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In this week’s Recap, Marcello talks about the aftermath of the collapse in prices of the Crypto Luna; There is a Baby formula shortage in the U.S.; Switzerland is preparing in case of nuclear attacks. U.S. consumer sentiment slumped to its lowest level in nearly 11 years in early May it was reported this week, as worries about inflation persisted, but household spending remains underpinned by a strong labor market & massive savings, which may well keep the economy expanding for the [...] The post May 15: Crypto Luna Massacre, Baby Formula Shortage, Switzerland prepared Nuclear War (Recap ep175) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In today’s Recap, Marcello talks about how most markets around the globe fell; Gucci is accepting cryptocurrencies as payment method; Elon Musk gave a hint to the new world order at the MET gala. U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by +0.50% in the biggest single-meeting increase in 20 years. Although the Fed Chair Powell said that additional half-point rate increases will be on the table at the next couple of meetings, he added that Fed officials aren’t actively considering a 75-basis-point [...] The post May 8: Everything Collapses, Gucci Accept Crypto, Elon Musk mentions New World Order (Recap ep174) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In today’s Recap, Marcello talks about a way of payment using an implant placed inside your hand; Bitcoin is now legal tender in the Central African Republic; More analysts are predicting a food shortage in 2023. The Central African Republic adopted Bitcoin as its official currency, thus following El Salvador’s as the 2nd country to do so. Bitcoin was made legal tender after lawmakers voted unanimously to pass the bill legalizing the world’s largest cryptocurrency & other cryptos, according to the chief [...] The post May 1: Mark of the Beast has Arrived, Bitcoin Legalized in 2nd Country, Food Shortages Affected Extreme Flooding (Recap ep173) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s recap, US & world markets in general ended lower this week, with the Russian/Ukrainian conflict showing no signs of ending soon and the World Bank lowered its global growth forecast for 2022 by nearly 1%, from +4.1% to +3.2%. The IMF also cut its global growth projections for 2022 & 2023, now projecting a +3.6% GDP rate. This represents a -0.8% & -0.2% drop saying the economic impact from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will propagate far & wide. Corn [...] The post April 24: Food plants mysteriously burn down, SpaceX internet, Elon Musk murders Bill Gates meme (Recap Ep172) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In today’s Recap, Marcello talks about the faceoff between Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, and Twitter when he made a public offer to buy 100% of the social media firm; Warren Buffet was called a sociopathic grandpa from Omaha by Peter Thiel; Inflation and food prices are still going up. Elon Musk offers to buy 100% of Twitter for $54.20 a share (at a 54% premium), saying the social media company needs to be transformed privately, a little over a week after first [...] The post April 17: Elon Musk War Against Twitter, Warren Buffet Sociopath #1 Bitcoin Enemy, Inflation & Food Prices Explode (recap ep171) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s recap, the global stock markets ended lower as the US inflation rate reaches 40 year high. EU building up strategic reserves for chemical, biological, and radio-nuclear emergencies. Union mobilized the medical reserve unit to procure potassium iodide tablets. Biden Food Shortages continues with Walgreens Rationing Baby Formula. Twitter shares soared +27.12% Monday to $49.97, with a market cap of $31.47B, after filings revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had purchased a 9.2% stake in the social network. Musk’s 73,486,938 [...] The post April 10: Elon Musk buys Twitter, Europe Prepares Nuclear War, New Cardano & Solana Futures (Recap Ep170) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s Recap, Marcello talks about how the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to Federally Legalize Marijuana; Europe bans anonymous crypto wallets, like Trezor, or Metamask, to protect against money laundering by attempting to complete “Know Your Client” (KYC) checks; “world leaders” are talking about a coming new world order. Tesla announced it wants to split its stock so it can pay a stock dividend to shareholders, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing