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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...

Disrupting the real estate market using big data and machine learning

By : Ziad K. Abdelnour| 17 April 2017
In the housing search space, all eyes are on the two Juggernauts: Zillow and realtor.com Newscorp.  And most of the discussion is about who has more listings, who has a better UI, etc….  However, there has not been a lot of talk about the innovations...

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...

Our investment criteria and interests for 2017 and beyond

By : Ziad K Abdelnour | 10 January 2017
Dear Partners, Friends and Colleagues: Happy New Year to you all…. Hope you had an awesome Holiday Season as I did. Wishing you all the very best for 2017 and beyond. With a new year comes new investment resolutions – especially given the natur...

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...