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Must See – Catherine Wood: Tesla Bull vs Tesla Bear (video, left), Bloomberg
Visa, MasterCard More Room To Run: Cramer (video, right), CNBC
JP Morgan Trading Guru Says The Bubble In Tech Will Likely Collapse, Yun Li, CNBC
Goldman Sachs Warns Of Stock Market Correction, Julia Horowitz, CNN
Billionaire Ray Dalio Pulls The Trigger On 3 Buy Stocks, Yahoo
Forget Tesla – Wall Street Has Found A New Speculative Favorite, Michael Sheetz, CNBC
Gold: 7 Year High, Will It Go Higher? (video, left), CNBC
CS Commentary: Good review of the history of gold and where it could go from here. We disagree that gold will now test its greatest high…we were somewhat wrong recently that gold would hit $1000 before it hit $1650, which it just hit Friday, but only briefly. The wild card has been the Coronavirus, and we noted in our prediction that if there was unanticipated volatility gold could go higher…as long as there is global uncertainty gold will be pushed higher by that and supply concerns. Medium term, we believe it will come back down and retest $1000. But we may be completely wrong. Our prediction is based on Trump being re-elected and the economy continuing to do well through 2025 or so. We do agree that Silver and the miners are the better place to be longer term. Bottom line: If you don’t own any gold, buy a little – but wait for pull backs before buying more.
Ray Dalio’s Asset Allocation Formula
Ray Dalio’s All-Weather Portfolio, Cooper Academy Investing
Building The Global ‘Perfect Storm’ Portfolio, Updated 2/20/20, Seaborn Hall, Common Sense Money
7 Of The Best ETF’s For Long Term Investors, Divine/Reeves, Yahoo Finance; Also see, Lazy Portfolio ETF – Different ETF Portfolio Options, with alternative choices for risk, Lazy Portfolio
Why Pratt Whitney’s F-135 Engine Will Be The Most Important Franchise Raytheon Owns, Loren Thompson, Forbes
Visa Approves Coinbase Exchange As A Principal Member, George Georgiev, Cryptopotato
You Should Always Keep A $100 Bill In Your Wallet – Here’s Why Experts Agree, Ivana Pino, CNBC
Must See – California Pension Fund Run By Chinese Spy Invested In Chinese Companies And Military, Tucker Carlson, Fox News
Disposable Income And Savings Has Risen
Goldman Sachs: Coronavirus Impact Underestimated (video, right), CNBC
Must See – Tesla: $15K By 2024? Or $1500K? Catherine Wood Speaks Again, CNBC; Also see, Autonomous Tech Will Drive Tesla To $7K In 5 Years, Bloomberg Tech
Also see, Tesla Still Undervalued: ARK Management, Yahoo Finance
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Expect Tesla To Calm Down In The Future, Dan Caplinger, Motley Fool
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Cryptocurrency
Cryptos Price And Market Cap, 2/20/20
This Week:
Binance’s Coley On What’s Behind Current Crypto Craze (video, left), CNBC
How Many People Have At Least One Bitcoin? Anatol Antonovici, Bitcoinist
CS Commentary: This might be one of the best arguments for owning at least a little crypto.
Crypto Trader vs Crypto Holder: McDermott vs. Moas, Benjamin Pirus, Cointelegraph
Crypto Price By Market Cap For Top Coins, 2/22/20
The US Is Very Worried About Bitcoin – And It Is Finally Doing Something About It, Billy Bambrough, Forbes
3 Reasons Why I Am Leaving Crypto Now – And Why You Should Too, Jia Yung Lee, Medium
The First City In The World That Is Switching To Bitcoin, Melis, Medium
Ripple To Become The Amazon Of Crypto By 2025, Ricardo Martinez, Bitcoinist
Must Read – Cryptocurrency Scams Took In More Than $4 Billion In 2019: Ponzi Schemes Most Popular Means Of Fraud, Vigna/Jeong, WSJ; Also see, Crypto Ponzi Scheme Took Major League Baseball Players And Families For Millions, Justin Rohrlich, Quartz
Previous Weeks:
BTC’s January 2020 Climb
Practical Use Makes Cryptocurrency Valuable: Top 5 Usable Altcoins, Mary Ann Callahan, Data Driven Investor
Bitcoin Price Loves Valentine’s As Historic Data Favors Bulls, Tiago Vidal, Cointelegraph
Jack Dorsey Backed Lightning Labs Raises $10 Million To Build Visa Network For Bitcoin, Michael del Castillo, Forbes
Bitcoin Price Suddenly Drops Close To $10K After 10.5K Rejection, William Suberg, Cointelegraph
How To Buy Bitcoin, Luke Fortney, Investopedia
How Ethereum At $200 Will Be Bigger Than Five Figure Bitcoin, Martin Young, Bitcoinist
A Bitcoin ETF Will Not Be Approved This Year Most 2020 Survey Respondents Say, The Block Crypto
Bitcoin ‘Halving’ Coming Up This Spring
