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Stocks Going Ex Dividend in May 2022

The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and some with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount, and the yield.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BUD)	5/3/2022	0.407	0.95%
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI)	5/5/2022	0.10	2.12%
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)	5/5/2022	0.25	2.29%
Walmart Inc. (WMT)	5/5/2022	0.56	1.46%
American Electric Power Co. (AEP)	5/9/2022	0.78	3.05%
Honeywell International Inc. (HON)	5/12/2022	0.98	2.06%
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)	5/12/2022	0.49	2.63%
Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW)	5/12/2022	0.20	1.21%
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)	5/12/2022	0.88	4.13%
Amgen Inc. (AMGN)	5/16/2022	1.94	3.33%
Target Corporation (TGT)	5/17/2022	0.90	1.57%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)	5/23/2022	1.13	2.50%
The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)	5/26/2022	0.40	3.75%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)	5/31/2022	2.00	2.62%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WSTNN.com HERE .

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written; affiliate links are on this page.

First Twitter is Taken Over: What Stock is Next?

by Fred Fuld III

I’m sure all of you have heard the news that Elon Musk is buying Twitter (TWTR) for $44 billion at $54.20 per share. What some investors are wondering is if there are any other companies that may be bought out.

Twitter falls into the category of Internet Content & Information. Obviously, some of these stocks are extremely large and unlikely to be bought by anyone or any company. But anything is possible. Plus, with the stock market in general, some of these companies might be reaching a favorable buy range.

The following companies are all Internet Content & Information companies, all are profitable with all but one having price to earnings ratios less than 40, all have sales growth over the last five years in excess of 5%, and all have earnings per share growth this year of over 10%.

Company	Symbol	Market Cap	P/E
Meta Platforms, Inc.	FB	552.56B	13.56
Gaia, Inc.	GAIA	111.99M	28.78
Alphabet Inc.	GOOGL	1742.60B	21.93
Pinterest, Inc.	PINS	14.23B	39.14
Shutterstock, Inc.	SSTK	2.94B	31.57
Yelp Inc.	YELP	2.57B	67.07

Keep an eye on these companies during the next few weeks.

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written.

What Do Investors Care About Today?

by Ned Raynolds and Art Gormley, The Dilenschneider Group

Excerpted from The Public Relations Handbook copyright © 2022 by Robert L. Dilenschneider. Reprinted with permission from Matt Holt Books, an imprint of BenBella Books, Inc. All rights reserved.

Until recently, investors were concerned almost exclusively about a company’s revenues and earnings lines and where those numbers were headed in the future.

No more.

Today, investors are also becoming increasingly interested in a firm’s positive or negative contributions to society, in a process called ESG investing, standing for Environmental, Social, and Governance concerns.

ESG investing integrates those socially responsible factors into investment analysis and decision making. However, the factors also cover a wide spectrum of issues that are also relevant to an investor’s financial assessment of a company. So, a company’s ability to meet ESG factors may also affect that same bottom line that investors look at first.

According to Forbes, ESG can include:

“how corporations respond to climate change, how good they are with water management, how effective their health and safety policies are in the protection against accidents, how they manage their supply chains, how they treat their workers and whether they have a corporate culture that builds trust and fosters innovation.”

The term “ESG” was coined in 2005 in a landmark study entitled “Who Cares Wins.” According to the most recent calculation, ESG investing is estimated at over $20 trillion in assets under management, about a quarter of all professionally managed assets around the world!

What’s more, ESG investing has become big business. At this writing, many large banks and other money managers had jumped aggressively onto the ESG idea as a way to market their services.

ESG also runs parallel to the more general societal trend today to demand socially responsible behavior from business. To see how far we’ve come, dial back to September 1970, when the legendary economist Milton Friedman wrote an essay for the New York Times entitled, “A Friedman Doctrine: The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.” And contrast that with the Business Round table’s August 2019 statement redefining the purpose of a corporation as promoting “an economy that serves all Americans.” It was signed by 181 CEOs “who commit to lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders—customers, employees, suppliers, communities and shareholders.”

Because the Roundtable had been considered a bastion of traditional corporate America, that pronouncement received plenty of attention. But the organization’s commitment really builds on what is becoming the current thinking of many business leaders.

