Billion dollar Unicorns are more evident today than when Noah was filling the ARK. The speed at which companies are becoming uber valuable is flat out amazing. Surprising yes, unless one was smart enough to understand how the internet, and software was connecting people in ways that only few ascertained.
Regardless of what asset you are using to build a portfolio or trade having a clear idea of its risks and rewards are very important. However, understanding yourself is even more paramount.
In the past investors were limited in choices between paper assets like stocks , bonds and trust deeds, and physical assets. Physical assets were all forms of commodities (DBC, quote) , real estate, precious metals, agricultural, energies etc , along of course their labor.
