{"id":54570,"date":"2021-01-27T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=54570"},"modified":"2021-01-27T04:16:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T09:16:00","slug":"dhunplugged-541-flash-margin-smash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/dhunplugged-541-flash-margin-smash\/","title":{"rendered":"DHUnplugged #541: Flash Margin Smash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EPIC short squeeze is playing out. EVs, SPACs and high short interest names ramping higher.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dh_541_banner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dh_541_banner.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big week for tech earnings and plenty of economic reports will set the stage. Plus, some interesting movers and stock picks.<\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\">This episode is sponsored by OurCrowd<br \/>\nIf you are an accredited investor\u00a0 looking to i<span class=\"tadv-color\">nvest in pre-vetted startups and exclusive venture funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Visit<\/strong> <strong>www.ourcrowd.com &#8211; Promo Code DHU<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span id=\"more-18060\"><\/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>Episode Sponsor:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>DH Unplugged<\/strong> is supported by OurCrowd. OurCrowd helps you invest early in pre-IPO companies alongside professional venture capitalists.\u00a0 If you\u2019re interested in investing, you need to join OurCrowd for free at O-U-R-C-R-O-W-D dot com slash <strong>DHU<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Week for Earnings<br \/>\n<\/strong>Massive &#8211; Short Squeeze Monday\/Tuesday &#8211; Flash Margin Smash<br \/>\nPower of the Message Boards<br \/>\nStimulus bill may be delayed<br \/>\nLockdowns &#8211; variants and virus worries popping up<br \/>\nBuy Dips &#8211; Any dips and SPACs\/EVs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Market Update<br \/>\n<\/strong>Divergence again &#8211; DJIA vs NASDAQ<br \/>\nWeird action &#8211; massive parabolic moves for highly shorted stocks<br \/>\n&#8211; Gapping then crapping<br \/>\n&#8211; Is there speculative fever here? End of the bull? Maybe, maybe not<br \/>\n&#8211; Biden EV plan ramps sector<br \/>\n&#8211; Asking: Are we seeing topping action?<\/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>Gamestop<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; HIGH of $159 Monday, before coming back to $70&#8217;s<br \/>\n&#8211; Gamification of trading &#8211; &#8220;Smoke Shitron&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Halt, Halt, Halt&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8211; No Borrows available to short IRL (Short interest &gt; 120%)<br \/>\n&#8211; More players pumping &#8211; TTM! (Chamath P buys 50 Feb 115 calls @~$26ish. Now $65 ($200k profit on $130k)<br \/>\n&#8211; Moved to $145 Tuesday and A\/H = $172+++++++++++++<br \/>\n&#8211; Still wondering : Who is behind this and what will be the outcome<br \/>\n&#8211; 100% move killed some hedge funds (Citadel and Point72 bailing out one that lost 30% as of last Friday)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Short Squeeeeeeze<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Monday (And Tuesday) Markets<br \/>\n&#8211; Heavily Shorted names go wild &#8211; straight up<br \/>\n&#8212; Most have lousy fundamentals (Feels like 1999)<br \/>\n&#8211; BBBY opened at $30, then screamed to $47, then came back to $32<br \/>\n&#8211; Playbook of GME or Shorts freaking out as they don&#8217;t want to be targeted?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biden EV Announcement<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; President Joe Biden on Monday vowed to replace the U.S. government\u2019s fleet of roughly 650,000 vehicles with electric models as the new administration shifts its focus toward clean-energy.<br \/>\n&#8211; \u201cThe federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles, which we\u2019re going to replace with clean electric vehicles made right here in America made by American workers,\u201d Biden said Monday<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stimulus Delay<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is aiming to pass stimulus bill mid-March, but disagreements over size of bill remain, according to Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Bans and Un-Bans<\/strong><br \/>\n-President Biden locking down several countries from entry to U.S.<br \/>\n&#8211; President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-U.S. citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">OURCROWD<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>If you wish you were in early on some of the best performing IPOs, check out OurCrowd.com &#8211; take a look at NanoLock, a company offering iOT cyber protection. http:\/\/www.ourcrowd.com (Promo code DHU)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parallel Data<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Is this alternative facts?<br \/>\n&#8211; Dr. Deborah Birx, the Trump White House coronavirus response coordinator, said in a CBS interview released on Sunday that Former President Donald Trump had been reviewing &#8220;parallel&#8221; data sets on the coronavirus pandemic from someone inside the administration.<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;I saw the president presenting graphs that I never made,&#8221; Birx told Margaret Brennan on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation.