The Next Great Boom Will Be Bigger Than the 1990sBy Matt McCall, editor, The McCall Report
The next 10 years will be the greatest 10 years in stock market history... As I shared yesterday, millions of investors are going to miss out on the biggest gains – but you don't have to be one of them. The U.S. economy is on the verge of a massive expansion... a period of unimaginable innovation and vast wealth creation. This phenomenon is massive. And it's the overarching trend I will be researching and recommending over the coming months and years. It's going to be an amazing decade to be invested in stocks... especially technology stocks. We know this because the kind of boom that's coming, while bigger than ever, is not unique. It has happened before. You see, right now, the market reminds me a lot of the early 1990s. But before I get to that, let's back up a little further... Stocks went on a huge bull run from 1982 to 1989. The market more than doubled in seven years. But as the new decade approached, folks in the media were warning that it was time to take profits and prepare for a long downturn. Here are just a few examples... - Michael Lewis' classic Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street, about the excesses of Wall Street, was climbing to the top of the New York Times bestseller list.
- Businessweek published a somber cover story: "Does the Market Matter?"
- The New York Times quoted one trader who said if "you overdid the bullish scenario on the upside, you went above real value," while another said that "the market moved on air... [eroding] the real value of these companies."
- And Time observed that the market had reached "such dizzying heights that a correction of some sort seemed almost inevitable."
The Washington Post capped off the year on December 31, 1989 in an article titled "The Stock Market From the Roaring '80s to the Sober '90s"... In 1989 the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 stocks soared by about 25 percent, capping off the greatest decade of stock market performance since the 1950s. And yet, as the year drew to a close, there was relatively little enthusiasm about stocks to be found among investors or stock market analysts. Practically everyone on Wall Street and in the media thought the good times were over. It was inevitable. The boom had run its course. Better get out while the getting was good... Then the 1990s came – and they were an even bigger success than the 1980s. Employment surged to record levels as the Baby Boomers entered their prime. It was the longest-running economic expansion in U.S. history. And the stock market soared, too. In fact, the '90s were one of the best decades ever for stocks. The market quadrupled in value. Take a look... Many of the most innovative stocks did even better. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index was up nearly 900% over the same time frame. U.S. tech companies like Microsoft (MSFT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), and AOL all became global juggernauts. All of this happened because of technology. Three important technologies were just emerging – the cellphone, the personal computer, and the Internet. Whenever new technologies enable companies to do things cheaper, faster, and better, you can expect a boom. And that's exactly what happened in the '90s. By the end of the decade, everyone had a cellphone and a personal computer and was using the Internet. As a result of these life-changing technologies, people and companies became more efficient and more productive. Stocks raged in response. The average annual return for the decade was more than 18% per year. Today, that's the exact setup we're seeing... except this time, the trends and technologies are even more powerful. It's so powerful that I'm calling the next decade the "Roaring 2020s." The real opportunity will be when these new technologies begin to overlap. At the end of this decade, our lives will be completely different than they are now... - Most people will be driving EVs, whereas now only 2% of cars are electric. That will be a $1 trillion-plus market generating 100-fold returns.
- In 10 years, driverless cars will be routine, chauffeuring millions of people to work and to play. The repercussions across other industries as a result of this will be monumental.
- Health care will become more effective and less invasive... Gene editing and telehealth, to name just two niche fields in the space, will lead to breakthrough technologies and great investments.
- Artificial intelligence will change the way we operate businesses... and how we shop online.
Over the next decade, the convergence of artificial intelligence, 5G networks, genomics, breakthrough battery technology, EVs, alternative energy, quantum computing, and so much more will lead to the creation of industries that we cannot fathom today. Soon, we'll see more rapid changes in a single year than your grandparents saw in their entire lifetimes. But none of that will matter if you listen to the average financial news headline... As I covered yesterday, we're seeing the same kind of fear and pessimism that came before the historic '90s boom. And that's why you need to be on board. You need to know one last thing, though... The innovative "household names" that everyone knows – like Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), and Alphabet (GOOGL) – are in a race to become the first to cross the coveted $10 trillion valuation line. That means potential 500% to 1,000% growth as this boom plays out. But the truly innovative companies – the ones that can return 100 times your money – won't be found anywhere near the top of today's S&P 500 Index list. They are just getting started. I'm talking about businesses that can return 10,000% on your capital. That's a target of $1 million for every $10,000 that you put in. If you hit just a few 100X winners, you can be completely assured of your financial security in retirement. And you'll never have to watch CNBC or CNN again. Here's to the future, Matt McCall Editor's note: If Matt is correct, the bull run we've seen so far is only the beginning. That's why he's focused on identifying the stocks that should soar the most as the next wave of tech innovations transforms our lives. So whether you're still worried about a crash, or just asking yourself how to make the biggest potential gains from here, make sure you check out Matt's latest presentation... You can view it right here. |
| Further Reading Technological innovations are about to change our daily lives. And that means owning the right individual stocks could lead to exponential gains. We saw this during the dot-com boom... Get the full story here: This Investing Advantage Could Be the Secret to Massive Wealth. "The early days of any technological revolution are full of change," Matt writes. History shows that the next wave of tech giants will change the world forever – with massive gains along the way... Read more here. | |
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