Playing for Profits

I saw the first Star Wars movie 40 years ago and got hooked instantly. Ever since then, every few years or so, I wait in line to see the latest installment. But over the holiday weekend, as I watched Rogue One, I started thinking about how much the movie industry…

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Tags: Video Games

What It’s Like Coming Back from the Dead

What To Do When Your Money Manager Buys a Ferrari A new study found that the car your money manager drives is related to his capacity for risk taking—and his ability to generate market-beating returns. In particular, make sure to look out for Minivan owners » GPS Is Messing with Your…

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Tags: Uber Wine

Your 2017 Battle Plan

This is the last time you’ll hear from me in 2016. By the time I write to you again next week, it’ll be a brand new year. And I want to help you begin preparing for it right now... That’s because 2017 promises to be a big year for investors.…

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Tags: Private Equity Asset Allocation

2016's Top Headlines

We just finished up an exciting research project: First we sorted through millions of emails that we sent our subscribers in 2016. Then we calculated how many people opened each of our articles, and how many people clicked on the links inside. In this way, we were able to analyze…

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Tags: Uber Bitcoin

Life-Saving Virus Found in Connecticut

2017’s New Movies on Netflix From the Superman movies to “Boogie Nights,” here are all the titles Netflix will be adding in January 2017—and all the titles you should watch this year before Netflix removes them » 13-Year-Old Becomes Venture Capitalist Harry Stebbings fell in love with venture capital after…

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Tags: Elon Musk Netflix

2017's Uber IPO

One of the most anticipated financial events in recent history is upon us: The decade’s fastest-growing tech company is about to go public—and it’s going to make some investors very, very rich. So what should you do? Is this a once-in-a-lifetime IPO that you can’t afford to miss? Or is…

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Tags: Uber Angellist

21 Stocks to Buy Before Trump Becomes President

Russia’s Failed Internet Experiment Long before the World Wide Web, the Soviets tried to save the USSR with a computer network. Why did their project never make it? Nyet Internet! [Graphic Video] Athlete Killed by Social Media With all the new “live streaming” apps out there, the pressure is on…

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Tags: Google Donald Trump

Debunking Three Angel Investing Myths

Nearly three years ago, Matt and I set out on a mission: We aimed to teach everyday investors how to make money in early-stage investing. From the very beginning, naysayers said it couldn’t be done. Thankfully we ignored them. More than 100,000 investors have now subscribed to our free and…

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Tags: Angel Investing Early-stage Investing