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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

Bill Gates

Opportunities

Bill Gates wants to build a Nuclear Reactor in Wyoming

TerraPower and PacifiCorp, a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) subsidiary will build and operate the reactor, Business Insider claims. TerraPower executives hope to begin construction on the reactor in 2024 and complete it by 2028.

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Market Insanity

Is Bill Gates Right about Eight to 10 Teslas?

“There will be eight Teslas, 10 Teslas,” Gates said at the SSOV Climate Tech Summit. “And only one of them is, is well-known today.”

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Opportunities

Hot Nuclear Fusion developers bag $267 million in investment

 
 I cannot imagine billionaires such as Gates, Ma, and Bezos investing in fusion if they did not think they could make money from it.

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Market Wisdom

Twelve Ways to Increase your Knowledge

 Read nonfiction books. When you read for pleasure read non fiction. To make it easier to read begin with areas of knowledge you enjoy. Importantly, Gates posts lists of nonfiction books he reads at his Gates Notes blog.

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Opportunities

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Jack Ma investing in Hot Fusion Company

To explain, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) appears on a list of companies Gates’ hedge fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is investing in, Quartz reveals. Importantly, Commonwealth claims it can commercialize hot nuclear fusion within 15 years.

The first goal at CFS is to build a tokamak fusion reactor capable of generating 100 Megawatts (MW) of electricity, a press release reveals. In detail, 100 MW is enough juice to power a city of 100,000 people or the size of Boulder, Colorado.

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Hyperloop

Is Bill Gates right about the Canadian National Railway?

Bill Gates’ most unusual investment; at least from a tech geek’s perspective is the Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI). Blomberg

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Market Insanity

Is Canadian Pacific the Most Overvalued Railroad?

Even with its lower price Canadian National is a very good stock. It is scheduled to reward investors with a dividend of 30.4¢ on June 7, 2017. That’s down slightly from 30.7¢ on March 8, but up from 28.2¢ on December 7, 2016. So Bill Gates is also a pretty good dividend picker as well as a value investor.

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Market Insanity

Bill Gates wants Robots to Pay Income Tax

The world’s richest man wants robots to pay income tax – if they take humans’ jobs.

Bill Gates endorsed the idea of a “robot tax;” on automations that replace human workers, in video interview with Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney.

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Hyperloop

Bill Gates Organizes League of Billionaires to Fight Climate Change

Bill Gates has become a real life superhero who is out to save the world from climate change. The Microsoft

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