{"id":55251,"date":"2022-05-11T03:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T07:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=55251"},"modified":"2022-05-11T03:19:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T07:19:00","slug":"dhunplugged-605-red-is-the-new-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/11\/dhunplugged-605-red-is-the-new-green\/","title":{"rendered":"DHUnplugged #605: Red is the New Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He went too far &#8211; TOO FAR!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dh_605_banner.jpg\" width=\"357\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Europe abandons its plans &#8211; oil recoils.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter drama continues&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>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-19405\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus-circle 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?<\/h4>\n<p>Then how about a Donation?<\/p>\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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"hgKElc\"><strong>Warm Up<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Testing key psych levels &#8211; not coming up for air<br \/>\n&#8211; The Twitter saga continues &#8211; but what did you expect with Musk involved?<br \/>\n&#8211; Egg on Face<br \/>\n&#8211; Red is the New Green<br \/>\n&#8211; Hair Raising Charts today<br \/>\n&#8211; Maybe ????\/ China Tariff News?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Market Update<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; TAKING A BEATING &#8211; No Where to hide&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8211; The opposite of the wealth effect, now known as poverty effect ?<br \/>\n&#8211; Red is the New Green?<br \/>\n&#8211; Bad year&#8217;s return this month<br \/>\n&#8211; Earnings outlook &#8211; somewhat lower estimates coming in<\/p>\n<p>OMG OMG &#8211; Seriously &#8211; some of these stocks down 50% in past few days. (COIN, U, RBLX, UPST)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>DONATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Performance 2022 &#8211; OMG<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/peryttd.jpg\" data-mfp-type=\"image\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Growth\/Value<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>OMG &#8211; Another OMG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/omgchart.jpg\" data-mfp-type=\"image\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Cut in Half<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Last One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"su-lightbox\" data-mfp-src=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/turmoil.jpg\" data-mfp-type=\"image\" data-mobile=\"yes\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Markets In Turmoil<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rivian Motors<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Amazon and Ford took big positions &#8211; Was good for a minute<br \/>\n&#8211; Selling off shares, taking stock down<br \/>\n&#8211; High $160 &#8211; Current &lt;$25<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earnings Outlook<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Analysts had lowered their overall forecast for S&amp;P 500 second-quarter profit growth to 5.6% from 6.8% at the start of April<br \/>\n&#8211; The full-year forecast has held at 8.8%<br \/>\n&#8211; BUT &#8211; The 2022 growth estimate, however, drops to about 5% without the energy sector&#8217;s growth &#8211; a sizeable impact for a sector that accounts for just 4% of the S&amp;P 500&#8217;s market capitalization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HORRIFIC<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; GoodRX &#8211; Misses &#8211; stock chopped 39% in A\/H<br \/>\n&#8211; Upstart &#8211; Guides down &#8211; stock down 42% in A\/H (ATH $395 &#8211; now $ 46)<br \/>\n&#8211; Coinbase Global prelim Q1 ($1.96) vs $0.86 S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; revs $1.17 bln vs $1.48 bln S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do We Have To Talk About This?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; How Does Nuclear War Help Anyone?<br \/>\n&#8211; Testing &#8211; very timely&#8230;.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Ilyushin II-80, dubbed the \u201cDoomsday\u201d plane, is a Russian-built aircraft with emergency strategic equipment built which is designed protect Putin from a nuclear attack.<br \/>\n&#8211; The aircraft has highly distinctive features including a windowless fuselage and an exaggerated radar detection dome on the roof of the cockpit. This is reportedly to prevent exposure to electromagnetic pulse (EMP).<br \/>\n&#8211; Domsday plane showcased in Military parade in Red Square<\/p>\n<p><strong>European &#8211; Russian Oil Ban<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; EU reportedly abandons plans to ban Russian crude shipping after failing to lock down key partners to mirror the sanctions, according to FT<br \/>\n&#8211; How does that work<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH &#8211; And this&#8230;.