Friday, February 18, 2022

Carl Icahn: The restless billionaire

 HBO is showing a two hour documentary on Carl Icahn and his history as an activist investor. It chronicles his take over of TWA and subsequent failure along with his many successes. It’s a fascinating tale of his investing career including getting into tech stocks like Netflix and Apple.

Link: Documentary

Sunday, February 6, 2022

Ark Invest 2022

 Ark Invest just announced their big ideas for investing in disruptive technologies. Link It’s interesting to see they deemphasized cloud technology to focus on AI and Robotics. Robotics has the highest estimated CAGR of their picks with 51% and AI the lowest at 26%. Although AI seems to have the largest estimated market at $108T in 2030.

Winning bet on stocks

 The S&P 500 index ETF is one of the safest bets in stock investing, and over time has an increasing likelihood of making money. However...