Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Tag: Tesla

  • Why Elon Musk turned to the Right

    Why Elon Musk turned to the Right

    Elon Musk is one of the business leaders I admire most. With the U.S. elections approaching and Elon Musk putting his support behind Donald Trump, I wanted to understand why, especially since he was once more aligned with the Democratic Party. His shift in political alliances is particularly interesting given that only a few years…

  • Elon Musk and Starlink, Masters of the Universe

    Elon Musk and Starlink, Masters of the Universe

    This week United Airlines and Air France, announced that it will offer free Wi-Fi on every plane, joining Qatar and Hawaiian Airlines. Very soon, Wi-Fi will be a staple in every major airline in the world. This is in addition to many cruise ship companies and hundreds of private yacht and commercial boats already using…

  • From the Roman Empire to Today: How the U.S. Became the World’s Economic Leader

    From the Roman Empire to Today: How the U.S. Became the World’s Economic Leader

    For the past 20 years that I have been investing in the stock market, I’ve learned from numerous finance books and blogs that the best way to grow and preserve capital is to diversify across different types of securities (bonds, stocks, cash, etc.) and, within the equity portion of the portfolio, to diversify globally. Forget…

  • 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…

  • Investing in ESG funds is ruining your portfolio

    Investing in ESG funds is ruining your portfolio

    Investing your money in Environmental, Social, and Governance funds is a bad idea and it’s costing you a lot of money. Investors are finding out that ESG funds (Environmental, Social, and Governance) are a big failure, and they are bailing out of these underperforming funds as fast as they can. ESG is a framework used…

  • 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…