<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Japan will ban Russian crude oil imports &#8220;<strong>in principle<\/strong>,&#8221; as part of a Group of Seven (G7) campaign to counter Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said after an online meeting of G7 leaders on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>China Lockdowns<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Locking down in Shanghai &#8211; not improving<br \/>\n&#8211; Bejing &#8211; Srtarting to close in<br \/>\n&#8211; Will China ever be out of COVID emergency?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fed<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Boosted and Freaked Markets<br \/>\n&#8211; Took 0.75% off the table &#8211; so he said &#8211; market rejoiced<br \/>\n&#8211; One day later &#8211; Oooofah<br \/>\n&#8211; Fed fund futures are priced for rates reaching 1.75-2.0% in July, from the current 0.75-1.0%, and climbing all the way to around 3% by the end of the year.<br \/>\n&#8211; USD at 20 year high<br \/>\n&#8211; Crypto &#8211; crashes (so much for the hedge &#8211; thanks fellas!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEWS ALERT &#8211; Last Friday<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; CNBC\u2019s Jim Cramer said Friday that the Federal Reserve\u2019s attempts to crush inflation by raising interest rates will also inevitably bring down \u201cformerly high-flying stocks\u201d \u2013 even those that are \u201clegitimate\u201d companies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Double News Alert!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Nothing done but&#8230;.. Biden weighing reducing\/lowering China tariffs to slow inflation<br \/>\n&#8211; NO F&#8217;Ing KIDDING! WORST THING EVER TO BEGIN WITH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hone Kong &#8220;Election&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Hong Kong&#8217;s leader-in-waiting, John Lee, was endorsed for the city&#8217;s top job on Sunday by a committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists, as the financial hub attempts to relaunch itself after several years of political upheaval.<br \/>\n&#8211; Lee, the sole candidate, received the votes of 1,416 members of a pro-Beijing election committee on Sunday morning, granting him the majority required to anoint him as Hong Kong&#8217;s next leader. Eight voted to &#8220;not support&#8221; him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spitting out the SPACS<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Goldman Sachs plans to stop working with most SPACs it took public as the company seeks to distance itself from liability, regulators, according to Bloomberg<span class=\"price\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Places to Move<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Here are the country&#8217;s top 10 moving destinations for 2021, according to Penske&#8217;s report:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Houston<\/li>\n<li>Las Vegas<\/li>\n<li>Phoenix<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte, North Carolina (which hasn&#8217;t ranked in the top 10 since 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Denver<\/li>\n<li>San Antonio<\/li>\n<li>Dallas<\/li>\n<li>Orlando, Florida<\/li>\n<li>Austin, Texas<\/li>\n<li>Chicago (which hasn&#8217;t ranked in the top 10 since 2015<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Introducing the NEW FAANG Stocks<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Was Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google<br \/>\n&#8211; Now In are the new growth areas of Fuels, Aerospace &amp; defense, Agriculture, Nuclear and renewables, and Gold and metals\/minerals. Call it FAANG 2.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Larry Ellison in for\u00a0 $ $<br \/>\n&#8211; Looks like several investors rolling in their shares to the private offer<br \/>\n&#8211; Saudi Arabian investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who had initially opposed the buyout, also agreed to roll his $1.89 billion stake into the deal rather than cashing out<br \/>\n&#8212;- There could be issues with Saudi owning part of US Media company&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>More Twitter<br \/>\n&#8211; Twitter: Elon Musk says permanent bans should be &#8220;extremely rare&#8221; and limited to bots on scam accounts; says it was &#8220;foolish&#8221; to ban former President Trump and he would reverse it when deal closes; says users will get a &#8220;timeout&#8221; if they post something illegal and the tweet should be made invisible<\/p>\n<p><strong>Failed Policy<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; This is why all should stop monkeying around with rates and monetary policy<br \/>\n&#8211; Turkey&#8217;s annual inflation jumped to a two-decade high of 69.97% in April<br \/>\n&#8211; Erdogan believes that dropping rates will actually drive DOWN inflation<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION &#8211; What are Investors to Do?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; No Where to Hide<br \/>\n&#8211; Diversify &#8211; ??<br \/>\n&#8211; Most Investors are WAY OFF on risk tolerance and usually make moves when it is too late<br \/>\n&#8211; Preference is Early action &#8211; WAY EARLY<\/p>\n<p>Unions &#8211; All the Rage<br \/>\n&#8211; Starbucks, Amazon and now Apple<br \/>\n&#8211; Workers who hope to organize a union at Apple&#8217;s Grand Central Terminal store want workers to be paid a minimum of $30 per hour, according to a website for the group, <strong><em>Fruit Stand\u00a0Workers United<\/em><\/strong><\/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 \/>\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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dh_CTP.jpg\" alt=\"dh_CTP\" width=\"602\" height=\"122\" \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/CTP\/twitter\/\"><strong>ANNOUNCING THE WINNER FOR<br \/>\nThe CTP for Twitter (TWTR)<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>*** NEW INTERACTIVE CHARTS ***<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CTP_TWTR.