Peter Lynch was a rock star of a stock picker.
During his 13 years at the helm of Fidelity’s Magellan Fund, he racked up 29% annual returns.
To put that in perspective, a $50k investment would have grown to $1.4 million.
How did he accomplish this feat… and…
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Everyone has their own way of finding new trading opportunities.
Others trade on news or upcoming corporate actions.
We, on the other hand, are big fans of using our research into early-stage tech companies to guide our public stock market trades.
And it…
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I’m writing this from a white-washed island in Greece called Folegandros.
Yes, it’s summertime…
And I’m honoring the age-old investor tradition of “Sell in May, go away.”
Typically, I can’t get paid to travel like this…
But thanks to a new crowdfunding opportunity, now I can.
And so can you.
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Any gamblers in the house?
Here’s an interesting fact for you:
The odds of consistently winning at poker are about 5% to 10% -- that’s similar to the odds angel investors face when trying to pick winning start-ups.
Amazingly, despite the odds, an elite group of poker players consistently manages…
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Late last year, Amazon.com announced the use of “drones” to deliver packages.
Drones are remote-controlled aircraft. They’re mainly used for military purposes.
At the time, it smelled like a publicity stunt…
Flying saucers delivering little brown boxes of books and shampoo?
Really, Mr. Bezos?
But as…
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What was the most profitable investment of all time?
Was it Warren Buffett’s investment in Coca-Cola in 1987?
Was it when savvy investors picked up shares of Amazon or Netscape in the 90s?
Or was it something more unexpected?
I recently came across a list of the world’s most profitable…
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Every week, venture capital firms see dozens of new deals…
Over the course of a year, a 3 or 4-person firm might see several thousand of them.
But can you guess how many they invest in?
Let’s take a look…
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