Jeff Bezos’ Parents May Have Made the Most Successful Venture Investment of All Time In 1995, the parents of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Jackie and Mike Bezos, invested $245,573 into their son’s fledgling e-commerce website, according to a prospectus two years later. One IPO and three stock splits later, his […]

Amazon Not an Overnight Success and Not Without Risk In 1995, the parents of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos may have made the most successful venture investment of all time. According to Bloomberg, Jackie and Mike Bezos invested $245,573 into their son’s fledgling e-commerce website, according to a prospectus two years […]

Dry powder. Liquidity. Scratch. Paper. It seems that investors and those responsible for the building and management of portfolios have no shortage of nicknames for their cash position. Even outside the investment industry, cash has maintained a prominent role in our society. Today, it’s still the main source of transaction […]

“Diversification is the only free lunch” is a fallacy that’s been pushed on investors for a long time. We’ve vocally disagreed with this premise in the past. No lunch is free. Some are just cheaper. But that also doesn’t mean all lunches are the same. And when it comes to […]

Coming off one of the greatest statistical anomaly calendar years for U.S. equities in 2017 (virtually zero volatility), the first three months of 2018 followed suit with its own unique environment for multi-asset investors (stocks, bonds and commodities all finished lower). What did the second quarter have in store? A […]

“Know what you own and why you own it.” Peter Lynch earned his way into the Mt. Rushmore conversation of investors. Over a storied career at the helm of the Magellan Fund, Lynch directly impacted the investors who entrusted him with their assets for over thirteen years (1977-1990), churning out […]

You’ve done all of the hard(er) work. The entire process of seeking out investment advice, learning what it takes to reach your goals, building the relationship with your advisor. They know what makes you tick, and you believe you can count on them. You’ve developed a strategy that is curated […]

A recent Gallup poll found that 34 percent of investors believed real estate was the best long-term investment for their capital. GFG Co-Founder Eduardo Gruener explains in the Miami Herald why your home carries a closer resemblance to a liability than it does an asset. Read the full Miami Herald […]

Family Offices Drive Down External Asset Management Fees By 10% FundFire reports that “family offices are putting ‘relentless pressure’ on external management fees as they seek to offset higher costs they face in other areas, according to a survey from Family Office Exchange.” The publication interviewed family office executives, who […]

Eduardo and Mauricio Gruener, co-founders of GFG Capital, will be featured speakers at the Private Wealth Management Summit in Palm Beach, Florida in early June. In their presentation, Eduardo and Mauricio will discuss a challenge that many international families face: family governance when family members are spread out among several […]