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Executive Concierge Dustin Weisbecker curates top articles—including ones unlocked from behind the paywall—answers reader questions, and shares free investor resources.

Concierge Letter

A.I. 2.0 - Where A.I. and Crypto Meet the Hype

Don&rsquo;t expect a quiet December!
Our team is tracking three separate events that could impact your portfolio before we ring in the New Year.
And they&rsquo;re developing strategies to help you profit from the twists and turns we see ahead.
After our Top Stories and the Reader Forum, I&rsquo;ll tell you what to watch out for as we get ready for 2026!
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/what-the-pilgrims-found-at-plymouth-rock">&ldquo;What the Pilgrims Found at Plymouth Rock&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/what-the-pilgrims-found-at-plymouth-rock">The Rude Awakening, </a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/what-the-pilgrims-found-at-plymouth-rock">Byron King)</a>: Everybody knows the story of the first Thanksgiving. But Byron digs even deeper, explaining the challenges the new arrivals faced&hellip; and how they made a lasting home despite the long odds. He also shares some of the Pilgrim&rsquo;s values that are still with us today &mdash; including a few we&rsquo;d rather be rid of. And he ties it all into gold mining, offering a few companies you may wish to look into!</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://truthandtrends.com/posts/thankful-for-the-greatest-game-on-earth">&ldquo;Thankful for the Greatest Game on Earth&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://truthandtrends.com/posts/thankful-for-the-greatest-game-on-earth">Truth &amp; Trends, </a><a href="https://truthandtrends.com/posts/thankful-for-the-greatest-game-on-earth">Enrique Abeyta)</a>: In a special holiday edition, Enrique paused his usual look at the markets to share something more personal &mdash; the things he&rsquo;s most grateful for. But it&rsquo;s not a schmaltzy list of sentimental cliches. Instead, it&rsquo;s a look at things that have truly changed our lives, even if we sometimes take them for granted. So I think you&rsquo;ll be surprised by what he has to say &mdash; and not surprised to learn this was Enrique&rsquo;s most-liked story last week.</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/a-crisis-americans-including-trump-cant-afford-concierge">&ldquo;A Crisis Americans (Including Trump) Can&rsquo;t Afford&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/a-crisis-americans-including-trump-cant-afford-concierge">Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence, </a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/a-crisis-americans-including-trump-cant-afford-concierge">Jim Rickards)</a>: &ldquo;Affordability&rdquo; is likely to be the biggest buzzword of the 2026 midterm elections. And as Jim recently told his Strategic Intelligence members, Donald Trump is losing the messaging fight. He explains why Trump is getting most of the blame for today&rsquo;s high prices, even though it&rsquo;s not his fault. And Jim lays out three things Trump can do to get household costs down before people head to the voting booths. See why this was our most-liked story last week!</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First in the Forum today, member W.G. wants Chris Campbell to know:
Your articles are always entertaining, but most importantly &mdash; funny. It keeps us looking forward to what you&rsquo;ll write next time. And your writing keeps us as paying subscribers&hellip; Keep up the good work. 
If you&rsquo;re seeing this, W.G., thanks for writing in! Our editors and analysts tackle a lot of deep and complicated topics. So they work extra hard to make sure our research is entertaining, too.
You shouldn&rsquo;t walk away just knowing something new. You should also feel good about what you&rsquo;ve learned. Humor is one way to do that&hellip; and the fact that you&rsquo;ve noticed means that Chris is doing it right!
Next up, Daniel P. tells Jim Rickards:
I&rsquo;ve had an outstanding year trading gld thanks to you.
I&rsquo;m not sure whether you meant gold or the SPDR Gold Trust (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/GLD">GLD</a>), Daniel. But I guess it doesn&rsquo;t matter&hellip;
Jim has recommended holding both physical precious metals as well as the gold-based exchange-traded fund. And both are up spectacularly for the year.
In fact, along with his &ldquo;Birthright&rdquo; predictions, Jim has been on a real roll this year &mdash; helping his members see massive profits in raw materials.
So I can&rsquo;t wait to hear his predictions for 2026. Stay tuned!
Finally for today, John L. asks Jim Rickards:
Where do I change my mailing address?
Jim passed this question along to me and my customer service team, John. Remember, the fastest way to <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">resolve membership requests is to contact us directly</a>, instead of emailing our analysts.
And while I or a member of my staff will be reaching out to you, we also make it very easy to change your mailing address.
You can log into our website, then <a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/account">click the gear icon </a>in the upper-right of the screen.
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Updating your address is just as easy on <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/new-benefit-alert-the-paradigm-app-is-live">our smartphone app</a>!
Tap the profile pic in the upper right-hand corner of the screen &mdash; the one that looks like a person in a circle &mdash; to open up the Settings menu. Then tap &ldquo;Personal Info&rdquo; to change your email or mailing address.
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Your address will instantly update in our system, both for mailing and billing &mdash; so you&rsquo;ll have nothing to worry about!
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
Remember, your feedback is vital to our success&hellip; so please email me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget, we also have a FREE library of introductory investment guides &mdash; covering everything from finding a broker to how to trade stock options &mdash; on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
The days after Thanksgiving can seem like a blur as everyone looks forward to the year-end holidays.
But don&rsquo;t tune out the markets&hellip; because three big events will create incredible profit opportunities in the days ahead.
First, retailers are counting up their Black Friday revenue &mdash; and hoping to juice those numbers with Cyber Monday sales.
Our team expects to learn a lot about consumer spending, debt levels and general economic sentiment from the data. We&rsquo;ll also get clues about corporate revenue and profits.
There could be patterns that Wall Street is missing&hellip; giving you a chance to sneak into plays that will pay off when earnings season starts again.
Also watch out for the Federal Reserve meeting next week.
For nearly a year, the Fed&rsquo;s interest rate decisions have been non-events on Wall Street.
Now that everyone is worried about the economy, however, investors are suddenly reacting to every hint the Federal Reserve governors give.
In fact, for the first time in a long time, it&rsquo;s not 100% clear whether the Fed will cut rates again or keep them steady.
The chance for a surprise means volatility &mdash; which can be great for options plays.
And finally, there&rsquo;s the chance for a Santa Claus rally &mdash; a seasonal bump in stocks that usually appears as we head into the New Year.
It can be a great time for call options&hellip; unless Santa skips Wall Street this year.
So we&rsquo;ll be watching closely &mdash; guiding you through whatever December throws your way!