Here’s what some of them have said:

In his 2020 letter to shareholders, Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive of Black Rock, who frequently discussed altruistic issues with the firm’s constituents, wrote, “We are facing the ultimate long-term problem. We don’t yet know which predictions about the climate will be most accurate, nor what effects we have failed to consider. But there is no denying the direction we are heading. Every government, company, and shareholder must confront climate change.”
Marc Benioff, chair, CEO, and founder of Salesforce, who embraces the title of “activist CEO,” told Fast Company that today, “being a CEO means that you’re taking care of all stakeholders. That stakeholder return is as much table stakes as shareholder return.”
And Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, who is also chairman of the Business Roundtable, says, “The American dream is alive, but fraying. Major employers are investing in their workers and communities because they know it is the only way to be successful over the long term. These modernized principles reflect the business community’s unwavering commitment to continue to push for an economy that serves all Americans.”

Further endorsement of ESG principles comes from an unexpected source— the Vatican. The Council for Inclusive Capitalism is affiliated with the Catholic Church and operates under “the moral guidance of Pope Francis.” The Council also includes CEOs of several Fortune 500 companies as well as policymakers and the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. The founder of the Council, Lynn Forester de Rothschild, also chair of investment firm E. L. Rothschild, said, “Doing this is not simply a market imperative . . . The capital markets are such a powerful force, that we need to remember that our actions, who we are and what we are, are based on morality and ethics. And so the Holy Father really asks us to put profits in service of planet and people.”

What are enlightened companies doing today to let investors know about their ESG commitments? Here are some steps to consider:

In the annual Form 10-K, include a section summarizing the company’s ESG actions.
Issue an annual Sustainability Report, as a number of companies today are doing, especially those with environmental vulnerabilities.
Weave material on ESG compliance into earnings news releases and periodically include reports on ESG actions in quarterly earnings presentations.

The above is excerpted from The Public Relations Handbook

About the Editor of The Public Relations Handbook:

Robert L. Dilenschneider formed The Dilenschneider Group in October, 1991. Headquartered in New York and Chicago, the Firm provides strategic advice and counsel to Fortune 500 companies and leading families and individuals around the world, with experience in fields ranging from mergers and acquisitions and crisis communications to marketing, government affairs and international media.

Prior to forming his own firm, Dilenschneider served as president and chief executive officer of Hill and Knowlton, Inc. from 1986 to 1991, tripling that Firm’s revenues to nearly $200 million and delivering more than $30 million in profit. Dilenschneider was with that organization for nearly 25 years. Dilenschneider started in public relations in 1967 in New York, shortly after receiving an MA in journalism from Ohio State University, and a BA from the University of Notre Dame. For more information, please visit https://robertldilenschneider.com

About the Authors:

Ned Raynolds is a veteran corporate communications executive and strategic advisor with more than thirty years’ experience, versed in all phases of external and internal communications. His focus is on positioning companies that are facing serious challenges with the news media, employees, customers, and the investment community, often working in a team approach with senior management, legal counsel, and outside advisors. Mr. Raynolds previously managed corporate communications for American Airlines for the East Coast, including New York, Boston, and Washington, DC. At American, he enlisted specialty media to reach nearly half a million high-value consumers in Greater New York.

Art Gormley, a Principal with The Dilenschneider Group, joined the firm in 1992, shortly after it was founded. He oversees the firm’s financial relations practice and has worked with the Wall Street and international investment communities for more than twenty-five years. Mr. Gormley has counseled the chief executives, chief financial officers, and boards of directors of countless clients, including some of the world’s largest publicly held corporations. In addition, Mr. Gormley is a highly experienced crisis communicator who has guided clients in their dealings with financial restatements, shareholder litigation, activist investors, and management changes, as well as investigations involving the Securities and Exchange Commission, Internal Revenue Service, and the US Department of Justice, among other government agencies. For more information, please visit https://www.dilenschneider.com

How to Hedge Your Portfolio Against Skyrocketing Food Prices

by Fred Fuld III

Did you know that fertilizer prices spiked in the U.S. market in late 2021, just ahead of 2022 planting season, according to the United States Department of Agriculture? This was before Russia invaded Ukraine.

Now, because of the Russian / Ukraine War, prices will continue to rise, since Russia produces almost ten million metric tons of nitrogen fertilizer per year, the fourth largest producer in the world.

Higher Fertilizer Prices

With higher fertilizer prices, you get higher, wheat, corn, and soybean prices. With higher wheat, corn, and soybean prices, you get higher food prices in general. And you can also get food shortages as well.

Higher Food Prices

I recently wrote about the soaring prices of items on Amazon, called The Amazon Inflation Rate is Running at 68% Per Year, and showed that many of these increases were due to food items. I described how dark chocolate candy rose by 148%, light tuna in water by 28%, multi-seed cheesy garlic crackers by 194%, sesame bars with honey and almonds by 134%, and on and on. This was all during a twelve month period ending last November, and remember, this was before the war.

