Week Of November 10, 2019

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The Bull Market In Perspective (video, left), CNBC

2020 Market Call: S&P 500 Will Hit 3350 (video, right), CNBC

Big Central Banks Move To ‘Wait And See’ Mode, Reuters

Why Morgan Stanley Says The 60/40 Portfolio Is Doomed And To Expect Smaller Returns Ahead, Mark Kolakowski, Investopedia

4 Investing Gurus See Dismal Returns For The Next Two Decades, Mark Kolakowski, Investopedia

Near Term Pullback, But Records Coming In 2020 (video, left), CNBC

Its Time To Have This In Your Portfolio (video, right), Fox Business

The Reason To Take Social Security At 62 That No One Talks About, Dan Caplinger, Motley Fool

How To Save $2 Million For Retirement If You Make $50,000 Per Year, Exley Jr./Higgins-Dunn, CNBC

6 Wealth Factors From Millionaires, Hillary Hoffower, Business Insider

A Fifth Of Americans Feel Financially Unprepared Even Though They Are Doing Their Best For Their Future, Tanza Loudenback, Business Insider

The Implications Of A Yield Curve Normalization, Alpha Source, Seeking Alpha

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Cryptocurrency

Coin Prices And Market Cap, 11/08/19

Top 5 Crypto’s By Market Cap, 11/09/19

This Week:

Bitcoin Risks Drop Below $9k If Bulls Can’t Muster Rally Soon, Omkar Godbole, Coindesk

The SEC Has Rejected Every Bitcoin ETF. This Firm Thinks It Has A Solution, Nikhilesh De, Coindesk

A Major Bitcoin Exchange Has A Serious Problem, Billy Bambrough, Forbes

Bitcoin Ranging Under $9300 Is Extremely Fine Says Expert, William Suberg, Cointelegraph

Bitcoin Price Bounce to $9600? Omkar Godbole, Coindesk

Previous Weeks:

Crypto Prices And Market Capitalization 11/01/19

The US Government Tried To Shut Down Bitcoin, Billy Bambrough, Forbes

Bitcoin Fundamentals Remains Strong As Markets Stagnate, Charles Bovaird, Forbes

Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel Is Doubling Down On Bitcoin – Here’s Why, Billy Bambrough, Forbes

The Bitcoin Halvening Is Coming, Clem Chambers, Forbes

Bitcoin Is Poised For Sudden Major Move, Billy Bambrough, Forbes

Bitcoin May Head To Low $7000’s According To Tone Vays, Valdrin Tahiri, Be In Crypto

Bitcoin Plummets To Lowest Level Since June As It Comes Under Fire From Congress, Kate Rooney, CNBC

Bitcoin Stuck In A Range – To Face A Downward Break, Support At 200-Day MA (video, left), Crypto Markets, Cointelegraph

Crypto’s Next Stop Is $14,400 – Can We Bury Alt-Coins? (video, right) Crypto Trader, CNBC

Why Stellar Is Giving Away $124 Million In Cryptocurrency, Benjamin Pirus, Forbes

Top 5 Crypto’s Market Cap No Longer Includes Litecoin, 10/19/19

The Future Of Cryptocurrencies, Ksenia Semenova, Stratfor

Binance US Will Open User Registration Next Week, Joeri Cant, Cointelegraph

Trading Bitcoin Is Hard – 10 Things Every Beginning Trader Needs To Know, Scott Melker, Cointelegraph

Top 3 Coinbase Alternatives, Rajarshi Mitra, Blockgeeks

Billionaire Investor Eyes $1 Billion Crypto Hedge Fund, Daniel Kuhn, Coindesk

This Blockchain Executive Thinks We’re Seeing A Bitcoin Revival, Justin O’Connell, Forbes

Trade War Driving Chinese Investors To Bitcoin? Daniel Palmer, Coindesk

Stop Obsessing About Price, Bitcoin Today Is Stronger Than Ever, Tomer Federman, Medium

Mark Mobius Warns Bitcoin Is Not Bulletproof, Maggie Fitzgerald, CNBC; Also see, Bitcoin Warning: Serious Security Weakness Uncovered, Billy Bambrough, Forbes