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December WatchList

The stock market has been shaky lately&hellip; but our team isn&rsquo;t worried.
In fact, one of our top analysts is more bullish than he&rsquo;s been all year.
He&rsquo;s even pinpointed a single stock that&rsquo;s set for a major breakout&hellip; a ticking &ldquo;time bomb&rdquo; of potential profits that could explode higher on Dec. 2.
And he&rsquo;s preparing to share his research &mdash; including the name of this stock &mdash; with you&hellip;
Given his incredible track record, I wouldn&rsquo;t sit on the sidelines.
I&rsquo;ll tell you more after our Top Stories and the Reader Foum&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/yes-crypto-is-dead">&ldquo;Yes, Crypto is Dead,&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/yes-crypto-is-dead">Altucher Confidential, </a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/yes-crypto-is-dead">Chris Campbell)</a>: Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have fallen sharply. And while Chris has felt the pain, he also thinks this is something that needs to happen. He breaks down exactly what&rsquo;s happening in the crypto space&hellip; what you should do now&hellip; and what will happen next. Member Michael N. called Chris&rsquo; insights an &ldquo;excellent read.&rdquo; See why it was one of our most-liked e-letters last week!</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/venezuela-its-not-about-drugs">&ldquo;Venezuela: It&rsquo;s Not About Drugs&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/venezuela-its-not-about-drugs">Paradigm Pressroom&rsquo;s 5 Bullets, </a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/venezuela-its-not-about-drugs">Dave Gonigam)</a>: U.S. warships are still off the Venezuelan coast, as <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/trumps-venezuela-end-game">I discussed last week</a>. Now Dave is seeing disturbing parallels to the 2003 Iraq War &mdash; which didn&rsquo;t end well for the United States. He also digs into the recent stock pullback, shares the truth about Chinese gold, addresses reader comments and more. It was the most-liked 5 Bullets of the week, and a favorite of the staff, too.</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/this-chart-doesnt-say-bubble-bursting">&ldquo;This Chart Doesn&rsquo;t Say &lsquo;Bubble Bursting&rsquo;&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/this-chart-doesnt-say-bubble-bursting">Breaking Profits</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/this-chart-doesnt-say-bubble-bursting">, Enrique Abeyta)</a>: The word &ldquo;bubble&rdquo; has popped up a lot on Wall Street, which is making investors nervous. But Enrique remains bullish &mdash; and has the charts to explain why. As he recently told his Breaking Profits members, the bubble isn&rsquo;t likely to end anytime soon. And he prepared them for what to do when it inevitably bursts. This analysis could reduce your stress heading into the end of the year&hellip; as well as provide an action plan for 2026. So I took the liberty of unlocking Enrique&rsquo;s insights for you.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="ssubhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First in the Forum today, Shell B. tells Jim Rickards that he&rsquo;s
Been a member since 2013. You are the best! Keep up the great work. Not sure how you continue to inform us. Like Trump, you must rarely sleep.
Twelve years, Shell? That&rsquo;s amazing! Thanks for your long-term loyalty.
And sometimes it does seem like Jim is the Energizer Bunny &mdash; bouncing around the globe without slowing down. But that&rsquo;s because his mission is to help as many people as possible avoid the economic calamities he sees ahead.
When it comes, you&rsquo;ll be ready. So I hope you stick around for another dozen years!
Next, Mark S. tells James Altucher:
Thank you for your service. I enjoy it mostly because I love to learn all the fascinating things you write about. Not to mention that collectively you have some of the most unbiased news I can get! I also enjoy investing and making money, but I'm still waiting for my crypto to get out of the deep red! Thankfully the AI has more than made up for it. 
James saw your letter and passed it along to me, Mark. We both thank you for sharing your experience!
It&rsquo;s true that cryptocurrencies are in a slump. But if you read our Top Story from Chris Campbell, you know that he expects things to turn around. So patience should pay off in the end.
In the meantime, keep enjoying your AI profits!
And finally, in a related vein, last week <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/the-market-is-mispricing-the-cryptos-that-matter">I unlocked an article from James</a> about cryptocurrencies. It inspired Jay C. to ask:
What is the difference between cryptocurrency and the tulip bulb run-up of old Holland? I see no underlying value of a crypto. 
Great question, Jay! And it&rsquo;s a fear that&rsquo;s probably driving the crypto sell-off &mdash; a worry that demand for digital cash could disappear as quickly as Europeans&rsquo; love of tulips in the 1600s.
Chris Campbell and James would probably be the first to admit that a lot of cryptos are worthless&hellip; created just to jump on the bandwagon. But they&rsquo;ve also zeroed in on cryptocurrencies that do have value &mdash; thanks to the blockchains they&rsquo;re built on.
A tulip is just a pretty flower that blooms for a few weeks and dies. It has zero use beyond decoration and as potential food for wildlife.
Blockchains, however, can accomplish all sorts of things. They allow people to quickly and reliably transfer assets &mdash; saving time and money while avoiding red tape.
James talked about some of the use cases in his article. Chris does in his <a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/yes-crypto-is-dead">Top Story today</a>, too.
As long as businesses can profitably use blockchains, the cryptocurrencies they create will still have value.
If you&rsquo;re still unclear about how blockchains and cryptocurrencies work, help is on the way. We&rsquo;re putting the finishing touches on a Bitcoin guide for our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>.
It will clear up a lot of misconceptions about the world&rsquo;s most popular crypto. So expect news about it soon!
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
Remember, your feedback is vital to our success&hellip; so please email me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget, our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a> already has a FREE library of introductory investment guides &mdash; covering everything from finding a broker to how to trade stock options. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
&ldquo;This is not how the bubble bursts,&rdquo; declares Enrique Abeyta.
Like everyone else, he&rsquo;s been watching stocks teeter while Wall Street issues dire warnings and predictions.
Enrique, however, sees opportunity.
As a former billion-dollar hedge fund manager, Enrique has learned to navigate all sorts of markets &mdash; up or down.
He safely guided his clients through the dot-com crash&hellip; and even helped them profit during the 2008 economic crisis.
So what is making him so bullish?
It&rsquo;s a single stock indicator &mdash; the only Wall Street signal that Enrique says really matters.
When it pops up, it&rsquo;s like a fuse is lit&hellip; starting a countdown to profits.
Enrique has tracked it closely over his 25-year career. And it&rsquo;s one of the reasons he&rsquo;s racked up an 87% win rate over the last four quarters.
Now Enrique says the next explosion is set for Dec. 2.

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“I’m More Bullish Than I’ve Been All Year…”

The U.S. Navy&rsquo;s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is now just off the coast of Venezuela.
It joins a growing fleet of Naval ships that have been striking Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean&hellip;
And over the weekend, the U.S. military presented President Trump with options for striking the South American country. Trump also said he was open to negotiating with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The White House says it&rsquo;s just trying to stop illegal drugs from entering our country. But our team thinks Trump has another goal in mind &mdash; one that will impact your wallet.
They&rsquo;ve also pinpointed a small group of stocks that could be the biggest beneficiary of Trump&rsquo;s Venezuelan ambitions.
I&rsquo;ll tell you more after our Top Stories and the Reader Forum!
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/buy-the-golden-dip-in-miners/">&ldquo;Buy the Golden Dip in Miners&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/buy-the-golden-dip-in-miners/">Daily Reckoning, </a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/buy-the-golden-dip-in-miners/">Matt Badiali)</a>: We recently welcomed a new member to our team, natural resources expert Matt Badiali. And last week he shared his take on the pullback in precious metals prices. He has two big reasons to believe this downturn will be short-lived &mdash; giving you a narrow window to go bargain hunting. Matt even names a few undervalued mining companies with strong earnings potential for you to consider.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-trap-china-set-for-america">&ldquo;The Trap China Set For America&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-trap-china-set-for-america">Rude Awakening, </a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-trap-china-set-for-america">Sean Ring)</a>: The United States and China are fighting for global economic dominance. But as Sean explains, the U.S. economy is outmatched. And for deeper insights, he tapped Jim Rickards&rsquo; go-to analyst, Dan Amoss. The pair only see three ways out of this mess &mdash; none of them painless. While our team preferred Sean&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/an-open-letter-to-president-trump">Open Letter to President Trump</a>,&rdquo; our members chose this one as the most-liked Rude of the week. Read them both and see if you agree!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/the-market-is-mispricing-the-cryptos-that-matter">&ldquo;The Market Is Mispricing the Cryptos That Matter&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/the-market-is-mispricing-the-cryptos-that-matter">Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network, </a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/the-market-is-mispricing-the-cryptos-that-matter">James Altucher)</a>: Wall Street continues to misunderstand cryptocurrencies, as the latest downturn proves. And while James admits there are still plenty of worthless cryptos, there are also a handful that are set to live up to their potential. So his Investment Network members recently learned about specific crypto networks that are solving real-world problems. Since these cryptos could be the biggest winners when things inevitably turn around, I decided to unlock James&rsquo; analysis for you.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First in the Forum today, Karyn R. posted a five-star Google review, telling us:
I&rsquo;m gaining confidence and valuable knowledge. Paradigm provides detailed step-by-step instructions. I watch less television because I&rsquo;m too busy learning about the next booming industry. My Paradigm Press subscription has been profitable, empowering, entertaining and fun.
If you&rsquo;re reading this, Karyn, I&rsquo;m glad to hear we&rsquo;re making a real difference in your life.
Delivering top-quality research and reliable profits is one of our top priorities, of course. But I think it&rsquo;s just as important to make sure everything we send is engaging, too.
After all, not many people want to slog through an endless list of statistics and figures. So our team does their best to go beyond that &mdash; bringing you stories and anecdotes that help explain our analysis.
Thank you so much for noticing!
Next, Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence Pro delivered a pair of triple-digit gains last week. That prompted Terri D. to leave us a five-star Google review, adding:
I was able to secure a 480% profit on my [SPDR Gold Trust] GLD Jan 2026 option position. Thanks Paradigm Press for another stellar recommendation.
Congratulations, Terri &mdash; and thanks for taking the time to share your experience on Google.
Our team recommended those options back in July &mdash; meaning it was a chance to 5x your money in just four months.
I also hope this means you took advantage of Jim&rsquo;s Newmont Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/nem">NEM</a>) recommendation. Those options jumped 465% in five months.
And I expect there are still plenty of similar gains ahead!
While we&rsquo;re on the subject of Jim, his Strategic Intelligence recently told members to sell their position in Intel Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/INTC">INTC</a>) &mdash; locking in a 68% gain in 13 months.
But as Indira P. points out:
James Altucher recommends buying them. I am at the crossroads. Need clarity.
I hope you&rsquo;re reading this, Indira, because this is pretty easy to explain!
Jim and James largely agree on what makes a company worth buying. So it&rsquo;s not surprising they both independently zeroed in on INTC, which has solid assets and all the makings of a good turnaround story.
But they had very different reasons for recommending the company.
James believes Intel&rsquo;s ability to make next-generation microchips will make it a major player in the next wave of artificial intelligence (AI).
Jim, however, was more interested in the fact that Intel was looking to build its chips in the United States &mdash; which would earn it support from Donald Trump.
Just last month, Jim&rsquo;s prediction came true when the Trump administration announced a nearly $9 billion investment in Intel. And since the stock had delivered a nice gain, it made sense for Jim to recommend selling.
At the same time, the company is just starting production of the chips James has been waiting for. Wall Street investors will want to make sure they deliver as promised before adding more Intel shares to their portfolio.
So James thinks it&rsquo;s too early to sell.
Who you should listen to depends on your reasons for buying the stock, too. Did you buy because you believed Trump would boost Intel? Or were you more interested in its high-tech potential?
If you&rsquo;re still not sure, re-read the sell alert from Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence and the latest Intel update in Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network. Then decide whose analysis makes the most sense to you!
I hope that helps!
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
Remember, your feedback is vital to our success&hellip; so please email me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget, we also have a FREE library of introductory investment guides &mdash; covering everything from finding a broker to how to trade stock options &mdash; on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
There&rsquo;s no question that the United States has a major illegal drug problem.
In fact, in the early days of his administration, Donald Trump tied his tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China to fentanyl entering the country.
But while a lot of illegal drugs come out of Venezuela, they aren&rsquo;t the biggest supplier to America&rsquo;s back alleys. So why is Trump singling it out?
Enrique Abeyta, our in-house &ldquo;Maverick,&rdquo; thinks he has the answer&hellip;
&ldquo;Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of any country on Earth,&rdquo; Enrique tells us. &ldquo;Technically larger than Saudi Arabia.&rdquo;
But the country&rsquo;s government has mismanaged its bounty, failing to upgrade the infrastructure necessary to extract and process the crude.
Trump also sanctioned Venezuelan oil exports during his first term, so we receive none of what the country does manage to pump out.
The U.S. president may be looking to change that. He could offer President Maduro a simple deal &mdash; stop the drugs. Oh, and let U.S. companies have a crack at your oil reserves.
If that were to happen, the spike in supply would hurt major exporters like Iran and Russia.
Getting Venezuela&rsquo;s oil network up to speed won&rsquo;t be cheap or easy, though.
Any company that wants to try will need lots of support from oil services companies like SLB NV (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/SLB">SLB</a>), better known as Schlumberger.
Low oil and gas prices have plagued oil service companies for the last several years.
But our technical analysts say their charts are showing breakout potential.
They also look good on a fundamental level, says Dan Amoss.
&ldquo;Oil service companies have been in the wilderness since 2014,&rdquo; Dan tells us. So they&rsquo;ve had to cut expenses to the bone to stay in business.
If Trump makes a deal with Maduro &mdash; or forces him out of office &mdash; business at oil services companies like SLB could suddenly pick up.
Higher earnings with rock-bottom costs could send their share prices soaring.
That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;ll be watching the next few days very carefully!