on Monday. The electric [...] The post April 3: Marijuana Legalized! New World Order Confirmed, Cryptos Banned in Europe (Recap ep169) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s Recap, Marcello talks about how President Biden confirmed that food shortages due to Ukraine’s conflict are going to be real; Warren Buffet invested in a Brazilian digital bank that invests in Crypto; Opensea daily volume dropped 72% to $70M from $250M. Business activity in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, dipped in March as output price inflation hit a new record high & the war in Ukraine impacted demand as well as supply chains. In France business activity accelerated unexpectedly to [...] The post March 27: Biden Confirms Food Shortages, Warren Buffet Invests in Crypto, NFT Bubble Explodes (Recap ep168) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s recap, Marcello talks about how the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine is going to affect the surge of supplies to harvest and produce food; Saudi Arabia is now in talks with China to create yuan-priced oil contracts, which will discourage the use of US dollars, thus worsening inflation. The Labor Department stated Tuesday that wholesale inflation in the U.S. shot up +10% last month from a year earlier in another sign that inflationary pressures remain intense at all [...] The post March 20: Food Shortages, China Encourages Collapse Of Dollar, Inflation To Get Worse (Recap ep167) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In today’s recap, Marcello talks about what Robert Kiyosaki warned on Twitter about Bitcoin and Biden’s administration(Bitcoin to be Seized?); Gasoline has been hit by inflation, reaching and surpassing $8 USD per gallon in California; Russia’s military activity against Ukraine is increasing. Bitcoin & other cryptocurrencies were trading higher on Wednesday after U.S. President Biden announced his highly-anticipated executive order on digital assets, which somewhat appeared to take a supportive stance toward the industry. Bitcoin was trading over +9% higher at $42,291.10. [...] The post March 13: Govt Seizing Bitcoin? $8 Gasoline, Russia War Escalates (Recap Ep166) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s recap, the US markets closed lower this week, with oil prices surging to multiyear highs, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued to roil markets. Euro & Asian markets ended far lower due to the Russian-Ukraine crisis. Latin American markets ended mostly positive. The food crisis begins in Europe and Asian countries. The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated there was a surprise draw this week for crude oil of 6.1M barrels after a prediction of a build of 2.79M barrels. [...] The post March 6: Food Crisis has arrived, Energy war, Russian Wealth Collapses (Recap Ep165) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s recap, the most important news is the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory, which affected global markets throughout the week. The high volatility caused the markets to collapse after the invasion and recover again at the end of the week. Russia’s main equities index, the MOEX, collapsed -by 45% and was temporarily suspended to stop the fall. Was the worst 1-day drop on record. Financial firms in Europe & the U.S. suffered heavy share price falls on Thursday, as they [...] The post February 27: War Ukraine/Russia, Food Shortages, Opensea NFT hack (Recap Ep164) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this recap, the world markets were mostly lower, with renewed anxiety over tensions between Russia & Ukraine, despite Russia’s claims to seek diplomatic lines to resolve the conflict. A German army convoy reached Lithuania on Thursday, bringing almost half of the planned reinforcements for the country’s German-led NATO battlegroup, amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, German Air Force Eurofighters arrived at a military airbase in eastern Romania as part of a deployment to NATO’s eastern flanks in response to Russia’s military buildup in the region. On Friday, Canadian police started arresting protesters as part of an operation to end a 3-week blockade of Ottawa by 100’s truck drivers that crippled movement in the capital & prompted Prime Minister Trudeau to take emergency powers. The drivers, joined by 1000’s demonstrators & some 400 vehicles, turned the streets around Parliament into a noisy party zone, since 1st arriving on Jan. 28, in what has become 1 of the worst crises to hit Trudeau since he assumed power in 2015. Canada authorized banks to freeze protesters’ accounts without a court order. FBI Launches New Virtual Asset Unit Focuses on Blockchain/Seizure of Virtual Assets Including Cryptos, which means regulation.  