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10 Most Expensive Watches Ever Sold
Legendary watchmaker Patek Philippe represents seven of the 10 most expensive watches ever sold. Rolex has three representations on the top 10 list. One thing is for sure, if the blockbuster sales of the last few years are any indication,…
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What’s Great About the Vintage Porsche 911 Carrera
Vintage Porsche values have cooled off over the last year or so. According to Hagerty, a prominent car valuation research firm, values have drifted lower on the high, middle and low end of the Porsche spectrum. An investment worth watching…
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Art Auction Market Expected to Hit $38 Billion by 2024
Arizton Advisory and Intelligence put out their report on the art auction market recently and there’s a few interesting points worth considering. In the report they lay out the argument for why they expect the art auction market to grow…
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Macallan 1926 Whisky Sets Auction Record
A bottle of Macallan 1926 whisky sets auction record with a sale of over $1.5 million in London. The sale was almost triple the estimated price for the bottle previous to the auction. Sotheby’s held the Ultimate Whisky Collection auction…
Steve Schwarzman from Blackstone on The Knowledge Project Podcast
Steve Schwarzman from Blackstone was recently featured on The Knowledge Project podcast hosted by Shane Parrish. Schwarzman is chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group, one of the largest private equity firms in the world. The episode features a great…
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Simple Startup Investment with SeedInvest
If you’ve ever dreamed of buying shares in robotics, virtual reality or cannabis tech companies, now’s your chance. These are just a few of the 150 ventures featured where you can ‘build a diversified startup portfolio with ease.’ It’s simple…
Car of the Week – Jaguar Low Drag
Jaguar has designed some of the most iconic vehicles of all time. When the Jaguar E-Type burst onto the scene in the early 1960’s Enzo Ferrari was quoted as saying it was one of the most beautiful cars ever made.…
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19 Amazing Treasures Discovered
There are many reasons people search for lost treasure. Some seek fortune and fame, others seek answers to histories unanswered questions. The quest for uncovered treasures continues just as it…
9 Favorite Investing Quotes of All Time
Successful investing is one of the most difficult and challenging professions there is. Throughout history the best investors seem to enjoy a capacity for memorable quotes that stand the test…
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Simple Startup Investment with SeedInvest
If you’ve ever dreamed of buying shares in robotics, virtual reality or cannabis tech companies, now’s your chance. These are just a few of the 150 ventures featured where you can ‘build a diversified startup portfolio with ease.’ It’s simple startup investment with SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform. SeedInvest…
Simple Ways To Invest in Farmland
Investing in farmland may be one of histories first investments. Buying land to farm and produce crops can be a rewarding career as well as a great investment. Over the years the farming industry has changed dramatically. The way farmland has been funded has also evolved. Real Estate Investment Trusts…
Rally Road Latest Offerings
Fractional investment company Rally Road rolled out a handful of new and interesting offerings recently. An Albert Einstein autographed 1st edition book, a 1988 Lamborghini “Rambo Lambo” and a 1972 Gerald Genta designed Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch. The company has been stepping up it’s eclectic variety of offerings lately…
Rally Road Co-Founder Chris Bruno on Lindzanity Podcast
The latest podcast I really enjoyed was Rally Road co-founder Chris Bruno on Lindzanity Podcast. Chris breaks down his company and what motivated him to start a business in collector cars. The podcast is hosted by Howard Lindzon who is the founder of Social Leverage, a venture capital company specializing…
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Inside Fractional Ownership with Rally Road Co-Founder
Rob Petrozzo, co-founder of Rally Road was on ‘Off The Chain’ recently, a podcast for crypto-currency enthusiasts. Rob gives great insight into initial concepts behind the idea of Rally Road and where the company is heading. As co-founder, one thing Rob focuses on is designing and delivering the very best…
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Rare Coin Price Index Extends Decline
The PCGS 3000 Rare Coin Price Index continues to decline and has lost an additional .76% since mid October. The index for rare coins created by the Professional Coin Grading Service has been tracking the rare coin market since 1970. Over the last three to four years the Rare Coin…
Hagerty Market Rating Gains Slightly
The Hagerty Market Rating gains slightly from the previous month where the collector car index registered it’s lowest reading since May of 2012. That’s a nearly 7 year low for the index which tracks the current status of the collector car market. Hagerty says even though the index is positive…
Boom & Bust – US REIT’s and Commercial Real Estate
The US REIT’s and Commercial Real Estate continue to boom One of the most interesting things about investing is to observe how things boom and bust. It’s a continuous ebb and flow of markets getting too hot and then too cold where buyers then step in and the pattern repeats…
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Hagerty Collector Car Market Index Drops in October
One of the interesting data points I like to watch in the collector car market is the Hagerty Market Rating. The rating uses a weighted algorithm to calculate the strength of the collector car market in North America. This month saw the market rating lose an entire point to 61.94.…
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1972 Nike ‘Moon Shoe’ breaks sneaker auction record
A pair of rare Nike sneakers sold at auction breaking a record for the highest price ever paid for a pair of sneakers. The 1972 Nike ‘Moon Shoe’ sold for $437,500 to collector Miles Nadal who will display his collection in a Toronto museum. It’s the only pair known to…
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Global Market Index Continues Gains In September
Major asset classes from around the world continued to post gains in the month of September. The GMI, or Global Market Index is a passive, unmanaged, market-value weighted index of all major global asset classes. September recorded another gain for the year with a 1.2% increase with the index up…
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Hagerty Collector Car Index Continues Fall in September
The Hagerty Index tracking collector car prices and activity fell in September to the lowest reading since May of 2012. Every component of the rating decreased and private sales activity fell to the lowest point since June of 2014. For over a year the number of mainstream high end collector…
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Major asset class returns for August
U.S. real estate investment trusts and investment grade U.S. bonds performed best in August for the strongest monthly gain since January. For the fourth month in a row the MSCI REIT index gained with a 3.4% return for the month. Emerging market stocks performed the worst of the major asset…
Michael Burry compares index funds to subprime CDO’s
Michael Burry, the investor who was featured in a best-selling book which was turned into an Oscar winning movie “The Big Short” had interesting comments during his email interview with Bloomberg News last week. He claims the flood of money into passive index funds has similarities with the last financial…
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A Look at the Vintage Guitar Price Index
Musicians, collectors, investors and dealers who are active in the vintage guitar market should take a look at the price indexes created at VintageGuitarPrice. They’ve built price indexes to track the values for the top collectible guitars of each of the 4 most prominent manufactures. They also combine the four…
Rare Coin Price Index Continues Decline
The PCGS 3000 Index for rare coins continues to decline in July. The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) represents the coin industry as the industry standard in third-party certification. Since 1970 the PCGS has been tracking the performance of the rare coin market with current pricing on over 300,000 collector…