"I'm not a financial advisor, but I am a lawyer who's spent enough time around markets to know how unpredictable they can be. I recently had some extra cash, and I wanted to invest it in something unique. I didn't want to put the money into the volatile stock market, bonds, crypto, or even real estate. When I ran out of options, I turned to an unlikely guide for help and found an even more unlikely answer. I turned to AI to help me invest"
"AI has been working well for me lately - helping me plan trips, organize work, and even write better, so I wanted to see what it could do with money. The prompt in ChatGPT was simple: "Tell me something creative to invest in, something most people wouldn't consider." It started its answer with a disclaimer: "This is by no means financial advice." After that, the AI thought for a moment and then confidently told me to buy trading cards, specifically Pokémon cards."
A lawyer with extra cash avoided stocks, bonds, crypto, and real estate and consulted AI for creative investment ideas. The AI recommended Pokémon trading cards, citing scarcity, cultural value, nostalgic demand, and intellectual-property durability, and claimed some cards can rival the S&P 500. Exploration of the market revealed sophistication: first-edition late-1990s base sets, Japanese exclusives, holographic "shadowless" variants, and selective reprints that matter to collectors. The investor rediscovered old cards and purchased new ones, framing the purchase as both an investment and a nostalgic hedge against traditional market volatility.
Read at Business Insider
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