Last week in Rio, Michael Phelps went out on a high note:

After leading the U.S. swim team to victory in the 400-meter relay—and receiving a record-high 23^rd Olympic gold medal—Phelps hung up his goggles and retired.

Meanwhile, a similar situation was taking place closer to home:

The Dow, the…

Corporate America is in the midst of a feeding frenzy:

In the last few weeks, big corporations have doled out $4.3 billion to acquire early-stage start-ups.

But in a strange twist, all these start-ups are in the same sector—and it’s not even an exciting sector like medical devices or cyber…

Back in 2008, Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for about $50 billion.

Yahoo rejected the offer as being “too low.”

Last week, a new deal for Yahoo came in—this time from Verizon.

The deal was worth just $4.6 billion, a fraction of what Microsoft had offered.

When Yahoo accepted it,…

Last week, Unilever acquired a start-up for $1 billion.

The start-up’s early investors made an estimated 166 times their money.

Some of these investors were ordinary folks just like you.

Actually… were you one of them?

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The start-up I’m talking about is Dollar Shave Club.

Dollar Shave…

Has anyone ever “borrowed” one of your ideas and used it as their own?

If I’m not mistaken, it just happened to me—and I’m thrilled.

After all, isn’t imitation the sincerest form of flattery?

And since it was JP Morgan doing the imitating—and since the idea it borrowed was about…

I just read a frightening research report.

It was written by the leading research firm in the world, so it’s tough to refute.

First it explains why investors like you have earned such exceptional returns over the past 30 years—then it explains why those days are over.

But there’s some…

For the past 10 years, I’ve celebrated July 4th in the same way:

At a lopsided picnic table in the countryside, surrounded by friends, family, and mountains of beer and barbecue.

But this year, I introduced a few new items to the festivities…

And not only were these items delicious—

Check out this email I received recently (I blurred the details for privacy):

And during the past year, I’ve received many other emails just like it.

I reply with my bank’s wiring instructions—and a few days later, a large amount…

You’ve already read about Wayne’s story, and about mine...

So today I want to tell you a little story about someone else.

This guy was in even worse financial shape than I was, but he still managed to transform his life.

He started out with nothing—he was really in a…

Several weeks ago, I caught a game with some buddies at Yankee Stadium.

After buying tickets, some BBQ from Brother Jimmy’s, and a few rounds of Buds, we spent about $100 each.

The Yankees won and we had a blast.

Back in the office early the next morning, I reviewed…