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350+ AI companies. 200+ investors. Roughly $50 billion in assets represented.Those are some of the numbers behind AI Eve...
09/11/2026

350+ AI companies. 200+ investors. Roughly $50 billion in assets represented.

Those are some of the numbers behind AI Everything Abu Dhabi.

But the part I find more interesting is what they’re gathering to talk about:

Moving AI from experimentation into the real world.

AI is already being deployed across finance, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, and government.

And when technology moves from a demo to something businesses actually use every day, the investment story gets much bigger.

Because AI doesn’t run on software alone.

It needs data centers.

It needs massive amounts of compute.

It needs electricity.

It needs connectivity, cybersecurity, and physical infrastructure.

And it needs capital to build all of it.

That’s where I think investors should pay attention.

During a technology boom, it’s easy to focus on which company will build the best model or application.

But sometimes the more durable opportunity is one layer underneath.

Think about the infrastructure every competitor needs regardless of who ultimately wins.

We saw something similar during the internet boom. The websites got the attention, while enormous amounts of capital eventually flowed into fiber, data centers, networking, and other infrastructure.

AI may be entering a similar phase.

That’s where some interesting investment opportunities may emerge.

What part of the AI infrastructure buildout are you watching most closely?

09/10/2026

3 things long-term investors tend to want: income, diversification, and less volatility.

PGIM says private credit can potentially offer all three.

That’s part of why private credit is increasingly being discussed for defined contribution retirement plans.

And I think there’s a useful investing lesson here beyond retirement accounts.

Liquidity isn’t always an advantage.

We’re used to thinking that being able to buy or sell an investment every day is a good thing.

But private credit is structured differently.

You’re lending capital to a borrower for a defined period, typically in exchange for contractual interest payments and the return of principal.

The goal isn’t to trade the loan next week because its price moved.

The goal is income.

That longer-term structure can actually align well with investors who don’t need immediate access to that capital and are looking for predictable cash flow over time.

Of course, less liquidity comes with tradeoffs.

If your capital is committed, you can’t necessarily access it whenever you want. And the quality of the borrower, underwriting, collateral, loan structure, and manager still matter significantly.

So I don’t think the takeaway is that illiquidity is inherently good.

It’s that the liquidity of an investment should match the job you need that capital to do.

For money you don’t need tomorrow, giving up some liquidity in exchange for potential income can be a reasonable tradeoff.

How do you think about liquidity when evaluating private credit opportunities?

4.5 million barrels disappeared from U.S. crude inventories in a single week.That’s the latest data from the EIA.Commerc...
09/09/2026

4.5 million barrels disappeared from U.S. crude inventories in a single week.

That’s the latest data from the EIA.

Commercial crude inventories fell to 424.5 million barrels for the week ending August 28.

Gasoline inventories dropped another 1.2 million barrels.

Meanwhile, refineries were running at 98% capacity, with crude inputs averaging 17.5 million barrels per day.

For investors, I think the bigger story is what’s happening beneath those numbers.

Energy is still something most investors interact with every day, yet rarely consider as part of their investment portfolio.

We pay for it at the pump.

We use it to heat and cool our homes.

Nearly every industry depends on it somewhere in the supply chain.

And despite U.S. crude production remaining strong, the EIA expects commercial inventories to stay relatively tight through the end of 2026, driven partly by high refinery runs and lower net imports.

That supply-demand dynamic is one reason I continue to pay attention to oil & gas as an alternative investment.

Not because one weekly inventory report changes the thesis.

It doesn’t.

But these reports give us another data point for understanding where supply, demand, production, and pricing may be heading.

And when you invest outside the public markets, understanding those underlying economics matters.

Where does energy fit into your alternative investment strategy today?

Only a few spots left for our tax education event in Fremont!Taxes & Tikkis is coming up THIS FRIDAY, September 12th. We...
09/08/2026

Only a few spots left for our tax education event in Fremont!

Taxes & Tikkis is coming up THIS FRIDAY, September 12th. We're down to the last few spots.

If you've been meaning to RSVP, today's the day. We will be walking through real tax strategies, done right these can mean five to six figures off your tax bill, and you'll get to talk with other investors who've already put some of these strategies to work themselves.

Saturday, September 12th, 10am to 1pm, Downtown Event Center (Liberty Room), Fremont, CA. Fresh chai and tikkis on us.

RSVP here!: https://forms.gle/eLqyhhZTYo45zi4FA

(Image from our event at the same location last year)

Only 20 seats left for our tax education event in Fremont!Our Taxes & Tikkis event is coming up on September 12th. As of...
09/07/2026

Only 20 seats left for our tax education event in Fremont!

Our Taxes & Tikkis event is coming up on September 12th. As of today, we're down to the last 20 spots.

If you've been meaning to RSVP, today's the day. We will be walking through real tax strategies, done right these can mean five to six figures off your tax bill, and you'll get to talk with other investors who've already put some of these strategies to work themselves.

📍 Location: Liberty Room at the Fremont Downtown Event Center (3500 Capitol Avenue, Fremont, CA 94538)

📅 Date: Saturday, September 12th, 2026

⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Networking & mingling
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Tax strategies presentation
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Networking & chatting
🍽️ Food & Drinks: Tikkis, hot chai, and coffee will be served

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/zfVK8mJ3yAYeAXaj6

$75 billion deferred. December 31, 2026 is the deadline.That date is starting to feel a lot closer for Opportunity Zone ...
09/07/2026

$75 billion deferred. December 31, 2026 is the deadline.

