Leonardo DiCaprio Wants to Sell You Some Fish Celebrity environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t get enough of the sea during his role in “Titanic.” Now he’s got a new business—and it smells pretty fishy » Big Tobacco Catches Start-up Fever For a company that sold more than $26 billion worth of…
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Unless you’re independently wealthy or you’re more than 25 years from retirement, you should be worried—very worried. You see, the average retiree has next to nothing saved for retirement... And nearly half of all Americans have nothing saved at all. But what’s even worse is this: Almost no one is…
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Most workers in the U.S. retire between the ages of 60 and 65. So what you’ll read next might come as a surprise: The average 50-year-old has less than $50,000 saved for retirement… And 45% of Americans have nothing saved at all. Zero! What’s your situation? Do you have enough?…
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How Bestselling Author James Altucher Profits From Trends… Former hedge fund manager James Altucher’s new book, “Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth” is essentially all about money: making it, growing it, keeping it, in America today. It’s about building wealth, investing, business, and finance. James tells readers how staying on top…
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Last Friday marked a major milestone for bitcoin investors. Not only did the digital currency reach an all-time high of $1,293 (a 313% increase in just 12 months)... But for the first time ever, bitcoin became more valuable than one of the most stable and valuable commodities in the world:…
A few years ago, a middle-aged guy named Jeremy heard about a new start-up. He didn’t fully understand what the company did, but he thought it had potential—so he made a small investment in it. Long story short: every $5,000 he invested turned into $1.25 million. Today, I’ll tell you…
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Human Embryo Editing Gets the OK—But No Superbabies An advisory board formed by the National Academy of Sciences just gave gene editing the green light—but please, don’t bring your baby in for an upgrade » Airbnb Is Killing It We knew that hospitality start-up Airbnb was already profitable. But until…
This might sound awful, but I’m going to say it anyway: I love it when I’m right... Especially when everyone else is dead wrong. For example, when Matt and I started Crowdability, people said we were crazy. They said individual investors like you would never make money in this market.…
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James Dean had one. So did Peter Fonda in “Easy Rider.” And so do all the Hells Angels today I'm referring, of course, to the coolest thing on two wheels: Motorcycles. But now an innovative start-up is creating a new kind of motorcycle— And as you’re about to learn, you…
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This Device Knows When You’re About to Get Sick Michael Snyder, Chairman of the Genetics Department at Stanford University, thinks you should pay more attention to your smart watch. Why? Because based on his latest research, he believes it can be used to detect the start of the flu, Lyme…
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