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Pandemic Put Tailwind Behind Crypto Markets (video, left), Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Goldman Warns Against Pricing In An Election Outcome, Bloomberg Markets and Finance
3 Moves To Be Ready If The Stock Market Crashes Tomorrow, David Butler, The Motley Fool
Goldman Calling For Bull Market In Commodities For 2021, Natasha Turak, CNBC
Goldman’s Chief Economist Breaks Down Why Biden Win Will Be Good For Economy, Matthew Fox, Business Insider
CS Commentary: Both GS and Business Insider have long been bastions of the Democratic Party so its not surprising that they take this position. It might work short-term, but we fear that there will be long-term dangers and the US will deteriorate into a mass-scale Venezuela more quickly than Americans might think. We give a Harris-Biden administration 3+ years before the nation begins serious deterioration into chaos.
These Are The 3 Best Dividend Yield Investments For 2021, Michael Brush, MarketWatch
ECRI Leading Index Best Since March – Predicts Higher Economic Growth Ahead
Big Picture Bitcoin Since Inception, High (thin line) vs. Close (bar), Monthly
Bitcoin Surges To Highest Since July 2019 After Pay Pal Embrace, Valdana Hajric, Bloomberg
Former Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Manager: Bitcoin Will Surge To $1 Million – Here’s Why, Billy Bambrough, Forbes
Fearing Biden Tax Hikes, Wealthy Rushing To Change Estate Plans, Suzanne Barlyn, Yahoo Finance
Must Read – ‘China Is a Paper Tiger’ Says Hedge Fund Manager Kyle Bass, Silas Brown, Global Capital
Weekly Update: The Stock Market Has Correctly Predicted Every Presidential Election Since 1984 – Here’s What To Look For In 2020, Matthew Fox, Business Insider
CS Commentary: S&P 500 was at 3294 on August 3, 2020, exactly 3 months before the election. Update,10/27/20: the S&P 500 is around 3390. If the S&P is above its August 3 level on Election Day the incumbent President has won 100% of the time since 1985; and 87% of the time since 1928.
Goldman Sachs On Commodities (video, right), CNBC
Cathie Wood’s ARK ETF Sells The Dip In Tesla, Buys Some Fastly, Chris Katie, Benzinga
Podcast: Cathie Wood, Secrets Of The World’s Best Innovation Investor, Nathaniel Whittmore, Coindesk
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit May Bring $1 Billion Valuation, Howard Smith, The Motley Fool
Buffet Has 78% Of His Portfolio In These Five Stocks, Sean Williams, The Motley Fool
Global Perfect Storm Portfolio, Part 2 – Building Bridges, Seaborn Hall, Common Sense Money; Also see, Building The Global ‘Perfect Storm’ Portfolio, Short Version, updated 2/29/20, Seaborn Hall, Common Sense Money; Also see, Lazy Portfolio ETF – Different ETF Portfolio Options, with alternative choices for risk, Lazy Portfolio
Must Read – Investors And Retirees Perfect Storm Warning: Market Crash, Hyperinflation, & Massive Tax Hikes, Jeff Camarda, Forbes; Also see, How Likely Is Hyperinflation in the U.S.? Advisor Perspectives
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Cryptocurrency
This Week:
Bitcoin About To Break Out?
