It’s very obvious I’m a terrible communicator. Let me hit the reset and try this again.
There were technology companies that sold stock in their companies in the 1960, 70, and 80s. Yet in the 1980s technology exploded when the personal computing modifications completely blew the lid off and the world has never and will likely never be the same again. People began to in invest in Apple, Word Perfect, Lotus 123, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Novel, Adobe, Epson, INTEL, etc etc. This boom was an entirely entrepreneurial effort, grown and paid for by investors and the profit from products the world wanted and bought.
We’re now a ways down the road into a new era, it seems. This era is different than the last, in that it is primarily being promoted and the new companies have been, to a great degree, sponsored by governments. Buyers have been motivated by the government’s claims, there will be a world wide disaster or and end of civilization as we know it, if we don’t stop using coal, crude oil and natural gas produced etc. Like IBM, Digital Corporation, and others that existed before Apple and Microsoft, electricity, solar battery systems, etc. existed before the global warm crisis. We had wind mills for decades previously, but we’re now using solar, wind, hydro in far different and in more ways than ever before. To say, it will never be the same again, seems like an understatement. And, government stimulated or government forced or somewhere in between, the fact is new companies, much like the MicroSofts, Novels, Oracles etc of the past are entering the market place. Like Apple, Word Perfect, Adobe, etc, their stock values are going to increase in value exponentially too. Elon Musk is but one example.
The people involved in this global warming crisis and the current and likely expansion of the number of new companies are making huge investment profits and I can’t see it is going away in the foreseeable future. I believe this to be true regardless if the Democrats or the Republican are in the White House and Congress. The search for and desire for independent personal energy and renewable energy drive is now imbedded in consumers minds, for better or worse.
That being the case, I thinking I should be watching for and learning about investment opportunities in this industry and specific company’s where a $2,000 to a $10,000 stock investment could rapidly grow into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The people pushing and promoting this era of change are making bank, already, we should be too.
I have no problem with traditional investments in bonds, dirt, utilities, medical, pharma, etc but the big, rapid growth looks to be in the new era global warming solutions. Justifiable……. the jury is still out in that. Risky, yes. So was Apple, Microsoft and Oracle, many lost their butts on tech stocks. I get it. I’m not looking for long term security, I’m looking for new companies with new solutions, and I know many will go bust but some are already exploding and others will.
That’s the kind of investing I’m looking for, in small increments.
There’s a true story that is burned in my memory. Three good friends and small business partners pooled their money and bought $10,000 at $13 per share, in Apple stock, in 1983. Apple stock promptly dropped to under $7. They panicked and sold out, at a loss. No harm, not that big a deal, but had they held on, they’d have made over 10 million, today. Years later in 2013, a family member begged me to buy bitcoin when it was about $100 a coin, I could have easily afforded 8 or 10, I passed. Another family member bought a bunch and when it $20,000 the first time, he sold 20 and apparently, still has a bunch left, or he did last time I asked.
Dirt is great but I can’t buy much dirt for $20,000/$30,000……. but I could buy a few different companies stocks in $2,000 to $5,000 investments. If I loose it, nobody is going to feel much pain. I’m on a fixed income, does that make any sense?
Again, everybody’s made good and worthwhile suggestions, all valid and if I was 35 years old, it would have significant relevance.
What I’m looking for are the new Microsoft or Apple, with a focus on renewable energy products and solutions. These companies are out there right now…….. I just don’t who or what they are. It seems like other MM would know or would like to know beside me. Curiously looking for ideas along those lines.