So what is an investor to do?

If you are willing to take a lot of risk, you can trade the futures market. But for those that prefer to stick with stocks and ETFs, there are still opportunities.

Individual Agricultural Funds

One way is by buying agricultural commodities exchange traded funds. There are ETFs and ETNs available for corn, wheat, soybeans, and several other ag products.

The Teucrium Corn Fund (CORN), which invests in corn futures, has a market cap of $222 million, an expense ratio of 1.76%, and is up 29.79% year to date.

The Teucrium Wheat Fund (WEAT) has net assets of $493 million. It has an expense ratio of 1.00%, and year-to-date is up 38%.

The Teucrium Soybean Fund (SOYB) has a market cap of $64 million, an expense ratio of 1.16%, and is up 21.18% year to date.

Diversified Agricultural Funds

If you prefer to reduce your risk through diversification, you might want to consider Invesco DB Agriculture Fund (DBA), which invests in a basket of agricultural commodities futures. The market cap is $1.85 billion, the expense ratio is 0.85%, and the year-to-date total return is 11.2%.

Another diversified investment is the Elements Rogers International Commodity Index-Agriculture Total Return ETN (RJA), which is up 17.98% so far this year. The market cap is $153 million and the expense ratio is 0.75%.

Most of these funds are very volatile, very speculative, and can have low volume and very wide spreads.

Maybe one of these will help you offset the prices you pay at the supermarket.

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written but plans to put on a bullish option spread on CORN in the next few days.

Top Software Stocks Short Squeeze Plays

by Fred Fuld III

Many software stocks have made all time highs in the last couple months, but others have been sinking. Several of these software companies are heavily shorted. When stocks rise quickly in price for whatever reason, short sellers scramble to cover their positions by buying shares, and causing the price of the stock to increase even more.

Traders and investors can make money on the long side from short squeezes. One technique that stock traders utilize is buying short squeeze stocks, companies have been heavily shorted. Here is a more extensive explanation of short squeezes.

When you short a stock, it means that your goal is to make money from a drop in the price of a stock. Technically, what happens is that you borrow shares of a stock, sell those shares, then buy back those shares at a hopefully lower price so that those shares can be returned. This all happens electronically, so you don’t actually see all the borrowing and returning of shares; it just shows up on your screen as a negative number of shares.

Short sellers can be profitable, but sometimes when the stock moves against them, and begins to rise, the short sellers jump in right away to buy shares to cover their positions, creating what is called a short squeeze. When a short squeeze takes place, it can cause the share prices to increase fast and furiously. Any good news can trigger the short squeeze.

Some traders utilize this situation by looking for stocks to buy that may have a potential short squeeze. Here is what a short squeeze trader should take into consideration:

Short Percentage of Float ~ The float is the number of freely tradable shares and the short percentage is the number of shares held short divided by the float. Amounts over 10% to 20% are considered high and potential short squeeze plays.

Short Ratio / Days to Cover / Short Interest Ratio -This is probably the most important metric when looking for short squeeze trades, no matter what you call it. This is the number of days it would take the short sellers to cover their position based on the average daily volume of shares traded. This is a significant ratio as it shows how “stuck” the short sellers are when they want to buy in their shares without driving up the price too much. Unfortunately for the shortsellers, the longer the number of days to cover, the bigger and longer the squeeze.

Short Percentage Increase ~ This is the percentage increase in in the number of short sellers from the previous month.

So what stocks are heavily shorted that may be worth a closer examination? Check out the following list, but be aware, that often some stocks are heavily shorted for a reason.

All these stocks have significant short metrics.

Stock	Symbol	% of Float	Days to Cover
Asana, Inc.	ASAN	24.0%	3.23
Cazoo Group Ltd	CZOO	28.5%	12.41
MicroStrategy Incorporated	MSTR	23.8%	4.23
PAR Technology Corporation	PAR	21.5%	12.95
Porch Group, Inc.	PRCH	22.1%	8.42
Clear Secure, Inc.	YOU	23.9%	7.83

Here is one example from the list above. PAR Technology (PAR) is a stock that is heavily shorted. As a matter fo fact, over 21% of the float is shorted. Plus, the short interest ratio is 12.95. That means it would take the short sellers over twelve days to cover their positions, based on the number of shares that trade each day on average.

Maybe a short squeeze will cause a few of these to rise sharply, turning lemons into lemonade.

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written.

