This is the first trading week of 2016—and already, money is pouring out of your pockets:

The Nasdaq is down about 200 points. The Dow has dropped more than 400.

In the news, you hear it’s because manufacturing data from China looks weak. Or because tensions are rising between Saudi…

Right around this time last year, we issued our forecasts for 2015—

We offered you our perspective on which sectors and investment themes would be important for the coming year.

Today, we’ll review our predictions and see how they panned out...

And then we’ll tell you where you should focus…

We’ll make this as short and sweet as a candy cane…

2016 is going to be a big year for you:

Starting in May, the private markets will be opening their doors to ALL citizens, regardless of their income or net worth.

And when those doors open, you’ll be able…

Matt and I spend a lot of time focusing on data.

Every Monday morning, for example, we bring you hundreds of data points on new start-up deals from around the web...

And if you’re a CrowdabilityIQ subscriber, you know that we crunch thousands of individual data points for each deal.

My palms are sore.

So are Wayne’s.

You see, we’ve been pounding the table all year about a subject that’s near and dear to our hearts—and near and dear to your wallet.

In fact, this subject was the focus of our boldest prediction of 2015…

Title III is Coming!

Our…

You rely on Crowdability to bring you the best deals. Now, rely on us to share the most up-to-date news, trends and opinion. You won’t find this stuff in the mainstream press. Look for it every Friday morning.

Elon Musk Pledges $1 Billion to…

After nearly eight years of cutting interest rates, the Fed finally hit us with a rate hike yesterday.

Many investors are wary of higher interest rates, and understandably so:

When money becomes more expensive, businesses (and stock prices) tend to suffer.

In fact, historically, whenever the Fed has raised rates,…

Trying to pick a single start-up that will become “the next Microsoft” or “the next Google” is pretty risky.

Even wildly successful venture capitalists strike out more than half the time.

So what should an individual investor like you do?

The Key to Market-Beating Returns

The key to making money…

History Has Been Made

It finally happened:

After three years of politics as usual, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission just enacted the last remaining piece of The JOBS Act.

The JOBS Act is a set of laws that opens up the private equity markets…

You rely on Crowdability to bring you the best deals. Now, rely on us to share the most up-to-date news, trends and opinion. You won’t find this stuff in the mainstream press. Look for it every Friday morning.

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