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\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>LIMERICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong> Grade ()<br \/>\n<\/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>He went too far &#8211; TOO FAR!<\/p>\n<p>Europe abandons its plans &#8211; oil recoils.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter drama continues&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/h4>\n<p>Then how about a Donation?<\/p>\n<p><\/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<p><strong>Warm Up<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Testing key psych levels &#8211; not coming up for air<br \/>\n&#8211; The Twitter saga continues &#8211; but what did you expect with Musk involved?<br \/>\n&#8211; Egg on Face<br \/>\n&#8211; Red is the New Green<br \/>\n&#8211; Hair Raising Charts today<br \/>\n&#8211; Maybe ????\/ China Tariff News?\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Market Update<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; TAKING A BEATING &#8211; No Where to hide&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8211; The opposite of the wealth effect, now known as poverty effect ?<br \/>\n&#8211; Red is the New Green?<br \/>\n&#8211; Bad year&#8217;s return this month<br \/>\n&#8211; Earnings outlook &#8211; somewhat lower estimates coming in<\/p>\n<p>OMG OMG &#8211; Seriously &#8211; some of these stocks down 50% in past few days. (COIN, U, RBLX, UPST)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DONATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Performance 2022 &#8211; OMG<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> Growth\/Value<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OMG &#8211; Another OMG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> Cut in Half<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> Markets In Turmoil<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rivian Motors<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Amazon and Ford took big positions &#8211; Was good for a minute<br \/>\n&#8211; Selling off shares, taking stock down<br \/>\n&#8211; High $160 &#8211; Current &lt;$25<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earnings Outlook<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Analysts had lowered their overall forecast for S&amp;P 500 second-quarter profit growth to 5.6% from 6.8% at the start of April<br \/>\n&#8211; The full-year forecast has held at 8.8%<br \/>\n&#8211; BUT &#8211; The 2022 growth estimate, however, drops to about 5% without the energy sector&#8217;s growth &#8211; a sizeable impact for a sector that accounts for just 4% of the S&amp;P 500&#8217;s market capitalization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HORRIFIC<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; GoodRX &#8211; Misses &#8211; stock chopped 39% in A\/H<br \/>\n&#8211; Upstart &#8211; Guides down &#8211; stock down 42% in A\/H (ATH $395 &#8211; now $ 46)<br \/>\n&#8211; Coinbase Global prelim Q1 ($1.96) vs $0.86 S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; revs $1.17 bln vs $1.48 bln S&amp;P Capital IQ Consensus Estimate<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do We Have To Talk About This?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; How Does Nuclear War Help Anyone?<br \/>\n&#8211; Testing &#8211; very timely&#8230;.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Ilyushin II-80, dubbed the \u201cDoomsday\u201d plane, is a Russian-built aircraft with emergency strategic equipment built which is designed protect Putin from a nuclear attack.<br \/>\n&#8211; The aircraft has highly distinctive features including a windowless fuselage and an exaggerated radar detection dome on the roof of the cockpit. This is reportedly to prevent exposure to electromagnetic pulse (EMP).<br \/>\n&#8211; Domsday plane showcased in Military parade in Red Square<\/p>\n<p><strong>European &#8211; Russian Oil Ban<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; EU reportedly abandons plans to ban Russian crude shipping after failing to lock down key partners to mirror the sanctions, according to FT<br \/>\n&#8211; How does that work<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH &#8211; And this&#8230;.<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Japan will ban Russian crude oil imports &#8220;<strong>in principle<\/strong>,&#8221; as part of a Group of Seven (G7) campaign to counter Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said after an online meeting of G7 leaders on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>China Lockdowns<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Locking down in Shanghai &#8211; not improving<br \/>\n&#8211; Bejing &#8211; Srtarting to close in<br \/>\n&#8211; Will China ever be out of COVID emergency?