Apr 29, 2022
In this episode of the Liquidity Event, we’ve got Shane on vacation and John in the hot seat. We’ve got tons of scams this week. Mortgage scams, NFT scams, bitcoin scams, 401(k) scams, and more. Brex made a very interesting acquisition of Pry, a financial forecasting company aimed at early-stage start-ups. Also in...
Apr 22, 2022
Today is our birthday! This week’s episode is filled with fun jabs at billionaires and financial knowledge that’s mostly useless to you. We’ve got news stories on AriZona iced tea, old ladies, Elon Musk, and Airbnb cleaning fees. And you know it wouldn’t be The Liquidity Event without a rant about the IRS....
Apr 15, 2022
Welp! We finally have a big olde IPO in 2022 folks! Excelerated Energy Energy, a Texas-based natural gas company took advantage of market fears around rising gasoline prices to have a very successful IPO on Tuesday. We’ve got the first successful Amazon union at a warehouse in Staten Island. And in other union-ish...
Apr 8, 2022
There are big changes afoot in the retirement space and Roths are about to get a big glow-up. Our hosts discuss the SECURE ACT 2.0 and the implications for boomers and millennials alike. Student loans are back in the news with payments and interest on pause through August 31st which leads us to believe there may...
Apr 1, 2022
In this week's episode, The Onion weighs in on the housing market and England’s first witch gets to write off her spells on her tax forms. We’ve got OnlyFans making a second attempt at going public via SPAC, good for them. In the IPO space, we finally have a little action: a teeny tiny company in California called...