About 556 articles by Matthew Milner

“Business Insider” — This Strategy Can Make You an Extra $310,000

Have you fallen victim to the “60/40” strategy?

For decades, financial advisors have pounded the table about this investment approach. The idea was simple:

If the market was booming, your 60% allocation to stocks could help grow your wealth. And in a bust, your 40% allocation to bonds would help…

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An IPO for… Bacon?

Investors trade all sorts of things, from stocks and bonds to grains and pork bellies.

But thanks to a new stock exchange in Liechtenstein, now they can trade something new:

Bacon. 

Today I’ll tell you why trading Bacon can be so exciting and profitable...

And explain how you can get…

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Tags: Bacon Ipo

A Ten-Bagger from “Betting” on Sports

On January 4, 2000, Mark Cuban made a heck of a good bet:

He bought the Dallas Mavericks NBA franchise for $285 million.

According to Forbes, the Mavs currently bring in about $300 million in revenues a year, mostly from broadcasting deals and ticket sales, with bottom-line profits of around…

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Tags: Alternative investments Sports

Why Did Bezos Pay $6,000 for This?

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently took a trip into space.

At precisely 8:12 a.m. Central Time, the rocket attached to his Blue Origin space capsule lit its engines. Bezos blasted upward, soon reaching an altitude of 351,210 feet.

At the peak of his flight path, Bezos was weightless. He unstrapped…

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Tags: Jeff bezos Watches

How to Turn a 35% Loss into a 104x Gain

Everyone knows the “simple” way to make money in the market:

Buy low and sell high.

For example, buy into a stock when it IPOs, then cash out when it trades higher.

But today I’ll show you a different way to profit from an IPO. This is a way to…

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Tags: Ipo Start ups