That date is starting to feel a lot closer for Opportunity Zone investors.

For years, investors who rolled capital gains into Qualified Opportunity Funds were able to push the tax bill down the road.

Now it’s coming due.

What makes this interesting is how much the real estate market has changed since many of these investments were made.

Back then, the assumptions probably looked pretty reasonable.

Properties would appreciate.

Refinancing could create liquidity.

There was plenty of time to plan for the tax bill.

Then rates went up.

Values shifted.

Refinancing got more expensive.

And some properties haven’t performed quite the way investors originally expected.

So now there’s a lot more attention being paid to valuations, liquidity, potential losses, and how to prepare for the taxes coming due.

For me, there’s a useful reminder in all of this.

A good tax strategy can make a good investment even better.

But the two have to work together.

You still want solid real estate, reasonable assumptions, and a business plan that can handle a market that rarely goes exactly as planned.

Opportunity Zones can offer some meaningful long-term tax advantages, particularly for investors who meet the requirements.

And I think what’s happening in 2026 reinforces something worth remembering:

Tax planning shouldn’t be something you think about at the end of an investment.

It should be part of the conversation from the beginning.

How early are you bringing tax strategy into your investment decisions?

09/04/2026

A Georgia landowner claimed a $14.175 million tax deduction for a conservation easement. The Tax Court said it was worth $1 million. The Eleventh Circuit just agreed.

The case is Evans v. Commissioner. The property is Dover Hall, a 5,145-acre tract in Glynn County, Georgia, and the dispute centered on a 500-acre conservation easement. The taxpayers’ own appraisers couldn’t adequately explain how they arrived at their number, they simply stacked together flat percentage discounts. The IRS’s expert used actual comparable sales of similar timber properties instead, and the court found that far more credible.

Worth noting: the panel wasn’t unanimous. One judge dissented, arguing the majority skipped a legally required step in the analysis. Even judges don’t always agree on how to value these things, which is exactly why an independent appraisal matters so much before you’re the one defending a number in court.

This connects to something we flagged from the IRS Dirty Dozen list back in July: a real deduction holds up when you show it to a second, unrelated CPA or appraiser. If a number sounds enormous relative to what you paid in, get an independent second opinion before you file, not after the audit letter arrives.

09/03/2026

Brent crude fell to $69 a barrel. Then it spiked to $105. Here’s what actually happened in between.

Renewed attacks on tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow chokepoint that a huge share of the world’s seaborne oil passes through, cut shipments from an average of 21.6 million barrels a day in the fourth quarter of 2025 to just 4.9 million barrels a day in the second quarter of 2026. Production shut-ins averaged 5.5 million barrels a day in July. Saudi Arabia has been rerouting shipments through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to compensate, but it isn’t a full offset. Global oil inventories fell by 4.2 million barrels a day in the second quarter as a result.

ELI5 version: think of the Strait of Hormuz as a one-lane bridge carrying a huge share of the world’s oil. When the bridge gets blocked, the price reaction shows up in days, not months.

The EIA now expects Brent to average $85 in the third quarter of 2026 and $78 in the fourth, easing back toward $69 in 2027 as traffic normalizes and inventories rebuild. If you hold working interests or royalty positions, this is a useful reminder that some of the monthly cash flow swings you see track headlines out of the Middle East just as much as they track well-level production numbers.

09/02/2026

Stocks fell this week. Gold and bitcoin didn’t. Here’s why they moved in opposite directions.

A bond market selloff pressured the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq into weekly losses. But bitcoin had its best week in more than two years, gaining roughly 22%, and gold pushed toward some of its highest levels in months. The trigger for the bond stress: the Treasury Department announced it’s doubling its long-term debt buybacks starting September 9 to steady the bond market, and that same move sent a wave of new money into crypto ETFs. About 170,000 leveraged short positions got liquidated in a single 24 hour period, over a billion dollars unwound at once.

ELI5 version: when the safest part of the market, U.S. government bonds, gets shaky, money doesn’t just leave, it looks for somewhere else to go. This week some of it went to gold, the traditional safe haven, and some of it went to bitcoin, which is increasingly being treated as one too, even though the two used to move for completely different reasons.

Worth sitting with: gold rising because people are nervous and bitcoin rising for the same reason is a new pairing. Whether that becomes the norm or was a one week fluke is the actual question here.

Only 20 seats left for our tax education event in Fremont!Our Taxes & Tikkis event is coming up on September 12th. As of...
09/01/2026

Only 20 seats left for our tax education event in Fremont!

Our Taxes & Tikkis event is coming up on September 12th. As of today, we're down to the last 20 spots.

If you've been meaning to RSVP, today's the day. We will be walking through real tax strategies, done right these can mean five to six figures off your tax bill, and you'll get to talk with other investors who've already put some of these strategies to work themselves.

📍 Location: Liberty Room at the Fremont Downtown Event Center (3500 Capitol Avenue, Fremont, CA 94538)
📅 Date: Saturday, September 12th, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Networking & mingling
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Tax strategies presentation
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Networking & chatting
🍽️ Food & Drinks: Tikkis, hot chai, and coffee will be served

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/zfVK8mJ3yAYeAXaj6

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