This a list of all the investor relations firms in New York, Chicago, and more. It was last updated on June 26, 2020.
If you prefer to see this data in spreadsheet format, I made a Google Sheet here: List of Investor Relations Firms by Nick Gray.
I first heard about John Fichthorn when I was looking for information on the documentary Betting on Zero about Bill Ackman and Herbalife.
Watch the trailer here – it is a great movie.
John Fichthorn helped produce that movie. Today he runs a hedge fund inside of B. Riley Capital Management.
BDCs make multi-million dollar risky loans to middle-market companies.
Today there are ~50 publicly-traded BDCs on the Nasdaq and NYSE. Two of the biggest are $ARCC and $GBDC.
BDCs are valued based on their portfolio of these so-called “risky loans,” or non-investment grade debt.
This is a money and policy museum located in the City of London. I went and I got to hold a super heavy solid gold bar. Here’s what I learned.
Me holding a solid gold bar. It is kept securely locked inside of a surprisingly well-done case which allows you to lift the bar, but there’s no way it could be stolen. Also gold is hella heavy.
Warren Buffett says his first two rules of investing are:
I have been thinking about asset allocation and investing a lot lately.
Black-and-White Capital is an activist hedge fund created in 2016 owned and operated by Seth Wunder.
The more I look into Seth Wunder and Black-and-White Capital, the more I find myself returning to one simple question:
Who is Seth Wunder?
I am genuinely curious to learn more about Seth and his company, especially after they were the first to take an activist investor stance on Etsy in early 2017.
Here’s what I know so far. (more…)
I was doing some deep thinking the other night:
How would I live my life differently if I had $10,000,000 in cash?
First thing I’d do: Hundred dollar bill snow angels
I wrote down a bunch of ideas of specific things I would do, like play more tennis and hire a personal chef.
I’m also going to share some of the best things my friends said.
At the end, I’ll try to encourage you to do this exercise and attempt a conclusion.
Today I attended a Wealth Management Conference hosted by one of the major family offices in New York City. Their Chief Investment Officer made a great keynote presentation, which I’ve taken notes from below.
I want to learn more about smart investing.
I reached out to five people today who are smarter and richer than me.
These are notes from my conversations.