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Trump’s Venezuela End Game 

Markets are heading higher as the U.S. government gets ready to re-open.
But last week&rsquo;s pullback revealed that too many investors don&rsquo;t know what to do when stocks take a dip.
That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re launching a new initiative at Paradigm Press.
It&rsquo;s a commitment to do more than just help you make money &mdash; but also to help you keep it!
I&rsquo;ll tell you more after our Top Stories and the Reader Forum.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-socialist-sandbox">&ldquo;The Socialist Sandbox&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-socialist-sandbox">Rude Awakening, </a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-socialist-sandbox">Sean Ring)</a>: No one&rsquo;s quite sure what to make of Zohran Mamdani&rsquo;s election victory in New York. But Sean can&rsquo;t wait for the self-proclaimed socialist to take office. Before the votes were even cast, Sean explained why he was rooting for a Mamdani victory. Now it&rsquo;s just a matter of waiting for the chickens to come home to roost. This was Sean&rsquo;s most liked e-letter last week, and a favorite of the staff, too. So make sure you check it out!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://million-mission.com/posts/wtf-is-palantir">&ldquo;WTF is Palantir??&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://million-mission.com/posts/wtf-is-palantir">Million Mission, </a><a href="https://million-mission.com/posts/wtf-is-palantir">Davis Wilson</a>): Follow along as Davis takes you on a deep dive into one of Wall Street&rsquo;s most controversial companies. Learn what Palantir Technologies Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/PLTR">PLTR</a>) does, how it makes its money and why so many people have the wrong idea about its business model. Davis also digs into whether Palantir is worth investing in. See why this in-depth expose was Davis&rsquo; most-liked story of the week.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/a-rough-week-for-the-bulls">&ldquo;A Rough Week for the Bulls&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/a-rough-week-for-the-bulls">The Trading Desk, </a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/a-rough-week-for-the-bulls">Greg Guenthner)</a>: Stocks, cryptocurrencies and more struggled last week. But Greg put things into perspective for his Trading Desk members. He explained why the downturn felt worse than it actually was, and shared his market outlook for the rest of the year. You&rsquo;ll even learn about some promising opportunities on the horizon. And since everybody could use some guidance right now, I&rsquo;ve decided to unlock Greg&rsquo;s take for you.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First in the Forum today, Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence Pro told members to close their iShares Silver Trust (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/SLV">SLV</a>) options position on Friday &mdash; locking in a triple-digit gain in just five months.
Stephen H. was so happy that he left us a five-star Google review, reporting a:
324.8% profit on my SLV options trade. This is the first service I have tried that actually lived up to their claims and made me more money than the service cost. Winning!
I hope you&rsquo;re reading this, Stephen, because that&rsquo;s exactly the kind of news we like to hear! And thank you so much for taking the time to share your success with us to the world.
Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence Pro is specifically designed for anyone who wants to go a step beyond the ordinary. So this should be the first of many big wins for you.
I&rsquo;d also encourage you to look at our other options services&hellip; because they live up to their claims, too!
Next, Publisher Matt Insley and V.P. of Research Aaron Gentzler held a live &ldquo;Ask Us Anything&rdquo; broadcast last week &mdash; exclusively for Omega Wealth Circle members.
During the event, Sabrina and Rayne posted in the chat:
Thank you for all your service. We actually feel safer in these volatile times than we thought possible because of listening to all the wisdom coming from every one in the Paradigm family.
Peace of mind is priceless, Sabrina and Rayne&hellip; but it&rsquo;s exactly what we try to deliver every single day at Paradigm Press.
I&rsquo;m glad you&rsquo;ve chosen to join the Omega Wealth Circle, which gives you the broadest spectrum of insights and recommendations. As I always say, we wouldn&rsquo;t exist without loyal members like you.
So thanks for trusting us!
Finally for today, Mark S. has a question <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/our-daily-feed-is-live">about our smartphone app</a>:
I like the app, but is there a way to increase the font size to make it easier to read? Otherwise I revert to the website because it allowed me to change the font size. 
Thanks for asking, Mark! Because the app does give you the option of making the words bigger.
Log into the app, then tap the profile pic in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. (It looks like a person in a circle.)
<img class="aligncenter" src="https://images.ctfassets.net/vha3zb1lo47k/62EteeUx1VCYpQpnyC1wiC/e66cae134f42cbe70fb3911c73f38343/ppg-issue-11-10-25-img-1.png" alt="" width="540px" />
Tap on Appearance, then change the Text Size to Larger.
<img class="aligncenter" src="https://images.ctfassets.net/vha3zb1lo47k/5xv5VtsRoVFd869RRoEh28/975f8f153f34fa368909818879c5ac69/ppg-issue-11-10-25-img-2.png" alt="" width="500px" />
There&rsquo;s a lot more our app can do, too. So if you have more questions about it, let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
As always, you can also use that email address to share whatever&rsquo;s on your mind.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget, we also have a FREE library of introductory investment guides &mdash; covering everything from finding a broker to how to trade stock options &mdash; on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no downside to education,&rdquo; says Enrique Abeyta.
The mastermind behind Breaking Profits and The Maverick has spent the last few years teaching everyday people the techniques and strategies he used as a billion-dollar hedge fund manager.
Now he&rsquo;s helping ensure ALL of our services are the absolute best they can be.
Don&rsquo;t get the wrong idea, though.
When it comes to finding profit opportunities, our team always brings their A game &mdash; uncovering stocks and options that are due for breakouts.
But helping you make money isn&rsquo;t enough&hellip;
In fact, it&rsquo;s just as important to prepare you for pullbacks and guide you through the inevitable downturns.
So in the coming weeks, we&rsquo;re going to put more emphasis on portfolio management and asset allocation.
Expect more guidance on diversifying your holdings&hellip; and not risking too much on certain plays.
Because the bear market will inevitably strike again.
Only next time, it won&rsquo;t bite you as hard.
Stay tuned!

