Way back in 1994, my brother asked for, and got one, of the lamest birthday presents I have ever seen.
He was a freshman in high school, and he had two fancy new Microsoft share certificates (remember them?)
I’m not entirely sure I even knew what stocks really were at the time.
What I did know was that I missed out when he would open up the newspaper stock listings (remember them?) and proudly announce what they were worth.
It just kept going up and up. Two pieces of paper were worth 12 times the initial price by the time he was in college.
Even at the bottom after the dot com bubble burst, he was still up nearly 400% in four years.
That was my first “coulda shoulda” lesson with investing. It was far from the last.
Now I’m old enough that I’ve seen more of these moments than I can remember, especially with stocks, come and go.
As I’ve also (questionably, and topically) grown wiser, I’ve learned to not let the opportunities that have come and gone weigh me down.
It still stings though, and that is an opportunity in and of itself.
I’ve learned to keep an eye out for them as they’re happening, and my experience in finance and with the markets has me convinced that we’re seeing one of those moments right now.
Watching Them Go By
Over the last several years, the Outsider Club editors have caught some massive gains by being bullish from the start of the legalization and public listing of cannabis companies.
Our in-house expert, Jimmy Mengel, pulled in a 428% gain in just six months for his readers between June and December of 2017 with Future Farm Technologies (TSX: FFT).
I missed that one.
Same goes for the 220% in just one month on Helix TCS, Inc. (OTC: HLIX) between mid-March and mid-April of 2017.
I was late to the game for an open position that is up a whopping 1,194% too.
I’m not going to lie, these are “coulda shoulda” moments that I really wish I took advantage of. That’s okay though, there are more to come.
And one is happening right now that I won’t miss.
The Next Big One
The latest pick Jimmy has for The Crow’s Nest readers looks fantastic.
A seismic shift in the marijuana sector is underway and it is going to be a second boom that mints new millionaires.
The first boom was all about Canadian stocks, this one brings it home to the U.S.A.
Here’s what it could bring to each and every state: Billions of dollars in tax revenue (for years to come), 1 million+ high-paying, disaster-proof jobs, and an entirely new production chain that helps everyone — from depressed rural areas to urban city centers.
And it could happen almost overnight. Dozens of cannabis companies are standing by, just waiting to hire a million workers and ramp up production
Now is your chance to learn all about it. Don’t miss the chance.
