Alan Olsen's American Dreams: Secondary Markets - Should you Invest?

As the traditional markets continue to leave investors with an unsettling feeling of uncertainty, secondary markets seem to be the big buzz in Silicon Valley. Secondary Markets are looking more attractive because they are a more limited market, fewer shares have been issued vs. after a company's IPO. And generally speaking buyers feel that the prices will dramatically appreciate after the company IPO. With all this activity on this new market front, you may think that the SEC would become concerned and enact regulatory laws. Private company transactions and private company securities actually have the same laws as public companies as far as insider trading goes- the however the SEC currently isn't regulating private companies do to a lack of infrastructure. As private company trading increases most likely we'll begin to see an increase in regulation from the SEC due to the fact that the return on investment for the secondary markets are looking promising. About the Guest: Jon leads Three Bell Capital's efforts to provide clients with value-based, independent, boutique, private wealth management services; sophisticated, fully-integrated corporate retirement plans; and professional, discreet private placement transactions for both qualified institutional buyers and holders of private company stock seeking liquidity. Prior to founding Three Bell Capital, Jon was a Director at Registered Independent Advisory firm, Three Bridge Wealth Advisors, which previously operated as The ...

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