World's No.1 Investing Expert: The Big Shift Is Coming And This Investment Could Be 15x in 5 Years! - Cathie Wood

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**Steven Bartlett** (0:30)
I've read through a decade of your research to figure out what the best investment is, so anyone can get rich in the future. And you predicted that this will grow by at least 5,000 percent.

**Cathie Wood** (0:40)
Yes. And my conviction is so high because of what I do on a day-to-day basis.

**Steven Bartlett** (0:44)
Is there a woman on planet Earth that manages more money from an investing capacity than you?

**Cathie Wood** (0:50)
Maybe not. I'm overseeing nearly 30 billion dollars.

**Steven Bartlett** (0:54)
Okay, so I might have $500. What should I be doing with that?

**Cathie Wood** (0:58)
So this is all you need to know.

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Cathie Wood built a multi-billion-dollar fund by spotting trends before anyone else.

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And now, with over 40 years of market insight, she's showing you how and where to invest too.

**Cathie Wood** (1:09)
AI is the biggest technological disruption in history. And this incredible rate of change is making people uncomfortable. But if you are on the right side of change, investment opportunities and job opportunities are going to be enormous. But people don't know what to do. For example, many people think Apple is a very safe investment. It is probably going to be disrupted by artificial intelligence. But yet, Tesla is going to be the biggest.

**Steven Bartlett** (1:36)
You've invested just over 2 billion in Tesla?

**Cathie Wood** (1:39)
Yeah, because Tesla is the largest AI project on earth. So AI has to be a top priority, not an afterthought.

**Steven Bartlett** (1:49)
So I've got questions. What's your top 10 public stocks that anybody can invest in? What's the philosophy towards investing that will make one rich over time? And then if I want to invest in AI, how should I be investing my money?

**Cathie Wood** (2:00)
According to our research, these investments will go up more than 10-fold in the next 5 to 10 years, and create incredible opportunities for investors. So number one.

**Steven Bartlett** (2:14)
Quick one, just give me 30 seconds of your time. Two things I wanted to say. The first thing is a huge thank you for listening and tuning in to the show week after week. It means the world to all of us, and this really is a dream that we absolutely never had, and couldn't have imagined getting to this place. But secondly, it's a dream where we feel like we're only just getting started. And if you enjoy what we do here, please join the 24% of people that listen to this podcast regularly and follow us on this app. Here's a promise I'm going to make to you. I'm going to do everything in my power to make this show as good as I can now and into the future. We're going to deliver the guests that you want me to speak to and we're going to continue to keep doing all of the things you love about the show. Is there a woman on planet Earth that manages more money from an investing capacity than you?

**Cathie Wood** (3:06)
Well, there's probably not someone overseeing, yes, nearly $30 billion. But I know there are teams out there, including women, that manage maybe a lot more than that.

**Steven Bartlett** (3:21)
What is it that you do?

**Cathie Wood** (3:22)
Invest in companies that are going to, that are technologically enabled, and that are going to transform the world as we know it. Robotics, energy storage, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and multi-omic sequencing in the life science space. The last is the most complicated.

**Steven Bartlett** (3:47)
And how long have you been an investor?

**Cathie Wood** (3:49)
I started when I was 20 years old at a company called Capital Group. And I was introduced to the firm by Art Laffer. Now, Art Laffer, he's one of the most important economists of our time. He created something called the Laffer Curve. He's advised most presidents since President Nixon. And he's advising President Trump as well.

**Steven Bartlett** (4:13)
And how is these five big innovation platforms that you speak of, how is that going to have an impact on the average person's life? Like, why do they need to know this stuff? How is it going to change their decision making and change their career?