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Blackstone’s Stephen A. Schwarzman: Lessons on how to be a successful entrepreneur By Stephen A. Schwarzman Published September 17, 2019 Opinion FOXBusiness Reposted by Scott Shields Katy, Scott Shields Houston Blackstone CEO: Capitalism has created an enormous increase in standard of living Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman on the debate over capitalism versus socialism and the importance of improving the U.S. educational system. Today, business schools across the world teach students how to be entrepreneurs. There are frameworks and checklists for building and financing new ventures, and charts that plot the milestones of a new company, usually on a single slide along a smooth, always-upward curve. No one ever spends enough time telling you about the pain. My experience of entrepreneurship was anything but a smooth, upward curve. It’s been filled with ups and downs, unpredictable challenges, and many hard-learned lessons. Starting a business requires grit, determination and the...

The tide may be turning for the worst-performing S&P sector this year PUBLISHED 4 HOURS AGOUPDATED AN HOUR AGO Michael Affigne Trading Nation: Energy catches fire Energy stocks may be fueling up for a comeback rally. Republished by Scott Shields Katy, Scott Shields Houston, www.morganshields.com Geopolitical tensions in Saudi Arabia sent the XLE ETF, which tracks energy stocks, surging over 2% on Monday. Matt Maley, equity strategist trader at Miller Tabak, says this could be energy’s time to shine. “We’re getting in this time of the year, when you get to the last three or four months of the year, that any time an underperforming group and under-owned group — the energy sector is less than 5% of the S&P — when it starts to rally, that attracts a lot of the institutional investors that are looking to make up performance. And the best way to do that is with an under-owned group that’s playing catch-up,” Maley said Monday on CNBC’s “Trading Nation. ” Energy has been the worst...

Shale drillers are cutting billions of dollars in spending, raising questions about US oil output PUBLISHED MON, MAR 11 2019 • 8:14 AM EDT | UPDATED MON, MAR 11 2019 • 11:17 AM EDT Tom DiChristopher @TDICHRISTOPHER KEY POINTS Independent shale oil drillers are cutting spending, but U.S. oil output is still expected to surge this year.Smaller publicly traded drillers are throttling back capital expenditures, while their bigger rivals are making smaller cuts on a percentage basis. Private drillers increased output in the second half of last year and could do the same again this year, Barclays warns. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images, reposted by Scott Shields Katy, Scott Shields Houston. The shale drillers behind booming U.S. oil and natural gas output have survived a bevy of challenges in recent years, from a historic oil price downturn to an effort by OPEC to wash them out of the market with a flood of cheap crude. Now, with U.S. output at all...

STO Market Outlook 2019 Recap of 2018 STO activity and beyond Tatiana Koffman reposted by scott shields katy, scott shields houston Jan 4 If 2017 was the year of the utility token, with ICO’s raising more than $5.6B, 2018 will be remembered as having paved the way for a new generation of security tokens. Issuers and investors continue to remain curious about the benefits of tokenization such as increased liquidity, fractional ownership, decreased issuance costs, innovative structures and greater pricing efficiency. After conducting an independent study of 130+ STOs currently on the market, the following are some trends forming for 2019. Market Trends Deal Size: The current range of deals run from $2M for smaller equity fundraises for consumer tech companies to $1B for institutional venture capital deals. Industry: The vast majority of STOs are are happening in the Real Estate, Finance, Tech and Energy sectors. Structure: Revenue-share, tokeniz...

Financial Regulation Regulatory Policy North America Top News   SEC Chairman Wants to Let More Main Street Investors In on Private Deals Jay Clayton outlines overhaul plans in interview, says changes could happe‘pretty quickly’ Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said he wants to open up new options for individual investors. Photo: brendan mcdermid/Reuters By Dave Michaels Updated Aug. 30, 2018 4:54 p.m. ET reprinted by scott shields katy, scott shields houston NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to make it easier for individuals to invest in private companies, including some of the...