About 556 articles by Matthew Milner

Wow, No Cow — But Milk These Profits

“Terrible.” “Inescapable.” “Weird.”

That’s how people on Twitter described Oatly’s Superbowl commercial.

In case you don’t know, Oatly makes oat milk, a plant-based milk alternative made from oats. And its commercial stood out because, well, it was so bad.

The ad (you can see it here) features the company’s…

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Tags: Beyond meat Startups

$5 Billion in Direct Profits

Psst. Check this out. I’ve got a $5 billion secret for you.

To explain what it is, let me start by showing you three companies:

Casper, Warby Parker, and Dollar Shave Club.

A few years ago, they were tiny startups, worth next to nothing.

But as I write this column…

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Tags: Republic Startups

Scared? You Should Be

The stock market is trading at dizzying heights right now.

According to a new study from Goldman Sachs, it’s at the most expensive levels in history.

Scared about a bubble? Terrified of a crash? Based on Goldman’s data, you should be.

Your natural reaction might be to bury your head…

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Tags: Nest egg Stock market

This is Your Doomsday Warning

President-elect Joe Biden is walking into a minefield.

And no, I’m not referring to security risks at his inauguration today…

I’m referring to the minefield that’s threatening all of us:

A stock market that’s untethered from reality.

You see, despite bad news from every direction — the coronavirus, inflation, unemployment,…

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Tags: Joe biden Stock market

Enough!

If you’re anything like me, you’ve had it with all the bad news.

Bad news about the drama in Washington, D.C…

Bad news about the economy…

Bad news about the coronavirus impacting your health and wealth.

Enough already!

Which is why I’m going to talk about something different today:

Instead…

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Tags: Double digit-returns Real estate

IPO Alert: 300,000x Your Money!?

Ever had a 10-bagger before?

In other words, a single investment that returned 10x your money?

How about a 1,000-bagger? That’s enough to turn a tiny investment of $500 into half-a-million dollars.

Or what about a 300,000-bagger? That would turn $500 into $150 million.

Gains like these might seem insane,…

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Tags: Ipo Returns

Retire from just ONE Investment

Editor's Note: Matt is traveling today with his family. So today, we’ll be re-publishing a popular article from our archives. This is a natural follow-up to Matt’s article from last week, where he introduced you to a startup investment you can get into…

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Tags: Profits Startups

Early-Stage Profit Opportunity: 99% Accuracy

Investment bank Morgan Stanley recently did something very peculiar:

It told Google to give away one of its “smart speakers” to everyone in America — for free.

The cost of this giveaway? About $3 billion.

For the last hundred years, CEOs from top companies have relied on Morgan Stanley not…

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Tags: Sapientx Voice assistant

Make Your Fortune from Flying Cars

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”

Those words were written in 2011 by Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir (PLDR), and the first outside investor in Facebook. He wrote them as part of a manifesto for his venture fund, Founders Fund.

His comment was…

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Tags: Biotech Flying cars

URGENT: Retirement Crisis

In his article last week, Wayne addressed a frightening situation in America:

The retirement crisis.

As he explained, two threats are conspiring to destroy your retirement plans.

Threat No. 1 is a stock-market correction.

You see, we’re currently in the longest-running bull market in history. But at some point, especially…

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Tags: Income Retirement