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The Old Reality is Still the New Reality  Dodd Frank Illustration   I sat at my desk last week wondering what went wrong. Was I experiencing some type of trading depression? I checked my models, macro numbers, company profits, software, pricing etc. Some of my option contracts were either worthless or were on their way to being worthless.   The pricing of the contracts were not in-line with the actual underlying price of the securities that I was trading. The options' pricing per contract were either priced 40% or more above what the underlying security was worth or priced 40% or more below what the securities were worth. This old reality was still the new reality even after all of financial fixes implemented to fix these same problems that contributed to the financial meltdown in 2007-2008.   The new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and ConsumerProtection Act which was supposed to clean up many of the abuses in the financial system such as accountability, transpare

The Beginning of the End of the Populist Wave Macron won the French election stemming the populist political wave that was spreading around the globe. Populism is not in of itself a bad thing but left unchecked may not mesh well with the overall political goals of the state or the majority of the people! Macron There is one event that caught my attention during the French election though. It was how fast the French moved to shutdown damaging leaks and misinformation. When it was alleged that Macron's campaign was hacked, the French government moved rapidly to shutdown the site where the emails were posted and instituted a complete blackout and shutdown of any news or hint of news that would affect the outcome of their election. In the U.S. , the former president's actions were completely the opposite. After months and months of allowing leaks and web posts coming from Julian Assange, Russian agents and other foreign agents located in the U.S and abroad related to

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How secure is your privacy in regards to your  browsing activities and online files? Social media has been a boon to many people and companies, creating billions in jobs and opportunities globally. Social media has seemingly shrunk our huge world, making the most distant places on the planet as accessible as your backyard neighborhood store. But how private is your browsing activities and data online? The government says that it should be able to access your electronic records even if that data is located overseas based on the Stored Communications Act - "A pre-internet age statute authorizing the government to compel the disclosure of electronic records with a judge approved warrant." See article on the Wall Street Journal-" For Google 's Data Wars, It all comes down to Location ." In a landmark ruling last year declaring private online communications stored overseas, off limits to prosecutors, Google quickly filtered out all data that was located oversea

2016 was a tough year. There were 3 main drivers that I believe contributed to the high volatility in the stock market this year, 'political uncertainty', 'Dow Jones volatility' and the 'tepid economic recovery. Political uncertainty It was a tough year to make consistent profits using our index-based approach to investing (but we did anyway) because rather than moving in-line with earnings announcements, markets moved lockstep with political events such as the continuing 'War on Terror', Brexit and the U.S. election. Dow gains Just because the Dow Jones Industrial Average made new highs this year does not mean that your should just as high also.  The DJIN index is made up of selected stocks based on their market capitalization. The index may slightly over-represent the health or the strength of the economy.  I think a better indicator of the strength and health of the economy are the earnings from companies that make up the S&P 500 .

We believe that the Video Game industry has been overlooked. There are not many ETFs or mutual funds that are solely dedicated to this sector. It is considered a niche market, although it is supported by large industry players like Sony, Microsoft and Asian industry giants like Tencent and TakeTwo. However, the industry is a money-making cash machine for many businesses, and hit games like 'Pokeman Go' help firms generate gross margins of over 40% in the industry. . For large software and hardware behemoths like Microsoft, the video gaming segment is wrapped in its Personal Computing Operating Segment which includes Gaming, Xbox hardware; Xbox Live, comprising transactions, subscriptions, and advertising; video games; and third-party video game royalties. This segment may only represent about 10% of total Revenues for Microsoft but the profit margins from this segment are tremendous. Our current Subscriber Pool called  TEAM  contains 5 of the top video gaming stocks in

The Oil and Gas markets continues to recover with many issues that we follow maintaining their gains over the last 4 trading sessions this week. Complete Text of Video : A current   WSJ article states that with the prospects of rising oil prices,  Big Oil companies are considering a strategy that has been unthinkable for much of a two-year-long market slump, ' making new investments '. "Big oil companies are moving ahead with new spending again", says BP PLC Chief Executive Bob Dudley on the sidelines of the Oil and Money conference in London . The British oil company he heads, "has taken final investment decisions on a handful of projects this year and is expected to approve more in 2017", he said.   Major oil companies are beginning to invest in projects as oil prices show signs of recovery. Bob Dudley, CEO of BP, said "Investments are back. But it’s only going to be the very best." Is there light at the end of the Tunnel? Our Comme