The surge in energy prices hit the Eurozone’s trade balance hard moving it into a seasonally unadjusted trade deficit of 4.6B Euros ($5.22B) in Dec., from a surplus of 28.3B Euros ($32.14B) a year earlier as exports rose +14.1% while imports skyrocketed +36.7%. Adjusted for seasonal swings, the Eurozone trade deficit was even larger at 9.7B Euros in Dec, up from a 1.8B gap in Nov & surpluses throughout the rest of 2021. It boosted the EU’s energy trade deficit to 276.7B Euros ($314.25) in 2021, up from 157.2B ($178.53) in 2020. Travelers from 59 countries will need to register to enter Europe in 2023; Laser-based system could reduce trips to Mars to just 45 days; new Google restrictions to reduce tracking of third-party applications; Blackstone consolidated as the largest residential & commercial landlord in the US; Musk still owns the largest stake in Tesla despite his stock sale; Virgin Galactic open ticket sales to the general public for the first time; Moderna shares have fallen 30% in one month; avocado prices have doubled in the U.S. The post February 20: Seizure of Bitcoin in Canada/USA, metal protected meat, Bank blackouts (Recap Ep163) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s recap, the main topics were the concerns over a swift tightening of financial conditions increased around the world with multi-decade high inflation, also the fresh geopolitical anxiety between Russia & Ukraine. The U.S. trade deficit surged to $859.1B in 2021, a record high, increasing by +27%, as imports increased sharply amid the restocking of shelves by businesses to meet robust domestic demand. The widening deficit was driven by a $576.5B increase in imports last year, as Americans purchased more products made abroad. The trade deficit with China grew +14.5% for the full year to $355.3B, reversing the decline that followed then President Trump’s policies aimed at reducing the deficit with tariffs & purchase targets. The silver market started 2022 in volatility as prices swung in a $3 range in January; however, the precious metal is seeing strong physical demand, with the U.S. Mint’s sales numbers showing that it sold $5M ounces of silver last month, its best start to the year in 5. According to the data, silver coin sales are up +4.6%, from 4.78 million ounces sold in January 2021. Mexico, 1 of the top 10 oil suppliers to India last year, has drastically cut its crude exports; as state oil firm Pemex works to launch a large refinery to process fuel domestically. India, the world’s 3rd-largest oil importer, is scheduled to receive just 1 cargo from Mexico for months of Jan. & Feb.; just 15K barrels per day (BPD) of Mexican crude vs. nearly 98K BPD it received in the same period last year. Mexico reportedly is looking to suspend crude oil exports in 2023, in a bid to focus on domestic self-sufficiency. With the OPEC cuts, Mexico’s decision will make the oil supply in the market much better, which will boost its price. Elon Musk’s SpaceX said it lost up to 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites that it launched last Thursday. A geomagnetic storm Friday prevented the satellites from reaching their orbital position. The satellites are expected to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere & won’t produce more orbital debris. The loss, which may have cost Musk up to $20M, is a setback for Musk’s revolutionary internet infrastructure plan & a blemish on SpaceX’s otherwise stellar record. Ancient DNA suggests woolly mammoths roamed Earth more recently than originally thought; Queen Elizabeth II the UK & N Ireland reached a full 70 years on the throne; Biden administration detail how to award nearly $5B over 5yrs build 1000’s EV charging stations; NASA plans to retire & crash ISS into the Pacific Ocean by 2031; Disney shares return to strength thanks to its parks and Disney+; Chipotle shares up 10.16% due to good Q4 2021 results; alleged culprits of 2016 Bitfinex hacking arrested; State of emergency” declared in Ottawa after 15 days of trucker protests. The post Recap February 13: SpaceX satellites destroyed by Sun, Tesla Superchargers Robbed, Food Prices EXPLODE (Recap Ep162) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s Recap, Marcello talks about into a hack of the wormhole system that affects deeply the crypto community; A shortage of steaks at a restaurant ended in a brawl; the record amount of U.S. national debt are weighing the investment in