Bitcoin Halving Just 100 Days Away, William Suberg, Cointelegraph
As Bitcoin Fails To Break Out, This Minor Crypto Has Surged By 400%, Billy Bambrough, Forbes
Elliot Wave Analysis Suggest Bitcoin Should Break $14,000 By Mid-2020, NewsBTC
Bitcoin’s Price History, John Edwards, Investopedia
Must Read: The Invisible Global Currency That’s 24 Times Bigger Than Bitcoin, Stephen McBride, Forbes
Bitcoin Re-accumulation Phase Has Begun But It Must Drop To This Level First, Joseph Young, Cryptoslate
Bitcoin Heads Into February In Historically Bullish Territory, Omkar Godbole, Coindesk
Bitcoin Will Double In 2020, According To Leading Research Firm, Martin Young, Beincrypto; Also see, Crypto Predictions For 2020; Scorecard For 2019, Paul Veradittakit, Coindesk; Also see, Will Ethereum Be The ‘Investment Of The Decade’? – If It Follows This Chart, Anton Lucien, Beincrypto; Also see, Why 2020 Will Bring Record Highs For Cryptocurrencies, Martin Young, Bitcoinist; Also see, Bitcoin Will Go Vertical In 2020, Emilio Janus, Bitcoinist; Also see, Heard Of Bitcoin Halving? It’s Set To Shake Markets in 2020, Reuters
What Will Bitcoin Do In 2020? (video, left) Bloomberg Tech
Cryptocurrencies Price And Market Cap, 1/10/20
Top Cryptos By Market Cap, 1/18/20
As Bitcoin Struggles This Cryptocurrency Up 500%, Billy Bambrough, Forbes
6 Major Central Banks To Collaborate On Digital Currency, Adrian Zmudzinski, Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Breaking This Level Will Spark Parabolic Rally, NewsBTC
Bitcoin Price To Hit $15K Says CEO Of Investment Fund, Bitcoinist
If You Had Purchased $100 Of Bitcoin In 2011, Damian Davila, Investopedia
The Three Largest Cryptocurrencies, Jill Mislinski, Advisor Perspectives
All Cryptocurrencies Ranked, Coinmarketcap
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How To Improve Your Finances In 2020 (video, left), JPM
Must Read: How China Will Take Over The World, Tatiana Koffman, Forbes
Must See – Mark Cuban On Amazon and The Importance Of AI: FANG Has An AI Advantage (video, right), CNBC
Must Read – Ten Facts Investors Need To Know To Achieve Investment Success, Scott MacKillop, Advisor Perspectives
Worst Thing Investors Could Do Right Now Is Sell, Stephanie Landsman, CNBC
What Is The QQQ ETF? Emily Norris, Investopedia
Must Read: The Difference Between Investing And Speculation (10 Investing Rules), Lance Roberts, Advisor Perspectives
Quote: “Understanding that all things are cyclical suggests that after long price increases, investments become more prone to declines than further advances….However, a very high priced stock CAN be cheap.”
Most Popular Stocks Among 30 Somethings
Must Read: There’s Only One Stock Millennials Prefer Over Amazon And Tesla, Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch
How 2019’s Market Tops Parallels Time Right Before 2008 Financial Crisis, Real Vision Finance
Ray Dalio’s ‘Holy Grail’ Of Investing In 5 Minutes (video, right), Investopedia
This Is Now The Best Bull Stock Market Ever, Yun Li, CNBC
Quote: “The most outstanding feature of this cycle since 2008 is always going to be fear,” says Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at The Leuthold Group.”
Fed Chair: US Debt On An Unsustainable Path, USA Today
A Growing Club Of Powerful Countries Abandoning US Dollar, Eustance Huang, CNBC
CS Commentary: If the end of the dollar is a concern see, Evaluating the Arguments For The Demise Of The Dollar. This 2015 article is still relevant today.
I Wrote A Popular Piece On ‘Lessons From The Madoff Fraud’, Then I Got Scammed – Here’s Why, Seaborn Hall, Medium
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Books:
America’s Expiration Date – 2026? Cal Thomas, Fox News
Culture:
New Video From China’s Makeshift Hospitals (video, left), CNBC
Rush Limbaugh on Joaquin Phoenix’s Wacky Oscar Speech And His Own Cancer, Amanda Prestigiacomo, The Daily Wire
I Will Say What Political Leaders Cannot Say About Pete Buttigieg, Michael Brown, Charisma
Some Churches Are Dying – But Some Are Growing, Ericka Andersen, WSJ
Have You Been Daygamed? The New Technique Men Are Using To Meet Women, Sara Macauley, Medium
Coronavirus, Live Updated Map, John Hopkins University
Health/Fitness/Relationships:
Coronavirus Has Spread To 30 Countries (video, left), ABC News
Must See – MedCram Coronavirus Epidemic Update 20 (video, right), MedCram
CS Commentary: These videos might be a little technical, but are none the less, fascinating.
