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The Chorus of Market Negativity Grows While The Pool of Opportunity Shrinks
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 2:49pm | 867Read More...You can add David Einhorn's voice to those concerned about the current market conditions. Speaking at the Robin Hood Foundation gathering this week, he responded to a question about the market saying “It's really hard to say. There are certain aspects of the market and certain stocks that are...
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Invest For Kids Earns More Than $1.3 Million For Chicago Kids
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 2:54pm | 670Read More...Invest For Kids, Chicago's premiere investable ideas conference, held its annual event late last month. Approximately 1,000 investors attended, bringing in more than $1.3 million. "[That's] a new record in terms of attendance and a new record in terms of funds raised," Ron Levin, who co-founded...
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When Sam Zell Talks Real Estate, Investors Listen
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 5:22pm | 585Read More...Sam Zell is a real estate investing legend. He began his real estate investing career in college in 1961 and later founded Equity Group Investments. He recently spoke at the "Invest for Kids" conference in Chicago, detailing both his bearish and bullish views on the real estate industry....
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Equity Group Investments' Sam Zell Talks Bipartisanship and American Dream
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 12:48pm | 394Read More...Equity Group Investments Chairman Sam Zell still sees the "American dream" as a possibility despite issues that range from poverty to education cuts. Zell also discussed the need for bipartisanship in the political scenarios that the Unites States faces, and the blurred lines (no pun intended) of...
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Sam Zell Lays Down Dislike For Fractured Government
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 10:47am | 337Read More...Sam Zell, entrepreneur and chairman of Equity Group Investments, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning as a guest host. While on, he expressed his outrage over Washington D.C.'s inability to end the government shutdown, laying into continued quantitative easing and the president, while...
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Real Estate Titan Sam Zell Reveals His Outlook on the Housing Recovery
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 9:08am | 164Read More...On CNBC's Squawk Box this morning, real estate billionaire Sam Zell (notably on the board of Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR)) spoke on a topic few others can rival him on: the housing market. Here are some highlights: We have an environment where we think if we cheer loud enough, the market will...
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Billionaire Real Estate Investor Sam Zell on CNBC: Obama is Anti-Business
Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 4:54pm | 198Read More...On Thursday afternoon real estate investor Sam Zell appeared on CNBC to discuss the economy. He stated that the current presidental administration is anti-business. Zell said that the business community has been made out to be the bad guy and that the economy will not recovery until the business...
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Invest For a Cause with Invest For Kids
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 2:04pm | 394Read More...Don't miss your chance to participate in Chicago's investable ideas conference benefiting local children. Noted for being the city's “premiere investable ideas event,” Invest For Kids is scheduled to take place on November 9 at the Harris Theater in downtown Chicago. Created with the goal of...
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When, if Ever, Will Housing Turn Around?
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 2:53pm | 634Read More...With this morning's mixed picture, the answer to the question remains a big "no one knows." August housing starts came in at 571,000, down 5% month-over-month. Building permits were a little better than expected, coming in at 620,000. Economists had been expecting 590,000 starts. This is up 3.2...
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Delivering Alpha: Where Is Real Estate Going?
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 4:20pm | 632Read More...At the CNBC Delivering Alpha conference, Carl Quintanilla is moderating a panel about real estate, which includes Bill Ackman of Pershing Square, Sam Zell, Chairman of Equity Group Investments, and Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group. Bill Ackman says that one thing the U...
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Why Land is the Best Long-Term Investment
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 1:22pm | 373Read More...Last week, Nassim Taleb stated at a conference in Moscow that if he could only make one investment for the next ten years, he would buy land, according to Guru Focus. Taleb based his investment on his particularly bearish outlook for the United States. To give perspective, when it comes to the...
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What Forces are Moving the Dollar?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 3:24pm | 656Read More...In the past year, the U.S. dollar has declined against virtually every currency and commodity. Will the dollar continue to decline, or is the dollar's recent rally the start of a trend? The U.S. dollar index was over $88 in June 2010. The index currently has a value just over $75 and reached its...
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Sam Zell Calls Out Obama Administration on CNBC
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 4:38pm | 296Read More...Sam Zell, Chairman of Equity Group Investments, said on CNBC Monday that the Obama administration has hampered the economic recovery by sending mixed signals to business interests. “This administration has gone out of its way to destabilize the business community,” Zell said on CNBC. He also had...
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Sam Zell: Best Days In America Are Ahead So Long As We Continue To Be America
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 9:25am | 113Read More...On CNBC this morning, Sam Zell spoke on immigration in the United States. “This is a country of immigrants,” Zell said. “This is a country that has historically been flexible and nimble. I have no reason to believe it shouldn't continue to do that.” Zell said that the idea that we're giving out Ph....
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Billionaire Investor Zell Slams Current Government Policies
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 6:20pm | 151Read More...Billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell has said that the current administration's policies have created “political risk” to investing in the United States. He was appearing on a panel at the Urban Land Institute’s real estate summit in Boston. He also equated the United States of 2010 to Nero’s...
