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Burning The Midnight Oil The time has come, Great Ones. To say fair’s fair. To read emails. To answer and share. Reader Feedback time has come. A fact’s a fact. It belongs to you. Great Stuff’s gonna give it back! Your beds might not be burning, Great Ones, but our inbox is on fire. You know they make creams for that, right? Quiet, you. It’s Reader Feedback day, and the only cure (for once) is not more cowbell. It’s your emails! Today’s the day we dive into the Great Stuff inbox like Scrooge McDuck, swim around and reply to whatever[…]

First, cybercriminals hacked the Colonial Pipeline, causing gas shortages across the southeastern U.S. Then they hacked JBS, a global meat producer, shutting down all of its U.S. beef plants. Now they’re at it again, with the largest and most sophisticated ransomware attack in history taking place over the Fourth of July weekend. Rather than target businesses directly, a Russian cybercrime gang hacked management software firms around the world, such as Miami-based Kaseya. It then used the firms’ software to infiltrate their clients’ computer networks. All told, up to 1,500 companies and organizations were disrupted by the attacks, including schools, grocery[…]

Today’s Take: Only invest in what you understand — for the long term. He used a safety pin to close his fraying denim jacket. At the local Friendly’s, other patrons would pay for his meal. They thought he couldn’t afford them. Ron Read grew up on a farm in Vermont, walking four miles to school every day. He was the first to graduate high school in his family. Not long after, he joined the army to fight in World War II. When he returned, he worked for the next 25 years as a gas station attendant. After he retired for[…]

Right now, Paul’s the most #BOP (bullish, optimistic and positive) he’s ever been about America 2.0! In fact, he believes our stocks could go: That’s right! One mega trend in particular could get us there … literally! Space. From 3D printing to semiconductors, America 2.0 is fully integrated into the ever-growing space race. If you want to know the No. 1 way to buy into the mega trend Paul believes could skyrocket over the next few years, check out this presentation here. You can also find out how to unlock Paul’s report: 10 Groundbreaking Space Companies That Should Be on[…]

Wall Street’s Inflation Fetish It’s Wednesday, my dudes! We are halfway through the trading week, with very little from Wall Street to show for it. In fact, the S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq have all gone basically nowhere since the beginning of May. If you ask around among the talking heads on Wall Street, the reason they’ll give you for stagnating stock market growth is inflation. You know … that thing that makes things more expensive? You mean a lack of supply and a glut of demand? No, silly. That would make too much sense after coming out[…]

Incomparable Bloomberg columnist Matt Levine has a theory called the “Boredom Markets Hypothesis.” It says people will buy stocks when buying stocks is more fun than other fun things. That, Levine says, accounts for the huge burst of retail trading during the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns, when there was little else to do. OK. At the Bauman Letter, we buy stocks to make money. We’d like it to be fun, but that’s not our priority. This is not a Reddit chatroom, after all. But Levine’s idea got me thinking about when and how we make money from stocks …[…]

Paul took to Twitter with a vital message: Our time cometh! Listen. Stocks will never rise or fall in a straight line. That’s so important, we want to say it again. Stocks will NEVER rise or fall in a straight line. BUT your Strong Hands will prevail and that’s how you make the big gains in the stock market. some of you may think that the markets offer stress free returns, or 100% guaranteed results. maybe our marketing makes you believe that. sorry. it’s untrue. the markets swing. they overshoot, they undershoot. still long term, it’s a solid way to[…]

All We Have Is Data In The Wind Welcome to Fed Fridays, Great Ones! Where digital currencies are made up, and the basic appeals of blockchain don’t matter! We’re going to keep things snappy today for … reasons. But we do need to talk about the Fed’s flirtation with digital currencies. And as far as the Fed is concerned, we’re just talking about digital currencies today … not cryptocurrencies exactly. The Fed made that painfully clear yesterday when it announced that it’s still dabbling with the idea of launching a U.S. digital dollar. Powell and the bunch plan to put[…]

On May 8, the date Tesla CEO and Dogecoin advocate Elon Musk hosted Saturday Night Live, the total market cap of all cryptos was about $2.5 trillion. Since then, the market has lost over $800 billion in value, and prices continued to plunge on Friday. In today’s Market Insights video, I look at some of the negative headwinds that are facing cryptos — and why the sell-off is a potential buying opportunity. (If you’d prefer to read a transcript, click here.) Regards, Steve Fernandez Research Analyst, Strategic Fortunes Powered by WPeMatico