Search results for: Risk
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New Pick: An Ethereum Alternative With a Stunning Transaction Rate
As I’ve written — and said — often, trying to time the markets is a fool’s errand. The crypto markets, in particular, are too volatile to time precisely. And for buy-and-hold investors, investment time horizons are more important than investing at exactly the right moment. If you’re holding on to a crypto investment for a few years, today’s exact price…
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New Pick: Invest in the New Standard of Sustainable Medicine
Our broken healthcare system has no shortage of startups trying to fix big stubborn problems. The opportunities are plentiful. That’s the upside. But the reason there is so much opportunity is that healthcare in the U.S. has been so resistant to change. And that’s the downside. There you have it. The beckoning and the reckoning — healthcare’s two faces. You…
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Behind the Pick: Naming and Solving a Real World Problem
What’s in a name? While William Shakespeare’s message in the famous “Romeo and Juliet” soliloquy may be that names are meaningless, they’re actually quite useful in the crypto world. You’ll understand if you’ve ever had to type out a crypto wallet address. Crypto wallet addresses are long, complicated and a hassle to memorize. If you mistype any part of that…
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New Pick: Invest in Better Crypto Wallets
We’re firm believers in investing in good projects with long-term upside — projects that can survive multiple bear markets, thrive in bull markets and deliver outsized returns over the long run. Finding projects like that with solid traction is even more difficult. As is finding good projects with a critical use case. But they do exist. That’s why I’m recommending…
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New Pick: Rapid, Eco-Friendly Lithium Production
Everybody is worried about soaring oil prices. But I’ve been watching another resource that’s in high demand: lithium. Its price has shot up 434% year over year, leaving oil in the dust. Users are beginning to panic. In April, Elon Musk tweeted that lithium prices were hitting “insane levels.” “Tesla might actually have to get into the mining & refining…
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Crypto Monitor: Why Bitcoin Is Correlated With the Stock Market
Bitcoin has historically been a non-correlated asset. Over the last 12 years or so, bitcoin has not moved in tandem with the stock market. But this year, that relationship changed. Bitcoin seems to be moving in lockstep with the broader markets. But why? And is this correlation going to end anytime soon? In this episode of Crypto Monitor, Vin Narayanan…
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Market Inefficiencies Are an Investor’s Best Friend
There are many different ways to think about which startups to invest in. Some prefer investing in highly disruptive technologies or businesses — like Uber, Tesla or Impossible Foods. Others prefer startups with large or rapidly growing markets. Others like to focus on strong traction or a high level of defensibility. Early Investing co-founder Andy Gordon would argue a good…
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New Pick: A Pizza-Making Robot Grabs a Slice of a Massive Market
Robots are just beginning to make their presence felt in modern life. Surgery, prosthetics and warehouses are just some of the areas where robots have found a foothold in recent years. There will be many more. These are early days. But it’s not too early for the industry to find its biggest use cases. All it had to do is…
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Startup Insider: The Perfect Time to Invest in Startups
Investing in startups is an opportunity to bet on the future. And they have very different risk considerations than stock investments do. Given the current bearish state of the stock market, startup investing seems more important than ever. The S&P 500 fell almost 21% in the first half of 2022. Inflation is rising. And many economists predict a recession is…
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Tread Carefully When Investing in Energy Startups
With gas prices averaging around $4.88 per gallon, people are clamoring for a solution that both drives costs down now and keeps costs down in the future. The problem is that a fuel crisis is the worst time to search for a quick fix. There are few — if any — levers the private sector or the government can pull…
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Angel Insider: Investor Networking 101
Startup investing is not for the faint of heart. It requires research, financial analysis and an understanding of how businesses operate. Each and every investor must decide for themselves what their risk tolerance is, how much they can afford to lose and what investment approach works best for them. But that doesn’t mean that investors have to do it all…
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New Pick: For This Startup, “Giving Back” Is a Seamless Marketing Strategy
A few months ago, a founder pitched me on an interesting idea. It involved drinking and a form of bribery, so naturally I was interested. Her company increased attendance to a business event by sending a bottle of wine to invited participants. She claimed that attendance shot up 20% to 50% with her offerings in play. I liked the idea……
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Behind the Pick: A New Way of Diversifying
The crypto markets are in rough shape right now. So it’s more important than ever for crypto investors to diversify their portfolios. In crypto, diversifying usually means investing in a wide variety of spaces like decentralized finance (DeFi), interoperability, smart contracts, utility coins and more. But another way is to diversify by network. That’s what we did with our latest…
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New Pick: An Interoperability Coin With Staying Power
Well, that happened quickly. On June 12, bitcoin was trading for more than $28,000. By the end of June 13, it had fallen as low as $21,000. By June 18, bitcoin had dipped below $18,000. Bitcoin has rallied a bit since then and is currently trading around $20,350. Bitcoin dipped below $20,000 faster than I expected. I thought it would…
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When Disruptive Startups Drop the Ball
I’m a huge golf fan. I watch all the major tournaments. I watch several Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) events a year. One of my dreams is to watch the Masters in person. I love playing too. In fact, I love playing so much that I recently golfed on a broken ankle. That’s why I took notice when the LIV Golf…
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This Crypto Bear Market Is Not Like the Others
Crypto Market Musings The crypto markets have been crashing hard for the past seven days. After spending about a month trading around $30,000, bitcoin is now flirting with $20,000. Bad inflation news last Friday combined with increased fuel prices sparked a massive sell-off in the equities market on Monday. The S&P 500 closed down 4% and in bear territory. The…