| If you look at Apple (AAPL) today, you'll see one of the world's most successful companies. Thanks to its market value, it's one of the charter members of the exclusive “trillion-dollar club.” Its name is also its brand. Whether in the form of a phone, watch, tablet, computer, or set of earbuds, Apple products are everywhere. Indeed, nearly two-thirds of American households own an Apple device, and 20% have more than three. The company's market value is almost equal to the gross domestic product of France. But 25 years ago, almost no one could have foreseen this rich future. Apple was 90 days from bankruptcy, shares were in a free fall, and the wolves were at the door. The company's journey over the past 25 years — and all the shareholder wealth it created in the process — is the literal definition of a moonshot. Little wonder people invest so much energy in finding the next one. We invested some energy of our own — digging around the market's outer edges — and came away with a candidate… a “moonshot bet” for streaming. A company called Fubo (FUBO). Wall Street handicappers refer to companies like Fubo as “binary bets” — either a zero or a one. We're talking about an all-or-nothing wager: If Fubo can hook onto some powerful consumer trends, and successfully engineer a business-model transition that's already underway, it'll deliver a moonshot payoff; if it stumbles, or fails outright, it'll disappear like smoke on a windy day. But the Fubo tale is one worth listening to. Because it has that kind of moonshot potential… Click here to keep reading Until next time,
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