Many active investors buy stocks on the hope of scoring outsize returns by purchasing the next Apple or Tesla. They also might remember eras such as the dot-com bubble or the housing boom and assume that investing is a path to easy money. However, in truth, …
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Month: May 2020
The Provocations of Elon Musk
There are very few scenarios where any of Musks legal violations cost him anything that actually means something to him. The fines are so insignificant that they amount to a minor ego blow, and change nothing about the way Musk operates. Contrast this with h…
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Elon Musk Is Damaging Tech And The Tech Industry
Elon Musk has been hailed as a tech visionary, but more recently he’s served to shine a negative … [+] spotlight on Tesla and the tech industry more generally. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Elon Mu…
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The ‘Don’t Worry, Make Money’ Strategy Trouncing The Stock Market By 30 Percentage Points
When analysts and portfolio managers pitch ideas at Edinburgh, Scotland, investment firm Baillie Gifford, theres one rule everyone must follow. For the first 20 minutes, anyone speaking about the idea has to be positive, contributing only to the bullish case …
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Elon Musk has to decide: Does he want to be Steve Jobs? Or Papa John?
Back in 2014, a couple of recent college grads made an unofficial ad for Tesla. It didn’t focus on the electric car company’s sleek design, or how its battery worked, nor did it try to make the car look cool driving down an epic roadway. Instead, it focused …
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