By Investment U Research Team Thematic investing is the belief that major trends are the key to big gains in the market. Thematic investors seek to get in at the ground floor of a movement before it takes off. Sometimes, this means buying and holding for years or at a loss. The theory is that an early enough entry point will yield significant, substantial returns as the theme comes to fruition.
The best way to look at this investing strategy is to look at the rise of game-changing innovations in the past. Imagine buying into Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) in 2002, when the company IPO-ed as …read more