Author Archive for Mike
Mike is the founder of this site, www.mikefanelli.com He has extensive professional experience in accounting and financial analysis, and is currently a licensed CPA, with a focus on Merger & Acquisition Due Diligence in New York, NY.
ipad
Just received our employee issued iPads today and everyone is pretty excited about it. Now, the interesting part of this will be to find tools and applications that will allow us to do our jobs more efficiently and effectively. The first benefits that come to mind are as a travel tool to keep up on [...]
The Bears Are Here With Oil Rising…
Not a lot of time to write today (as usual), but the past two trading days have been worthy of a quick note and a chart of the SPY. With two days of bearishness, amidst the craziness of oil prices due to macroeconomic issues, it will be interesting to see if the S&P 500 can [...]
Private Equity Outperforms Venture Capital for the 1, 3, 5 and 10-year periods…
Great stuff from Dan Primack (@danprimack) related to private equity and venture capital returns for the past few years. If this trend doesn’t change, VCs may have some issues raising money going forward. Article here.
S&P 500 Annual Returns Since 1998…
The below link presents the S&P 500 annual return since 1998…pretty interesting data. A couple of interesting tidbits… In 2008 we lost 38.49%, but have gained 36.24% back in 2009 and 2010 – not bad, eh? The largest one year gain was 34.11% in 1995 The largest one year loss was….you guessed it…38.49% in 2008 [...]
Brief Travel Review: Mohonk Mountain House
The Mohonk Mountain House is rich in tradition, dating back to the late 1800’s. Built on the deep-blue waters of Lake Mohonk in 1869, this grand 267-room Victorian castle is one of America’s oldest family-owned resorts. There are thousands of acres of pristine forest and winding trails, just 90 minutes north of New York City. The [...]
Saving for Retirement
This is a guest article by Flexo, the creator and owner of Consumerism Commentary, one of the most respected personal finance blogs. Flexo writes about investing, banking, saving and many other financial topics. Take a look at his picks for the best online savings accounts. Thinking about retirement is quite cynical. If you listen to [...]
Why You Should Open a Mint.com Account Today
Mint.com is the premier free way to manage your money online. Here are five reasons to open a Mint.com account today: Makes Your Life Easier At Mint, we believe money is for living. So we make everything simple and streamlined. Sign up takes less than five minutes. Then Mint automatically pulls all your financial information into one place, so you [...]
