Motor Mondays: ​Volvo Cross Country — An old favorite returns bigger and better

by synergycap1 | Jul 24, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Working Capital

I welcome an old favorite this week with Volvo’s latest iteration of its Cross Country wagon. And like the Volvo S90 sedan I had recently, it impresses. Volvo had been running quietly since its acquisition by China’s Geely Holding Group in 2010. But money...

Silicon Valley is changing lives on far away islands

by synergycap1 | Jul 24, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

I had just landed in Bali for a weekend trip from Singapore. The guy on the flight next to me was going for two weeks from Paris, making me instantly envious of France’s comfortable vacation policy. He asked if I had researched how to get from the airport to the...

A giant state-owned Chinese firm is attracting the attention of big investors

by synergycap1 | Jul 24, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

China Unicom is on a list with a handful of other state-owned firms that Beijing is trying to reform by attracting private capital, employing a mixed ownership structure. What Unicom eventually does could serve as a model for reforming China’s 150,000...

Direct lending funds’ fading all-weather appeal

by synergycap1 | Jul 24, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Miami-area money manager Bob Press appears to offer the ultimate all-weather investment: a “direct lending” hedge fund that does not require a long-term commitment and has produced nearly 90 straight months of positive returns...

U.S. venture capital’s digital coin quandary: cash-rich startups

by synergycap1 | Jul 24, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. venture capital firms lining up for a slice of the burgeoning digital currency market are grappling with a novel challenge – some of the hottest tech startups that sell the coins just don’t need their money. Only a few years...

Op-Ed: Don’t believe the doomsayers, S&P trend strength continues

by synergycap1 | Jul 24, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

The long-term GMMA is well separated and has consistent degree of separation. That suggests that investors are very confident about the trend continuing. The short-term GMMA is also well separated. When the index drops, traders move in very quickly as buyers and stop...