Thursday, June 25, 2015
Every spring, investors from Wall Street to Silicon Valley wait in anticipation for one of the most important reports of the year. They’re not waiting for the jobs numbers, GDP data, or any other conventional economic indicator.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about China in the business press—especially as it relates to the technology sector. Last year, for example, Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) conducted the world’s largest IPO ever: it raised $25 billion on the New York Stock Exchange.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Today we’ll introduce you to a special website. Sure, we often show you new “funding platforms”—the websites where you can invest in promising young companies before they become household names.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Ever heard of Marc Andreessen? He’s the genius who created the Internet’s first web browser… He sits on the boards of Facebook, eBay, and HP… And he has a track record of successfully building and investing in technologies that have changed our world—technologies like Netscape, Skype, and Twitter.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
PayPal is one of the Internet’s great success stories. An online payment solution that got its start in 1998, PayPal was acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
I didn’t come from a lot of money. In fact, I grew up quite poor.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
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.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Right this second, there’s a certain corner of the market where investors are minting money. It has nothing to do with stocks… options… gold… or anything else that sits in your portfolio.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
In the early morning of January 23, 1909, amidst a dense fog, an “unsinkable” luxury steamship called the RMS Republic collided with another ship. The Republic soon sank to the bottom of the ocean.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
A few years ago, Apple changed its name from “Apple Computer” to “Apple, Inc.” At the time, many assumed this was a sign that Apple would start producing a wider array of consumer electronics.