US Dollars. U.S. national debt tops $30T for the 1st time. The record amount of debt is adding to concerns over the long-term financial & economic health of the country, which is grappling w/surging inflation & a higher interest rate environment, which will make servicing the debt even more challenging. Other factors like an aging population, elevated healthcare costs & a tax system that doesn’t bring in enough revenue to cover massive spending are also worrying, as the federal government unwisely continues to kick the can down the road. Euro-zone inflation rose to a new record high in January, defying analyst expectations for a large drop & adding to doubts that price pressures are as benign & temporary as the European Central Bank still expects with their +2% goal. Inflation in the 19-country Euro- zone accelerated to +5.1% in January from +5% in Dec., well ahead of expectations for a drop to +4.4%. Soaring energy prices continued to drive inflation, but food prices also surged, while services & industrial goods inflation remained uncomfortably high. The anxiety in the U.S. over soaring meat prices & supply chain issues has reached a new high, if the recent brawl at all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant Golden Corral is any indicator. A fistfight broke out at the chain’s Bansalem, Pennsylvania location, & according to initial reports, it all started because of a shortage of steaks at the restaurant. In a sign of the times, a viral 3-minute video showed dozens of customers yelling & even throwing chairs as others rushed for cover. The ruling Socialist Party in Portugal won an unexpected outright majority in Sunday’s snap general election, for only the 2nd time in its history. Polls suggested that Prime Minister António Costa & his party had lost most of its advantage in the run up to the vote. The election was called when Prime Minister António Costa failed to pass a budget after losing the support of 2 smaller parties. However, the far-right party Chega also increased its support & will now be the 3rd largest party in parliament. U.K. energy bills are to rise dramatically after the country’s energy regulator Ofgem announced on Thursday, that its cap on prices would rise by over +50% in April. Price caps are reviewed by the government every 6 months. The average household’s annual energy bill is currently between £1,277 ($1,730) & £1,370 ($1857) will be raised by 54%, a record-breaking increase. It means households could see their energy bills rise by more than £700 ($949) a year. Sony to acquire video game developer Bungie for US$3.6 billion; NATO states that Europe needs to diversify its energy supplies soon; US sends jets to UAE after Houthi movement attack; OPEC and its allies are putting an end to crude oil cuts. The post Recap February 6: Huge Crypto Hack, Fights Over Food In USA, Collapse Of Dollar & USA From Debt (Recap ep161) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s recap, there are two main topics: The prospect of a Russian attack on Ukraine rose & the more aggressive monetary policy by the US Fed. NATO said it was putting more forces on standby & reinforcing Eastern Europe with additional ships & fighter jets, in what Russia has denounced as Western hysteria, in response to its 100,000 buildups of troops on the Ukraine border to the north, east & south of the country. About 8,500 U.S. troops were put on heightened alert & were awaiting orders to deploy to the region, should Russia invade Ukraine. World markets ended the week mostly negative, however, the US market recovered a bit. Bitcoin fell -7.8% to $33,070 early Monday morning later falling as much as -10%, some -20% over the past week, wiping out $1T in cryptocurrency market valuation since November. Later in the day came a rebound for Bitcoin, that exceeded over +10%, bringing the leading cryptocurrency back above +$36,500.00. On Tuesday, the IMF lowered its economic forecasts for China, the United States & the global economy. Stated the uncertainty over the inflation, the pandemic, supply disruptions & U.S. monetary tightening posed even further risks. Global growth projected for 2022 is now +4.4%, -0.5%  lower than previously forecast, mainly due to downgrades for China & the U.S.  