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View in browser SPONSORED Pentagon Just Signed $26 Billion With This Company - And You Can Get Pre-IPO Exposure Led by a man many are calling "the next Elon Musk"... his company is already working with every branch of the U.S. military. What most people don't realize is that you can still get pre-IPO exposure - for around $20. A trusted VC just revealed how. Click here to see the secret ticker - no email or credit card required. EDITOR'S NOTE In today's market, one of the most powerful advantages an investor can have is alignment with leadership that truly knows - and believes in - the business they run. Founder-led companies have historically delivered superior long-term returns because their leaders bring deep operational knowledge, personal conviction, and meaningful ownership to every decision. That's also why Alexander Green will be discussing founder-led opportunities - and other high-conviction investing themes - during our upcoming 2026 "Millionaire-Maker Summit" tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET. This complimentary event will explore why the next 180 days could create more wealth than the last three years combined - and where positioned investors should be focusing now. Click here to reserve your free seat. - Nicole Labra, Senior Managing Editor THE SHORTEST WAY TO A RICH LIFE It's Called "The Founder's Edge" for a Reason Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist, The Oxford Club Investors are forever looking for an edge, a reliable way to beat the market. Few of them actually work. Take market timing, for instance. If you look at a chart of the Dow, the Nasdaq, or the S&P 500, you can see distinct highs and lows. Not only from year to year, but month to month. Wouldn't it be great to get out of the market somewhere near the high and then back in somewhere near the low? And do this over and over again? And then - as long as you're dreaming - you can finally marry a lingerie model who owns a Ferrari dealership. Look back at market history, and the entry and exit points are obvious. Look ahead and all you'll ever see is a blank slate. Successful market timing isn't just difficult. It's impossible. That means there are two types of market timers. Those who don't know what they're doing... and those who don't know they don't know what they're doing. You can take my word on this... or try it yourself and learn an expensive lesson. Try to think of the name of the world's greatest market timer and you'll draw a blank. That's because the greatest equity investors have always been business analysts. They look at sales, earnings, operating margins, industry trends, product innovation, and quality of management, among other factors. I have written about all of these in the past. But today let's just focus on management. SPONSORED Income Specialist and Best Selling Author: "My #1 Energy Pick for 2025 is not a stock, bond, or private equity company." Click here for details. Every business is run by a team. And just like a great sports franchise needs an inspiring and visionary coach to maximize the win rate, so does a great company. And the best of the best is often the company founder. Jack Ablin, chief investment strategist at money manager Cresset, calls founder-led companies, "one of the most compelling structural investment opportunities in modern equity markets." That's an understatement. Over the past five years, founder-led companies in the S&P 500 beat that index by 167 percentage points. Companies run by outside "professional" CEOs lagged the index by 11 percentage points. Many corporations try to make their senior executives act like owners by showering them with options or restricted stock. That doesn't work. For starters, a professional CEO owns less than a fifth of the typical stakes of founders. And they are always looking to jump ship for a better deal. Superstar CEOs are as tough to hang onto as superstar athletes. Every team wants them, and someone is always willing to pay more. Founders, on the other hand, don't jump ship. Mark Zuckerberg isn't going to be lured away by Microsoft. And Jensen Huang won't leave to take the helm at Apple. Moreover, founders know more about their company, their employees, their suppliers, their products (and often their market) than anyone else. These are individuals with: Deep operational knowledge Clear insight into future catalysts Skin in the game Absolute conviction in their own business Yet there is another factor that is often overlooked: Founders very identities are tied to their companies. A long, profitable stretch is not just a satisfying achievement. It's a personal validation. They took big risks, managed the challenges, beat the odds - as well as the competition - and are enjoying the rewards. It's tough to put a dollar value on that. Ask any long-term holder of founder-led companies like Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA), Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA), Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META), Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), or Palantir (Nasdaq: PLTR). If you look at history - and the academic evidence - founder buying is one of the few consistently reliable indicators in the market. Bottom line? You don't need to predict the economy, or time the market, or outguess the Fed on rate cuts. You can start your search for the next great stock by focusing on the handful of hyper-competent individuals who know more about the companies they run than anyone else. What are some of today's fastest-growing, founder-led companies? Essent Group (NYSE: ESNT), Harrow (Nasdaq: HROW), Carvana (NYSE: CVNA), MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB), CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), Capital One (NYSE: COF), Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), and MercadoLibre (Nasdaq: MELI) are good examples. I'm not recommending that readers buy all these stocks. I'm just suggesting that it's a good place to begin your search for outperformers. For most executives, being so dedicated to your work that it forms a significant part of your identity is not healthy. With founders, it's an unavoidable reality. One that tends to benefit the other shareholders as well. Good investing, Alex P.S. Founder-led companies are just one example of the kind of edge smart investors are looking for right now. At the 2026 "Millionaire-Maker" Summit tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET, you'll hear directly from me about the rare economic forces lining up - and the specific sectors and strategies I believe are best positioned for outsized gains over the next six months. 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