Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Tag: Amazon

  • Global Diversification Is A myth

    Global Diversification Is A myth

    Why I am giving up on global diversification and putting all my money in the U.S. stock market. Early in my journey as an investor, I was led to believe that the smartest thing I could do for my portfolio was to diversify globally. So, I did. I had a bit of everything in my…

  • NVIDIA passed the 3 trillion mark and is more valuable than Apple

    NVIDIA passed the 3 trillion mark and is more valuable than Apple

    That’s of no surprise, ever since the death of Steve Jobs, Apple has lost it’s innovation edge. Tim Cook is a great operator who has taken Steve Jobs legacy as far as could, but Tim Cook is not Jobs. For those of us who own at least a little bit of NVIDIA, let’s open that…

  • No college degree Walmart employee goes from $6.25/h to $240,000/year

    No college degree Walmart employee goes from $6.25/h to $240,000/year

    Journalist Sarah Nassauer, from The Wall Street Journal, interviewed Walmart’s manager Nichole Heart who started earning $6.25/hour at Walmart and now as a manager, she is earning $240,000 a year as a store manager. Walmart U.S. President and CEO Brian Furner announced a new average annual salary of $128,000 this month. High-performing Walmart managers now…