At the one-year mark of the Covid-19 outbreak in the US, digital payments seems to be one of the few beneficiaries of this global pandemic. For us, a recent Visa study crystalized the road to recovery. The survey found that 82% of SMB’s have adopted new digital technologies and more than half of consumers are using contactless payments
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The following report is provided free each week by McAlinden Research Partners exclusively to members of Hedge Connection. Today’s issue cluster focuses on Firearms
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We believe a currency has to satisfy two key issues to be considered a viable currency. First, it needs to be a “medium of exchange” and one needs to be able to use it as a payment mechanism. Second, it needs to be a “store of value.” In our opinion, Bitcoin fails as a payment mechanism for legitimate commercial transactions, but it is gaining traction as a store of value.
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The Alternatives Watch Investor Scorecard tracked a total of $7 billion of institutional investor commitments in the month of February spread across 56 investment commitments across active private equity, real estate and private debt aims
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Over the past several months, I have had many conversations with alternative managers preparing to boost their marketing efforts in a variety of real estate or related market investment strategies, all geared towards high net worth investors. This inspired me to ask the question, ‘Why is real estate the place to invest in 2021?’
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