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

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...