Great investments require great insight. But that doesn't mean the insight has to be original.

For example, imagine buying shares of in 1984. It would have required some foresight. Personal computers (PCs) were still bizarre, perplexing devices to many people back then.

Yet, plenty of articles appeared in the 1980s (and earlier) stating the case for why PCs would be so important. Moreover, others may simply have seen Apple's famous ad invoking the movie 1984 and decided they wanted to invest in a plucky start-up that was challenging the establishment, represented by IBM.

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