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“There’s No Downside…”

A $300 trillion stablecoin mistake&hellip;
When the U.S. government will re-open&hellip;
The most important quotes from Big Tech earnings reports&hellip;
These are just a few of the insights our team has been sharing with members multiple times a day &mdash; absolutely FREE.
And if you&rsquo;re not tapped into their feed, you&rsquo;re missing up-to-the-minute analysis about what&rsquo;s really happening in the markets&hellip; not to mention where they&rsquo;ll go next.
I&rsquo;ll tell you the easiest way to jump aboard this knowledge train after our Top Stories and the Reader Forum.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://newsyoucanacton.com/posts/elon-just-killed-wikipedia">&ldquo;Elon Just Killed Wikipedia&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://newsyoucanacton.com/posts/elon-just-killed-wikipedia">The Rundown, </a><a href="https://newsyoucanacton.com/posts/elon-just-killed-wikipedia">Matt Insley)</a>: Online encyclopedia Wikipedia started with good intentions. But it&rsquo;s slowly been corrupted by biased editors and special interests. That&rsquo;s why Matt is excited by Elon Musk&rsquo;s latest project. It promises to use a much wider range of sources while remaining as neutral as possible. Learn the secret that makes it possible in our most-liked Rundown of the week!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://truthandtrends.com/posts/palmer-luckey-americas-secret-weapon-in-flip-flops">&ldquo;Palmer Luckey, America's Secret Weapon in Flip-Flops&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://truthandtrends.com/posts/palmer-luckey-americas-secret-weapon-in-flip-flops">Truth &amp; Trends, </a><a href="https://truthandtrends.com/posts/palmer-luckey-americas-secret-weapon-in-flip-flops">Enrique Abeyta)</a>: You probably wouldn&rsquo;t take a corporate executive wearing a Hawaiian-shirt very seriously. But Palmer Luckey isn&rsquo;t just any corporate executive. Enrique introduces you to the man behind Palantir Technologies Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/PLTR">PLTR</a>) &mdash; whose stock has risen 1,973% in five years. You&rsquo;ll also learn about Luckey&rsquo;s plan to reshape America&rsquo;s defense industry&hellip; which could deliver big profits to anyone who follows along. This was a popular story with our team, and the top Truth &amp; Trends last week.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/has-gold-lost-its-mojo">&ldquo;Has Gold Lost Its Mojo?&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/has-gold-lost-its-mojo">Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence, </a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/has-gold-lost-its-mojo">Jim Rickards)</a>: Precious metals have pulled back, the stock market looks shaky and Donald Trump has made new threats to Russia. Naturally, investors have questions &mdash; and Jim has answers. He recently talked about all three of these topics in one of his mailbag alerts for his Strategic Intelligence Since you probably have the same worries, I decided to unlock Jim&rsquo;s insights for you.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First in the Forum today, Carl S. wants James Altucher to know:
I cannot tell you how much I have made from Microcap Millionaire recommendations, but I can tell you that in the approximately 15 months I have followed your recommendations, my portfolio has 4X&rsquo;d! Your recommendations have brought me financial freedom that allowed me to move to Hawaii, buy a sailboat and never worry about spending money or how much things cost.
Wow, Carl! When James and his team passed this message along to me, I did a double-take, too. Thank you very much for sharing.
As you say, Microcap Millionaire has been around for barely more than a year &mdash; yet members are enjoying tremendous gains. There&rsquo;s the 273% gain with Energy Fuels Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/UUUU">UUUU</a>) and the 1,025% gain on a quantum computing play &mdash; not to mention how well open positions are doing!
So please enjoy Hawaii&hellip; and let us know if you use future wins to visit someplace even more exotic!
Next up, James R. tells us in a survey:
Paradigm Press&rsquo;s guidance and publications have been nothing less than significantly transformative and &mdash; I expect, over the next few years &mdash; will prove life-changing for my family and I. Year to date, my portfolio has grown by over $165K. Words cannot adequately express my profound gratitude for the great generosity of the wonderful people at Paradigm Press.
Thanks for taking the time to complete our survey, James. And for sharing such an amazing compliment!
Of course, we wouldn&rsquo;t exist without members like you, so the gratitude is all ours. Congratulations on racking up such a nice nest egg. I&rsquo;m sure your gains will continue to make a huge difference for you and your family!
Finally for today, Augustina M. asks:
I have been a reader for quite a while but never invest. I want to start investing, but I do not know any broker to guide me. Can you please recommend a trusted link to Paradigm?
I&rsquo;m glad to hear that you&rsquo;re ready to start your investment journey, Augustina! And our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a> is home to several FREE reports to help you with your first steps.
For help finding a broker, you&rsquo;ll want to check out <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/how-to-choose-the-best-brokerage-account-for-you">How to Choose the Best Brokerage Account for You</a>.
But keep in mind, Paradigm Press is an independent financial publishing company. So we don&rsquo;t have any connections or ties to any brokerage firms. We also cannot recommend one, either.
The best we can do is tell you about some of the most familiar names out there&hellip; along with links to their websites.
Once you&rsquo;ve chosen one for yourself, you can learn about the next steps you could take in another free Wealth Desk report, <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/stock-investing-101-buying-selling-and-earning-income">Stock Investing 101: Buying, Selling and Earning Income</a>.
Good luck&hellip; and let us know how you do!
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
Remember, your feedback is vital to our success&hellip; so please email me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget, we also have a FREE library of introductory investment guides &mdash; covering everything from finding a broker to how to trade stock options &mdash; on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
With the <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/new-benefit-alert-the-paradigm-app-is-live">Paradigm Press smartphone app</a>, all of your services and favorite analysts are at your fingertips.
That&rsquo;s every issue, update, report and alert&hellip; anytime, no matter where you are.
It can even let you know the second our team publishes something new, so you&rsquo;ll never miss a profit opportunity!
And that&rsquo;s not all&hellip;
The app is also home to the exclusive Daily Feed &mdash; a running stream of research and analysis straight from our top market-watchers.
Throughout the day, you&rsquo;ll hear from Jim Rickards&hellip; Greg Guenthner&hellip; Enrique Abeyta&hellip; Chris Campbell&hellip; Zach Scheidt&hellip; and more.
It could be an interesting pattern forming in gold&rsquo;s price chart. Or secrets buried in a corporate earnings release. You&rsquo;ll even get three things to watch for at the start of each trading day.
The Daily Feed is constantly updated &mdash; even on weekends. So you&rsquo;re always just a few taps away from our latest thoughts.
It&rsquo;s also completely FREE. All you have to do is log in using your Paradigm Press username and password.
But the only place you can find the Daily Feed is on our app.
So download it today if you haven&rsquo;t already.
Just use the links below!
<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/paradigm-press/id6744341929" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://images.ctfassets.net/vha3zb1lo47k/5n4fpdwOQIhxzFDspRLihb/5d88eea7640112d20a98ba64cbd0a784/Download_on_the_App_Store_Badge_US-UK_blk_092917.png" alt="Download on the App Store" width="179px" align="center" /></a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emills.paradigmpressmobileapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://images.ctfassets.net/vha3zb1lo47k/1VwpwudH594AoohM3xK6fu/a48467ff583e32c62c200a41fb55d736/GetItOnGooglePlay_Badge_Web_color_English1.png" alt="Get it on Google Play" width="200px" align="center" /> </a>

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Our “Daily Feed” Is LIVE!

