{"id":54342,"date":"2020-12-16T04:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=54342"},"modified":"2020-12-16T04:17:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T09:17:00","slug":"dhunplugged-535-new-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/16\/dhunplugged-535-new-world\/","title":{"rendered":"DHUnplugged #535: New World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sun is shining down upon us as we enter the end-game for the global pandemic.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dh_535_banner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dh_535_banner.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investors continue to rejoice as sentiment indicators remain at extreme levels.<\/p>\n<p>What to expect from the FOMC rate decision meeting on Wednesday and a look at the rent action in the IPO market.<\/p>\n<p>Fed Limericks are Back &#8211; PLUS we are now on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/30bQIjH9Gw4es27XYrYKJL\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/79261e60-0492-43c0-b1a2-708ebeb4bd7e\/DH-Unplugged\">Amazon Music\/Podcasts<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span id=\"more-17912\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-arrow su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\">\n<div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Click HERE for Show Notes and Links<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>DHUnplugged is now streaming live &#8211; with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Love the Show?<br \/>\nMaking some $$ from the Weekly Stock ideas?<br \/>\nThen how about a Donation?<\/h4>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/THErealDVORAK\"><strong>Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewhorowitz\"><strong>Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The New World &#8211; First Batch of Vaccines Shipped<br \/>\n<\/strong>Plenty of new lock-downs announced<br \/>\nFed Rate Decision Meeting Ahead &#8211; not much expected<br \/>\nHappy Hanukkah &#8211; The Festival of Lights (Day 6)<br \/>\nThe Election &#8211; Official with Mitch McConnell stating Biden has won&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>ANNOUNCING<\/strong> &#8211; The 2020 DHUnplugged CTP Cup &#8211; See Site for details<\/p>\n<p><strong>Market Update<br \/>\n<\/strong>Last week was a down week for major indices, but Small Caps managed to rally and reach closing record<br \/>\nBitcoin dropped, but then wham! Big move Monday &#8211; back above $19,000<br \/>\nInvestor Sentiment Indicators extreme levels<br \/>\nFundamental ratios for S&amp;P 500 &#8211; Reaching historically high levels<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stream and Chatroom<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; We don&#8217;t mention this often enough &#8211; Live at 9PM Tuesdays with listener chatroom (dhunplugged.com)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Germany &#8211; Stay At Home<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Total Lockdown starting Dec 10 for a month<br \/>\n&#8211; NYC possible citywide stay-at-home order coming<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8211; New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio says the possibility of a full shutdown still exists due to rise in COVID-19 cases in the city<span class=\"price\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweden<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Still think this is a model?<br \/>\n&#8211; Cased 18k highest in cycle for Sweden<br \/>\n&#8211; Death rate ~ 350\/million (US 900\/million)<br \/>\n&#8211; Sweden has announced new national coronavirus guidelines that will come into force from December 14.<br \/>\n-Private gatherings should be limited to no more than eight people, even for Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eve.<br \/>\n-The crackdown comes as Sweden continues to grapple with a fierce second wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleCta_cta_1H74C ArticleCta_unauthorized_2nfzP\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>FOMC Meeting Tomorrow<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; No change expected<br \/>\n&#8211; A lot of explaining on how they intend to support bonds since Treasury took back #$475 BILLION<\/p>\n<p><strong>IPOs<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Big names last week came to market &#8211; DASH and ABNB<br \/>\n-Both shot up &#8211; consolidated and then started to come in<br \/>\n&#8211; AirBnB high of $165 &#8211; now $126<br \/>\n&#8211; Doordash &#8211; High $195 &#8211; now $157<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8211; Retail gets screwed again while VC&#8217;s, PE, Insiders, Sovereign Funds, Hedge Funds get benefits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taco Tuesday<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Moderna Vaccine getting the nod<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Reports that they will be increasing production in the first half of 20121 by 30%.<br \/>\n&#8211; Wondering if that is significant considering the drop in production due to 2020 1st half<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not Good X2 &#8211; Blame the Russians<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Last Week &#8211; FireEye, one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the United States, said on Tuesday that is has been hacked.<br \/>\n&#8211; This week- Solar Winds &#8211; Treasury, Commerce departments hacked. Pentagon, NASA also potentially compromised.<br \/>\n&#8211; Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a global cyberespionage campaign.<br \/>\n&#8212; They accessed those networks by slipping malware into a SolarWinds software update, according to the global cybersecurity firm FireEye, which was also compromised.