About 562 articles by Matthew Milner

Get Paid To Eat at Your Favorite Restaurant

Last Saturday night, I went out with old friends to a classic downtown restaurant called Alta.

Alta specializes in Spanish “tapas”—small plates that are meant to be shared.

As always, Alta was packed, and over a few pitchers of sangria we started fantasizing about how amazing it would be to…

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Tags: Revenue sharing-deals

Social Security: Bankrupt!?

Are you counting on Social Security to help fund your retirement?

If so, you could be in for a rude awakening.

You see, if you’re like most Americans, you’ve been led to believe that Social Security will provide for you once you stop working.

But here’s the thing:

Social Security…

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Tags: Social security

Warning: Profits Slashed by 87%?!

Last week, I came across a new study that could have a major impact on your profits—and not the good kind of impact.

According to this report, your investment profits could get slashed by 87% (or even more) in the coming years.

Today, I’ll reveal the details of this disturbing…

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Tags: Buy low-sell-high

How the Ultra-Rich Make 1,000% Returns

In the early 2000s, The Oakland A’s baseball team did something unexpected:

It started winning.

The reason for its success? It used computer models to build the right team.

No more scouting for talent based on intuition. No more bias against pitchers who threw funny or looked funny. And no…

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Tags: Alternative investments

A Dead Simple Solution for a Better Retirement

In our articles last week, Wayne and I opened up a big can of worms:

The retirement crisis.

As we showed you, the average retiree has next to nothing saved for retirement...

And nearly half of all Americans have nothing saved at all.

But now that we’ve identified the problem,…

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Tags: Retirement

How Much You REALLY Need to Retire

Most workers in the U.S. retire between the ages of 60 and 65.

So what you’ll read next might come as a surprise:

The average 50-year-old has less than $50,000 saved for retirement…

And 45% of Americans have nothing saved at all. Zero!

What’s your situation? Do you have enough?

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Tags: Retirement

Peter Lynch's #1 Rule for Start-up Investing

A few years ago, a middle-aged guy named Jeremy heard about a new start-up.

He didn’t fully understand what the company did, but he thought it had potential—so he made a small investment in it.

Long story short: every $5,000 he invested turned into $1.25 million.

Today, I’ll tell you…

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Tags: Peter lynch Snapchat

The Next Harley Davidson?

James Dean had one.

So did Peter Fonda in “Easy Rider.”

And so do all the Hells Angels today

I'm referring, of course, to the coolest thing on two wheels:

Motorcycles. 

But now an innovative start-up is creating a new kind of motorcycle—

And as you’re about to learn,…

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Tags: Indicators Valuation

Three "Smart Money" Investments

Historically, venture investors have focused on one primary sector:

Technology.

Sure, what it means to “invest in tech” has changed over time…

In the 60s, for example, it meant backing the makers of silicon chips, whereas today it might mean backing drone start-ups, or artificial intelligence companies…

But tech is…

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Tags: Cb insights Food beverage-start-ups