Donald Trump is in Asia, checking in with allies before meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping.
And later this week, five of Wall Street&rsquo;s &ldquo;Magnificent 7&rdquo; stocks will report earnings.
A single headline from any one of these events could cause the markets to plunge&hellip; or soar to new heights.
So it&rsquo;s the kind of week where the right moves could deliver massive profits.
Our team is on high alert&hellip; and in a minute, I&rsquo;ll tell you what they&rsquo;re watching for.
But first, let&rsquo;s take a look at our Top Stories and the Reader Forum.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/aws-meltdown-its-bad">&ldquo;AWS Meltdown! (It&rsquo;s bad.)&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/aws-meltdown-its-bad">Altucher Confidential, </a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/aws-meltdown-its-bad">Chris Campbell)</a>: Around this time last Monday, thousands of websites went dark &mdash; all because of a software bug at Amazon.com. Chris uses plain English to tell you exactly what happened. As you&rsquo;ll learn, it reveals a major vulnerability to today&rsquo;s World Wide Web&hellip; which creates a massive investment opportunity for you. This was easily our most-liked e-letter for the week, so don&rsquo;t miss it!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/sanctions-or-subsidies">&ldquo;Sanctions Or Subsidies?&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/sanctions-or-subsidies">Rude Awakening, </a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/sanctions-or-subsidies">Sean Ring)</a>: Last week, the Trump administration hit Russia with new oil restrictions. But as Sean explains, it&rsquo;s not the punishment everyone seems to think it is. He walks you through the real winners and losers of this geopolitical gamesmanship&hellip; and what it means for your wallet. Discover why this was Sean&rsquo;s most-liked story last week!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/the-birthplace-of-the-next-bull-run">&ldquo;The Birthplace of the Next Bull Run&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/the-birthplace-of-the-next-bull-run">Money &amp; Power with Buck Sexton, </a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/the-birthplace-of-the-next-bull-run">Mason Sexton Jr.)</a>: More and more people are starting to believe the run-up in artificial intelligence stocks is just a bubble &mdash; destined to pop like the dot-com craze in the early 2000s. Mason sees it differently, though. As he recently told Money &amp; Power members, there&rsquo;s a key difference this time around&hellip; and it&rsquo;s setting things up for a blockbuster 2026. Mason&rsquo;s outlook for the rest of the year and into the new one could be critical for your portfolio. So I unlocked his commentary for you.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First up today, Fred J. tells us:
I just had a problem and contacted your help desk. The young lady who responded was great and quickly solved my problem. I was unable to take a survey at the end. She gets a 5.
Thanks for taking the time to pass this along, Fred. I believe you spoke to Daniel &mdash; but you would have received the exact same treatment from any of my customer care team.
We pride ourselves on going the extra mile for our members. Daniel clearly did that&hellip; and I&rsquo;ve passed along your kudos. If you ever have another problem, we&rsquo;ll be standing by!
Next up, Doris S. tells Jim Rickards:
Thank you for your guidance. I have never been able to afford playing on the stock market. The company I work for set up in June that we could move some of our 401(k) to a Schwab self investment account. I moved the small percentage they allowed and have been following your guidance and done well.
If you&rsquo;re reading this, Doris, congratulations on starting your personal investment journey. Taking control of your financial future can be scary &mdash; especially if you&rsquo;re not starting with a lot.
But you&rsquo;re in the best of hands with Jim&hellip; and I expect your nest egg will continue to grow thanks to Jim&rsquo;s research and analysis.
I wish you much success!
In a related vein, Bettye S. writes:
I only have a few hundred dollars to invest, not thousands. How do I even start an investment account with so little and make money?
As Doris&rsquo; letter demonstrates, Bettye, this is getting to be a common question &mdash; especially as stock prices keep going higher. Today a single share of a hot company could easily cost you hundreds of dollars.
One potential solution we&rsquo;re looking into is buying fractional shares. Some brokers now offer the option of buying less than a single share of stock. So instead of buying one share of, say, Apple Inc. for $260, you could buy half a share for $130&hellip; or a quarter share for $65.
Of course, your losses and gains will be fractionalized, too. If Apple goes to $300, a half share would be worth $150. If Apple falls to $225, a quarter share would trade for $56.25.
If the company pays dividends, you&rsquo;ll also get fractional payouts.
There are a few drawbacks to fractional shares, too. If you decide to transfer to a new broker, you may have to sell any partial stock shares you own. And owning less than a share may not give you any voting rights in the company itself.
Still, this could be a great way to buy great stocks that are too expensive on their own.
We&rsquo;ll look to update our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk reports</a> with brokers that allow fractional trading and strategies for doing it wisely!
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
Remember, your feedback is vital to our success&hellip; so please email me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget, we also have a FREE library of introductory investment guides &mdash; covering everything from finding a broker to how to trade stock options &mdash; on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
&ldquo;BIG week for earnings,&rdquo; Enrique Abeyta says to start the day&hellip;
Enrique heads up Truth &amp; Trends... Breaking Profits&hellip; and The Maverick. 
He&rsquo;s also one of the most prolific contributors to our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/new-benefit-alert-the-paradigm-app-is-live">smartphone app&rsquo;s &ldquo;Daily Feed&rdquo;</a> &mdash; an updated stream of market updates, quick insights and behind-the-scenes commentary directly from our team.
&ldquo;EVERY week of earnings season, the media screams how it is a big week for earnings,&rdquo; Enrique tells us. &ldquo;THIS week it&rsquo;s actually true!&rdquo;
That&rsquo;s because we&rsquo;ll get the latest quarterly numbers from five of the &ldquo;Magnificent 7&rdquo; &mdash; or the Mag 7, for short. These are the seven tech companies that have driven the major indexes higher.
We&rsquo;ll hear from Microsoft Inc., Google&rsquo;s Alphabet Inc., Facebook&rsquo;s Meta Platforms Inc., Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.
All five have been riding the artificial intelligence (AI) wave &mdash; spending billions of dollars on the technology.
But Jim Rickards has long argued these companies are trying to achieve the impossible. And his top analyst, Dan Amoss, says the potential profits aren&rsquo;t enough to justify the massive costs.
At some point, Dan says, corporate leadership is going to recognize this and announce reduced funding for AI.
The news will send shockwaves through Wall Street.
Keep in mind, it won&rsquo;t be the end of AI&hellip; just a new phase in its development.
So our team will be digging through the earnings announcements and paying close attention to forward guidance for any signs that the big names are scaling back their AI dreams.
We&rsquo;re also watching Donald Trump&rsquo;s trip to Asia.
His announcement of a &ldquo;framework&rdquo; of a trade deal with China is already causing the stock market to go higher and rare earth prices to fall.
Dave Gonigam reports that the Chinese reporting about the talks has been much more reserved &mdash; possibly indicating that China&rsquo;s president isn&rsquo;t as confident about a resolution as our president.
Wall Street won&rsquo;t like any signs that the deal is in trouble. Any MAGA missteps with our Asian allies could also make investors squeamish.
Luckily, our team specializes in detecting sentiment shifts long before anyone else.
If there&rsquo;s even a hint of trouble, they&rsquo;ll tell you how to avoid it &mdash; if not profit from it.
And if it turns out that Wall Street is overlooking an opportunity, you&rsquo;ll learn how to take maximum advantage of it.
So stay tuned!

