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Invest in America's "boring" businesses with ​CapitalPad​

As baby boomers retire, over $10 trillion in small businesses will change hands in the coming decades.

​CapitalPad​ connects accredited investors with high-potential small business acquisitions.

These "boring businesses" — like dry cleaners, HVAC companies, and flooring services—are cash-flowing, stable, and recession-resistant.

Why Invest with CapitalPad?

• Potentially high returns: According to the Stanford Search Fund Study, SMBs deliver an average 35.1% IRR.

• Curated: These deals are rigorously vetted for stability and growth potential.

• Hands-off: CapitalPad’s acquirers handle operations, you collect the returns.

• Transparent Fees: No management fees — just a 20% carry on profits

• "Skin in the game": CapitalPad’s team invests in every deal

• Reasonable minimums Accredited investors can start with as little as $10,000 per deal.

• Boring business advantage: These cash-flowing businesses are "hard to kill."

PE is already in this space — CapitalPad lets you get in too.

​Join CapitalPad​ and tap into one of the most consistent, high-performing asset classes available.

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📰 Market Headlines

Markets surged on President Trump's softer trade stance, with US futures jumping and Asian shares advancing ahead of Monday’s inauguration.

• President Trump delayed China tariffs to study existing trade relationships.

Bitcoin peaked at $109,134 as President Trump and Melania launched meme coins over the weekend. Trumpcoin is 50% off its highs.

Costco Teamsters, representing 18,000 workers, authorized a nationwide strike if no contract agreement was reached by January 31st.

President Trump announced plans to exit the Paris climate deal and declare an energy emergency to boost domestic output.

🎰 Alts this week

Want to escape America for a reason completely unrelated to yesterday? Stefan did a deep dive into the economics of golden visas yesterday.

Meanwhile, over in the Alts community:

👱🏼‍♀️ Marilyn Monroe's 1949 TV contract is up for auction

🏎️ 80s and 90s cars are smashing it at recent auctions

🌾 Farmland market: Strong in 2024, bullish for 2025

🪙 The Coin collecting market is projected to 2x to $61 billion by 2032

☢️ Nuclear bunker sales are on the rise

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 📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis

• The Bank of Japan is poised to make the first rate hike since July, lifting rates to 0.5%—the highest level since 2008.

• Mexico's central banker, Jonathan Heath, projected inflation to fall below 4% in January, nearing the bank’s 3% target.

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Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions

• Markets closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Market movers

• Albertsons announced layoffs after its failed Kroger merger, aiming for $1.5 billion in cost cuts while suing Kroger for damages.

• NHTSA expanded its Ford BlueCruise probe after two fatal crashes involving 129,222 Mustang Mach-Es.

• GM is under investigation for engine failures in 877,710 SUVs and trucks, with 39 complaints of bearing issues.

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