Crypto Market Cap and Prices, 10/24/20
Hedge Fund Billionaire Tudor Says Bitcoin Rally On In First Inning, Zack Voell, Coindesk
Still So Early – 7% Of Americans Have Bought Bitcoin, Study Finds, Joseph Young, Cointelegraph
Forget Ethereum, Di-Fi Is Being Built On Bitcoin, Edan Yago, Coindesk
A 90x Return in Five Years? Former Hedge Fund Manager Predicts Bitcoin About To Break Out, Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch
Enormous Wall Of Money Coming Into Bitcoin, Price To Reach $1 Million In Five Years: Hedge Fund Manager, Kevin Helms, Bitcoin News
Previous Weeks:
Here Are The Top Public Companies That Have Adapted Bitcoin As A Reserve Asset, Jeffrey Gogo, Bitcoin News
Bitcoin Price Turns Bullish After Square’s $50 Million BTC Purchase – $11K Next? Michael van de Poppe, Cointelegraph
Coinbase Hemorrhages Employees Following Controversial [read, ‘Courageous’] Cultural Stance, Benjamin Pirus, Cointelegraph
CS Commentary: 5% of employees leaving is not exactly a ‘hemorrhage’
Bitcoin Has Tendency Of Adding Zeros To Its Price: Bloomberg, Michael Kapilkov, Cointelegraph
Grayscale Investments Scooped Up Over 17,000 BTC In The Last Seven Days, Jamie Redman, News Bitcoin
Neal Richardson Says Expect Federal Reserve To Launch A Digital Currency, Mike Zimmerman, Barron’s
Crypto Outperforms Gold, Equities In 2020 (video, right), Bloomberg Markets and Finance
100 Million People Worldwide Use Crypto Based Assets: Cambridge, Felipe Erazo, Cointelegraph
Coinbase Has Drawn A Line In The Sand For Its Activist Employees, Pete Pachal, Coindesk
What Is DeFi? Alyssa Hertig, Coindesk
IBM Executive Says Blockchain Becoming Useful Business Tool, Rachel Wolfson, Cointelegraph
Chime Now Worth $4.5 Billion Surging Past Robinhood As Most Valuable US Consumer FinTech, Hugh Son, CNBC
Bitcoin Bull Tim Draper Reveals Secrets Of His Alt Portfolio, Joshua Mapperson, Cointelegraph
3 Reasons Traders Turned Bullish With Bitcoin At $10.7K, Joseph Young, Cointelegraph
Crypto Market Cap and Prices, 10/03/20
Time To Go Up? Bitcoin To $100,000, William Suberg, Cointelegraph
Mad Money Host Jim Cramer Forecasts Generational Wealth Storage Shift, Benjamin Pirus, Cointelegraph
CNBC’s Jim Cramer Changes Mind, Finally Putting Money Into Bitcoin, Nicholas Otieno, Blockchain
No One Can Refuse Chinese Digital Currency, Says Central Bank Exec, Helen Partz, Cointelegraph
Time To Go Up? Bitcoin To $100,000, William Suberg, Cointelegraph
Mad Money Host Jim Cramer Forecasts Generational Wealth Storage Shift, Benjamin Pirus, Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Echoing 2017 Bull Run, William Suberg, Cointelegraph
Bitcoin To End 2020 In Style: 3 Factors Predict Price Surge, Joseph Young, Cointelegraph
Bitcoin To $300,000? $80-100,000 In Next Run-Up/Coinbank Going Public? (video, left), Thinking Crypto
Bitcoin Will Break $400K In Long Term, $100K By Late 2021, Morgan Creek Predicts, Helen Partz, Cointelegraph
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Common Sense Interpretation
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The Big Picture, 9/30/20
S&P 500 Performance By Sector Year-to-Date
The Stock Market Has Correctly Predicted Every Presidential Election Since 1984 – Here’s What To Look For In 2020, Matthew Fox, Business Insider
CS Commentary: S&P 500 was at 3294 on August 3, 2020, exactly 3 months before the election. Update,10/07/20: the S&P 500 is around 3420.