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MAGA vs. Mag-7

Donald Trump isn&rsquo;t done with Wall Street yet&hellip;
As you probably know, the federal government is pouring billions of dollars into U.S. companies.
Some of those investments are designed to make us less dependent on foreign raw materials. Others are aimed at helping the United States become the world&rsquo;s undisputed leader in next-generation tech.
Our team predicted this would happen &mdash; leading members to big profits when these deals were announced.
Now we believe the White House is plotting its next major stock purchase &mdash; even with the government shutdown.
Once again, you have an opportunity to get ahead of this story&hellip; setting yourself up for big profits from a single press release.
So I&rsquo;ll share some potential candidates after our Top Stories and the Reader Forum.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://million-mission.com/posts/altucher-vs-rickards-the-rematch-7-years-in-the-making">&ldquo;Altucher vs Rickards: The Rematch 7 Years In the Making&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://million-mission.com/posts/altucher-vs-rickards-the-rematch-7-years-in-the-making">The Million Mission, </a><a href="https://million-mission.com/posts/altucher-vs-rickards-the-rematch-7-years-in-the-making">Davis Wilson)</a>: In 2018, James Altucher and Jim Rickards debated which was the better investment &mdash; gold or Bitcoin. At our 2025 Paradigm Shift Summit in Nashville, they faced off again. Davis was there, and shares the round-by-round details. It was his most-liked story last week&hellip; and nearly our most-liked e-letter overall. You might also be surprised to discover who was declared the winner of the debate!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/rise-of-the-robot-belt">&ldquo;Rise of the Robot Belt&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/rise-of-the-robot-belt">Altucher Confidential, </a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/rise-of-the-robot-belt">Chris Campbell)</a>: This was last week&rsquo;s most-liked e-letter&hellip; and it was also about the Paradigm Shift Summit. Chris describes the presentation from Ray Blanco &mdash; discussing how automation will jumpstart revolutions in several industries, from farms to operating rooms. Then Chris puts everything into context&hellip; exploring how multiple innovations are coming together to transform the economy. Some of the team preferred what <a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/cryptos-monkey-paw-market">Chris had to say about cryptocurrencies</a>, but our members seemed to enjoy this look into the near-future.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/surviving-the-digital-dragnet-concierge">&ldquo;Surviving the Digital Dragnet&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/surviving-the-digital-dragnet-concierge">Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence Pro, </a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/surviving-the-digital-dragnet-concierge">Jim Rickards)</a>: Your privacy is more at risk than ever before &mdash; with governments finding more and more ways to monitor what you say and do. So Jim recently told his Strategic Intelligence Pro members how to limit what can be learned about you. The simple tips Jim shares became our most-liked premium story last week. And I think everyone could benefit from a little less scrutiny&hellip; so I&rsquo;ve unlocked it for you.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First from the mailbag today, Matthew M. says:
Thank you for all your excellent research and your guys&rsquo; up-to-date information constantly coming through and keeping me informed. The best decision I ever made in my investing journey was signing up with Paradigm Press. James Altucher has laid out so many incredible trade opportunities and Jim Rickards&rsquo; &ldquo;Birthright&rdquo; was incredible. I have been getting 500% gains, 700% gains. I even got a 2,300% gain on BTBT!
Amazing, Matthew &mdash; thank you so much for sharing!
James has been at the forefront of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies&hellip; delivering big win after big win. And Jim&rsquo;s Birthright predictions have been right on the money&hellip; giving members chances to profit as more companies move to unlock America&rsquo;s natural resources.
These trends show no sign of stopping &mdash; so there&rsquo;s still a lot of money left to grab! (More on that in a minute&hellip;)
And James and Jim aren&rsquo;t the only ones crushing it. Sherry N. wants Chris Cimorelli to know:
I joined the 10x Trade Club on 9/15/25, and already have made more than double the cost of my subscription. Not bad for less than one month &mdash; keep up the good work!! I appreciate your updates; they are easy to understand.
If you&rsquo;re reading this, Sherry, congratulations on your success!
As you point out, 10X Trade Club hasn&rsquo;t been around long. But it&rsquo;s already given members a chance at bigger returns than some investors see all year.
Remember, Chris doesn&rsquo;t have a trading background. He learned everything the hard way&hellip; which makes it much easier for him to explain things in plain English.
His educational guidance and recommendations with oversized profit potential make 10X Trade Club one of our most powerful services.
With that in mind, finally for today, Mike B. says:
I am following your advice on stocks and metals, but what I don't know is how to make the decisions on when to sell and take profits. How can I learn how to make these decisions? Can you advise us on when is a good time to buy, hold and sell? 
I understand your anxiety, Mike. If you&rsquo;re seeing gains in your portfolio, you have to balance the risk of things reversing against the possibility that prices will go even higher.
And if you&rsquo;re looking at losses, you&rsquo;re afraid of losing even more money&hellip; but also fear you might sell right before a big turnaround.
If you&rsquo;ve been following our team&rsquo;s recommendations, however, you have nothing to worry about. As Matthew M. just mentioned, our analysts are always monitoring their open positions &mdash; and will tell you when it&rsquo;s time to take action, no matter if it&rsquo;s for a loss or a gain.
Just last week, Paradigm Mastermind Group members received an alert to sell a rare earths stock for a 191% gain. And Microcap Millionaire told members to sell half their shares of an alternative energy stock to lock in a 247% gain.
We also plan to add a money management guide to our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>, which will cover strategies for protecting your cash in a downturn.
It will join our free primers on <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/how-to-choose-the-best-brokerage-account-for-you">finding a broker</a>&hellip; <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/stock-investing-101-buying-selling-and-earning-income">buying (and selling) your first stock shares</a>&hellip; not to mention our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/paradigm-press-presents-the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-stock-options">introduction to stock options</a>.
Expect to hear more about it soon!
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
Remember, your feedback is vital to our success&hellip; so please email me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget the <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a> I mentioned &mdash; home to free investment guides. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
The Trump administration is determined to make America great again&hellip;
As Jim Rickards predicted with his &ldquo;Birthright&rdquo; thesis, the White House is using federal money to help boost production of rare earths and strategic metals.
<a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/americas-usd150-trillion-trust-already-paying-off">We&rsquo;ve talked about</a> MP Materials Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/MP">MP</a>). Its shares are now four times higher than where they started the year.
Donald Trump also wants the United States to be a leader in artificial intelligence.
That&rsquo;s why the government invested in Intel Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/INTC">INTC</a>) &mdash; much <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/uncle-sam-buys-intel-intc">as James Altucher said it would</a>. Its shares have nearly doubled since Jan. 1.
So you can make a lot of money investing in companies before they attract Trump&rsquo;s attention&hellip;
It could be an agricultural company.
U.S. farmers are struggling thanks to the trade war with China. But as Ray Blanco <a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/rise-of-the-robot-belt">pointed out at our Paradigm Shift Summit</a>, robots could cut labor costs in the fields.
The government could also make deals with farm equipment manufacturers&hellip; fertilizer companies&hellip; or other agriculture businesses to give domestic farmers favorable pricing.
Maybe the feds will look to outer space&hellip;
NASA has basically gone out of business &mdash; doing very little to advance the final frontier.
To get back to the moon&hellip; or to Mars&hellip; or beyond&hellip; the federal government might stop doing one-off contracts with the likes of SpaceX or Rocket Lab Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/RKLB">RKLB</a>) and fund them directly.
And let&rsquo;s not forget about medicine.
Hundreds of tiny companies are working on revolutionary treatments for everything from cancer to diabetes.
Any research lab that seems close to a true breakthrough could suddenly receive a large amount of cash as part of Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;Make America Healthy Again&rdquo; initiatives.
As our Dave Gonigam says, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s becoming evident this administration looks upon every industry as having some sort of &lsquo;national security&rsquo; significance.&rdquo;
In other words, any company could be on the receiving end of government investments.
And our team is determined to find these names for you first!

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Trump’s Next Stock Pick

Dysprosium.
It may sound like a medical condition &mdash; or the drug used to treat it.
But it&rsquo;s actually a critical raw material for high-tech devices&hellip;
And China has just restricted exports of the stuff.
Companies like Nvidia Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/NVDA">NVDA</a>) are directly affected by the Chinese move.
Yet Wall Street seems completely oblivious to the danger.
In a minute, I&rsquo;ll tell you what our experts think&hellip; as well as what it means for your portfolio.
First, though, let&rsquo;s look at our Top Stories and the Reader Forum.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/highway-robbery-with-a-hot-towel">&ldquo;Highway Robbery With a Hot Towel&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/highway-robbery-with-a-hot-towel">Rude Awakening</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/highway-robbery-with-a-hot-towel">, Sean Ring)</a>: The day before the Paradigm Shift Summit in Nashville, TN, Sean stopped at a local barbershop for a shave and a haircut. He shares the entire experience, from the high-class waiting area to the top-notch treatment. It all seemed too good to be true&hellip; until Sean got the bill. His story was our most-liked e-letter last week &mdash; and pretty popular with the staff, too.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/why-silver-will-smash-through-50/">&ldquo;Why Silver Will Smash Through $50&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/why-silver-will-smash-through-50/">Daily Reckoning, </a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/why-silver-will-smash-through-50/">Adam Sharp)</a>: Gold has spent the past few days hitting new high after new high. Silver prices are up, too &mdash; but they still haven&rsquo;t reached record territory. In fact, silver has a habit of retreating just shy of $50 an ounce. Except this time will be different, as Adam explains. He walks you through exactly what&rsquo;s happening with the precious metal&hellip; and why it points to big profits ahead. Discover why it was the most-liked Daily Reckoning last week!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/avav-the-pentagons-next-billion-dollar-darling">&ldquo;AVAV: The Pentagon&rsquo;s Next Billion-Dollar Darling&rdquo; (Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network, James Altucher)</a>: Our team was <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/americas-usd150-trillion-trust-already-paying-off">right about the White House&rsquo;s interest</a> in MP Materials (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/MP">MP</a>). We also told you about <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/uncle-sam-buys-intel-intc">rumors that the U.S. government would buy</a> a stake in Intel Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/INTC">INTC</a>). And James recently told his Investment Network members the next company that could be on the Trump administration&rsquo;s shopping list. Members have already seen gains over 1,000% with its stock. But James doesn&rsquo;t think the party is over yet. His analysis was our most-liked story last week&hellip; and since there&rsquo;s still a chance for big profits, I&rsquo;ve unlocked it for you!</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First up today, James Altucher and Chris Cimorelli sent a grand-slam sell alert on Oct. 8. It told Microcap Millionaire members to sell half their position in BTQ Technologies Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/BTQ">BTQ</a>) for a 1,025% gain.
The massive win prompted Chris M. to leave us a five-star Google review, adding:
What an amazing service James and Chris (and the whole team from Paradigm Press, too many great names to mention) provide with the recommendations and experience. Thank you guys. You are truly one honest and trusted source and the wealth of knowledge.
I really appreciate you leaving that review, Chris! The whole Paradigm team has been on fire lately, as <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/all-reader-alert-paradigm-portfolio-report-card">Publisher Matt Insley said a few weeks ago</a>.
And that collective mental firepower was on full display at last week&rsquo;s Paradigm Shift Summit. It was our best one yet &mdash; and that&rsquo;s not just my opinion.
In fact, Omega Wealth Circle member Todd H. wrote Matt to say:
Powerhouse of a summit! My brain feels like it climbed a mountain&hellip; I would have paid double to attend with the quality you obviously put into it. I know. I plan conferences, speak at many and attend even more.
If you&rsquo;re reading this, Todd, thanks so much for sharing the kind words! It was great meeting so many happy members in person. I&rsquo;m also still in awe of how much our team shared in their presentations.
The feedback has been so good that we&rsquo;re already trying to figure out how to top ourselves for the next Paradigm Shift Summit. Stay tuned!
Finally for today, three very similar questions hit our inbox&hellip;
&ldquo;What is the best way to get a question to Jim Rickards?&rdquo; asks JB.
Arvind G. wants to know, &ldquo;Could you send me Mason Sexton&rsquo;s Paradigm Press email address?&ldquo;
And Michael V. tells us, &ldquo;I would appreciate it if you would get a message to Chris Cimorelli.&rdquo;
I&rsquo;m happy to help!
If you&rsquo;d like, you can just send your messages to me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>. My customer care agents constantly monitor that inbox and will forward any questions or comments to our analysts &mdash; just like I did with Michael V.&rsquo;s comments for Chris.
Another option is to use the feedback email address you&rsquo;ll find at the bottom of every email from our paid services.
For example, you can send questions, comments and suggestions for Jim to AskJim@paradigmpressgroup.com.
<img class="aligncenter" src="https://images.ctfassets.net/vha3zb1lo47k/3CPb4DGtpW0VsUwVxxUmy5/a5d583999232b3177110aaf3d32e94b5/ppg-issue-10-13-25-img-2.png" alt="" width="540px" />
Please keep in mind that we&rsquo;re not allowed to give you personalized investment advice. And to avoid any hint of impropriety, our analysts cannot reply to you directly.
Instead, look for their answers in issues, alerts and live calls.
I hope that helps!
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
Remember, your feedback is vital to our success&hellip; so please email me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget, we also have a FREE library of introductory investment guides &mdash; covering everything from finding a broker to how to trade stock options &mdash; on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
The news broke during our Paradigm Shift Summit in Nashville, TN.
China announced it was tightening its grip on more rare earth elements &mdash; adding new restrictions and fees to the high-tech raw materials.
Donald Trump immediately responded with new tariff threats&hellip; sending the major indexes crashing.
But the president softened his tone over the weekend, re-igniting Wall Street&rsquo;s bullish euphoria.
Just don&rsquo;t think the problems have been solved.
Yes, the U.S. government is throwing tons of money at &ldquo;American birthright&rdquo; companies, trying to build out domestic rare earth production as quickly as possible.
Getting those facilities up and running will still take years, however.
&ldquo;We require a Manhattan Project on steroids for rare earths, beginning yesterday,&rdquo; says our Byron King. &ldquo;Actually, beginning 15 years ago.&rdquo;
Without home grown supplies of rare earths, U.S. companies are at China&rsquo;s mercy.
For example, Nvidia and other semiconductor makers rely on a rare earth element called dysprosium. It helps make their chips more heat resistant.
But right now there&rsquo;s a single source for pure dysprosium&hellip; a refinery in China.
It&rsquo;s also one of the rare earths that China has placed restrictions on.
And while Trump has struck a more conciliatory tone, the Chinese haven&rsquo;t walked back any of their threats yet.
That could spell trouble for AI stocks&hellip; while giving U.S. rare earth stocks a lot more room to run.
Our team was on top of the rare earth story long before it was front-page news.
So you can count on us to keep you ahead of the next twists and turns!

