, to form a new company. This new company would be at a whopping $146 billion. Ownership of the new company would be split three ways. Deutsche Telekom would own the majority – 42%. SoftBank Group is eager to make-up for its WeWork Snafu and currently holds 27%. The remaining 31% will remain publicly traded. Two years later the deal is looking like it will close WHAT TOOK THE MERGER SO LONG TO APPROVE? On June 18, 2018, the mobile carriers began the regulatory review process by formally submitting an application to the Federal Commun ..read more

In 2014, Elon Musk secured $1.3 billion in tax grants from the state of Nevada to open a battery plant, this caught the attention of Jeff Bezos. Bezos grew green with envy over Musk’s ability to pit five states against each other in the form of tax incentive packages. As a result, Bezos couldn’t help but question why it was regularly accepting comparatively minuscule incentives. In 2017, an executive sent a congratulatory email in 2017 praising his team for securing $40 million in government incentives to build a $1.5 billion air hub near Cincinnati. In contrast, the modest figure truly b ..read more

Tesla (TSLA) stock has gained 112% this year, boosting the company’s market value higher than that of General Motors Co (GM), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Volkswagen AG… COMBINED! There is much speculation as to whether Tesla represents the future of electric vehicles or is over hyped – leaving many to question whether Tesla’s stock is driven by record revenue & fourth quarterly profit in six periods or the cache of their founder, Elon Musk. Short Seller’s Nightmare Traders betting that Tesla shares will decline, lost $2.5 billion in one day as Tesla’s stock soared to record h ..read more

Private Equity Puppet: Dave & Buster’s Edition In late January, the Private Equity behemoth known as KKR disclosed a 10% stake in Dave & Busters (PLAY). Is this a case of Barbarian’s At The Arcade, where KKR makes radical changes to the company through a hostile takeover? Time will tell. KKR is typically known as a management friendly Private Equity firm who passively buy stakes in profitable companies and make their returns off company growth or debt-related transactions; however, public statements sound more Carl Icahn-ish, a famous activist investor who is known for profiting ..read more

This month Starbucks (SBUX) celebrated the 40th anniversary since Howard Schulz started with a packed coffee store in Seattle. That coffee store has since grown into a manifestation of the American Dream. Howard Schulz is now running for the Presidency with thousands of coffee stores across the globe. The company exceeded revenues of $10.7 billion last year. They have 16,850 Starbucks in 40 countries. They own one of the world’s most well-recognized brands – so much that they opt to not put their name on their cups.  They’ve added an average of two stores each day since 1987. Thi ..read more

Gold versus Stocks Wow! The S&P 500 lost 4% of its value since October 1st. That’s about $1.3 trillion and might leave you wondering…. How can I make money when the stock market goes down? That’s where we come in! We spent the week researching companies, trying to find investments that have both growth opportunity and protect your downside risk. We came up with 4 ideas for trades that could perform really well this month! Gold (GLD) This guy bet big on gold before the 2008 financial crisis A lot of times, when investors are nervous, they tend to sell stocks and invest in rare metals, parti ..read more

Office-sharing startup WeWork, owned by The We Company, and SoftBank Group, are pressing ahead with plans to go public in spite of lukewarm interest for shares which many claim are overvalued. In January 2018, The We Company (which has a really sick website) raised money at a $47 billion valuation. Then reality struck. Institutional investors responsible for purchasing shares before the IPO have balked at such a high figure. This has forced the company to consider an initial public offering as low as $15 billion representing a massive write-down for SoftBank. WeHurt SoftBa ..read more