<br \/>\n&#8211; The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s cybersecurity arm are investigating what experts and former officials said appeared to be a large-scale penetration of U.S. government agencies. Industry experts said it bore the hallmarks of Russian tradecraft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Hacks\/Outages<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Several services had outages this week including Google, Netflix<br \/>\n&#8211; Microsoft says it&#8217;s monitoring a dynamic threat environment surrounding the discovery of a sophisticated attack that included compromised binaries from a legitimate software.<br \/>\n&#8211;These binaries, which are related to the SolarWinds Orion Platform, could be used by attackers to remotely access devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TESLA &#8211; News<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; TSLA will be stopping production of the high-end Model S and Model X cars from December 24 to January 11 at its Fremont, California, factory.<br \/>\n&#8211; Unclear why that is happening<br \/>\n&#8211; Stock up (naturally)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surprise\/No Surprise!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Brexit talks extended past deadline<br \/>\n&#8211; London and Brussels agreed to \u201cgo the extra mile\u201d in coming days to try to reach an elusive trade agreement despite missing their latest deadline to avert a turbulent \u2018no deal\u2019 exit for Britain from the European Union\u2019s orbit at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time &#8211; <em>Person of The Year<\/em> Race<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Time Magazine reveals its Person of the Year for 2020 on Thursday, choosing the winner from nominees that include healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice movement and two U.S. presidential election winners.<br \/>\n&#8211; Trump, Biden, Fauci and Virus Healthcare Workers<br \/>\n&#8211; And the winner? Biden\/Harris&#8230;.<br \/>\n&#8211; How is that going to go down?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Porn-Snubbed &#8211; UPDATE<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Mastercard Inc and Visa Inc on Thursday stopped processing payments on Pornhub after a New York Times report last week that many videos posted on the adult website depicted sexual assault of children.<br \/>\n&#8211; Mastercard said it was permanently ending the use of its cards on the sex videos site after its investigation confirmed the presence of illegal content on the platform. Visa said it was suspending payments till an investigation was completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Last week, Vice President Mike Pence announced 18 astronauts chosen for possible participation in planned NASA missions to return to the moon\u2019s surface during the final U.S. space policy meeting before he and President Donald Trump leave office next month.<br \/>\n&#8211; At a meeting of the White House\u2019s National Space Council at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Pence unveiled the pool of nine women and nine men who could go to the moon under NASA\u2019s Artemis program, intended to put people back on the lunar surface for the first time since the 1970s.<br \/>\n&#8211; Why are we going to the moon again?<\/p>\n<p><strong>White House &#8211; Vaccine Delay<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; President Donald Trump said he will delay Covid-19 vaccinations for himself and White House staff after reports they would be offered early access to it as part of a plan to ensure continuity in government amid the pandemic.<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>TWEET<\/strong>: President Donald Trump said he will delay Covid-19 vaccinations for himself and White House staff after reports they would be offered early access to it as part of a plan to ensure continuity in government amid the pandemic.<br \/>\n&#8211; There goes the confidence in the vaccine with his base&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pardon Pool?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Julian Assange?<br \/>\n&#8211; Edward Snowden?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google &#8211; OUTAGE<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Google suffered from a 40 minute global outage Monday Morning<br \/>\n&#8211; Internal issue and was not any type of cyber attack<br \/>\n&#8211; Big impact &#8211; on many firms that use Google Cloud and related services<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>420 Stocks &#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/DHPotStocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK for list of &#8220;Pot Stocks&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Stocks to watch: CGC, STZ, TLRY, CRON, MJ, NBEV<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Love the Show?<br \/>\nMaking some $$ from the Weekly Stock ideas?<br \/>\nThen how about a Donation?<\/h4>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"2YUNUFNG66LVU\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dh_CTP.jpg\" alt=\"dh_CTP\" width=\"602\" height=\"122\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>ANNOUNCING &#8211; CTP Cup 2020<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/CTP\/dh-ctp-cup-final-2020\/\">Closest to the Pin Cup FINAL 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>*** NEW INTERACTIVE CHARTS ***<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Winners will be getting great stuff like the new DHUnplugged Shirts (Designed by Jimbo) &#8211;<br \/>\nPLUS a one-of-a-kind DHUnplugged CTP Winner&#8217;s certificate..<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tradingview.go2cloud.org\/aff_c?offer_id=2&amp;aff_id=2430&amp;source=DHCTP\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE CHARTS ON TRADING VIEW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>UPDATE<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; NEW ETF &#8211; Global X Millennials Thematic ETF Challenge!