Water fountain economics
Have you ever wondered what happens to all the coins tossed into fountains? Let’s take a shallow dive into the Trevi to find out.
April 14, 2024
Since the beginning, we’ve been dedicated to analyzing unique investment ideas. And boy, there is simply a ton of interesting stuff to collect, invest, and put your money into.
We take alts very seriously, but we also like to have some fun. While the offbeat stuff doesn’t necessarily give the best returns (or even hold its value particularly well) it’s fascinating to learn more about the world of options out there.
Have you ever wondered what happens to all the coins tossed into fountains? Let’s take a shallow dive into the Trevi to find out.
We exploring Life Settlements: The controversial and overlooked area of alternative investing that you probably haven’t seen before.
Zette is a single subscription that lets you unlock paywalls at hundreds of different publications. Yes, this has been tried before, and yes, it has failed in the past. But times are much different now.
Girl Scout Cookies are clearly lucrative. But how much profit is made per box? Who’s profiting? And how does the cookie money flow?
Welcome to the shadowy world of data brokers — the personal info aggregation companies that are legal, but starting to get serious public scrutiny.
The company bounced back to profitability after Covid. But their memberships are very expensive, and the stock is still down from the IPO.
Is this “luxury fitness experience” company a worthwhile investment?
The streaming market is completely overrun. We explore the media bundling pendulum swing. How it works, where we are in the cycle, and and why re-bundling is an inevitability.
Today, we explore Brightline: The only privately-owned and operated intercity railroad in the USA. (Think of it like America’s biggest transit startup.)
People don’t think much about ATMs, but there’s fascinating stuff going on behind the scenes. If you ever wondered about the “plumbing” behind ATM machines, this issue is for you.
Today, we’re looking at In-Q-Tel, the secretive firm funding some of America’s leading tech companies, operated by none other than the CIA.
In this issue we argue that accreditation laws based on money instead of education are flawed, and introduce our new community for accredited investors.
Millennials and Gen Z dominate the headlines, despite the fact that half of all global consumer spending is by people aged 50+. Let’s explore the silver economy.
We create indices for eclectic modern alts. We’ve got a vinyl index, a whiskey index, and more. This helps us find the best buying opportunities for our alternative investment fund
We wrap everything up with a rich qualitative analysis. You’ll understand the pros & cons of investing in all sorts of alternative asset classes.