Must Read – Don’t Discount The Dollar Yet – It Will Remain The Global Reserve Currency, Joseph W. Sullivan, Foreign Policy
Quote: “Nonetheless, Beijing’s recent actions have eviscerated the yuan’s prospects as a real reserve currency.” For a more comprehensive treatment, see Evaluating The Arguments For The Dollar’s Demise, Advisor Perspectives
Must Read: Why Gold Prices Are Hitting All Time Highs, Justin Verdon, Mineral Prices
These Are The Next FANG Stocks ARK Portfolio Manager Says As Fund Sees Record Breaking Inflows, Lizzie Gurdus, CNBC
Bond King Gundlach: Trump Will Beat Biden, Avoid The Bond Market, Robert Huebscher, Advisor Perspectives
Must Read: Social Security’s Funding Crisis Has Arrived, Gary Schilling, Bloomberg
A Look Back: How Likely Is Hyperinflation In The U.S.? Seaborn Hall, Advisor Perspectives
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Current Mortgage and Refinance Rates For October 2020, Bank Rate
Financial Advisor’s 2019 Top 600+ RIA Rankings, FA
Financial Advisor’s 2019 RIA Top 50 Fastest Growing Firms, FA
Everything You Need To Know About Credit Scores, Finimpact
Forex Trading Industry Statistics 2020, Daily Forex
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Books:
An Explosive Story Of Treachery Within The Trump Administration, William Marshall, Townhall
Culture:
Kirstie Alley on Hannity After Receiving Backlash For Trump Support (video, right), Fox News
How to Prepare For A Contested Election, Josh Hammer, Townhall
Must Read – Trump Resistance Plans Mass Mobilization Effort After Election To Shut Down Country If Biden Does Not Win, Joy Pullman, The Federalist
The Strange Fate of Jordan Peterson, Michael Washburn, Book and Film Globe
The First Woman Executed In Virginia In 100 Years, Medium
Justice Department Files Landmark Antitrust Case Against Google, The Week
Battle For Senate 2020, Real Clear Politics
Health/Fitness/Relationships:
Must See – Coronavirus: Air On Planes Safer Than Homes (video, left), Fox News
Must See – Former Obama Staffer Describes Obama-Biden Handling Of Swine Flu: ‘We Did Everything Wrong,’ (video, right) Dinesh D’Souza
Must See – CA Doctor Successfully Cures 1700 Covid-19 Patients Using Hydroxychloroquine, OAN
Masks Don’t Stop Coronavirus – End The Lies: Dr. Zelenko, David Sidman, Israel 365
CS Commentary: One perspective. What masks do is retard vocal spray from the person wearing them, which minimizes the chances of infection for others around the mask-wearing person, as long as social distancing is in play.
Must See – The Jury Is in On Hydroxychloroquine – ‘it saves lives, Sky News Australia
Must See – Why Are The Democrats And Liberal Media Suppressing Convincing Data That Hydroxychloraquine Is Effective Against Covid-19?, Life, Liberty And Levin, James Moore
Update: CDC Home Pages On Coronavirus; Also see here; Also see, CDC Updated Global Map On Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus, CDC; Also see, Coronavirus Resource Center, John Hopkins University
Medicare And Coronavirus, medicare.gov
Movies:
Matthew McConaughey On 2020 Election: Time To Get Constructive (video, left), Fox News
CS Commentary: Celebrities get a pass for taking a long time to say absolutely nothing, especially when they are as cool and articulate as McConaughey – and they also have a nifty Lincoln commercial working for them. Talk about comments far behind and out of touch with the Zeitgeist – that’s what you get here. But, Ainsley can’t help but just flutter her eyes and sigh at the handsome Matthew. Maybe they should call this a ‘flutter piece’ instead of a fluff piece.
Robert Downey Jr: It’s Not Evil For Chris Pratt To Be A Christian, Jordan Davidson, The Federalist
Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer Become Honorary Naval Aviators Ahead Of Top Gun: Maverick Debut, Alexia Fernandez, People
Dinesh D’Souza’s New Film ‘Trump Card’ With Mike Lindell, Dinesh D’Souza
A Third Ten – More Under-rated Films For Lockdown Viewing, Seaborn Hall, Common Sense Interpretation
Ten More Under-rated Films For Lockdown Viewing, Seaborn Hall, Common Sense Interpretation; Also see, Ten Under-rated Films For Lockdown Viewing, Seaborn Hall, Common Sense Interpretation
Music:
Richie Sambora Responds To Bon Jovi Saying He ‘Wished Richie Had His Life Together’, jomatami, Ultimate Guitar
Michael Jackson ‘Beat It’, Official Video (video, left), Michael Jackson
CS Commentary: Released in February 1983 and rose on The Billboard Hot 100 to #1, where it stayed for 3 weeks. Van Halen did the solo in the middle of the song, apparently in one take. Steve Lukather of Toto is responsible for the guitar rift, below…Quincy Jones produced.