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The top holdings of Global X Millennials Thematic ETF (MILN) include stocks many investors would expect, such as <strong>Facebook<\/strong>, <strong>LinkedIn<\/strong> and <strong>Amazon<\/strong>, which take advantage of the tech tendencies of millennials. But some names might be more surprising like real estate investment trusts <strong>AvalonBay Communities<\/strong> and Equity <strong>Residential<\/strong>, and <strong>Home Depot<\/strong>, which could benefit from millennials moving out of the home of their parents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We are creating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/dhoci-index-tracking\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>DH Old Codger Index Portfolio<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to compete against this new ETF to see how &#8220;old school&#8221; stocks do in comparison. Companies in our index will include:<em> (updated names as of 8\/29\/16)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We have the performance summary running (daily and since inception of 5\/6\/16) &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/dhoci-index-tracking\/\">DHOCI vs. Millennials ETF Battle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Tech Update<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; The EU will threaten on Tuesday to break up Big Tech companies if they repeatedly engage in anti-competitive behavior.<br \/>\n&#8211; The warning comes as Brussels publishes its drafts of two major new pieces of tech regulation.<br \/>\n&#8211; A Digital Markets Act will aim to tackle unfair competition in the sector, and a Digital Services Act will force tech companies to take more responsibility for illegal behavior on their platforms.<br \/>\n&#8211; NAZ tech heavy index sold off a bit on this news<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feel Good Story<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; A blind man completed a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) run in New York\u2019s Central Park without a guide dog or human help this week. His navigation aid? Artificial intelligence through headphones plugged into a smartphone.<br \/>\n&#8211; He worked with the Alphabet Inc unit to create a research program. A smartphone camera picks up a painted \u2018guideline\u2019 on a running track. An app detects the runner\u2019s position and gives audio guidance through an earpiece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fed Limericks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mystery Limerick&#8217;r<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Short sellers are gong to drown<br \/>\nAs the Fed slams rates back down<br \/>\nIf inflation gets too hot<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ll change rules on the spot<br \/>\nAnd we all be moving uptown<\/p>\n<p><strong>John&#8217;s Score (B-)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Winter<\/strong><br \/>\nYellin is Biden\u2019s choice<br \/>\nTo be his Treasury voice<br \/>\nMnuchin is out<br \/>\nLosing his clout<br \/>\nTime for Powell to rejoice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John&#8217;s Score (B-)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><del><strong>Peter Winter<\/strong><\/del><br \/>\n<del>Mnuchin wants his money back<\/del><br \/>\n<del>Powell says &#8220;F you, you policy hack\u201d<\/del><br \/>\n<del>And now they will fight<\/del><br \/>\n<del>With no money in sight<\/del><br \/>\n<del>I want give them a smack!<\/del><\/p>\n<p><del><strong>John&#8217;s Score ()<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See this week\u2019s stock picks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/stock-page\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/THErealDVORAK\"><strong>Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewhorowitz\"><strong>Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun is shining down upon us as we enter the end-game for the global pandemic.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dh_535_banner.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investors continue to rejoice as sentiment indicators remain at extreme levels.<\/p>\n<p>What to expect from the FOMC rate decision meeting on Wednesday and a look at the rent action in the IPO market.<\/p>\n<p>Fed Limericks are Back &#8211; PLUS we are now on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/30bQIjH9Gw4es27XYrYKJL\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/79261e60-0492-43c0-b1a2-708ebeb4bd7e\/DH-Unplugged\">Amazon Music\/Podcasts<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Click HERE for Show Notes and Links<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DHUnplugged is now streaming live &#8211; with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Love the Show?<br \/>\nMaking some $$ from the Weekly Stock ideas?<br \/>\nThen how about a Donation?<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/THErealDVORAK\"><strong>Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewhorowitz\"><strong>Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The New World &#8211; First Batch of Vaccines Shipped<br \/>\n<\/strong>Plenty of new lock-downs announced<br \/>\nFed Rate Decision Meeting Ahead &#8211; not much expected<br \/>\nHappy Hanukkah &#8211; The Festival of Lights (Day 6)<br \/>\nThe Election &#8211; Official with Mitch McConnell stating Biden has won&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>ANNOUNCING<\/strong> &#8211; The 2020 DHUnplugged CTP Cup &#8211; See Site for details<\/p>\n<p><strong>Market Update<br \/>\n<\/strong>Last week was a down week for major indices, but Small Caps managed to rally and reach closing record<br \/>\nBitcoin dropped, but then wham! Big move Monday &#8211; back above $19,000<br \/>\nInvestor Sentiment Indicators extreme levels<br \/>\nFundamental ratios for S&amp;P 500 &#8211; Reaching historically high levels<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stream and Chatroom<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; We don&#8217;t mention this often enough &#8211; Live at 9PM Tuesdays with listener chatroom (dhunplugged.com)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Germany &#8211; Stay At Home<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Total Lockdown starting Dec 10 for a month<br \/>\n&#8211; NYC possible citywide stay-at-home order coming<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8211; New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio says the possibility of a full shutdown still exists due to rise in COVID-19 cases in the city\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweden<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Still think this is a model?