The skeptics' guide to tech investing...

Please do not reply to this message, as replies are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. You are receiving this email as a part of your subscription to Strategic Tech Investor. Your ability to alter your subscription information can be found at the bottom of this email. [Strategic Tech Investor] [The Night Trader Came and Conquered...]( After eight months of grueling negotiations, this former CEO and Wall Street Insider finally agreed to reveal his proprietary Night Trading strategy... including a [revolutionary mechanism]( for executing trades that could help you set yourself up to collect $850... or $2,250... or $6,775 paydays - OVERNIGHT. This is our most popular research service - and rightly so. But we're rapidly approaching max capacity. If you want in, you need to [go here now](. --------------------------------------------------------------- March 13, 2018 [The Skeptics' Guide to Tech Investing]( By Michael A. Robinson Dear Strategic Tech Investor Reader, LATEST REPORT --------------------------------------------------------------- LATEST APPEARANCE --------------------------------------------------------------- [3 Reasons to Buy Microsoft Now]( MICHAEL'S LATEST ALERTS --------------------------------------------------------------- Research [How We Rocked the Market With This Cannabis Play]( Trading [How We'll Double Our Money With This Probody-Focused Biotech]( I believe in learning about investing early. Really early. Here's what I mean... When my daughter Jordan was in the sixth grade, I had her start trading paper shares and building an investment portfolio. And for a few years, we talked just about every night around the dinner table about her stocks' performance - and the "whys" behind that performance... their financials and growth rates. We even pored over their charts. We eventually fell out of that practice as Jordan pursued sports, music, and friends (and her smartphone). now, as she's worked to earn a degree in finance from the University of Portland, we've started our chats again. Not every night - but pretty often. I couldn't be happier - or prouder. Recently, in fact, I helped Jordan with her senior project - investing "$100,000" in a virtual portfolio. It will come as no surprise to you that the first words out of my mouth were, "Jordan, the road to wealth is paved by tech." After all, that's been my mantra here at Strategic Technology Investor since [Day 1](. Working together, we came up with a plan to turn that virtual portfolio into at least $1.6 million by the time she turns 61. It was a good exercise for Jordan... and for me. I had to confront a skeptical audience - all daughters are skeptical of their fathers - and prove my thesis. With that in mind, I'm going to do that again today - prove to you how and why the road to wealth is paved by tech. And I'm going to show you a great way to get started on that road... --------------------------------------------------------------- [PROFIT OPPORTUNITY]( In today's report, I show you one way to use technology to get on the road to wealth. That's what we do here week in and week out - explore ways to use technology to build wealth and a worry-free retirement. If you want any more recommendations like that - except faster moving and with far higher possible gains - then I hope you'll join me [here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Why This Is so Important to Me While her assignment was virtual, I truly hope Jordan carries it forward into reality. I don't want her left behind. After all, Jordan's generation is woefully unprepared for savings and retirement. A recent survey by GoBankingRates reveals that young people today are in deep financial trouble. The survey showed that 58% of millennials have less than $10,000 saved for retirement. Of those, nearly 20% said they have zero cash in the bank. But they are far from alone... The same survey found that 42% of adults overall have less $10,000 in retirement savings. I truly hope that doesn't apply to you. But if it does, you're in the right place. In our twice-weekly chats here, I show you market-crushing investments that can use to build your retirement nest egg... or pay for your kids' college tuition... or even use for that month-long European vacation you've always dreamed of. That's up to you. Here's how it works... A Wealth-Generating Machine To me, Americans' lack of retirement savings is incomprehensible. See, U.S. stocks compose one of the greatest wealth engines in the world today. If all these folks did was buy an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to the [S&P 500]( just five years ago, they would now be sitting on 84% gains. That's pretty respectable, but Silicon Valley is an even bigger, faster wealth engine. If you had put your money into a tech-heavy [Nasdaq Composite]( ETF five years ago, you'd have more than doubled their money in the period - with profits just shy of 140%. At that rate, every $10,000 invested becomes $24,000 in just five years. Longer term, the results are even more impressive. Since the Nasdaq began operations in February 1971 as the world's first electronic stock market, the profits are nothing short of amazing. --------------------------------------------------------------- [You Could Make a Fortune From Crypto (Here's How to Get Started)]( There's an incredibly lucrative [series of events]( set to occur that could send crypto prices soaring... and if you've been standing idly by while the crypto market takes off, you owe it to yourself to [see how to take advantage right away](. Cryptocurrencies are turning the entire investing world upside down - and if you're not [prepared for potential profits]( right now, you might as well start preparing to kick yourself instead. To see how you could make a fortune from the "Big Three" cryptocurrency events, [go here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Had you put $10,000 into a basket of tech stocks back then, you'd be sitting on $544,800. That same money put into the S&P would be worth a little more than half that amount, coming in at $277,700. Silicon Valley has been outperforming the rest of the market in the turbulent year we've seen so far, too. In 2018 so far - even with the late-January correction and trade-war and interest-rate hike fears since then - the Nasdaq's 8.4% gains are more than double the S&P's 3.3% bump. As you can see, my plan for Jordan to become a millionaire by the time she retires - via investments in Silicon Valley-style technology - is actually pretty conservative. Here's why that's true... From Mom's