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Nvidia’s Dysprosium Problem

It&rsquo;s almost here!
Our 2025 Paradigm Shift Summit starts on Thursday, Oct. 9 &mdash; with a special bonus day for Omega Wealth Circle members on Oct. 10.
Today, I&rsquo;ll give you a quick preview of what you can expect&hellip; including the theme for this year&rsquo;s event.
(I think you&rsquo;ll want to hear this, even if you&rsquo;re not joining us.)
But first, let&rsquo;s take a look at our Top Stories and the Reader Forum.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://newsyoucanacton.com/posts/the-shutdown-trap">&ldquo;The Shutdown Trap&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://newsyoucanacton.com/posts/the-shutdown-trap">The Rundown, </a><a href="https://newsyoucanacton.com/posts/the-shutdown-trap">Matt Insley)</a>: The Republicans and Democrats aren&rsquo;t any closer to reopening the federal government. And as Matt explains, that&rsquo;s great for President Trump&rsquo;s plans to remake Washington. For one thing, many of the White House&rsquo;s priorities are still up and running, despite the lack of funding. And the shutdown gives Trump the power to reshape other agencies. This was the most-liked Rundown since July, so be sure to check it out.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/dei-view-wrong-absolutely-disgusting/">&ldquo;DEI View: "Wrong... Absolutely Disgusting!" (</a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/dei-view-wrong-absolutely-disgusting/">Morning Reckoning, </a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/dei-view-wrong-absolutely-disgusting/">Sean Ring)</a>: After a reader took issue with <a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/why-dei-is-the-best-thing-ever-for-white-guys/">Sean&rsquo;s recent thoughts on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies</a>, Sean decides to set the record straight. He also shares what he&rsquo;s doing to prepare his son for success &mdash; no matter which path he decides to take. This was our most-liked e-letter of the week, with plenty of positive feedback, too. &ldquo;I normally sit quietly and listen and read,&rdquo; says member Bill J. &ldquo;But this one got me.&rdquo; See what everyone is raving about!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/reporting-live-from-taiwan-concierge">&ldquo;Reporting Live From Taiwan&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/reporting-live-from-taiwan-concierge">Money &amp; Power with Buck Sexton, </a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/reporting-live-from-taiwan-concierge">Buck Sexton)</a>: China invading Taiwan is one of Wall Street&rsquo;s longest-standing wild cards &mdash; an event that could send markets crashing around the globe. So Buck and his brother Mason Jr. travelled to the small island to discuss the danger with generals, government ministers and corporate executives. Here&rsquo;s a preview of what they&rsquo;ve found so far... as well as what it means for portfolios, for investments and for America&rsquo;s future.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First in the Forum today, Omega Wealth Circle member Chuck S. tells Publisher Matt Insley:
&lsquo;You get what you pay for&rsquo; doesn&rsquo;t quite apply when you&rsquo;re part of Paradigm&rsquo;s Omega Wealth Circle &mdash; you receive far more. From the symbolic package of barley seeds sent by Jim Rickards (I planted) to the substantial gains realized across every service under the Paradigm umbrella, I am both thankful and deeply appreciative.
When Matt shared your kind words with the team, Chuck, I immediately asked if I could feature them here.
Frankly, a letter like this lets us know we&rsquo;re making a real difference in people&rsquo;s lives&hellip; and inspires us to continue delivering cutting-edge research and top-tier analysis.
Thank you very much for sending this in. I hope we&rsquo;ll get a chance to talk in Nashville next week!
Next, Maureen H. left us a five-star Google review, adding that she&rsquo;s a:
Recent subscriber to Paradigm Press and have realized significant gains in several months despite my status as a novice investor. Great research and advice from top traders.
If you&rsquo;re reading this, Maureen, welcome aboard! And a huge thank you for taking the time to share your experiences with us so far.
Starting your investment journey can be scary&hellip; but we give you knowledge and tools you need to succeed. It sounds like you&rsquo;ve put those to good use!
So hope you&rsquo;ll soon consider yourself an experienced investor.
Which brings us to our last letter&hellip;
Our team&rsquo;s recommendations have been delivering huge gains lately &mdash; as <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/all-reader-alert-paradigm-portfolio-report-card">Matt talked about nearly two weeks ago</a>.
Fred M. responds:
I am a bit unhappy that we are not in the loop for all the success you list. We are&hellip; not part of those who can afford&hellip; your &ldquo;special&rdquo; picks. I am not totally or completely happy with the way you and your group only help those who pay the most.
I&rsquo;m sorry you feel that way, Fred &mdash; especially since we try to give away as much research and recommendations as we can for free&hellip;
You can find investment analysis in <a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/">Daily Reckoning</a>&hellip; <a href="https://million-mission.com/">The Million Mission</a>&hellip; <a href="https://truthandtrends.com/">Truth &amp; Trends</a>&hellip; <a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/">Altucher Confidential</a> and more without breaking out your credit card.
We also offer several lower-cost services geared towards novice investors, like Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network&hellip; Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence&hellip; Breaking Profits&hellip; etc.
This year alone, those services have given members chances to see 43% gains in three months&hellip; 66% in just over four weeks&hellip; 135% in five weeks&hellip;
Yes, some of our premium services have delivered bigger gains in shorter amounts of time. But those also tend to be riskier plays &mdash; so the services are designed for people who have the means to absorb any losses.
I suggest that you continue profiting from our lower-risk recommendations&hellip; building up your nest egg. Then consider setting aside some cash you wouldn&rsquo;t mind losing for speculations.
Our only goal is to help you protect and grow your wealth &mdash; as responsibly as possible.
I hope that helps!
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
Remember, your feedback is vital to our success&hellip; so please email me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget, we also have a FREE library of introductory investment guides &mdash; covering everything from finding a broker to how to trade stock options &mdash; on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
It&rsquo;s been two years since our last Paradigm Shift Summit&hellip; and so much has changed since then.
Artificial intelligence has gone from a Wall Street fad to one of the most dominant forces in the markets.
Gold and silver have risen from the dead, hitting fresh highs again and again.
And President Donald Trump is intervening in the U.S. economy like no previous administration, creating new opportunities with every stroke of his pen.
But that doesn&rsquo;t mean you can let your guard down. There are some dark clouds on the horizon&hellip; with plenty of perils that could send your portfolio in the wrong direction.
That&rsquo;s why the theme of this year&rsquo;s Paradigm Shift Summit is &ldquo;Crossroads U.S.A.&rdquo;
Our team will share powerful ideas and their absolute best investment recommendations for navigating today&rsquo;s markets.
We&rsquo;ve even invited special guests for an outside perspective, including a pioneer in crowdfunding and private equity.
It will be our biggest, best Summit ever &mdash; and I hope to see you there.
If you couldn&rsquo;t make the trip to Nashville, stay tuned for highlights from the Summit as well as a way to get your hands on the recording.

