Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Last week, you saw what can happen when you invest in the right start-ups: With Elio Motors, investors made 330% in 30 days … With Zenefits, they turned $1,000 into $500,000… And with Uber, a fortunate few made 60,000% on their money—turning every $1,000 they invested into $6 million.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Do you like a good “rags to riches” story? I hope so, because today I’ve got 161 of them for you—and thanks to some recent trends in the world of start-up investing, your story could be next.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Three weeks ago, I wrote to you with a bold prediction: Based on over three decades of research, I explained why right now is one of the best times to start investing in the private markets. As it turns out, we’re already seeing evidence that this prediction was accurate...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
General Motors just acquired a tiny start-up for $1 billion. In the blink of an eye, the start-up’s investors made more than 10 times their money.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Stocks staged a death-defying recovery in Q1. In fact, they did something they haven’t done in more than 80 years: after dropping more than 10% at the start of the year, they finished the quarter in the black.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
It’s dark days for stock market investors: A year ago, on April 6, 2015, the S&P 500 was trading at about 2,050... 52 weeks later, after all its ups and downs, that’s exactly where it’s trading today.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
I’m proud to be an American... But lately, I’ve become jealous of UK citizens.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
At 5:45 on a recent afternoon, I received an email from a friend: Matt, Here’s a deck for a company one of our biotech advisors is raising money for.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Look at this insane e-mail I got from a friend of mine: It was Feb 17, 2012, exactly three months before Facebook’s IPO. I couldn’t believe my luck: I was being offered “pre-IPO” shares in Facebook.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Your bank is robbing you. Not content to simply insult you by offering pitiful interest rates, banks have actually started stealing from you: Enough, we say.