A few weeks ago, I was chatting with a new reader of Crowdability.
He’d built his portfolio the “traditional” way — some index funds, some bonds, a little real estate.
But then he said something that stuck with me: “Matt, it feels like the old playbook isn’t working anymore. The…
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Lego just released its priciest creation. It costs $1,000, and comes with more than 9,000 pieces. By the way, it’s…
In a courtyard at CIA headquarters sits a breathtaking sculpture.
Few people have laid eyes on it. It’s in a part of the agency that’s off-limits to the public.
For the past three decades, this sculpture has held one of the CIA’s greatest mysteries.
But now you have the opportunity…
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The spotlight this week is on hot IPOs. According to MarketWatch, it’s one of the busiest IPO weeks in years
For example, Klarna, the Swedish “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) giant, is launching a U.S. IPO at a $14 billion valuation, selling 34.3 million shares for $35–$37 apiece.
Then there’s…
Forty years ago, ocean explorer Bob Ballard went searching for the Titanic. He never expected that he’d find this instead »
Who knows what the future holds? Apparently, a startup launched by a former Google researcher.…
If you were asked to name the single best investment of the past few years, you might think of stocks, gold, maybe crypto.
But the best-performing “investment” wasn’t any of those.
Instead, it was a golfer: Scottie Scheffler.
Since the start of 2022, Scheffler has dominated the sport. He’s won…
A loft in Manhattan is filled with dirt — 280,000 pounds of it. But why? »
You might expect to find robots in factories and kitchens. But now they’re on the golf course »
Last weekend, a single basketball card sold for $12.9 million.
Yes, you read that right: nearly thirteen million dollars for a tiny piece of cardboard.
Granted, this wasn’t just any card. It was a “1 of 1” Logoman card signed by Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. With Bryant’s tragic death,…
For many of us, convertibles were the car of our dreams. So why did we stop buying them? The answer might surprise you »
The Winter Olympics are just a few months away. But those games are for humans…
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Steven Cohen has built one of the most successful investment firms on Wall Street.
Cohen’s fund, Point72 Asset Management, manages nearly $40 billion in assets and has a reputation for backing huge, winning trades.
But here’s what’s interesting. Despite his dominance in the public markets, Cohen is…
