Reddit reviews The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming Cashless Society
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So for instance, I don't have a huge tech background but I'm interested in playing the secular trend of increased internet usage. So companies like Ciena and Infinera seem potentially intriguing to me in the long term. Today I am picking up "Tube: A Journey to the Center of the Internet" so that I can become familiar with internet infrastructure.
I also think payments companies have interesting opportunities for growth globally: MasterCard & eBay (through paypal) in particular. Thomas Russo, a prominent value investor, like MasterCard. So I go and watch long interviews with their CEO, Ajay Banga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APofFnWcfZY
Or this one with eBay's James Donahoe:
http://insider.thomsonreuters.com/link.html?cn=share&cid=1090116&shareToken=MzplNWQxNDNhOC04NDE1LTQ2YjctYTA0OS04NzhkOTNkZDIyMTA%3D
I'm also going to read "The End of Money" for further depth/color:
http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Money-Counterfeiters-Dreamers--/dp/0306818833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371759157&sr=8-1&keywords=the+end+of+cash
Might all of this be a waste of time? Depends on how you look at it. I am probably not going to finish reading these things and then know where I should invest. However, over the long term, I will be more knowledgeable opportunities that arise and more likely to understand them. If I keep doing this day after day and being patient and apply value investing principles, over the course of decades I think I should be able to grow my savings substantially.