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Crossroads U.S.A.

Wall Street is in full &ldquo;melt-up&rdquo; mode, with popular stocks hitting new highs every day.
But most people are still missing the biggest profit opportunity out there&hellip;
It&rsquo;s a sector that has quietly outperformed the NASDAQ &mdash; without a lot of buy-in from big institutions and everyday investors.
When they finally join the party, the gains will go into overdrive.
I&rsquo;ll give you the details &mdash; including insights from our team &mdash; after our Top Stories and the Reader Forum.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/all-reader-alert-paradigm-portfolio-report-card">&ldquo;Paradigm Portfolio &lsquo;Report Card&rsquo;&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/all-reader-alert-paradigm-portfolio-report-card">Concierge Letter</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/all-reader-alert-paradigm-portfolio-report-card">, Matt Insley)</a>: Our team has been on a real hot streak lately &mdash; delivering a steady stream of spot-on predictions and triple-digit profit opportunities. But if you&rsquo;ve cashed in on our advice, you should be taking steps to protect and grow your windfall. That&rsquo;s why Publisher Matt reached out to members, sharing money management tips and asset allocation suggestions. They&rsquo;re the key to long-term success &mdash; so be sure to check out Matt&rsquo;s insights!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/china-rising-power-or-falling-star/">&ldquo;China: Rising Power or Falling Star?&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/china-rising-power-or-falling-star/">Daily Reckoning, </a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/china-rising-power-or-falling-star/">Jim Rickards)</a>: The United States and China seem locked into a geopolitical and economic chess game&hellip; so Jim explores whether the two countries are evenly matched. His analysis of Chinese strengths and weaknesses originally appeared in Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence &mdash; but was too good not to share with a wider audience. See why member Michael V. calls it, &ldquo;one of the most interesting and well-written articles I&rsquo;ve ever read by Jim Rickards!&rdquo;</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/ionqs-quantum-acceleration-concierge">&ldquo;IONQ&rsquo;s Quantum Acceleration&rdquo; </a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/ionqs-quantum-acceleration-concierge">(Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/ionqs-quantum-acceleration-concierge">, Ray Blanco)</a>: While Wall Street is still laser-focused on artificial intelligence, James Altucher and his team are exploring the next big thing &mdash; quantum computing. So Ray recently updated Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network members on IONQ Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/IONQ">IONQ</a>). This pioneer has delivered 257% gains&hellip; and Ray explores what&rsquo;s ahead. Ray&rsquo;s analysis was one of our most-liked stories last week. The stock&rsquo;s price has also pulled back a bit, making this a great time to unlock it for you.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that had been roped off from the public. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, make sure you&rsquo;re caught up now.
And if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; just let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First in the Forum today, Jim A. tells James Altucher and his team:
You guys rock. Your picks are solid and they are soaring. I brought my portfolio up from $130,000 in April of this year to $236,171 present time.
I hope you&rsquo;re reading this, Jim&hellip; because that&rsquo;s amazing! You&rsquo;ve doubled your money in about six months.
I guess I shouldn&rsquo;t be surprised, though. Our team has been delivering home run after home run. But it&rsquo;s great to hear that our research is having a real impact on people&rsquo;s wealth.
Here&rsquo;s to your continued success!
Next, Paul M. recently received help from Joan, who&rsquo;s on my customer care team. He reports:
Joan went above and beyond during the call, delivering a smooth and seamless experience that truly reflected excellent customer service. She provided me with all the information I needed, ensuring clarity and confidence throughout the entire conversation.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Paul. The men and women who answer our phones and respond to your emails are a critical part of Paradigm Press. So I love hearing when my team is doing exactly what they&rsquo;ve been trained to do!
I&rsquo;m sure that if you ever need our help again, you will have a similar experience &mdash; whether you deal with Joan or anyone else!
Finally for today, last week we <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/new-benefit-alert-the-paradigm-app-is-live#forum">shared members&rsquo; praise for Chris Cimorelli</a>, whose 10X Trade Club delivered massive overnight gains.
Robert H. replies:
Why didn&rsquo;t Chris share some of these 10x ideas with his Microcap Millionaire subscribers? 
10X Trade Club and Microcap Millionaires are separate services, Robert, with their own focus, risk profile and recommendations.
But that doesn&rsquo;t mean Microcap Millionaire members missed a win!
On Sept. 16, Chris sent a special bonus trade for Microcap Millionaire. It was similar to his stock option recommendation for 10X Trade Club&hellip; but tailored for Microcap Millionaire&rsquo;s overarching strategy.
So when Chris&rsquo; prediction came true, the Microcap Millionaire trade jumped, too. Anyone who had followed his Microcap Millionaire alert had a chance to profit &mdash; just like 10X Trade Club members did.
Of course, the profits weren&rsquo;t quite as big&hellip; because Microcap Millionaire members aren&rsquo;t looking for super-speculative options trades. They want to know the names of Wall Street&rsquo;s hottest up-and-coming stocks.
And Chris has delivered on that front, with open recommendations up 148% in 11 months&hellip; 289% since July&hellip; and a mind-boggling 401% since April!
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
Remember, your feedback is vital to our success&hellip; so please email me at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
Questions? I&rsquo;ll get answers! Comments? Let me hear them! Problems? I&rsquo;ll try to solve them!
This is YOUR forum!
(And don&rsquo;t forget, we also have a FREE library of introductory investment guides &mdash; covering everything from finding a broker to how to trade stock options &mdash; on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>. For customer service issues, please use our <a href="https://paradigmpressgroup.com/contact-us">contact page</a>.)
Now, here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening around the water cooler this week&hellip;
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Water Cooler &mdash; Upcoming Events and More</h2>
&ldquo;Does the average mainstream investor even know that the SPDR Gold Trust (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/GLD">GLD</a>) is beating the Nasdaq year-to-date?&rdquo; asks Greg Guenthner, one of our top chart specialists. &ldquo;I doubt it.&rdquo;
Paradigm Press has spent the <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/its-unanimous-buy-this-now">last few years telling you to buy gold</a>.
And since November 2023, the precious metal has soared from under $2,000 an ounce to just shy of $3,800.
Meanwhile, GLD &mdash; the exchange-traded fund that follows gold prices &mdash; is up 43% year-to-date&hellip; while the Nasdaq is only up 16% for the year.
You&rsquo;d think a move like that would capture Wall Street&rsquo;s attention. Yet everyday investors and big institutions are chasing high-tech investments instead.
&ldquo;Everything&rsquo;s going right for the mining sector now,&rdquo; says Jim Rickards&rsquo; go-to analyst, Dan Amoss. &ldquo;But their stocks still haven&rsquo;t had cash flows from institutional buyers.&rdquo;
He calls it a &ldquo;quiet bull market.&rdquo;
Greg agrees. &ldquo;I don't believe we're anywhere near the fervor of the last bull run leading up to the 2011 top,&rdquo; he tells us.
In other words, the real action won&rsquo;t begin until we&rsquo;re seeing &ldquo;cash for gold&rdquo; signs and advertisements everywhere.
Jim Rickards expects gold to top $4,000 an ounce this year&hellip; and $5,000 next year &mdash; on its way to an eventual $25,000 an ounce.
So if you&rsquo;re holding gold and mining stocks, be patient. The best is yet to come.
And if you&rsquo;ve been sitting on the sidelines, thinking you&rsquo;ve missed your chance to capture precious metals gains &mdash; it&rsquo;s not too late.
&ldquo;There&rsquo;s still plenty of room on the bandwagon,&rdquo; says Greg.

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The Quiet Bull

Paradigm Press LLC, provides independent economic commentary, analysis and education through print and online publications, videos, online seminars, conference calls and more.

We provide independent economic commentary, analysis and education through print and online publications, videos, online seminars, conference calls and more.