Eddie Van Halen: How The Guitarist Gave Michael Jackson A Big Hit With ‘Beat It,’ Rock ‘N Roll True Stories; Also see, How Eddie Van Halen Corrupted, Then Saved, Valerie Bertinelli, Fox News/NY P
Steve Lukather, Toto Guitarist, Remembering His Famous Guitar Riff on ‘Beat It’, Andrea Pradella
‘Living On A Prayer’ 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
CS Commentary: According to Wikipedia, Living On a Prayer was “released in late 1986, was well received at both rock and pop radio and its music video was given heavy rotation at MTV, giving the band their first No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and their second consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit.”
Jon Bon Jovi Says Richie Sambora’s Exit From Band Caused ‘Pain and Heartbreak,’ Louder; Also see, Jon Bon Jovi Wishes Richie Sambora ‘Had His Life Together’: Bon Jovi – An Anthology, Martin Kielty, Ultimate Classic Rock
Sports:
Vin Scully’s Story of the Kirk Gibson Home Run In Dodger’s 1988 World Series, Twitter
The NFC East Is A Master Class In Football Ineptitude, Riley McAtee, The Ringer
Mark Cuban Gets Destroyed By Megyn Kelly on NBA Ratings Crash, BLM, and China Hypocrisy, Sports Wars
Braves Freddie Freeman Going Off In 2020 Season – Possible MVP?, MLB
Falcons Head Coach Search: Five Best Candidates To Replace Dan Quinn, Patrik Walker, CBS Sports
Tech:
Apple’s iPhone 12 ‘a gamechanger,’ (video, right), Sky News Australia
Travel:
Virgin Hyperloop First New Form Of Mass Transportation In Decades (video, left), Fox Business
Hyperloop Explained, (video, right) The B1M
Where Can Americans Travel Right Now Without Travel Restrictions? Trevor Kucheran, Travel Off Path
The Philippines’ Palawan Has Been Called The Best Island In The World, CNN
TV/Streaming:
Rush Limbaugh Speaks Passionately About Personal Relationship With Jesus While Giving Health Update, Tre Goin-Phillips, Faithwire
Three Inconvenient Truths CBS’s 60 Minutes Forgot To Mention In Episode on CA Wildfires and Climate Change, Jon Miltimore, Fee
Wildfires nationwide going down, not up – except in Callifornia
Jim Carey Not That Funny As Biden – SNL Should Ditch Him, Emily Jashinsky, The Federalist
Bill Burr’s Controversial ‘Saturday Night Live’ Monologue Draws Mixed Reviews, Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter
Warrior Nun, Official Netflix Trailer (video, above left), Netflix
CS Commentary: This series is not perfect, from a story structure standpoint or from a theological standpoint, but it is still an interesting story. Ava, a quadriplegic is raised from the dead and healed when an Angel’s halo is ‘accidentally’ implanted in her back. Now obligated to join a pack of warrior nuns fighting spiritual darkness and evil – not to mention Catholic and corporate conspiracies – she becomes something like the prophet, Jonah, running from her destiny. But how does someone with supernatural sight and powers run from fighting evil? Its an impossibility, but she tries. The story is a little slow-moving and challenged at times, but it’s part Frank Perreti’s This Present Darkness and part Charlie’s Angels and part coming-of-age romance, and it has enough twist and turns not to be boring – and to be more insightful and prescient than it knows. Portuguese-Brazilian Alba Baptista, in the lead role, is a budding international star – expect to see a lot more of her in the future. CS Grade: A-
Quotes Of The Month:
“People don’t know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered…. Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Don’t wait till freedom is gone before you enjoy, value, support, protect and make the most of it!” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
