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Should You Invest in Private-Equity Companies?

Posted in Investing, Business on Jul 9th, 2007 No Comments »

BlackStone’s much hyped IPO brought private-equity companies into the limelight. Along with that came the usual ‘Do you think its a good investment or not‘ questions from friends. While thats difficult to answer, the fact that a private-equity company is going public is ironic in itself. And if some other private-equity company decided to take them private, then that would be down right hysterical!

Researching online, I found an excellent article in the Economist.com on Private Equity & The Business of Making Money[subscription maybe required].

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Starting a Business – The Road to Financial Independence

Posted in Wealth Building Lessons, Business on Jul 2nd, 2007 No Comments »

One of the three pillars to Financial Independance is having your own business. The other two are having hard assets like Real Estate, and paper-based assets like stocks and mutual funds. The business provides the cash-flow, the real estate provides leveraged returns and tax shelters and the paper assets provide liquidity.

But starting a business takes both perseverance and guts. You are venturing into uncharted territory and the road ahead will be bumpy and filled with challenges. Having said this, it can also be extremely rewarding and put you on the path to living the “American dream”.

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