Research

Private equity real estate is one of the oldest asset classes that investors can access. There are two primary return components in real estate, cash flow and appreciation. Many managers involved with private equity real estate will employ leverage to enhance portfolio performance; this does have a downside when markets are not favorable or when the consumer economy is stressed. Private equity real estate is not for everyone. Investors who need liquidity should begin with publicly traded instruments like REITs and CMBS. The advantages of public ownership are generally sourced from transparency and liquidity. Some of the cons of investing with REITs include being subject to the daily market fluctuations in the stock market; meaning the security price...

Late 2008, capital expenditures in the mining industry slowed down to preserve capital and wait for commodity prices to rebound. Mining exploration firms were in need of cash infusions for various reasons such as servicing debt to pay for past M&A transactions. However later in 2009, as the credit economy began to slowly thaw, a yearning demand from India, China, and other rapidly developing economies created the stage for more commodity consumption. Download the...