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If Your Deal Has an Earnout, Plan on the Cash You Already Have
If someone handed you a signed deal worth $10 million, six million wired at close and four million contingent on the next three years, how much of that ten would […]
When Gifted Money Sits in Cash, Start With Five Minutes, Not a Manager
The gifts go out on schedule. They land in a 28 year old’s account, and then nothing happens. Months pass, the balance climbs, and every dollar of it stays in […]
The Uninterested Heir, Earnout Reality Check, and Hiring a Nanny
Transcript Intro Stephan Shipe: Welcome back to the Scholar Wealth Podcast. Today we have a question from a self-managed investor asking whether to steer his adult son toward a wealth […]
Private Credit as a Diversifier: What the Calm Doesn’t Tell You
Private credit and crypto are two of the most disliked asset classes in the market right now. That reputation alone is exactly why some investors assume opportunity is hiding there. […]
Is Chasing IPO Allocations Actually Worth It?
A listener wrote in with a great question. He’s a tech executive, mid-forties, around $18 million invested, and he’d just been through the SpaceX IPO. He put in a $50,000 […]
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