Networking kinda. I work with researchers as a student. everyone talks about products dropping. I know where to look for new things. I also just invest in politans stocks based on their net worth. Like a democrat today put in 400k (minimum amount congressional reporting is ranges so the max is like 1 mil or something I'm too lazy) into alphabet. So one of my stocks was alphabet and they gained 2.4% today
It was FDA approved yesterday. Investing in Pharma corps like that is dumb because of the value of the stock. I don’t have 600 i want to spend on one share that’s high risk because of the prominence of the company. Instead invest a decent amount into a small company that’s doing major research people just don’t look there