I’ve always said that you can gauge the success of an industry by the growth and enthusiasm of its annual convention. It’s also a great barometer of market peaks and bubbles – especially when you have the chance to really get into the psyche of industry participants. With venture capital pouring into online lending businesses […]
Financial Advisors, Please Meet P2P. P2P, Online or Marketplace Lending or Whatever You Want to Call Yourself, Please Meet Financial Advisors
In my ongoing quest to democratize the investing landscape, I began exploring ways to engage financial advisors into the crowdfinance industry – specifically within P2P lending realms. Particularly with interest rates at historic lows and social security on the brink of insolvency, it is imperative that small retail investors be able to access alternative asset […]
The Equitysphere
The Emerging Equity Crowdfinance Ecosystem Inspired by Orchard Platform’s recently released “Lendscape” – which brilliantly underscores the expanding peer/marketplace lending ecosystem and its movement of capital – I decided to construct a similar flowchart depicting the progression of the equity side of the crowdfinance industry. The “Equitysphere” below encapsulates the maturation of equity crowdfinance. It […]
By Alluring the Masses to the Promising World of P2P Investing, Can Lending Club’s High Profile IPO Help Thwart A Looming Retirement Crisis?
By alluring the masses to the promising world of P2P investing, can Lending Club’s high profile IPO avert a looming retirement crisis?
Profiting from the Crowdfinance Revolution
A financial revolution – ignited by hordes of individuals who have grown leery of conventional financial institutions, and powered by contemporary P2P and crowdfund marketplaces – has been germinating across the planet. In the same way that the Industrial Revolution redefined manufacturing and the Internet Revolution refashioned commerce, this “Crowdfinance Revolution” will transform global capital markets […]