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fed<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Boosted and Freaked Markets<br \/>\n&#8211; Took 0.75% off the table &#8211; so he said &#8211; market rejoiced<br \/>\n&#8211; One day later &#8211; Oooofah<br \/>\n&#8211; Fed fund futures are priced for rates reaching 1.75-2.0% in July, from the current 0.75-1.0%, and climbing all the way to around 3% by the end of the year.<br \/>\n&#8211; USD at 20 year high<br \/>\n&#8211; Crypto &#8211; crashes (so much for the hedge &#8211; thanks fellas!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEWS ALERT &#8211; Last Friday<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; CNBC\u2019s Jim Cramer said Friday that the Federal Reserve\u2019s attempts to crush inflation by raising interest rates will also inevitably bring down \u201cformerly high-flying stocks\u201d \u2013 even those that are \u201clegitimate\u201d companies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Double News Alert!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Nothing done but&#8230;.. Biden weighing reducing\/lowering China tariffs to slow inflation<br \/>\n&#8211; NO F&#8217;Ing KIDDING! WORST THING EVER TO BEGIN WITH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hone Kong &#8220;Election&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Hong Kong&#8217;s leader-in-waiting, John Lee, was endorsed for the city&#8217;s top job on Sunday by a committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists, as the financial hub attempts to relaunch itself after several years of political upheaval.<br \/>\n&#8211; Lee, the sole candidate, received the votes of 1,416 members of a pro-Beijing election committee on Sunday morning, granting him the majority required to anoint him as Hong Kong&#8217;s next leader. Eight voted to &#8220;not support&#8221; him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spitting out the SPACS<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Goldman Sachs plans to stop working with most SPACs it took public as the company seeks to distance itself from liability, regulators, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Places to Move<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Here are the country&#8217;s top 10 moving destinations for 2021, according to Penske&#8217;s report:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Houston<\/li>\n<li>Las Vegas<\/li>\n<li>Phoenix<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte, North Carolina (which hasn&#8217;t ranked in the top 10 since 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Denver<\/li>\n<li>San Antonio<\/li>\n<li>Dallas<\/li>\n<li>Orlando, Florida<\/li>\n<li>Austin, Texas<\/li>\n<li>Chicago (which hasn&#8217;t ranked in the top 10 since 2015<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Introducing the NEW FAANG Stocks<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Was Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google<br \/>\n&#8211; Now In are the new growth areas of Fuels, Aerospace &amp; defense, Agriculture, Nuclear and renewables, and Gold and metals\/minerals. Call it FAANG 2.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Larry Ellison in for\u00a0 $ $<br \/>\n&#8211; Looks like several investors rolling in their shares to the private offer<br \/>\n&#8211; Saudi Arabian investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who had initially opposed the buyout, also agreed to roll his $1.89 billion stake into the deal rather than cashing out<br \/>\n&#8212;- There could be issues with Saudi owning part of US Media company&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>More Twitter<br \/>\n&#8211; Twitter: Elon Musk says permanent bans should be &#8220;extremely rare&#8221; and limited to bots on scam accounts; says it was &#8220;foolish&#8221; to ban former President Trump and he would reverse it when deal closes; says users will get a &#8220;timeout&#8221; if they post something illegal and the tweet should be made invisible<\/p>\n<p><strong>Failed Policy<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; This is why all should stop monkeying around with rates and monetary policy<br \/>\n&#8211; Turkey&#8217;s annual inflation jumped to a two-decade high of 69.97% in April<br \/>\n&#8211; Erdogan believes that dropping rates will actually drive DOWN inflation<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION &#8211; What are Investors to Do?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; No Where to Hide<br \/>\n&#8211; Diversify &#8211; ??<br \/>\n&#8211; Most Investors are WAY OFF on risk tolerance and usually make moves when it is too late<br \/>\n&#8211; Preference is Early action &#8211; WAY EARLY<\/p>\n<p>Unions &#8211; All the Rage<br \/>\n&#8211; Starbucks, Amazon and now Apple<br \/>\n&#8211; Workers who hope to organize a union at Apple&#8217;s Grand Central Terminal store want workers to be paid a minimum of $30 per hour, according to a website for the group, <strong><em>Fruit Stand\u00a0Workers United<\/em><\/strong><\/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 \/>\nThen how about a Donation?<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhunplugged.com\/CTP\/twitter\/\"><strong>ANNOUNCING THE WINNER FOR<br \/>\nThe CTP for Twitter (TWTR)<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>*** NEW INTERACTIVE CHARTS ***<\/strong><\/p>\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>LIMERICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong> Grade ()<br \/>\n<\/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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