What is an ‘alternative investment’? The term ‘alternative investment,’ might bring to mind an investment that only large institutional investors have access to, or at least an investment that is generally too complicated for the average investor to understand. This is a common misconception, and until recently, may have been somewhat true. But, with recent...

Why Cash Flow is Important You may have heard the phrase "cash is king." From my days as a business banker, this was drilled into my head as one of the keys for evaluating deals. The idea is twofold. One, businesses or investors should have substantial cash reserves. And two, when evaluating financial statements, what...