Top Books About Financial Swindles, Scandals, and Scams

If you are looking for some springtime reading, then books about financial swindles, scandals, and scams should interest you. All these books are non-fiction, the real thing, and provide true stories that are pretty incredible.

I have real all of these books, except the last one, and I highly recommend all of them. Enjoy.

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton
You have probably heard of the Silk Road but do you know anything about the guy behind it? How he started it, how it grew beyond his or anyone’s wildest dreams, and how money and power can corrupt. It also corrupted some members of law enforcement. An amazing story and a book that reads like a page-turner mystery.

Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright & Bradley Hope
If you have seen the Wolf of Wall Street movie, but you don’t know where the money came from to make the movie, you need to read this book! How billions were swindled with the help of a major investment banking company. The parties were unbelievable, and included such guests as Leonardo DiCaprio and Paris Hilton. The jewelry was unbelievable. The yachts were unbelievable.

Alligator Blood by James Leighton
An Australian in his 20s goes from delivering pizzas to becoming one of the richest people in Australia from online poker. What happens next …

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
A timely book these days. How the author made a huge amount of money trading Russian shares, and the dark consequences of doing so.

Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street by Sheelah Kolhatkar
About, Steve Cohen, SAC Capital, insider trading, government investigators, and billions of dollars in profits.

The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader’s Tale of Spectacular Excess by Turney Duff
Autobiographical story of sex, drugs, hedge funds, and lots of money.

The Spider Network: How a Math Genius and a Gang of Scheming Bankers Pulled Off One of the Greatest Scams in History by David Enrich
Have not read this yet, but it’s on my next non-fiction book to read. 4.5 stars on Amazon.

Happy reading!

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Stocks Going Ex Dividend in April 2022

The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Company / Symbol	Ex Dividend Date	Periodic Amt.	Yield
Shoe Carnival, Inc. (SCVL)	4/1/2022	0.09	1.17%
Dollar General Corporation (DG)	4/4/2022	0.55	0.96%
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX)	4/5/2022	0.66	1.87%
Oracle Corporation (ORCL)	4/7/2022	0.32	1.52%
WD-40 Company (WDFC)	4/13/2022	0.78	1.68%
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW)	4/19/2022	0.80	1.46%
CVS Health Corporation (CVS)	4/21/2022	0.55	2.10%
Clorox Company (CLX)	4/26/2022	1.16	3.32%
Hasbro, Inc. (HAS)	4/29/2022	0.70	3.24%

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written; affiliate links are on this page.

Wine May Reduce Diabetes Risk: Top Wine Stocks

by Fred Fuld III

According to research presented at a recent American Heart Association conference, consuming wine may reduce the risk of Type 2 Diabetes. It helps with glucose metabolism, especially when consumed during meals. Over 300,000 people were studied over the last ten years.

For investors, there are ways to participate in the wine industry without having to buy your own winery. Some of the big companies, such as Brown Forman (BF-B) and Constellation Brands (STZ), produce wine as a small part of their business.

But there are more pure plays. Here are some examples.

Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), with a very low $50 million market capitalization, produces Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Rose, Methode Champenoise Brut, and Riesling branded wines. The stock trades at 36 times earnings. Earnings per share growth this year is 53.5%.

The Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), with a $2.2 billion market cap, is a Saint Helena, California winery that produces various brands of wine including Duckhorn Vineyards, Decoy, Kosta Browne, Goldeneye, Paraduxx, Calera, Migration, Canvasback, Greenwing, and Postmark. The stock has a trailing price to earnings ratio 38.5 and a forward P/E ratio of 27. Earnings per share growth this year is 86%.

Vintage Wine Estates (VWE), based in Incline Village, Nevada, produces various wines including Laetitia Vineyard and Winery, Swanson Vineyards, Kunde Family Winery, Viansa, and B.R. Cohn Winery brands. The stock has a market cap of $568 million. The stock has a sky high trailing P/E ratio of 92.5, but fortunately has a very reasonable forward P/E of 18.8. Earnings per share growth this year is 128%.

These full bodied stocks have a nice sweetness with the possibility of an excellent finish.

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time it was written.

Top Entertainment Industry Stocks

by Fred Fuld III

The Oscars Are Coming, The Oscars Are Coming!

In just a couple of days, the 2022 Academy Awards will be taking place. In spite of the pandemic’s affect on the production of new content, the demand for entertainment has increased dramatically.

Companies involved in the entertainment industry can benefit from the clamor for videos, movies, TV shows, podcasts, music, and much more.

