The old saying goes, “If it was easy, everyone would do it.” This cliché rings true when it comes to big trend investing. Even in today’s high-tech world, finding business and technology ideas with extreme wealth creation potential is still very much a “low-tech” process. So much of it comes down to old-fashioned detective work. It takes a heck of a lot of time, but it’s worth it to get to the big stories before everyone else. And as I’m sure you’ve guessed, it’s one of the things I love to do. I’m always digging deep to uncover the next big trends to invest in, and today I want to share three that are worth considering for your portfolio.

Apple (AAPL) is the winner in the race to become the first U.S. company to hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion. Yes, you read that right – trillion! It’s a remarkable achievement, and it’s pretty cool that there was even a race to that level. Amazon (AMZN) is not far behind at $920 billion, and both Alphabet (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) have market caps over $8 billion. Facebook (FB) was in the race before it got hit after earnings (although I think that’s a long-term buying opportunity). I was lucky enough to be in New York and appearing live on Yahoo Finance at the very moment AAPL went over the $1 trillion mark. We were already talking about the company when it happened.

Apple (AAPL) is getting most of the buzz today after the stock jumped 5% on earnings and drove the company’s market cap to $985 billion, making it the leader in the race to become the first company valued at $1 trillion. iPhone sales were actually below estimates, but the company beat on both earnings and revenue thanks to better-than-expected results in software and services, which grew 31%. It’s abundantly clear that iPhone sales have leveled off. It will always be a big moneymaker for the company, but growth will never be what it was.