To begin this point task, I am going to let y’all in on a little secret of mine: Cedric Wilkins II was born and raised poor. He just simply does not come from a family that had the opportunity to do much investing, so he does not really understand the nuances of the investment field. What he does know, though, is this: if he is going to consider investing, he wants to choose something stable, something that will definitely still be there once he hits retirement. Now, your gut reaction hearing that might be to say, “oh, so he plans to invest in big technology companies, like Google or Apple,” and you certainly have a point; innovation can be key to survival, and there is little doubt that innovation is the driving force of our biggest technology companies. However, and this may surprise you, but Cedric Wilkins II is unconvinced that we will still see Google and Apple and the like as the leading giants of technology that they are now by the end of his career. Who knows what could come in the future of technology? So, to Cedric Wilkins II, the safe bet is something that has been around his whole life, something close to home: garbage. An investment in trash collection, he figures, is a safe move; our need to dispose of unwanted stuff will be a constant for the rest of our history, so garbage will always be a secure investment. That is the brain of a Junkyard Dog at work.
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