The Three Largest Cryptocurrencies, Jill Mislinski, Advisor Perspectives

BTC November 2018 To September 2019

Crypto Prices And Market Cap 9/12/19

Ethereum Tied To Bitcoin? Libra At Risk? Outlook For September (video, right), Cointelegraph

The Teenager Who Made Millions On Bitcoin Is Staking It All On This Obscure Token, Colin Harper, Venture Beat; Also see, What Is Metal? A Beginner’s Guide

Bitcoin’s Bulls Now Have Target Of $13,200 Monthly Charts Suggest, Tomorrowland, Medium

Bitcoin’s Risk-Adjusted Returns Superior To S&P 500 And Gold, Charles Bovaird, Forbes

Bitcoin ETF Still Coming As SEC Concerns Largely Solved, Marie Huillet, Cointelegraph

Major Cryptocurrencies January 2016 Thru September 3, 2019

Bitcoin 2014 To 2019, 9/11/19

Bitcoin Suddenly Under $10,000, Next Critical Time October – Here’s Why, Billy Bambrough, Forbes

This Crypto Is Worth Less Than 1 Cent. Venture Capitalists Are Betting On Its Future. Leigh Chen, Coindesk

The Art Of Bitcoin Option Trading, Cointelegraph

Facebook Warns Investors That Libra Currency May Never See Light Of Day, Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC; Also see, The Hidden Gem In Facebook’s Libra Blockchain Whitepaper, Tomer Federman, Medium; Also see, As Facebook Struggles For Blockchain Support, A Truly Decentralized Challenger Emerges, Steven Ehrlich, Forbes; Also see, Facebook’s Global Coin Will Launch In 2020, Michael K. Spencer, Medium; Also see, Massive Crypto Exchange Binance Offering Margin Trading ‘Soon,’ Wealth Management; Also see, Binance Bets The Farm, Daniel Arnoff, MIT, Medium; Also see, We’ve Had Private Currencies Like Libra Before. It Was Chaos, MIT Tech/Medium

CS Commentary: Interesting perspective, particularly on China and cryptocurrency, but we don’t agree with the conclusion that Binance is in danger of losing its business because its separating exchanges.

Blockchain adoption is on the verge of early majority in the adoption cycle.

2019: The Year Of Mainstream Cryptocurrency Adoption (see chart left), Crypto Scientist, Medium; Also see, The Miami Dolphins Now Have An Official Crypto – It’s Litecoin, Daniel Palmer, Coindesk

Bitcoin Investors Are Not Just Crypto Enthusiasts, Samuel Steinberger, Wealth Management

With All Eyes On Bitcoin, Another Crypto Is Up Over 800% In 2019, Kyle Torpey, Forbes; Also see, Altcoin Phenomenon Finished, Value Will Flow To Bitcoin, Ana Alexandre, Cointelegraph

Bitcoin Rally Pre-Thanksgiving To Christmas 2017 – Will We See A Repeat?

New Research Shows Why Bitcoin Price May Skyrocket Later This Year (chart, right), Kyle Torpey, Forbes

The Overlooked Reason The United States Would Struggle To Ban Bitcoin, Kyle Torpey, Forbes

The Real Reason Ethereum, Ripples, XRP, And Litecoin Suddenly Rocketed, Billy Bambrough, Forbes

Insane 550% Gains Make Binance Best Performing Cryptocurrency Of 2019, Yashu Gola, CCN; Also see, Binance The Best Performing Crypto Of 2019 So Far, Use The Bitcoin

Comparing the Bitcoin ‘Bubble’ To Amazon During the Dot Com Era

Bitcoin’s Bubble Cycle More Bullish Than Amazon’s During Dot Com Era (chart, right), Marie Huilett, Cointelegraph

There’s Another Thing Behind Bitcoin’s 200% Rise This Year – It Has Nothing To Do With Facebook, Ryan Browne, CNBC; Also see, Bitcoin is (Probably) Here To Stay, Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg; Or see this link; Also see, Litecoin Outperforms Top 10 Cryptos Ahead Of August Reward Halving, Omkar Godbole, Coindesk

Why Is Harvard’s Endowment Jumping Into Crypto? Shoshanna Delvanthal, Investopedia; Also see, Why IBM’s Blockchain Isn’t A Real Blockchain, Stuart Popejoy, Cointelegraph