Global growth is expected to slow to +3.8% in 2023, which is a +0.2% uptick, from the previous forecast in October. Oil prices pulling at 7-year highs this week; Breyer may retire from his position on the Supreme Court in June; seventh consecutive decline in U.S. lumber futures; precious metals rise in price as investors seek safe havens; Coup d’état and border closure in Burkina Faso on Monday; world’s ten richest men saw fortune double during a pandemic; Malaysian palm oil futures fell from a record high on Monday;  DC Asks People To Limit Supermarket Purchases As Empty Shelves Persist. The post Recap January 30: Sounds of war, Blackouts in Turkey, Food export restrictions (Recap Ep160) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this recap, U.S. stock markets were lower this week as all 3 major U.S. indexes fell for a 3rd consecutive week, with investors anxious about the prospect of higher interest rates & their effect on valuations. The S&P 500 & Nasdaq wrap up their worst weeks since March 2020. China’s central bank cut interest rates again this week, with the 1-year loan prime rate by 10 basis points from 3.8% to 3.7%. The 5-year loan prime rate was reduced by 5 basis points from 4.65% to 4.6% the 1st cut since April 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Russian & Ukraine bonds fell further on rising fears that Russia could attack its neighbor. Russian stocks took their biggest tumble since March 2020, dropping -6½%. Stocks on Russia’s major exchange have dropped a total of -13%, in the last 4 trading sessions. Bitcoin begins a free fall in price over the last 24 hours falling by -7.59% by early Friday morning to $38,984.90 from $41944.00, during a broader Asian market sell-off. Ether is also down by nearly 10%, hitting $2,841. There have been nearly $600M in liquidations during the last 12 hours. Bitcoin led the liquidation pack at $250M, followed by Ether at $163M. U.K. Prime Minister Johnson announced the end of COVID-19 measures including mandatory face masks in England on Wednesday, as he looks to live with the virus after a peak in cases caused by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. Johnson’s pledge to avoid lockdowns & live with the virus sharply contrasts with a zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 in China & Hong Kong, & tougher restrictions in many other European countries. The steep rise in U.S. unemployment claims raises investor concerns about the economic impact of the omicron variant, which has weighed on the economy in Q4 2021 & into Q1 2022. Economists say persistent staffing troubles, declines in face-to-face consumer activity & ongoing school closures could well wipe out much of the previous quarter’s growth & job gains. Increased theft from delivery drivers is the new challenge to maintaining the supply chain; fears at major U.S. airlines over 5G deployment this Wednesday; S&P 500 companies continue to outperform expectations in their Q4; precious metals keep rising higher; crude prices, up over 10% this year, could rise even further, due to tight supplies; shares Netflix crashed -21.79%. The post Recap January 23: Everything colapses, Government Coin, New bacteria resistant to antibiotics (Recap Ep159) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this week’s Recap, Marcello talks about the economic drawbacks that the USA has been dealing with; A conflict about water between two states of US might be the first sign of a water war; Buenos Aires and Berlin were left without electricity amid high temperatures and a rising winter. About 90K households in eastern part of Berlin, Germany for hours on Sunday evening were without heating & warm water; with outside temperatures of about 3 degrees Celsius (37.4F). A brief power outage at the state’s own electricity network operator Stromnetz Berlin had paralyzed the Klingenberg thermal power station in the Rummelsburg district in the afternoon. The power plant owned by the company had to therefore shut down. Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires was hit by a major power outage this week, that left 1000’s of homes without electricity amid a heat wave that has seen temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), some of the highest in the world. The power cut affected 700K in the Buenos Aires area. High temperatures are expected to continue throughout the week, with peaks close to 40°C. The explosion in coronavirus cases globally also threatens to dampen consumer spending & growth just as the U.S. Fed is considering turning off the liquidity by ending bond buying & pushing through higher interest rates. It will be a difficult time for markets, addicted to endless cheap money. Tech & growth stocks are likely to tumble, as investors switch to banks & energy firms. On Monday, Bitcoin dropped below $40,000, its lowest level since early August. Although the digital asset then later regained a bit, it is still seeing some heavy losses in 2022, dropping some -9.89%. Bitcoin was