investment

The promise of venture capital funding is tantalizing for any entrepreneur. Every day we see another Series A funding announcement for millions of dollars, to the point where it feels like the only measure of success in business comes from…

Farming is big business in Arkansas, forming the backbone of the state’s economy. Pumping $16 billion in the state’s economy each year, agriculture is the biggest industry in the state, impacting virtually everyone in the state. In Arkansas, producers are…

Walmart is committing $350 billion to advancing U.S. manufacturing over the next 10 years. As part of this decade-long commitment, Walmart will be spending an additional $350 billion on items made, grown or assembled in the United States. The Bentonville…

By Greg Hartz, CPA, CFA Greg Hartz, CPA, CFA, is the founding partner of Foundation Resource Management, an independent, value-based investment advisory firm in Little Rock. Only 18 months ago, we had just begun to learn of Modern Monetary Theory…

Tyson Foods Inc. is investing in Malayan Flour Mills Berhad (MFM), a Malaysian flour, grain and poultry company. Tyson is planning specifically to invest in the company’s vertically integrated poultry division. Tyson is purchasing a 49 percent stake in MFM’s…

In 2020, Fayetteville startup AcreTrader experienced significant growth, expanding both its investor pool and total funds raised. According to the company, AcreTrader increased its total funds raised by a factor of 12. The platform’s investor pool also increased in 2020…

Investing is enough of a quandary for many of us in normal times. But September represents month No. 7 of the pandemic’s global impact. That seems like a quandary on steroids. Zachary Riley, CFA, CPA, with Foundation Resource Management of…

The Central Arkansas Angel Network (CAAN) has named a new executive director as the organization forms a partnership with a local entrepreneurial support organization. CAAN is partnering with Conway-based Conductor, and Conductor’s director of operations, Grace Rains, has been named…

A rising Northwest Arkansas early-stage company has secured a seed round of funding of more than $5 million. AcreTrader, an online farmland investing platform, has raised the funding is an oversubscribed investment round, led by RZC Investments. This group also…

by Greg Hartz   The practice of working until you were no longer able began to change roughly 150 years ago.    Some of the early pension programs around the world were started in order to “retire” older, less productive…