Posts by Pierside Capital

Investors are constantly looking for ways to increase their returns while minimizing their risk.  Many investors have a portfolio allocation to fixed income securities like bonds, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), preferred equity, or notes.  These securities are mostly structured as loans to enterprises to perform a variety of business endeavors.  The purpose of these fixed income…

For those less familiar with tariffs, we will first define a tariff and how it works in practice.  A tariff is a tax imposed on a good or service by the recipient country and is usually a percentage-based tax on the whole value of the good or service.  Let’s say there is a 25% tax…

Many investors rely on the fixed income in their investment portfolios to pay for their everyday expenses and lifestyle.  With the recent run-up in interest rates, many investors have moved their idle cash into money market accounts and other fixed income bond portfolios or treasury securities like t-bills, notes, and bonds.  Before the Fed increased…

At Pierside Capital, we interact with real estate investors daily and one of the current topics of conversation we run into is what the election results could mean for real estate investing.  With the presidential race results now known and Congress results mostly known, the overall policy mandates are becoming clearer.  We will focus this…

Investors across the globe look at the Federal Reserve’s every move to calculate where short-term and long-term interest rates will go in the future. The Fed utilizes open market policy/operations to provide a range of where they think short-term interest rates should be. This policy directly affects the short end of the yield curve.  The…

Election Results as it relates to Real Estate Investing At Pierside Capital, we interact with real estate investors daily and one of the current topics of conversation we run into is what the upcoming general election results might mean for real estate investing.  While it is impossible to accurately predict election results, it is helpful…

Generally speaking, when companies raise money from the public through a securities offering they must register the securities with the SEC. This is a lengthy and costly process that is undertaken for large offerings, such as an IPO for a well-known technology company. However, this process doesn’t always make sense for every offering, especially if…

Interested in things to consider before making an investment in a hotel?  Pierside Capital has experience in investing in hotel assets.  Here are eight things to consider before making an investment in a hotel.