A Lesson from a 25-Pound Egg

What you’re looking at is the World’s Largest Czech Egg.

I know, I know, I’d never seen anything like it, either. In fact, when I first saw the World’s Largest Czech Egg on the left side of I-70, I thought I was having a heat-induced hallucination.

The egg is located 219 miles into the state of Kansas. At a remarkable 25 feet in height, it towers above most of the buildings in its host town, Wilson.

A cheery informational panel informed me that the occupants of Wilson took over 2,000 hours to complete the egg, a fact that floored me more than the outrageousness of the structure itself.

The fact that people devoted so many hours to a giant egg in a roadside town is enough to make just about anyone’s head spin.

But in Kansas, the egg is famous. And it became one of the most remarkable portions of my road trip.

At this point, you may be wondering why I’m sharing this with you. To be truthful, every investor can learn a valuable lesson from this 25-foot-tall egg: time and profit.

You see, the World’s Largest Czech Egg took an incredible amount of time to produce.

But that time was worth it because the egg has laid the foundation for tourism, and from tourism comes profit. 

And that is a lesson for you: The most promising investments are often years in the making. 

You just need to know when to strike. 

The Road of Progress is a Road to Profit

While the World’s Largest Czech Egg took a tremendous amount of time to build, it could boost tourism and change the fate of a whole town. 

And profitable progress isn’t just true for communities. It’s true for the investing world as well. To better understand what I mean, we have to take a step back in history. 

Just take one look into the past, and you’ll see that some of the most promising technologies on the market took years to create. 

Scientists first started tinkering with the idea of virtual reality in the 1920s.

Today, virtual reality is projected to be worth $15.9 billion by 2020.

And then there is artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence has been fascinating the public since 1952, and now the sector is expected to be worth $70 billion. 

All of that brings me to the technology I want to talk about today: 5G. 

Put simply, 5G will be the latest and greatest version of our mobile network. It also may be the most critical innovation of the decade, taking an incredible 34 years to produce. 

And that 34-year period has been lined with profit. 

Let me explain. 

5G Has Been Delivering Profits for 34 Years

To understand exactly why 5G technology has the potential to be so profitable, you have to take a step back in history and look at the technologies that have helped pave the path: 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G. 

Let’s start with 1G. 1G is the very first mobile network in existence, and it stands for first generation. 

The phone that used the world’s first mobile network was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X.

This massive phone would have set you back nearly $4,000 and would have provided you with just 30 minutes of talk time. 

Considering that our phones today are small computers, the DynaTAC is not very impressive.

But to the people in 1984, it was stupendous.

They wanted it. And that demand sent the stock prices of the companies behind the phone through the roof. The phone’s manufacturer, Motorola, saw its stock increase by over 900%, and AT&T saw its stock surge by over 300%

That is incredible growth. And when it comes to mobile networks, it’s not a unique incident. 

Fast-forward a handful of years, and you’ll see the same thing happen with the introduction of 2G. 

In the 1990s, world-famous company Sprint became a 2G provider, rolling out the world’s second generation of mobile networks. 

In the wake of the technology rollout, Sprint’s stock increased by over 430%.

Another 2G provider, Ericsson, netted even more impressive gains, with the stock increasing by over 3,000%.

To this day, investors have been able to rake in profits on every generation of mobile networks. 

And if you haven’t yet, then 5G may be your turn. 

You see, 5G may just be the most important evolution of our mobile networks to date. It will provide the infrastructure we need to move into the future.

Why 5G Could Be the Most Profitable Generation of Mobile Network

Why is 5G so incredible? Put simply, we need a technology like 5G so we can continue to advance.  

While previous mobile networks have been groundbreaking and profitable, they simply can’t keep up with the demand of modern technology. 

Just look at 4G.

While 4G has improved dramatically in the last year, it has fallen short in many areas, specifically latency. 

Latency is the term used to refer to the kinds of delays that occur on a data network. The goal for mobile network providers is to create a low-latency network, since they experience small delay times. 

Our current 4G network has issues with latency, and that means it isn’t the best tool for emerging industries. 

The Internet of Things is a good example.

In order for the Internet of Things to function, machines need to be able to communicate efficiently and quickly. That kind of communication requires a low-latency network. 

5G is expected to be incredibly low latency. In fact, that is the whole goal behind it. 

That means 5G will not only be the latest evolution of a network series 34 years in the making, but it will also be the most advanced and powerful network to exist. And that has the money pouring in. The whole 5G market is now expected to be worth over $1 trillion by 2026!

And you could potentially profit from that growth. You just need to find the right companies. 

Lucky for you, we have a few in mind. Wealth Daily’s lead technology analyst Jason Stutman just prepared a new presentation on a handful of stocks that could skyrocket in the 5G boom. To view this presentation, click here. 

And in closing, remember that progress often leads to profit, and some of the best gains are years in the making. 

Best of luck with your investments, 

Alexandra Perry

@AlexandraPerryC on Twitter

Alexandra Perry is a contributing analyst for Wealth Daily and Energy and Capital. She has multiple years of experience working with startup companies, primarily focusing on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, alternative energy, and biotech. Her take on investing is simple: a new age of investor can make monumental returns by investing in emerging industries and foundational startup ventures.