Confused About Where to Invest in 2017? Follow the Money

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Where do the savvy investors place their focus in 2017? One place is the technological wonders available to the general public that were once thought futuristic.

R2D2 has come to us with the name Alexa and speaks and understands your commands in your native language very well. A new form of virtual digital money has been made available to the masses. Is it safe? Can we really rely on the promises that a better economy is on the horizon. I for one can admit my uncertainty. But with each new day comes the challenge of survival once again.

With the myriad of investment opportunities available,  just like Luke Skywalker 'You must choose' your financial destiny, because the traditional ways of earning and saving have gone the way of the once popular horse and carriage. It's so confusing because there are more financial instruments available than ever before.  Where do you invest?   

The more I think about this, the more frequently this old adage keeps repeating itself to me, 'Follow the money.'

One of the things that we have now at our advantage in this age  is the transparency in investment amounts from all hedge funds and corporate entities with holdings and corporate expenditures above US $1 million. The question to ask is where are the big investments of capital going?

From my personal research over the last quarter of 2016, I found sizeable investments in the production of semiconductors for computer chips, including Qualcomm's (QCOM)  $47 billion merger with NXP.

Agribusiness also showed investment, specifically with the $66 billion used by Bayer A.G. to acquire Monsanto Inc.

We are also seeing very large investments in space transportation, including the launching of communications satellites and the possibility of space travel and exploration of our closest neighboring planet, Mars. Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) invested a cool $1 billion into SpaceX before their first successful launch.

We can look directly into the security holdings of the most successful traders on Wall St. like George Soros and Warren Buffet. We have also seen IBM make a sizeable investment in cloud storage in Europe.

The one thing that can be concluded from these investments is that we can rely on them to give us a direction to flow within the market. These entities are not in the business of losing money. To take that point just one step further, these entities are not in the business of losing billions of dollars.

The names I just mentioned are setting a direction for personal investments for the average investor. All investors need to do is jump on them. Gains were made from QCOM, GOOGL and IBM from investments that were made as recently as the third quarter of 2016.

Let's look at the holdings of Warren Buffett and George Soros.

Mr. Buffett's holdings through the investment arm of his enterprise, Berkshire Hathaway, have been published from his 13F filing from the 3rd quarter of 2016.

Buffett’s largest holding is in The Kraft Heinz Co. (KHC). As of his last filing he held $29,147,573,000 worth of that security. We could regurgitate the boring specs of the stock, like its P/E ratio, and the revenue amounts, but that has already been done for you. Most assuredly these numbers have been crunched by individuals that can trade better than you or me, and they believe in the company to the tune of almost $30 billion.

The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)

Next let's look at the holdings of George Soros through his investment firm,  Soros Fund Management LLC. The largest position is in Liberty Broadband Corp (LBRDK). The fund holds $636,078,000 worth of stock, and the stock has performed well over a twelve month period.

Liberty Broadband Corporation (LBRDK)

Our quest for today was to find guidance to enter the market this year. And my proposal to you was to follow the big money investments as well as investing along with proven winners trading stocks like Warren Buffett and George Soros. Some of the uncertainty of the political and financial arenas can be eased knowing you're in good company with your investing strategies.