JBL: Ahead of the Curve

The key to making big money is being ahead of the curve. The further ahead the better.

T. Boone Pickens has spent his life ahead of the curve. He made money in oil when no one wanted to own oil. He saw the coming energy crisis. People considered him crazy, and with a name like T. Boone, that moniker seemed to fit. Now people just consider him rich.

Growing up in West Texas, I learned a couple of things were true: Friday nights were reserved for high school football, and summers had water rationing. T. Boone is now buying up water rights in the West Texas Ogallala aquifer. Some believe he will make more off water than he made off oil. He is still way ahead of the curve. ...