* Important & Major Announcement at the end of this episode (8:45)  Amazon started in 1995 as a simple website selling only books. But within about a month or so, Amazon had already started shipping its products to over 40 countries.  And over the following years, the site continued to grow into what we all know now as one of the most respected, largest, and most powerful companies in the world.  According to some estimates, Amazon's site controls as much as 44 percent of all...

Just a few days ago, China landed a second blow to Bitcoin investors when the government announced a crackdown on Bitcoin mining and trading activities.  According to CoinDesk, this is one of the most high-profile warnings against cryptocurrencies in recent years. What we can say is that the Chinese regulators are tightening up crypto regulation. Regulatory bodies also issued a joint statement banning China's financial institutions from offering any crypto-related services.  They warned...

In today's episode, let's talk about how the richest people on earth avoid paying taxes. Just last week, ProPublica, an investigative journalism nonprofit, released a report mapping out how the wealthiest people avoid taxes, exploit loopholes and escape scrutiny from federal auditors. In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world’s richest man in the world, did not pay a single penny in federal income taxes. And He managed to do the same thing again in 2011.  In 2018,...

In this episode, let's talk about Costco. Why is Costco such a great company and how does Costco turn customers into fans. Costco is one of those companies that people absolutely love. It seems like they have their own cult following.  There are Costco blogs, Costco forums, and Costco Facebook groups with thousands of followers. People just absolutely love them.  But why? At first impression, Costco makes no sense. It looks like a warehouse. Items sit on wooden pallets in dark, the...

In this episode, we're gonna talk about 2 things. The first is about Amazon’s $8.5B acquisition of MGM and if this is going to be a threat to competitors like Disney+ and Netflix. The 2nd thing we're gonna talk about is Charlie Munger's most recent investment. If you know what stock it is, good for you. Otherwise, stay tuned to find out more! Delugne Mastermind https://delugne.com/join-delugne-mastermind Ep 119 - Why I'm Bullish On Alibaba...

In this episode, let's talk about Ethereum.  If you've been following cryptocurrencies, you 'd know that there are a lot of fear in the crypto market right now. Probabky worse than the stock market.  Ethereum's price went up as high as around $4,200 per token in mid-May, and over the past week, the price of Ethereum plummeted by more than 40%.  However, this is not something new. The crypto space has always been volatile because it is a space that has yet to mature.  And seeing a drop as...

In this episode, let's talk about DarkSide, a company that led to the ransomware attack that took down the Colonial Pipeline. A few days ago, a major oil pipeline company announced that they are coming back online after a few days of outage because of a cyberattack that caused gas prices to surge and gas stations in many different states to experience shortages.  After nearly a week of being shut down, the Company announced that they are restarting the pipeline operations and that the...

If you've been paying attention to what's happening in the market, you will know that the Nasdaq is down by almost 8% from its all-time high, S&P 500 is down by about 4% and the Dow Jones is down by about 3%.  When you look at the fear and greed index, it is at the scale of 37, and the VIX index spiked up to 65%. All of this indicates 1 thing.  The market is fearful. Why? That's because people believe that inflation is coming. Prices are going up. And it is definitely going to affect...

In today's episode, we'll be talking about how a secretary by the name of Bette Nesmith Graham, got fired from her secretary job, started a business, and turned it into a multi-million dollar business.  The product that she was selling is an office supply product that you can get in any stationery shop.  It is one of the world’s most popular and enduring office supplies that almost everyone uses, at least once in their lifetime. Most people use more than that. I've personally used it so...

In February this year, Jeff Bezos announced that he would step down as the CEO of Amazon. After a 25-year tenure as Amazon's CEO, he is now stepping down and passing the job on to Andy Jassy, who is the current Amazon Web Services(AWS) President.  In his years working as the CEO of Amazon, he grew it into one of the largest and most influential companies in the world.  Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it went IPO in the year 1997.  Its stock price has increased by more than 194,000%...

In this episode, let's talk about some of the reasons why I'm super bullish on Alibaba and why you should consider looking into this company. If you've been following Alibaba for a while now, you will know about the things that have been happening to the company.  Alibaba has been widely underperforming the broad market and most of its tech peers over the last six months, mainly because of the worries about regulatory pressures, anti-trust legalization, anti-monopoly investigation, and so...

Just yesterday, Apple held their first product launch event of the year, we got to see the colorful new iMac and an updated iPad Pro, now with 5G and the M1 chip that’s also used in Apple's desktop computers.  Not only that, Apple also announced the AirTag, which is a lost-device tracking gadget, and the Apple TV 4K with a brand-new remote. Now, I'm not an Apple user, mainly because I don't want to get sucked into the Apple ecosystem. But i'm always so impressed by whatever they do. It's...

