"Boring" Investment Delivers Big Gains

Corporate America is in the midst of a feeding frenzy:

In the last few weeks, big corporations have doled out $4.3 billion to acquire early-stage start-ups.

But in a strange twist, all these start-ups are in the same sector—and it’s not even an exciting sector like medical devices or cyber…

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Tags: Circleup Consumer products

The Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History

Two years ago in this newsletter, I told you about an exciting technology trend.

At the time, a high-ranking government official had just called it “the greatest transfer of wealth in history.”

In my article, I wrote about how this trend would deliver enormous returns to early investors—and I told…

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Tags: Cyber security Fireblade

A "Profit Picnic"

For the past 10 years, I’ve celebrated July 4th in the same way:

At a lopsided picnic table in the countryside, surrounded by friends, family, and mountains of beer and barbecue.

But this year, I introduced a few new items to the festivities…

And not only were these items delicious—

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Tags: Consumer products Wefunder

[Forecast] 98% Chance of Profits

From June 2014 to June 2015, the biotechnology sector was on fire…

In just 12 months, the NASDAQ Biotech Index (NBI) soared by 53%.

The next year, however, wasn’t nearly as lucrative:

From June 2015 up until today, the NBI plummeted by about 25%. Essentially, it gave back all its…

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Tags: Biotech

High Times for Pot Investments?

Over the coming years, very few sectors are expected to grow at triple-digit rates...

But a major exception seems to be the marijuana industry.

By 2020, industry analysts at Ackrell Capital predict that the market for legal marijuana will grow by more than 500%—making it a $25 billion market.

And…

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Tags: Marijuana Marijuana start-ups Pot stocks

Get Paid to Get Drunk?

There are plenty of ways to make a buck in this world:

Hard work. Smart investing. Or even just good luck.

But here’s an alternative I bet you haven’t considered:

Drinking moonshine.

Let me show you how it’s done.

Forget Going “High Tech”

Last week, Title III of the JOBS…

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Tags: Low tech Startengine Title iii

The Most Profitable Fund of All Time?

For decades now, investors have poured money into all types of funds:

Mutual Funds...

Index Funds...

ETFs…

All with the goal of capturing financial upside and lowering risk.

Unfortunately, most of these funds stink. In fact, a 2014 study performed by Dow Jones concluded that 98% of mutual funds failed…

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Tags: Venture capital Venture capital-fund