<br \/>\n&#8211; Cased 18k highest in cycle for Sweden<br \/>\n&#8211; Death rate ~ 350\/million (US 900\/million)<br \/>\n&#8211; Sweden has announced new national coronavirus guidelines that will come into force from December 14.<br \/>\n-Private gatherings should be limited to no more than eight people, even for Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eve.<br \/>\n-The crackdown comes as Sweden continues to grapple with a fierce second wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOMC Meeting Tomorrow<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; No change expected<br \/>\n&#8211; A lot of explaining on how they intend to support bonds since Treasury took back #$475 BILLION<\/p>\n<p><strong>IPOs<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Big names last week came to market &#8211; DASH and ABNB<br \/>\n-Both shot up &#8211; consolidated and then started to come in<br \/>\n&#8211; AirBnB high of $165 &#8211; now $126<br \/>\n&#8211; Doordash &#8211; High $195 &#8211; now $157<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8211; Retail gets screwed again while VC&#8217;s, PE, Insiders, Sovereign Funds, Hedge Funds get benefits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taco Tuesday<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Moderna Vaccine getting the nod<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Reports that they will be increasing production in the first half of 20121 by 30%.<br \/>\n&#8211; Wondering if that is significant considering the drop in production due to 2020 1st half<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not Good X2 &#8211; Blame the Russians<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Last Week &#8211; FireEye, one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the United States, said on Tuesday that is has been hacked.<br \/>\n&#8211; This week- Solar Winds &#8211; Treasury, Commerce departments hacked. Pentagon, NASA also potentially compromised.<br \/>\n&#8211; Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a global cyberespionage campaign.<br \/>\n&#8212; They accessed those networks by slipping malware into a SolarWinds software update, according to the global cybersecurity firm FireEye, which was also compromised.<br \/>\n&#8211; The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s cybersecurity arm are investigating what experts and former officials said appeared to be a large-scale penetration of U.S. government agencies. Industry experts said it bore the hallmarks of Russian tradecraft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Hacks\/Outages<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Several services had outages this week including Google, Netflix<br \/>\n&#8211; Microsoft says it&#8217;s monitoring a dynamic threat environment surrounding the discovery of a sophisticated attack that included compromised binaries from a legitimate software.<br \/>\n&#8211;These binaries, which are related to the SolarWinds Orion Platform, could be used by attackers to remotely access devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TESLA &#8211; News<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; TSLA will be stopping production of the high-end Model S and Model X cars from December 24 to January 11 at its Fremont, California, factory.<br \/>\n&#8211; Unclear why that is happening<br \/>\n&#8211; Stock up (naturally)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surprise\/No Surprise!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Brexit talks extended past deadline<br \/>\n&#8211; London and Brussels agreed to \u201cgo the extra mile\u201d in coming days to try to reach an elusive trade agreement despite missing their latest deadline to avert a turbulent \u2018no deal\u2019 exit for Britain from the European Union\u2019s orbit at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time &#8211; <em>Person of The Year<\/em> Race<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Time Magazine reveals its Person of the Year for 2020 on Thursday, choosing the winner from nominees that include healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice movement and two U.S. presidential election winners.<br \/>\n&#8211; Trump, Biden, Fauci and Virus Healthcare Workers<br \/>\n&#8211; And the winner? Biden\/Harris&#8230;.<br \/>\n&#8211; How is that going to go down?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Porn-Snubbed &#8211; UPDATE<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Mastercard Inc and Visa Inc on Thursday stopped processing payments on Pornhub after a New York Times report last week that many videos posted on the adult website depicted sexual assault of children.<br \/>\n&#8211; Mastercard said it was permanently ending the use of its cards on the sex videos site after its investigation confirmed the presence of illegal content on the platform. Visa said it was suspending payments till an investigation was completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Last week, Vice President Mike Pence announced 18 astronauts chosen for possible participation in planned NASA missions to return to the moon\u2019s surface during the final U.S. space policy meeting before he and President Donald Trump leave office next month.<br \/>\n&#8211; At a meeting of the White House\u2019s National Space Council at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Pence unveiled the pool of nine women and nine men who could go to the moon under NASA\u2019s Artemis program, intended to put people back on the lunar surface for the first time since the 1970s.<br \/>\n&#8211; Why are we going to the moon again?