Ziad Abdelnour

What I learned in my long career analyzing and investing in global markets

By : Ziad K Abdelnour| 23 October 2017
After a few decades investing in the markets I am coming to realize that to make money in such markets you have to first and foremost think independently and be humble. You have to be an independent thinker because you can’t make money agreeing with...

My predictions for the Venture Capital Industry in the next decade

By : Ziad K. Abdelnour| 17 April 2017
I am always and often asked this question…. I thought I would finally share my feedback with you Bottom Line: I strongly believe that: Traditional VCs will look more and more like full-stack professional services firms. Remember those dark ages when...

My Top predictions for the Trump regime now in power

By : ziad k abdelnour| 23 January 2017
When I said back in June 16, 2015 (the day he kicked off his campaign for president) that Trump will be our next President, everyone laughed at me and told me I was insane… Never in a million years this would ever happen they said on and on again. We...

To all those wide-eyed millennials looking for a break

By : Ziad K Abdelnour| 29 November 2016
It breaks my heart to see millions of millennials still chasing rainbows and hoping that the US government or a cartoon character such as Berne Sanders or crooked Hillary Clinton were ever going to change their lives. Maybe it is time to grow up folk...

My Best Advice for a Rookie Start Up CEO

By : Ziad K. Abdelnour| 23 November 2015
I have backed over 125 companies over my Wall Street career and can humbly say reviewed over 5,000 business plans… From start up’s to very established companies seeking financing. These are my golden nuggets I thought I’d share with...

Navigating the Emerging Markets Of Today

By : Ziad K. Abdelnour | 10 August 2015
As we at Blackhawk Partners see it today, one of the biggest advantages emerging markets have offered investors is a strong growth story Over the past decade, growth in emerging markets has in fact outpaced growth in developed markets by more than do...

When Performance Doesn’t Matter

By : Ziad K Abdelnour| 26 May 2015
One of the most amusing phrases on Wall Street is “smart money.” This phrase is used to describe the handful of professional investors whose abilities and foresight are thought to be so acute that they spot the big moneymaking opportuniti...

Hillary for President?

By : Ziad Abdelnour| 27 April 2015
I have a serious problem with Hillary as President. Why? Well I am afraid she has absolutely no clue of how our economy functions and I blame her too for backing the disastrous monetary policy which has wound up being the greatest redistribution of w...