A 1031 Exchange Offers Investors Options for Deferring Capital Gains Taxes

A tax deferred exchange or 1031 exchange is a strategy or tool that can be used by an investor to sell property, as long as it qualifies, and then buy another like-kind property.  Since the transaction is treated as an exchange rather than a sale, investors qualify for a deferred gain.  The law can be … Read more

The Effects of Flipping on Your Taxes

If you are looking at making a quick hundred-thousand on real estate flipping, you may find it is quick, but not as lucrative as you thought. With housing prices on the rise across the nation, flipping has become the hottest investment trend. You buy a property and quickly resell it at a higher price. Most … Read more

Opalesque CT Roundtable : Industry moves from asset allocation to risk allocation, risk measurement to real risk management

The Roundtable took place in October 2010 with the following experts:a-pub-5157679868954075″, “Left_Column_To;Technology• Donald Brownstein, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Structured Portfolio Management• Joe Taussig, Founder, Taussig Capital AG• Jonathan Litt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Land and Buildings• Kevin Schweitzer, General Partner, Chief Investment Officer, RockView Capital• Marco Bianchi, Head of US Business Development, … Read more

Financial Modelling

FINANCIAL MODELING   Financial modeling is a process of forecasting performance of a certain asset, using relationships among operating, investing, and financing variables. The central aim of all financial modeling is valuation under uncertainty: how to estimate the value of a security when its future trajectory, or the trajectory of the other securities or economic … Read more