Personally, I have invested in around ten U.S. companies and will continue to do so. That doesn't give me a strong experience in the American market. But I have an understanding of the public.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been part of founding three companies that have gone public. It doesn't seem like a big number, but it's actually a lot.
I'm invested in about 13 private companies. I've advised probably another 50 private companies.
Many U.S. investors are already investing overseas rather than at home.
There is no question of the benefits that opening a market of a billion people will bring to American businesses. But as I said last year, this will test China and the world trade system.
From my experience, there are so many regulations for investing in the United States that they become an impediment, a barrier to investing.
There are good examples of companies - Coca-Cola is one - that invested before there was a huge market in countries, and I think that ended up playing out to their benefit for decades to come.
Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.
I still happen to think the United States is the greatest place in the world to invest.
We are No. 1 worldwide by quite a margin on the client side and expanding, according to IDC and others, every single quarter. Our expectation is that the industry will consolidate and that more of our competitors will exit.
Our criteria is that it's okay to invest in companies so long as they stop lobbying in Washington, stop exploring for new hydrocarbons, and sit down with every one else to plan to keep 80 percent of the reserves in the ground.
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