Is Coronavirus Twenty Times More Deadlier Than The Flu? Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner
Coronavirus Epidemic Update #23 (video, left), MedCram
CS Coronavirus Update: As of today, 2/23/20, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) there is a ‘credible risk that the virus will turn into a global pandemic,’ but spread and number of cases, particularly in the US, is expected to be limited – though because of the spread and secrecy in China this is not certain. Global cases are 78,998+, and still rising, with current globally reported deaths around 2470+, though there are conflicting reports and actual cases and deaths may be much higher. It is more deadly than the flu, but not as deadly as SARS, which was 10%. See this link for bi-daily updates. Part of the discrepancy of reported cases is China’s penchant for under-reporting, or in many cases, falsifying numbers. According to at least one report, China has more cases of Coronavirus than it did of SARS. SARS occurred in 2002-03. Any useful vaccine for the virus will not be ready for mass distribution for at least one year, though there is hope that two medicines already in use for HIV and Malaria might be effective now. Mortality rate presently estimated around 2.3%, though so far 12% of cases with outcome have resulted in death. But only 5% of all cases become critical, mostly in 60+ year olds with previously underlying medical conditions. Some experts believe the true infected rate may be as high as 100,000+ which would mean that many more people may have died. SARS mortality rate was 10%; but, flu has a much lower mortality rate of about .5% and kills many more people a year, so control of this virus is mandatory. Flu has already infected 19 million globally this season and killed approximately 10,000. There are likely more than the reported cases/deaths of Coronavirus in some Asian countries. The Coronavirus is not expected to peak in China until April/May. The danger of future spread at present is primarily to Developing Nations. The US State Department has advised against all travel to China. See more below.
Update: CDC Home Pages On Coronavirus; Also see here; Also see, CDC Updated Global Map On Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus, CDC
Movies:
The Hunt, Official Trailer (video, left), Universal Pictures
The Real Story Behind Ford vs. Ferrari, Twitter
Oscars 2020: Will Ferrell And Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Best Act Of The Night (video, left), ABC; For full clip see here
Oscars: The Complete Winners List, The Hollywood Reporter
20 Inspiring And Intriguing Films To Look Forward To In 2020, Josh Shepherd, The Federalist
Music:
Billboard Top 50 Country This Week (video, left), Country Music Chart
Angelina Jordan Sings ‘Good-bye Yellow Brick Road’, AGT Champions 2020
Singer Demi Lovato Says She’s Focusing On Her Relationship With The Lord, Movieguide
Marcileto Pornoy, From The Philippines, True Life ‘August Rush,’ America’s Got Talent, Champions 2020
Loretta Lynn Says Country Music Is ‘Dead’, Emily Jashinsky, The Federalist
Sports:
Must See – Bar Stool Sports: Bloomberg Got ‘Executed’ In Recent Debate (video, left), Tucker Carlson, Fox News
The Pros and Cons Of The NFL’s Proposed Scheduling Changes, Rodger Sherman, The Ringer
Controversial New Baseball Rule Won’t Help Save The Game, Christopher Jacobs, The Federalist
The Refreshing Honesty Of Cody Bellinger’s Rant About The Astro’s And MLB, Molly Knight, The Athletic
UFC Fight Pass: Two Legends Meet In Japan, Facebook
Tech:
6 High Tech Advances That Prove Bloomberg Knows Nothing About Farming, Joy Pullman, The Federalist
Travel:
10 Major US Airlines Ranked By Delays, Thomas Pallini, Business Insider
United Tells Cabin Crew To Quit Controlling 787 Windows Centrally, Sumit Rehal, Simple Flying
Delta CEO Doesn’t Recline His Seat And Says Its Proper To Ask First? (Is He Kidding?) Jessica Bursztynsky, CNBC
CS Commentary: How about designing seats so they are remotely comfortable for passengers in the first place Ed?
I’ve Been Traveling In Asia For 3 Weeks And Catching Coronavirus Is Not My Biggest Fear, Kate Taylor, Business Insider
6 Secrets Flight Attendants Won’t Tell You, Vivian Chung, Seeqr
How To Find Cheap Flights, Aaron Radford-Wattley, Fox Business
TV/Streaming:
Real Life ‘Mindhunter’ Reveals Most Evil Criminals He’s Interviewed (video, left), Your Morning
Narcos: Mexico – How Alejandro Edda Became El Chapo In Season 2, Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter
Narcos: Mexico, Season 2, Official Trailer, Netflix
HBO Attacks Christians And Leaves Muslims Untouched, Bozell/Graham, Townhall
Fox Has Been ‘More Fair’: Why Bernie’s Team Has Had It With MSNBC, Tom Kludy, Vanity Fair
The Biggest Flops In Television History, Craig Donofrio, Work And Money
Quotes Of The Month:
“That might have been the first time in television history we saw a guy pay half a billion dollars to get scalped by a fake Indian.” — Sean Davis, The Federalist co-founder on Michael Bloomberg being scorched by Elizabeth Warren in the February 2020 Democratic debate
“If you want to know what people really think don’t listen to what they say, watch what they do.” — Tucker Carlson, Fox News (original quote might be attributable to the book, ‘Freakonomics’)
