Cap rates for Dollar General, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree compressed by 15, 10 and 7 basis points respectively in Q2–2020 (when compared to Q2–2019), according to The Boulder Group. At 6.98 percent, dollar store properties were Above mentioned herbs … Continue reading →
On May 27, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Hong Kong to be no longer autonomous from China. The State Department announcement could enable Congress to end longstanding rights to freer trade and travel between Hong Kong and the U.S. … Continue reading →
The IMF projects a global growth rate of –3.0 percent in 2020, a downgrade of 6.3 percentage points from its January 2020 forecast. On the assumptions that the pandemic fades in the second half of 2020, allowing containment efforts to … Continue reading →
Over the past decade, private equity firms have invested heavily in retail. These firms generally acquire companies through leveraged buyouts with the goal of holding the company for a number of years, increasing its value and then selling it to … Continue reading →
Bitcoin, the number one cryptocurrency by market value is trading at around $9,852.22 – up nearly 160 percent from the March 12th low of $3,867, according to CoinDesk. About 85 percent (25.79 million) of the addresses holding the cryptocurrency are … Continue reading →
Treasury securities (also referred to as “Treasuries”) are debt obligations of the U.S. government. The federal government borrows by issuing Treasuries in the forms of bills, notes, bonds and inflation-protected securities (TIPS), depending on the maturity. These debt obligations are … Continue reading →
A material adverse event clause in a contract addresses the possibility of the occurrence of an unexpected change in circumstances (sometimes termed an “act of God”) that could significantly reduce the value of a company or cause a decline in … Continue reading →
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) abolished three nonresidential real property categories (qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property and qualified retail improvement property) and replaced these categories with a broader category known as qualified improvement property … Continue reading →
Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 allows an investor to defer the capital gains tax from the sale of real estate when similar parcels are swapped and no gain or loss is realized. The investor must identify the replacement property(ies) (using … Continue reading →
A stock buyback occurs when a company buys back its shares in the open market. The move causes the repurchased shares to be absorbed by the company thus reducing the number of shares that trade publicly and increasing the relative … Continue reading →