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isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>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...</p><p>The post <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>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...</p><p>The post <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The people have finally spoken. Donald J. Trump has won and will be our next President for the next four years … and if things are done right, maybe the next eight too. It is not going to be easy given the mess he inherited from President Obama which...</p><p>The post <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>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...</p><p>The post <a
rel="nofollow" href="https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/wide-eyed-millennials-looking-break/">To all those wide-eyed millennials looking for a break</a> appeared first on <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/?p=1397</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I have backed over 125 companies over my Wall Street career and can humbly say reviewed over 5,000 business plans&#8230; From start up&#8217;s to very established companies seeking financing. These are my golden nuggets I thought I&#8217;d share with...</p><p>The post <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/?p=1386</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I thought of sharing these nuggets of wisdom with all of our fans at Blackhawk hoping that one day it will make a difference in the lives of many. I can only imagine how going up the corporate ladder or building one&#8217;s own company is challenging...</p><p>The post <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/?p=1327</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>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...</p><p>The post <a
rel="nofollow" href="https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/navigating-emerging-markets-today/">Navigating the Emerging Markets Of Today</a> appeared first on <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/?p=1318</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>One of the most amusing phrases on Wall Street is &#8220;smart money.&#8221; 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...</p><p>The post <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/?p=1311</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>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...</p><p>The post <a
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