&#8221; &#8220;Someone inside was creating a parallel set of data and graphics that were shown to the president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And this:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Sunday that the federal government does not know how much coronavirus vaccine the nation has<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;I can&#8217;t tell you how much vaccine we have, and if I can&#8217;t tell it to you then I can&#8217;t tell it to the governors and I can&#8217;t tell it to the state health officials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And then&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; AstraZeneca Plc has informed European Union officials on Friday it would cut deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc by 60% to 31 million doses in the first quarter of the year due to production problems<br \/>\n&#8211; AstraZeneca was expected to deliver about 80 million doses to the 27 EU countries by the end of March<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucky!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; A single winning ticket for a Mega Millions lottery jackpot of $1.05 billion, the third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was sold at a supermarket in a suburb of Detroit<br \/>\n&#8211; The winner can opt to receive the jackpot in annual payouts over 29 years, though 24% must be given in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, or ask instead for a one-time cash payout of $739, receiving $530 million after taxes.<br \/>\n&#8211; $34.5 Million per year &#8211; after taxes $26 million per year<br \/>\n&#8211; Which payout to choose?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Button<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Biden removed &#8220;red button&#8221; from Oval office desk<br \/>\n&#8211; Seems Pres Trump pressed that to have a Diet Coke delivered (on a silver platter news sources say!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loon &#8211; MoonShot Not<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Alphabet is shutting down Loon, one of its &#8220;moonshots,&#8221; which aimed to deliver internet service via high-altitude balloons.<br \/>\n&#8211; The effort was one of several approaches designed to get high-speed connectivity to some of the world&#8217;s most remote spots and proved useful in the aftermath of disasters that shut down traditional infrastructure<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;While we\u2019ve found a number of willing partners along the way, we haven\u2019t found a way to get the costs low enough to build a long-term, sustainable business,&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; How do balloons stay afloat?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coins<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; BlackRock Inc is adding bitcoin futures as an eligible investment to two funds, a company filing showed, in a move to bring the world of cryptocurrency to its clients.<br \/>\n&#8211; The world\u2019s largest asset manager said it could use bitcoin derivatives for its funds BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities and BlackRock Global Allocation Fund Inc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday it would require Ford Motor Co to recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective Takata air bags, rejecting a bid by the second-largest U.S. automaker to avoid calling them back.<br \/>\n&#8211; The vehicles that will be recalled include various Ford Ranger, Fusion, Edge, Lincoln Zephyr\/MKZ, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKX vehicles, along with Mazda 2007\u20132009 model year B-Series vehicles.<br \/>\n&#8211; Going on forever&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earnings<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Microsoft &#8211; Microsoft prelim Q2 $2.03 vs $1.41 S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; revs $43.08 bln vs $40.23 bln S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate (ATH after market)<br \/>\n&#8211; Advanced Micro beats by $0.22, beats on revs; guides Q1 revs above consensus; guides FY21 revs above consensus<br \/>\n&#8211; Starbucks sees FY21 $2.70-2.90 vs $2.82 S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees revs $28-29 bln vs $28.49 bln S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate<\/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<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 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>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>Leon Black (Eye)<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Leon Black said on Monday he would step down as chief executive at Apollo Global Management Inc, the firm he co-founded 31 years ago and turned into a Wall Street powerhouse, following an independent review of his ties to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<br \/>\n&#8211; The independent review, conducted by law firm Dechert LLP, found Black was not involved in any way with Epstein\u2019s criminal activities. Black paid Epstein $158 million for advice on tax and estate planning and related services between 2012 and 2017, according to the review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FLORIDA<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Florida asks International Olympic Committee to relocate 2021 games to the state amid concerns that Tokyo will cancel the games, according to Reuters<span class=\"price\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>No-Peach<br \/>\n&#8211; Senate votes 55-45 to more forward with impeachment trial against former President Trump, but the 45 Republicans voting to dismiss the trial suggest that Mr. Trump will not get convicted when the final vote occurs, according to NY Times<span class=\"price\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; JCD ARTICLE &#8211; TRUMP ELECTION<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fed Limericks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JCD? <\/strong><\/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>EPIC short squeeze is playing out. EVs, SPACs and high short interest names ramping higher.