All Cryptocurrencies Ranked, Coinmarketcap

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Must-See Videos

Must See: Tesla From $250 To $4000? Cathie Woods Of ArK Invest Defends Her Call (video, left), CNBC

How The Real Estate Cycle Works (video, right), Phillip Anderson

Must See – ‘China Was Never Our Friend’: Kyle Bass, Hedge Fund CEO, Bloomberg

Ray Dalio’s All Weather Portfolio, Bite Size Biz; Also see, Must See – ‘Shoot The People You Love’: Ray Dalio Explains His Principles, And More, 60 Minutes

Could Bitcoin Still Go To $25K?, Fox Business

More Wealth Will Be Created In The Next 20 Years Than Ever Before (video, left), Phillip Anderson (2012)

Ray Dalio On Lessons From The Great Financial Crisis (video, right), CNBC

Is Now A Good Time To Buy Bitcoin? (video, left) Bloomberg Tech

Why Amazon Alexa And Google Assistant Are Becoming Omnipresent, CNBC

Common Sense Interpretation

(Start Here First To Understand The Investment Arena Big Picture)

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.

JP Morgan Guide To The Markets, 3Q 2019 (video, left) Hong Kong

Yield Curve Inversion? Here’s How Markets Tend To Perform After One, Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch

CS Commentary: In addition to the two links below, see our Money-Interpretation Page for more on the Yield Curve Inversion. Also see, 5 Things Investors Need To Know About An Inverted Yield Curve, Watts/Oh, MarketWatch; Also see, Forget The Yield Curve – Here’s Who Will Prevent The U.S. From Entering A Recession, Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch

Schwab: Fight Over Fiduciary Interpretation Is ‘Semantics,’ Diana Britton, Wealth Management

Safe Deposit Boxes Aren’t Safe, Stacy Cowley, NY Times; Also see, Its Time To Find A Safe Deposit Box Alternative, Lisa Rowan, Two Cents

Investopedia Top 100 Financial Advisors, 2019, Investopedia

CS Commentary: Read the fine print on methodology…and see our Money-Interpretation Page for more. Also see, The Investopedia Top 100 LIst Is Junk. Or, Is It? Robert Sofia, Wealth Management – Interesting point of view, but absent the principles outlined on our Money-Interpretation Page remember this: Bernie Madoff had tons of influence and people trusted him because they had ‘heard’ how good he was and they likely knew someone who invested with him. None of that saved them.

Wells Fargo Securities Says Don’t Fear Volatility, CNBC; Also see, Wall Street Drops As Bond Market Stokes Recession Fears, Medha Singh, Reuters; Also see, In This Turbulent Market Buy When Fear Is High, Cody Willard, Marketwatch

Warren Buffett: This Is The #1 Mistake Parents Make When Teaching Kids About Money, Tom Popomaronis, CNBC

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Movies:

Midway, New Trailer (video, left), Lionsgate Movies; Also see, ‘Midway’: Film Review, John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter

2019: Schedule For Upcoming Movies As Of November 3, 2019, Movie Insider

Martin Scorsese: I Said Marvel Movies Aren’t Cinema. Let Me Explain. NY Times; Or see this link,

Quote: “In the past 20 years, as we all know, the movie business has changed on all fronts. But the most ominous change has happened stealthily and under cover of night: the gradual but steady elimination of risk.”

Will The Next ‘James Bond’ Be Too PC? Actresses And James Bond In The Me-Too Era, Rebecca Ford, The Hollywood Reporter

How Ford vs Ferrari Team Filmed A Race: Its Almost Like A Gunfight, Jon Alain Guzik, The Hollywood Reporter

Terminator: Dark Fate, Official Trailer (video, left), Paramount Pictures; Also see, Terminator: Dark Fate, Film Review, Hollywood Reporter

CS Commentary: Bottom line? Terminator and T2 remain the only ‘great’ Terminator films. Though Cameron’s name is one of ‘five’ on the story credit, his fingerprints are really nowhere to be found on this one. We’re guessing he was too busy with the Avatar sequel – and it shows. The story is all over the place and the laughs are at the characters not with them. Grade: C-, and that’s being generous.