Corporate America is in the midst of a feeding frenzy: In the last few weeks, big corporations have doled out $4.3 billion to acquire early-stage start-ups. But in a strange twist, all these start-ups are in the same sector—and it’s not even an exciting sector like medical devices or cyber…
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Trying to pick a single start-up that will become “the next Microsoft” or “the next Google” is pretty risky. Even wildly successful venture capitalists strike out more than half the time. So what should an individual investor like you do? The Key to Market-Beating Returns The key to making money…
For more than a quarter of a century, General Mills (NYSE: GIS) has been a winning trade: If you’d invested $10,000 into the company in 1990 and reinvested the dividends, today you’d be sitting on $217,146. That’s roughly twice what the overall market returned. Perhaps those market-beating returns shouldn’t come…
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Let’s say you bought some shares of Google about six months ago... With the stock up 13%, you decide to sell. To take your profits, you log into your brokerage account, click “sell”—and in a flash, your shares are sold on the NASDAQ. But if you were talking about taking…
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Imagine, for a moment, a world where the odds are always stacked in your favor: A world where every horse you bet on wins the race… Every cast of your reel lands you the biggest fish… And every putt you attempt goes in the hole. Now imagine something even more exciting: In…
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Inc. calls it “One of the smartest, most disruptive startups.” The New York Times says it’s a “Welcome change to the status quo.” A few years ago, a similar start-up was acquired for $4.1 billion, making its early investors insanely wealthy. And just last week, a company in the same sector was…
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They say you should invest in what you know and love. “Well,” you might say jokingly, “I know and love food. Does that count?” Funny you should ask… Foods and Beverages as Start-Ups Food and beverage products can be great investments. Once upon a time, Naked Juice was a tiny start-up.…
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