Basement to Billions... Overnight And the reason for the difference is simple but profound. Silicon Valley is the engine of the world's wealth. It's the one place in the world where millionaires create themselves virtually overnight. In Silicon Valley, an entrepreneur can start in a garage with a just a few hundred dollars in seed capital - and become a billionaire just a few years later. That's because Silicon Valley - and its extensions around the globe - is the fountainhead of innovation. Everything from chips and sensors to software and cloud computing.... from machine vision and artificial intelligence to mobile apps and driverless cars... it's all coming out of one place. Consider that, according to one estimate, there are now 169 privately held startups, mostly in tech, that are now worth $1 billion or more. That's a 275% increase since 2014. Just the top 10 alone have a combined value of $309.5 billion. And my guess is that the seed venture capital for the whole group was just a few million dollars. Of course, most Main Street investors don't have access to these kinds of venture capital deals because they are not Silicon Valley insiders or wealthy individuals with access to high-flying hedge funds. That's why, here at Strategic Tech Investor, I try to turn the tables to your advantage by showing you fast-growing tech companies that are simply crushing the overall market. And I go way beyond the so-called FANG stocks that the mainstream financial press shoves in your face day in and day out. In fact, I regularly bring you investment ideas in what may be the world's two fastest growing sectors - [legal marijuana]( and [blockchain technology](. And I go even further than that for the paid-up members of my premium services. At Nova-X Report, we have a [94% win rate]( on all open positions. To learn how to join the folks there, just [click here](. And at Radical Technology Profits, 41% of our stocks have [doubled or better](. In fact, one stock we own at Rad Tech is up 430% in well under two years. To join these folks, [take a look here](. I know a lot of you are on the road to wealth already. I hear from you all the time - about the money you've saved... and about the gifts you've been able to give your loved ones and yourselves. If you want to join those folks - now that I've removed any skepticism you might have yourself - this is a terrific way to get started... Demolish Your Skepticism - and Get Confident You can't go wrong with the iShares U.S. Technology ETF (Nasdaq: [IYW](). Just as its name implies, the fund is focused on domestic (i.e., Silicon Valley) tech leaders. So it contains a literal Who's Who of famous names, including Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: [AAPL](), Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: [FB](), and Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: [INTC](). Holding nearly 140 stocks, this well-run fund also gives us access to less famous names, like graphics-chip maker Nvidia Corp. (Nasdaq: [NVDA](), cloud leader Veeva Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: [VEEV](), and mobile software firm InterDigital Inc. (Nasdaq: [IDCC](). This is a great way to start building wealth quickly. Over just the past two years, IYW has gained 71%. That's nearly double the S&P 500's 37% profits over the period. Using this ETF as a starting point will put you well on the road to wealth. So, the next time you read about the millions of American who are nowhere prepared for retirement, you know just what to do - invest in tech for the long haul. And then show your skeptical kids and friends how you got there. P.S. Let me take one more opportunity to remind you about my members' success at Nova-X Report. Take 2017, for example. We saw a [265% windfall](on Nvidia. And just three days later, we closed out our position in Broadcom for a [214% payday](. Plus, we stacked up 19 other double- and triple-digit winners over the rest of the year. [I hope you'll join us...]( Here's what else I'm following... --------------------------------------------------------------- [Your Step-by-Step Guide to Marijuana Millions (It's Not Too Late to Get Started)]( You may already know that well over half of the country already has marijuana legally available in some form. But if you haven't already learned how to make a fortune thanks to the end of this prohibition, there's still time for you to get up to speed on this potentially [historic cash grab](. You see, following previous cannabis legalization announcements, peak gains soared over 1,000%! And right now, the same thing is happening all over again... only this time, the stakes could be even greater. If you learn how to play your cards right, this booming industry could hand you a six-figure windfall. [[Full story](.] [Buy This "Meaty" Play on Blockchain While It's Still on Sale]( Starbucks Corp. Chairman Howard Shultz recently hit the airwaves to announce a blockchain initiative that sounds an awful lot like gimmickry to me - basically tweaking some technology to soup up an already existing customer rewards program. As Clara Peller would have put it back in the 1980s, there's no "beef" here. However, there's another company out there that's making blockchain technology a key part of its business - and it's doing so in a huge and growing market. Plus, now is the perfect time to buy. [I make my case right here...]( What Wall Street Is Desperately Trying to Hide About These Wild Markets Everything you've heard about the stock market's violent moves this past week is wrong. What's really wrong is how hardly anyone knows what's wrong, and the handful of people who do know aren't being honest. Shah Gilani is going to tell you something you aren't going to hear or read anywhere else: the truth about what's wrong with stock markets, how they got to be so dangerous, and how to trade this new reality. To get Shah's latest report - and to sign up for his free, twice-weekly Wall Street Insights & Indictments - [click here](. [Three Reasons to Buy Microsoft Now]( Are there any "safe" stocks to buy in this volatile atmosphere? Of course there is. And Michael shared a few recently on Chuck Jaffe's Money Life podcast. We think Michael surprised Chuck with a few of the reasons he likes Microsoft Corp. What do you think? During their conversation, they went deep on the trading system we use here and at Michael's premium services. And he did a "speed round" on a few stocks Chuck served up for him... Does Michael "like" Sturm Ruger & Co. following the recent school shooting? Just [click here](. 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