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Hummingbird Bioscience — July 14, 2026 — Hummingbird Bioscience (“Hummingbird”), a biotherapeutics company discovering and developing transformative medicines for diseases with significant unmet need, today announced that it has won the Asia Pacific Trailblazer Award at the 2026 AI Discovery Awards hosted by Nebius...
Cedars Hill Group — June 8, 2026 — Friday gave us the kind of market day that looks simple on the surface and gets more interesting the longer you sit with it.
The jobs report was strong. Payrolls came in well above expectations, unemployment held steady, Treasury yields rose, the curve flattened, and the dollar ral... Trading View — April 21, 2026 — Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners II signed an Agreement and Plan of Merger to combine with Forge Nano in a stock transaction implying $1.2 billion of equity value for Closing Payment Shares at $10 per share, adjusted for assumed convertib...
Cedars Hill Group — April 13, 2026 — War is unpredictable. Whenever a politician chooses to engage in a war, they take a great risk because the nature of politics is to make promises and deliver on them and war increases the chance of political fai...
Rhumbix — March 24, 2026 — Today, I’m thrilled to share some exciting news: Autodesk has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rhumbix.
Citybiz — April 1, 2026 -- Schmidt Industrial Services LLC, a leading provider of engineered metal solutions, pressure vessels and precision machining services, today announced the acquisition of Metal & Cable Corp, a recognized leader in magnetic mounting equipment and specialty metal sourcing. This strategic acquisition strengthens Schmidt Industrial’s position across telecommu...
Bent Pixels — March 31, 2026 — Founded in 2009, Bent Pixels has built a scaled creator media business that pairs enterprise ad sales with proprietary data and infrastructure to help creators grow revenue and enable brands to accurately target hard-to-reach audiences. The compa...
Cedars Hill Group — March 9, 2026 — Three weeks into the war the markets have begun to settle into a new risk on, risk off regime. We can see it emerging in the back-and-forth reactions to the headlines last week. Monday through Wednesday alternated risk on, risk off and then Thursday and Friday were risk off. As we observed previously risk positions were cut after the initia...
John B. Levy & Company — March 18, 2026 — John B. Levy & Company (JBLco) is delighted to announce the closing of a $13,300,000 refinance for Kensington Place Apartments, a multifamily community located in Richmond, Virginia. The loan wa...
Cedars Hill Group — March 9, 2026 — Last week opened with the realization of a long-held existential fear by the oil market: the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. Oil futures were up on Sunday night but by Monday the ambiguity of that fear began to settle int...
John B. Levy & Company — February 26, 2026 — The Giliberto Levy Commercial Mortgage Performance Index (G L 1) finished 2025 with clear forward momentum, posting a 1.56% total return in the fourth quarter and 8.71% for the full year—its strongest annual performance since before the pandemic and a notable inflection point for the commercial mortgage market...
John B. Levy & Company — February 24, 2026 — John B. Levy & Company (JBLCO) is pleased to announce the successful closing of two new affordable housing communities located at 1400 Hull Street Road and 1500 Hull Street Road in Richmond, Virginia.
John B. Levy & Company — February 19, 2026 — John B. Levy & Company (JBL&Co.) is pleased to announce the successful closing of a $25,350,000 first mortgage refinance for The Lowell, a luxury condominium project located in McLean, Virginia.
John B. Levy & Company — January 19, 2026 — The G-L 2 has released its Third Quarter Review, highlighting a surge in loan‑tracking activity and projecting a positive finish to the year. Despite challenges in select real estate sectors, overall indicators point to a high‑growth environment for the index...
The mounting signs that financial asset outperformance is coming to an end
Cedars Hill Group — November 11, 2025 — The great thing about demographics is they are slow moving and relatively straightforward in their cause-effect relationships. Over the long-term we know that economic growth = population growth + productivity growth... John B. Levy & Company — October 21, 2025 — The Giliberto-Levy High-Yield Real Estate Debt Index (G-L 2) posted a total return of -0.13% for the second quarter of 2025, marking its first negative quarterly result since the third quarter of 2015. This compares with a revised +1.00% total return for the first quarter.
How to find unity in the division and chaos of today
Cedars Hill Group — October 7, 2025 — The tension between tradition and novelty is timeless. It causes pain and if we don’t learn from it, we ultimately become stuck in our ways and eventually outmoded... JB Levy & Co — September 30, 2025 — We're excited to announce the successful closing of a $19 million capital stack for the acquisition of a 130,000 square-foot flex portfolio in Owings Mills, MD. This strategic transaction underscores our commitment to identifying and capitalizing on high-potential commercial real estate opportunities...
The final installment in a three-part deep dive into duration risk
Cedars Hill Group — September 16, 2025 — The markets are worried about inflation and weaker growth at the same time which is creating schizophrenic pricing in the yield curve. Investors expect that the Fed will be forced to lower rates against their will while tariffs keep upward pressure on inflation, and the AI capex boom will support corporate profits but be a drag on employment... The shape of the yield curve is wreaking havoc for total return bond investors
Cedars Hill Group — September 22, 2025 — Issue 200! Thanks for investing your time in reading these musings on life and the markets for 200 issues. It is my sincerest hope that you have earned a good return on that investment. Ascentage Group — September 22, 2025 — Our firm’s fall update (here) examines how technology is transforming the construction supply chain. We focus on three critical areas: supply chain operations, financial management of vendors and materials, and the growing push to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint.
or how rich can get richer Cedars Hill Group — September 16, 2025 — Portfolio construction is like building a house, if you only build with cheap materials, you will not have the most robust house. While this may appear on the surface like mental gymnastics to justify buying tech stocks it’s not and it's also not a rant against value investing. What hopefully unfolds from here is a nuanced approach that I recently gained a deeper appreciation for and wanted to share but also reinforce in my own mind... Brookline, MA — August 13, 2025 — Facility Grid, a leading provider of cloud-based software engineered to streamline commissioning (Cx) and operational readiness (OR) activities in the construction industry, today announced a strategic investment from Nexa Equity, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on partnering with founders to scale B2B software businesses. The partnership is a major milestone in Facility Grid’s mission to deliver cutting-edge solutions that empower commissioning providers, building owners, general contractors, and trade contractors to effectively track, verify, and manage building systems throughout construction and ongoing operations.
Oakline Holdings — August 7, 2025 — Oakline Holdings (“Oakline”), a Boston & Toronto based firm focused on investing in high-quality vertical market software businesses, is pleased to announce its investment in Anark Corporation (“Anark”), a Colorado based industrial software company providing technical data publishing and collaboration solutions.
Jonas Catalog Holdings acquires a portion of Jonas Brothers’ music catalog. Music Row, July 17, 2025 -- Jonas Catalog Holdings 1, a new strategic outlet managed by Jonas Group Entertainment Holdings, has acquired a significant portion of pop supergroup The Jonas Brothers‘ music catalog. “Joining forces with Jonas Group Entertainment feels like coming full circle,” share the Jonas Brothers. “We are passionate about songwriting and the creative process, and Leslie DiPiero has always been a true champion for songwriters and creators. We look forward to working with her and the team.”
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