<\/p>\n<p><strong>White House &#8211; Vaccine Delay<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; President Donald Trump said he will delay Covid-19 vaccinations for himself and White House staff after reports they would be offered early access to it as part of a plan to ensure continuity in government amid the pandemic.<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>TWEET<\/strong>: President Donald Trump said he will delay Covid-19 vaccinations for himself and White House staff after reports they would be offered early access to it as part of a plan to ensure continuity in government amid the pandemic.<br \/>\n&#8211; There goes the confidence in the vaccine with his base&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pardon Pool?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Julian Assange?<br \/>\n&#8211; Edward Snowden?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google &#8211; OUTAGE<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Google suffered from a 40 minute global outage Monday Morning<br \/>\n&#8211; Internal issue and was not any type of cyber attack<br \/>\n&#8211; Big impact &#8211; on many firms that use Google Cloud and related services<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>420 Stocks &#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/DHPotStocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK for list of &#8220;Pot Stocks&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Stocks to watch: CGC, STZ, TLRY, CRON, MJ, NBEV<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Love the Show?<br \/>\nMaking some $$ from the Weekly Stock ideas?<br \/>\nThen how about a Donation?<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ANNOUNCING &#8211; CTP Cup 2020<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/CTP\/dh-ctp-cup-final-2020\/\">Closest to the Pin Cup FINAL 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>*** NEW INTERACTIVE CHARTS ***<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Winners will be getting great stuff like the new DHUnplugged Shirts (Designed by Jimbo) &#8211;<br \/>\nPLUS a one-of-a-kind DHUnplugged CTP Winner&#8217;s certificate..<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tradingview.go2cloud.org\/aff_c?offer_id=2&amp;aff_id=2430&amp;source=DHCTP\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE CHARTS ON TRADING VIEW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>UPDATE<\/strong> &#8211; NEW ETF &#8211; Global X Millennials Thematic ETF Challenge!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The top holdings of Global X Millennials Thematic ETF (MILN) include stocks many investors would expect, such as <strong>Facebook<\/strong>, <strong>LinkedIn<\/strong> and <strong>Amazon<\/strong>, which take advantage of the tech tendencies of millennials. But some names might be more surprising like real estate investment trusts <strong>AvalonBay Communities<\/strong> and Equity <strong>Residential<\/strong>, and <strong>Home Depot<\/strong>, which could benefit from millennials moving out of the home of their parents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We are creating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/dhoci-index-tracking\/\"><strong>DH Old Codger Index Portfolio<\/strong><\/a> to compete against this new ETF to see how &#8220;old school&#8221; stocks do in comparison. Companies in our index will include:<em> (updated names as of 8\/29\/16)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We have the performance summary running (daily and since inception of 5\/6\/16) &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/dhoci-index-tracking\/\">DHOCI vs. Millennials ETF Battle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Tech Update<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; The EU will threaten on Tuesday to break up Big Tech companies if they repeatedly engage in anti-competitive behavior.<br \/>\n&#8211; The warning comes as Brussels publishes its drafts of two major new pieces of tech regulation.<br \/>\n&#8211; A Digital Markets Act will aim to tackle unfair competition in the sector, and a Digital Services Act will force tech companies to take more responsibility for illegal behavior on their platforms.<br \/>\n&#8211; NAZ tech heavy index sold off a bit on this news<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feel Good Story<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; A blind man completed a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) run in New York\u2019s Central Park without a guide dog or human help this week. His navigation aid? Artificial intelligence through headphones plugged into a smartphone.<br \/>\n&#8211; He worked with the Alphabet Inc unit to create a research program. A smartphone camera picks up a painted \u2018guideline\u2019 on a running track. An app detects the runner\u2019s position and gives audio guidance through an earpiece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fed Limericks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mystery Limerick&#8217;r<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Short sellers are gong to drown<br \/>\nAs the Fed slams rates back down<br \/>\nIf inflation gets too hot<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ll change rules on the spot<br \/>\nAnd we all be moving uptown<\/p>\n<p><strong>John&#8217;s Score (B-)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Winter<\/strong><br \/>\nYellin is Biden\u2019s choice<br \/>\nTo be his Treasury voice<br \/>\nMnuchin is out<br \/>\nLosing his clout<br \/>\nTime for Powell to rejoice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John&#8217;s Score (B-)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Winter<\/strong><br \/>\nMnuchin wants his money back<br \/>\nPowell says &#8220;F you, you policy hack\u201d<br \/>\nAnd now they will fight<br \/>\nWith no money in sight<br \/>\nI want give them a smack!<\/p>\n<p><strong>John&#8217;s Score ()<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See this week\u2019s stock picks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/stock-page\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/THErealDVORAK\"><strong>Follow John C. 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