

Paul Anthony Thomas
Affiliation
Custom Private Equity
Manager at Custom Private Equity
Title
Portfolio Manager
Education
Texas A&M
Degree
Psychology/Geology (extensive studies and experience in: Economics/Earth Sciences/Microbiology/Accounting/Engineering/Disaster Response/Government Affairs)
Company Name
Custom Private Equity
Custom Private Equity
Company Website
http://www.customprivateequity.com
http://www.customprivateequity.com
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Most of this blog post is taken from Investopedia and is a great discussion of the deflation and damage to the ecomnomy that negative interest rates cause...and a glimpse into what is coming in the future. What is a 'Negative Interest Rate Policy ...
Nov 24, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Smart Money Voted For Trump... Just before the recent Clinton/Trump election, I was at an investment conference in a large room full of 1000+ investors. Because these people generally follow the Yale Endowment Model of investing a large portion of ...
Nov 11, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Trump's in trouble because the US and the World are still in a big box, with no easy way out. Regardless of who was elected President, the upcoming economic circle of disaster is unavoidable and all signs point to the fact that the merry-go-round is ...
Nov 09, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
ECONOMICS 101 - WHEN M1 GOES UP BY LARGE AMOUNTS, INFLATION OCCURS, PERIOD. The Fed Is In A BIG BOX With No Clear Exit! With the continued easy money policy, the Federal Reserve has boxed themselves and the world economy into a corner and the only ...
Nov 09, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
ECONOMICS 101 - WHEN M1 GOES UP BY LARGE AMOUNTS, INFLATION OCCURS, PERIOD. The Fed Is In A BIG BOX With No Clear Exit! With the continued easy money policy, the Federal Reserve has boxed themselves and the world economy into a corner and the only ...
Nov 09, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
I don't get alarmed much any more, but frankly, I am highly alarmed at the options being implemented by the US Federal Government in an effort to handle the national debt without the average American knowing what is happening. The chart above, taken ...
Nov 04, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Many people ask me how do you construct and manage a private equity portfolio? Well, with some experience, good professionals around you and market knowledge, any investor can create a private investment portfolio that will be fun and easy to ...
Nov 03, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Since we work in the world of private programs where the owner has a direct ownership in the purchase, buildout and management of hard assets, the article below is a discussion of what investors in alternative asset classes want in an investment and ...
Oct 24, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
ANSWER: Build A Cash-flow Machine... I had a new partner ask me the other day, "What Would You Do With $25,000,000 In Equity". I said "Dave, that is an excellent question and the answer is I would execute on the past 5 years of research we have done ...
Oct 19, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
You are paying your alternative asset manager to uncover and generate good deals in which to invest. If in your time together, your manager does not talk about deal after deal after deal, ask questions and inquire about what you know about business ...
Oct 10, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Regardless of whether you have good news or bad news, investors want to be informed. If, during your due diligence, you ask to see the financials of a recent program and the manager balks, beware. Although financials in certain segments of the ...
Oct 10, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Every Investor Wants An Investment Where The Odds Are In Their Favor Every investor wants to do everything s/he can to put the odds in their favor for making money on their investments. It is up to a good manager to make this happen. We frequently ...
Sep 26, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
A Program That Consistently Makes Money Private investors want to make money and their asset managers want to make money. Investors want to own assets that generate income while they sleep and require the least amount of effort to manage. Not ...
Sep 26, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Every Investor Wants Demonstrated Expert Management Every private program investor wants a manager who has “been-there and done-that” and made all the mistakes with his own money or other people's money, not your money. Investors want a program that ...
Sep 23, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Investments That Are Recession Resistant One of the direst circumstances for any investor is to have an economic recession hit during an investment cycle that totally wipes out your equity and cash-flow. This can be devastating to a retirement ...
Sep 21, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
Reality is never going to match up to expectations when plans aren’t established in a realistic framework using numbers from an actual company or the experience of someone who has executed the plan before. Beware The 40% Lie In the private investing ...
Sep 13, 2016
Paul Anthony Thomas, Custom Private Equity
SMALLER ASSET MANAGERS SIGNIFICANTLY OUT-PERFORM THEIR LARGER, OLDER COUNTERPARTS WITH LESS RISK BELOW ARE SOME OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY! Talent: " The most talented managers self-select to start firms rather work at larger firms. Many talented ...
Sep 02, 2016
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