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dh_541_banner.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big week for tech earnings and plenty of economic reports will set the stage. Plus, some interesting movers and stock picks.<\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\">This episode is sponsored by OurCrowd<br \/>\nIf you are an accredited investor\u00a0 looking to invest in pre-vetted startups and exclusive venture funds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Visit<\/strong> <strong>www.ourcrowd.com &#8211; Promo Code DHU<\/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>Episode Sponsor:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>DH Unplugged<\/strong> is supported by OurCrowd. OurCrowd helps you invest early in pre-IPO companies alongside professional venture capitalists.\u00a0 If you\u2019re interested in investing, you need to join OurCrowd for free at O-U-R-C-R-O-W-D dot com slash <strong>DHU<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Week for Earnings<br \/>\n<\/strong>Massive &#8211; Short Squeeze Monday\/Tuesday &#8211; Flash Margin Smash<br \/>\nPower of the Message Boards<br \/>\nStimulus bill may be delayed<br \/>\nLockdowns &#8211; variants and virus worries popping up<br \/>\nBuy Dips &#8211; Any dips and SPACs\/EVs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Market Update<br \/>\n<\/strong>Divergence again &#8211; DJIA vs NASDAQ<br \/>\nWeird action &#8211; massive parabolic moves for highly shorted stocks<br \/>\n&#8211; Gapping then crapping<br \/>\n&#8211; Is there speculative fever here? End of the bull? Maybe, maybe not<br \/>\n&#8211; Biden EV plan ramps sector<br \/>\n&#8211; Asking: Are we seeing topping action?<\/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>Gamestop<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; HIGH of $159 Monday, before coming back to $70&#8217;s<br \/>\n&#8211; Gamification of trading &#8211; &#8220;Smoke Shitron&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Halt, Halt, Halt&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8211; No Borrows available to short IRL (Short interest &gt; 120%)<br \/>\n&#8211; More players pumping &#8211; TTM! (Chamath P buys 50 Feb 115 calls @~$26ish. Now $65 ($200k profit on $130k)<br \/>\n&#8211; Moved to $145 Tuesday and A\/H = $172+++++++++++++<br \/>\n&#8211; Still wondering : Who is behind this and what will be the outcome<br \/>\n&#8211; 100% move killed some hedge funds (Citadel and Point72 bailing out one that lost 30% as of last Friday)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Short Squeeeeeeze<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Monday (And Tuesday) Markets<br \/>\n&#8211; Heavily Shorted names go wild &#8211; straight up<br \/>\n&#8212; Most have lousy fundamentals (Feels like 1999)<br \/>\n&#8211; BBBY opened at $30, then screamed to $47, then came back to $32<br \/>\n&#8211; Playbook of GME or Shorts freaking out as they don&#8217;t want to be targeted?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biden EV Announcement<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; President Joe Biden on Monday vowed to replace the U.S. government\u2019s fleet of roughly 650,000 vehicles with electric models as the new administration shifts its focus toward clean-energy.<br \/>\n&#8211; \u201cThe federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles, which we\u2019re going to replace with clean electric vehicles made right here in America made by American workers,\u201d Biden said Monday<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stimulus Delay<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is aiming to pass stimulus bill mid-March, but disagreements over size of bill remain, according to Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Bans and Un-Bans<\/strong><br \/>\n-President Biden locking down several countries from entry to U.S.<br \/>\n&#8211; President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-U.S. citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19<\/p>\n<p><strong>OURCROWD<br \/>\n<\/strong>If you wish you were in early on some of the best performing IPOs, check out OurCrowd.com &#8211; take a look at NanoLock, a company offering iOT cyber protection. http:\/\/www.ourcrowd.com (Promo code DHU)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parallel Data<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Is this alternative facts?<br \/>\n&#8211; Dr. Deborah Birx, the Trump White House coronavirus response coordinator, said in a CBS interview released on Sunday that Former President Donald Trump had been reviewing &#8220;parallel&#8221; data sets on the coronavirus pandemic from someone inside the administration.<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;I saw the president presenting graphs that I never made,&#8221; Birx told Margaret Brennan on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation.&#8221; &#8220;Someone inside was creating a parallel set of data and graphics that were shown to the president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And this:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Sunday that the federal government does not know how much coronavirus vaccine the nation has<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;I can&#8217;t tell you how much vaccine we have, and if I can&#8217;t tell it to you then I can&#8217;t tell it to the governors and I can&#8217;t tell it to the state health officials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And then&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; AstraZeneca Plc has informed European Union officials on Friday it would cut deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc by 60% to 31 million doses in the first quarter of the year due to production problems<br \/>\n&#8211; AstraZeneca was expected to deliver about 80 million doses to the 27 EU countries by the end of March<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucky!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; A single winning ticket for a Mega Millions lottery jackpot of $1.05 billion, the third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was sold at a supermarket in a suburb of Detroit<br \/>\n&#8211; The winner can opt to receive the jackpot in annual payouts over 29 years, though 24% must be given in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, or ask instead for a one-time cash payout of $739, receiving $530 million after taxes.<br \/>\n&#8211; $34.5 Million per year &#8211; after taxes $26 million per year<br \/>\n&#8211; Which payout to choose?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Button<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Biden removed &#8220;red button&#8221; from Oval office desk<br \/>\n&#8211; Seems Pres Trump pressed that to have a Diet Coke delivered (on a silver platter news sources say!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loon &#8211; MoonShot Not<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Alphabet is shutting down Loon, one of its &#8220;moonshots,&#8221; which aimed to deliver internet service via high-altitude balloons.<br \/>\n&#8211; The effort was one of several approaches designed to get high-speed connectivity to some of the world&#8217;s most remote spots and proved useful in the aftermath of disasters that shut down traditional infrastructure<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;While we\u2019ve found a number of willing partners along the way, we haven\u2019t found a way to get the costs low enough to build a long-term, sustainable business,&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; How do balloons stay afloat?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coins<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; BlackRock Inc is adding bitcoin futures as an eligible investment to two funds, a company filing showed, in a move to bring the world of cryptocurrency to its clients.<br \/>\n&#8211; The world\u2019s largest asset manager said it could use bitcoin derivatives for its funds BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities and BlackRock Global Allocation Fund Inc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday it would require Ford Motor Co to recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective Takata air bags, rejecting a bid by the second-largest U.S. automaker to avoid calling them back.<br \/>\n&#8211; The vehicles that will be recalled include various Ford Ranger, Fusion, Edge, Lincoln Zephyr\/MKZ, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKX vehicles, along with Mazda 2007\u20132009 model year B-Series vehicles.<br \/>\n&#8211; Going on forever&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earnings<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Microsoft &#8211; Microsoft prelim Q2 $2.03 vs $1.41 S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; revs $43.08 bln vs $40.23 bln S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate (ATH after market)<br \/>\n&#8211; Advanced Micro beats by $0.22, beats on revs; guides Q1 revs above consensus; guides FY21 revs above consensus<br \/>\n&#8211; Starbucks sees FY21 $2.70-2.90 vs $2.82 S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees revs $28-29 bln vs $28.49 bln S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate<\/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>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>Leon Black (Eye)<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Leon Black said on Monday he would step down as chief executive at Apollo Global Management Inc, the firm he co-founded 31 years ago and turned into a Wall Street powerhouse, following an independent review of his ties to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<br \/>\n&#8211; The independent review, conducted by law firm Dechert LLP, found Black was not involved in any way with Epstein\u2019s criminal activities. Black paid Epstein $158 million for advice on tax and estate planning and related services between 2012 and 2017, according to the review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FLORIDA<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Florida asks International Olympic Committee to relocate 2021 games to the state amid concerns that Tokyo will cancel the games, according to Reuters\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No-Peach<br \/>\n&#8211; Senate votes 55-45 to more forward with impeachment trial against former President Trump, but the 45 Republicans voting to dismiss the trial suggest that Mr. Trump will not get convicted when the final vote occurs, according to NY Times\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; JCD ARTICLE &#8211; TRUMP ELECTION<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fed Limericks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JCD? <\/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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