Last week, Wayne and I dropped a bombshell on you:

We showed you why every investor today (including you) needs to allocate at least some of their money to the private markets.

This is new territory for most folks…

Which is why, in our article last week, we explained one…

Last week, a start-up called WeWork raised $1 billion.

This young company is now valued at about $21 billion… which means its earliest private investors are sitting on estimated gains of 2,000X their money.

That’s enough to turn $1,000 into $2 million.

Similar stories — early-stage private companies reaching multi-billion…

There’s no chance [this device] is going to get any significant market share. — Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s ex-CEO

There is nothing revolutionary or disruptive about this technology. — Padmasree Warrior, Motorola CTO

I don’t think [this device] is something that would… necessitate us changing our thinking. — Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia…

Last Thursday, a start-up called Blue Apron went public.

Investors were giddy with excitement. This was the most anticipated stock market debut since the IPO of SnapChat (NYSE: SNAP) in March.

Unfortunately, Blue Apron fell flat on its face.

After going public at $10 (NYSE: APRN), it went sideways… and…

George Clooney has done pretty well for himself over the years:

He’s been a leading man on TV shows like ER and movies like Batman & Robin…

He’s earned Academy Awards for acting and producing…

And he’s had huge commercial success with the Ocean’s trilogy.

All that success has helped…

Start-ups are my all-time favorite type of investment.

After all, the returns are 3x to 4x higher than stocks…

It’s fun and exciting to learn about cutting-edge technologies…

And you can help create jobs and boost the economy.

What’s not to love?

But there’s one thing that could make start-up…

I started working on Wall Street in 1988…

And it was during that very first year that I learned one of the most valuable investing strategies of my life.

Not only has this strategy helped me avoid making some terrible investments…

But it’s helped me earn millions of dollars.

Initially,…

Did you hear the crazy news about the high school in California?

It just landed a windfall worth $24 million.

The thing is, its payday didn’t come from a wealthy alum or a federal grant.

It came from a less conventional source:

Start-ups.

A True Story

A few years ago,…

After a certain point, you can’t get more wet.

I learned this lesson when I was 15-years-old, riding my bike through a torrential downpour to get to my girlfriend’s house.

My bike was a hand-me-down, a green 10-speed Schwinn with a squeeze horn on the handlebars.

I loved that bike:

The stock market has been on a tear lately…

Over the last year, the S&P 500 is up nearly 20%.

But what if I could prove to you that there was something better out there —

Not just a way to double the returns you could earn in the stock…