Commercial real estate is not a monolithic asset class — it is a collection of distinct property types with fundamentally different supply, demand, and return drivers. The headlines about office vacancies obscure a more nuanced picture in which industrial, data center, and certain retail formats are experiencing among the strongest fundamentals in decades.Office is the most discussed and most troubled segment. Remote and hybrid...

Angel investing — providing early-stage capital to startups in exchange for equity — has become more accessible than at any point in history. Online platforms have lowered minimum check sizes, syndication structures allow smaller investors to participate in deals led by experienced angels, and the democratization of startup information has reduced the knowledge asymmetry that historically advantaged insiders. But accessibility has not changed the...