Let me briefly summarize why this is something that could affect you. (And potentially make a big difference in your lifestyle.)
This is a great investing lesson. One I don't think most people understand. One I'm more than happy to give to you today.
In my three decades of investing (and 22 years as a tech analyst at The Motley Fool), I've learned well and good that great returns come NOT from predicting the future, but in seeing things a bit differently than the Wall Street crowd.
For example, remember when Amazon was just an online bookstore? Our great Motley Fool Stock Advisor investing team, using the principle I just mentioned, has garnered +16,814% returns on Amazon since recommending it to our members in 2002 -- and NOT because they predicted it would become the world's largest retailer. Nope, they simply saw, back when it was worth about $7 billion, that it had many, many more potentially "different futures" -- many of them wildly profitable -- than most analysts thought it did. Now Jeff Bezos' company is worth $1.3 trillion!
The same thing happened with Netflix and the streaming revolution. Many analysts valued it as though it would just mail out DVDs forever. Instead, it hit big one of its "different futures" and revolutionized streaming. It made +12,247% returns since its 2004 recommendation in Stock Advisor.
I could go on, like Tesla and electric vehicles (up +13,265%) and Booking Holdings (formerly Priceline) and online travel agencies (up +7,797%).
Stock Advisor has succeeded so well because it understands and thrives with this investing philosophy.
And if you are able to begin thinking this way, I believe it will help you immensely when hunting for those tech stocks that might make all the difference in your investing career.
So, back to these cities of the future being built around the world.
How can we think about this onslaught of new technology required to power these cities in terms of the lesson above? That is, in a way that most other investors aren't thinking about?
Once again, even if Telosa never gets off the ground, this kind of innovation is likely happening anyway. These new cities would just be accelerating the development (and the time the investments will potentially pay off).
My final email will wrap it all up for you by breaking down these categories and explaining the types of companies that could really reap the benefits of these smart, futuristic cities. I'll even include a free stock pick for you – one that is a favorite among many of our Foolish investors.
P.S.
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