What is 'investing' ?

Let's start with this question, to provide some clarity. In a basic sense, investing means to forgoe some consumption today, in order to be able to have more resources (time, money, wisdom etc.) later. That is probably the main drive of why people invest. No one would forgoe consumption today to be even poorer at a later stage.

Mostly people invest time and money into something, to get something in return later that makes them better off. A university degree is a good example. Instead of heading to work and earn money today, you may decide to study for a number of years, in which you don't earn anything - but indeed you have to pay a shitload of mones to take the degree. Any why? Because chances are that with a degree you have many more opportunities to access high-paying jobs later, paying off your original investment plenty of time.

Good investments also serve a broader economic and social interest, contrary to what socialst thinkers believe. It makes, as in the example above, people smarter. And if we talk about financial investments, it enables companies to develop newer and better goods and services, which then again benefit the society at large. At least if you invest into the right companies that is.

So an economy in which many individual undertake smart investments will be considerably better off than one in which people spend all their income on consumption, and spend all their time in front of TV.

As such, your decision to invest - and as such to become an investor - needs to be applauded to. 

High yields are possible where there is a high upside potential. That means your investment target has the potential to increase in value multiple times in a relative short time span. 

Fact is that it simply depends where you put your money to. I do have a friend who was one of the very early investors in bitcoin. I laughed at him at the time, because I found the whole idea of 'internet money' quite silly. Well, he proved me wrong, and he is, I tell the truth, a millionaire by now. He invested some money and waited. Ok. I still don't understand bitcoin even today, but what I want to reiterate is that there are a few opportunities that pay off very well. UPSIDE POTENTIAL HERE IS KEY. BUYING LOW, WHEN THERE IS A REALISTIC CHANCE THAT THE VALUE OF THE COMPANY WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY.

And while my friend learned a few things about bitcoins before he invested, everyone who targets a specific high-return industry also needs to learn some aspects about it. But this is no magic. It doesn't require years or even momnths of effort.

So, since I am still agnostic about bitcoins, what is the industry that I recommend? My target is an industry that works every day to provide the world with something it needs every day. And every year that passes, it needs more of it.

Delivering hope

Note that I said 'deliver hope', and 'potential deposit'. Share prices will raise even if there won't be an economic deposit at the end. But of course, there must be increasing evidence  that there might be. 

When the company drills and hits gold in an area that was suspected to contain gold before, it made a discovery. It is still no proof that a mine will be built here at the end.

But that does not need to bother us. The investor who understands a bit of the industry can have made lots of money until this point.

And you can sterilize your exposure early on, i.e. minimize your capital at risk as well. If the company goes on to be successful - even better. You can make 1000% and beyond. If it turns out there is not enough in the ground for a mine - you leave, but with susbstantial profits made until this point.