If you are looking for more conservative investments that pay a dividend, there are several entertainment-related stocks that fit the bill (no pun intended).

Comcast (CMCSA) is the huge communications and entertainment conglomerate with a market capitalization of $210 billion. The stock has a very favorable price to earning ratio of 15 and a forward P/E ratio of less than 12. Earnings per share growth this year is 33.5%, and the price to earnings growth ratio is an excellent 1.08 (remember: the lower the number the better). As for the dividend, the company pas a dollar a share per year which works out to a 2.14% yield.

Dolby Laboratories (DLB), the leader in audio technology with extensive ties to the entertainment industry, has a market cap of $7.6 billion. Although the stock currently trades at 31 times trailing earnings, the forward P/E is only 18. Earnings per share growth this year is 31.9%. Dolby also pays a dollar per year dividend, giving a 1.32% yield.

Paramount Global (PARA) is the large media and entertainment company, which has a market cap of $24.6 billion. The P/E ratio is an extremely favorable 5.8, and the forward P/E is 16. Earning per share for this year skyrocketed by 77.5%. The yield is a fairly high 2.53%.

Warner Music (WMG) is a global music entertainment company with a market cap of $19 billion. The trailing P/E is approaching nosebleed levels at 50, but fortunately, the forward P/E is a more reasonable 28.5. Plus earnings per share for this year is 162.7%. It pays a decent yield of 1.7%.

Maybe one of these companies can enhance your portfolio in addition to entertaining you.

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written.

Historic First: REIT Accepts Cryptocurrency For Share Purchase

NOYACK Logistics Income (NLI) Becomes First Real Estate Investment Trust To AcceptCryptocurrency via Partnership with BitPay

Innovative real estate investment trust is the first to accept cryptocurrency for share purchase.

NOYACK Logistics Income (NLI), a REIT investing in supply chain real estate sponsored by NOYACK Capital, is now accepting cryptocurrency payments for shares via a partnership with BitPay. NLI becomes the first REIT in history to accept cryptocurrency, enabling investors to fund their commitment with Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) and five USD-pegged stablecoins (BUSD, DAI, GUSD, USDC, and USDP).

BitPay is a leading crypto payment service provider, allowing buyers to use the wallet and coin of their choice. NLI is the first REIT to partner with their platform, and one of the first alternative investment offerings enabling investors to convert digital cryptocurrency into ownership of a hard asset.

“Alternative investment firms and REITs have not embraced cryptocurrency and we are changing that narrative. We see it as an essential way to connect with today’s investors who include investment real estate and cryptocurrency in their retirement accounts such as Roth IRAs and 401(k)s,” observes CJ Follini, managing principal of NOYACK Capital. “For any investor looking to redeploy crypto gains into dividend-producing investments, our partnership with BitPay makes it a reality and a seamless transaction.”

NOYACK’s BitPay payment integration marks a pioneering initiative for structured commercial real estate investment. The partnership makes investing in NLI with cryptocurrency as seamless as funding share purchases with traditional currency. Investors are free to use cryptocurrency to acquire shares, and to divide investment between crypto and traditional currency as desired at the time of funding. To invest with crypto, buyers simply select their preferred wallet or exchange, choose a cryptocurrency, and either scan a QR code or manually enter payment details into their wallet. Another first is the ability to invest in private commercial real estate on a mobile device.

“We see more transactions from investors asking to move cryptocurrency allocation into physical asset ownership structures like real estate. We see the future of financial transactions on the blockchain and this is another example of moving crypto mainstream with bridges to traditional financial services. For NOYACK to offer NOYACK Logistics Income REIT investors the option to transact in crypto puts them at the forefront of alternative investment management,” said Stephen Pair, CEO of BitPay. “The market potential for crypto adoption bridging into the physical world is huge, with $55 Billion as the estimated value of purchases and investments consumers will make using cryptocurrency in the next 12 months.”

NLI offers the first ever bridge from cryptocurrency into the alternative investment ecosystem, which legacy firms like Blackstone, Apollo and KKR do not provide. NLI is focused on four key commercial real estate asset classes: life sciences, temperature-controlled and dry storage warehouses, healthcare facilities and mobility hubs (a newly defined property type that merges structured parking with amenities such as driverless car portals and electric vehicle charging, package lockers, ghost kitchens, and grocery cold storage). Targeted assets will be selected utilizing NOYACK’s proprietary analytics and market research to identify properties serving emerging needs for climate-controlled storage, autonomous vehicle infrastructure, same-day delivery and other rapidly evolving logistics-related uses.