How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life, by Massimo Pigliucci
Category: Mindset Ideas I found interesting (this one is classic and one of my favorites!): Examine your impressions: do I have control... Read More
Annapurna I expedition
Update: On April 28th 2022 I summited Annapurna I and became the 1st Russian female mountaineer to do so. Victory! Today is... Read More
Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future, by Hermant Taneja
Category: Business Ideas I found interesting: Build efficient factory, distribution channel, marketing expertise, supply chain – then rent it to others. Now building... Read More
It’s Not About The Shark, by David Niven
Category: Mindset Ideas I found interesting: Imagine yourself as a seventeen-year old to look at things from a different prospective. Einstein: I... Read More
Alpha pursuit: how we build machine learning investment products
Let’s start with the good news: Companies in North America added a record number of robots in the first nine months of... Read More
Investment Management Technology: Metatrends
I recently spoke at the Financial Women of San Francisco event discussing the fintech innovation, solutions, and barriers in Investment Management, together... Read More
Investing in afforestation #ESG
Capital Brain was recently involved in the analytics project related to the climate change. The international organization is looking to work on... Read More
7 Metatrends in the real estate industry
Over the past year the real estate industry has suddenly realized that themes like remote work, ESG and cloud computing will persist... Read More
My K2 Expedition
This blog is usually about real estate. Not this time… I want to share that I am currently in Pakistan about to... Read More
Micro-data centers
Data centers were the highest performing REITs sector last year, Everything from working from home to online shopping and self-driving cars fuels... Read More
President Biden and Affordable Housing – Part 2
Today, too many United States citizens do not have access to affordable housing options; “Affordable” is defined as only taking 30% or... Read More
U.S. Housing Policy, Politics, and Economics: Bias and Outcomes – Part 1
Real estate investors need a basic understanding regarding the fundamentals of policy and economics, that continuously drive the demand and supply of... Read More
Investing in US Farmland
An in-depth interview with two veteran investors in US farmland. Dan Little and Gabe Santos of Homestead Capital discuss farmland as a... Read More
The metrics of ESG in Relation to Real Estate
ESG, Supply-Chain Innovations, and Green Energy Investors could obtain long-term performance advantages when portfolio construction and investment analysis include ESG factors, When considering the... Read More
ESG: Ways to Achieve Net-Zero in a Real Estate Portfolio
Reviewing Ways to Achieve Net-Zero in a Real Estate Portfolio The City Developments Limited (CDL) offers great guidance in achieving a net-zero... Read More
The 7 Triggers to Yes: The New Science Behind Influencing People’s Decisions, by Russell Granger
Category: Business Ideas I found interesting: Trigger a NO. Do not focus on Yes. Do you agree? Is it a ridiculous idea?... Read More
The technological impact on real estate investing: robots vs humans: new applications for organisational and portfolio strategies
Published in Journal of Property Investment & Finance ISSN: 1463-578X Article publication date: 28 December 2020 Issue publication date: 10 February 2021 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JPIF-12-2020-0137/full/html
Life sciences real estate – state of the market Q4’20
Given the current pandemic situation the interest of the real estate investment community in the life sciences real estate sector is poised... Read More
Technological Impact on Office Properties
The introduction of new technologies by landlords and residents has revolutionized the source of real estate revenues and uses of space. New... Read More
Real Estate Technology: New Applications for Organizational and Portfolio Strategies
We recently looked at the technological impact on real estate investing, various applications of machine learning in real estate, and how these... Read More