In today's episode, we'll be discussing the fight between Apple and Facebook and how the most recent privacy change on iOS-14 is going to affect Facebook. In the coming months, Apple will be rolling out an update to their iOS 14 operating system that actually gets apps permission from you before tracking your activity across other apps and the web.  This change may seem small, in fact, a lot of apps are already tracking our web and app activities through the default settings we accept when...

Today, let's talk about Kim Kardashian.  Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of billionaires on Forbes’ list of the world’s wealthiest exploded to 2,755 people, which is 660 more than a year ago. Out of all the billionaires, a record high of 493 were new to the list, which is roughly one every 17 hours.  And one of them is Kim Kardashian.  The question is how did Kim become a billionaire? That's what we'll be exploring in today's episode.  Check out this episode to...

In this episode, we are going to talk about one of the most spectacular personal loss of wealth in history.  Bill Hwang, a multi-billionaire financier, built up a fortune of around $20 billion through savvy investments and invested his wealth through his firm Archegos Capital Management.  But just last month, in March, he lost everything in just 2 days, when his Archegos investment fund imploded after some of his bets went to the ground. The question is, what actually happened?  The...

In our previous episode, we have talked about Microsoft's futuristic goggles and how AR, VR, and MR are going to change the way we work. Clearly, it is more than just enhancing the gaming experience. And I also promised you that we'll look into some companies in this AR, VR, MR space for today's episode.  So yeah.. that's what we'll be talking about in today's episode, the 3 overlooked AR & VR stocks that are worth your attention. Disclaimer: This is not financial advice nor is this a...

In today's episode, we are going to be talking about how Microsoft's futuristic goggles could change the way we work. In 2016, Microsoft introduced their mixed reality HoloLens.  What is Mixed Reality (MR)?  Mixed Reality is the combination of both Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) elements. It is the merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and visualizations in which physical and digital objects can co-exist and interact in real-time. Since then, the...

This episode is specifically for those who have not started investing. If you are one of them, then this episode is for you, my friend.  Now, almost all investors have encountered at least one of these investing lies since they started their own investing journey.  These lies can be minor with hardly any impact on how you function, but some can seriously get in the way of good investments, potentially costing you a huge sum of profit in the long run.  That is why, in this episode, I have...

I'm so excited to share this episode with you because I think you're gonna love it.  In this episode, we will be talking about the first-ever bubble in the history of booms. How this particular flower was able to consume a nation?  The bulb of the flower was once worth their weight in gold and its rare gorgeous patterns was praised by the entire nation, eventually turning into an object for financial speculation.    The price of the rare flowers soared outrageously high that you could...

I have a question for you. What happens when you go grocery shopping without a shopping list? Well, my guess is you'll end walking down every shopping aisle to see what you need. And guess what, you’ll almost always forget something, usually the most important item you need. You may even end up buying something you don’t need and spend more than you expected.  This might work for grocery shopping, but it doesn't work for investing. Why? Because of the lacking in clarity. Just like...

In this episode, I want to share with you guys a fantastic story! Recently, I came across an amazing writing about the story of Zoom and how Eric Yuan, the founder and CEO of Zoom, was able to defeat companies like Skype. Ever since the pandemic hit, this video conference software, Zoom became one of the most common things that we're using, apart from face masks, of course.   But the question I kept asking myself when I first heard of the company was, how is Zoom going to compete with...

One of the main reasons why new investors lose money is because they chase after unrealistic rates of return on their investments, whether they are buying stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, or some other asset class.  Most people don’t understand how compounding works. Every percentage increase in profit each year could mean huge increases in your ultimate wealth over time.  Here's a quick example, let us look at the difference between 10% rate of return vs 20% rate of return. A...

I have a question for you: How did one of the world's largest companies make $3.8 billion disappear? Not only was this the biggest accounting scandal in the history of the United States—but it was also one of the biggest bankruptcies of all time. We're talking about one of the world's largest telecommunication companies and a core dividend-paying stock that many retirees held in their portfolios. At the peak of the dot-com bubble, the market capitalization of the company went to as high...

Here's something you really need to know: You can be the best stock-picker in the world, but still lose money if you fail to monitor your own portfolio for any signs of trouble.  If you are managing your own portfolio, then you should always look for signs of deterioration in terms of the performance of the stock that you own. And NO, I don't mean looking at the share price. When I first started, I thought the easiest way to do this is to look at the company's earnings per share (EPS), but...