last trading between $41K & $42K per token. Bitcoin prices are down over 40%, since reaching an all-time high in early November. A report from blockchain analysis company Chainalysis states that North Korean hackers stole almost $400m worth of digital assets in at least 7 attacks on cryptocurrency platforms in 2021. The attacks mainly targeted investment firms & centralized exchanges. From 2020 to 2021, the number of North Korean-linked hacks jumped from 4 to 7, & the value extracted from these hacks grew by +40%. North Korea has routinely denied being involved in hack attacks attributed to them. Australia has equaled its hottest day on record after a remote coastal town reported temperatures of 50.7°C (123.26°F). The temperature in Onslow, Western Australia, on Thursday matched a record set in 1962 in South Australia. Onslow & the surrounding areas could see records broken again, with temperatures set to rise slightly on Friday. It comes following Western Australia reporting large bushfires in December. One fire near Margaret River, scorched through over 6,000 hectares (14826 acres) of land, forcing evacuations. Japan and Australia sign reciprocal access agreement; Erdogan says he will adjust to Turkey’s high inflation; The omicron is the dominant variant in the world; Growth forecasts for 2022 foresee an overall slowdown. The post Recap January 16: Most Catastrophic Year USA, Water War begins, Blackouts Start Worldwide (Recap ep158) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In today’s Recap, Marcello talks about the fall of Bitcoin (and other cryptos) prices during the week; Tesla is crushing its delivery expectations; Food prices keep rising due to increasing input prices, covid related worker shortages and transportation costs. Bitcoin plunged -7.3% thursday overnight to $42,686.00 with losses exceeding -9% at one point. The price was slightly higher Thursday evening at $42,750.20. Ethereum, cardano, binance coin, solana & other cryptocurrencies were also deeply in the red, after minutes revealed that the U.S. Federal Reserve could soon start rapidly cutting back its support for the economy, spelling trouble for risky assets. The U.S. S&P 500 rose +27% in 2021, hitting 70 all-time highs. That’s the most new records for the benchmark index since the 77, set in 1954. For the1st time in history, all the sectors of the S&P 500 also posted double-digit gains last year, but investors now wonder if the strong returns can continue, especially with the index now trading at 26x earnings. 2021 was a historic year for merger & acquisition (M&A) activity that was largely fueled by easy availability of cheap financing & booming stock markets. Global M&A volumes topped $5T for the 1st time ever, eclipsing the previous record of $4.55T set in 2007. The overall value of M&A stood at $5.8T in 2021, up +64% from a year earlier. The Israel Defense Forces carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza late Saturday night after 2 rockets fired from Gaza landed off the Tel Aviv coast on Saturday morning. Fighter jets & helicopters attacked a series of targets in a rocket production facility belonging to the Hamas terror group. Israeli tanks also shelled Hamas military posts near Gaza’s border with Israel. 1000’s of people in the Netherlands capital of Amsterdam gathered on Sunday to demonstrate against the Dutch government’s COVID-19 lockdown measures, before police cracked down & even employed dogs to disperse the crowd. Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema issued an emergency ordinance giving the order to clear the central Museum Square, after the protesters violated the city’s ban on public gatherings amid an increase in COVID-19 cases. Alaska close to “Icemageddon”; U.S. stocks fell on Thursday. The post Recap January 9: Bitcoin Carnage, Tesla Crushes Deliveries, Food Prices Exploding (Recap ep157) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.

In this recap, US markets ended the year higher, in the last trading week of 2021, finishing a year of repeated records for the major indexes, helped by low-interest rates & the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines. Dow +18.73% in 2021; S&P 500 +26.89% in 2021; NASDAQ +21.39% in 2021. Global markets ended the week and the year was mostly higher too. The omicron variant still causes fears. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that the country’s industrial profits in November rose +9% [...] The post Recap January 2: Food crisis, Energy crisis, 5G dangerous to health? (Recap Ep156) appeared first on Investing & Day Trading Education: Day Trading Academy.