Happy New Year!
It&rsquo;s a day for resolutions &mdash; promises to improve ourselves over the next 12 months&hellip; hoping to make 2024 even better than 2023.
That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m doing something very different for today&rsquo;s Concierge Letter. 
Instead of our normal format, I asked the team to share some of their personal investment resolutions&hellip; strategies you can use to protect and grow your wealth in the New Year.
(I also want to hear your 2024 investment resolution! More on that in a second&hellip;)
Zach Scheidt, our income, retirement and trading specialist, says it&rsquo;s important to keep the bulk of your investment capital &mdash; at least 80% &mdash; devoted to earning extra cash.
Dan Amoss &mdash; Jim Rickards&rsquo; go-to analyst &mdash; tells us that most of today&rsquo;s trading is being driven by algorithms. So prices are more important than fundamentals these days.
Until that changes, you simply have to follow the momentum. Stock bets won&rsquo;t pay off unless the trend-followers believe it will.
Seasoned trader Alan Knuckman always says that stock options are the best ways to play the expected ups and downs. So his mission is to convince even more people to become options traders in 2024.
(If you want a head start, check out our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/paradigm-press-presents-the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-stock-options">FREE options primer on our Wealth Desk</a>.)
Rude Awakening&rsquo;s Sean Ring also expects a lot of market reversals.
So he&rsquo;s committing himself to using stop and limit orders for his trades. These broker instructions trigger automatically, ensuring that you don&rsquo;t let false hope rob you of gains.
(We explain these types of orders in our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/stock-investing-101-buying-selling-and-earning-income">FREE beginner&rsquo;s stock guide</a>.)
Perhaps the best resolution comes from Bryon King, our Harvard-trained geologist, lawyer and former Navy man.
He&rsquo;s going to spend today assessing everything he did right in 2023&hellip; and figure out how to avoid re-doing anything he got wrong.
Now it&rsquo;s your turn!
<a href="https://forms.gle/vEzGinQLNoKKgMN49">Just click here to share your 2024 financial resolution</a>.
I&rsquo;ll share some of them in next week&rsquo;s Concierge Letter!

Concierge Letter

Our Top Investment Tips for 2024

September is usually a rough month for stocks.
In fact, the markets are sliding lower as I type.
But James Altucher says a major profit catalyst will kick in for some stocks starting on Monday, Sept. 9.
It&rsquo;s so powerful &mdash; it could 10x your money in the next 12 months, regardless of what happens this election season.
I&rsquo;ll give you a sneak peek of what he expects in a minute&hellip; as well as how you can prepare.
First, though, 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/the-truth-about-rfk-jr">&ldquo;The Truth About RFK Jr.&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/the-truth-about-rfk-jr">Altucher Confidential</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/the-truth-about-rfk-jr">, James Altucher)</a>: The 2024 presidential race has been one surprise after another. One of the most recent was Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&rsquo;s decision to end his candidacy and endorse Donald Trump for the White House. James has interviewed RFK Jr. for his podcast in the past. So he shares some thoughts on the politician and how his support for Trump will affect the election. Discover why this was our most-liked e-letter last week!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/nvdas-blackwell-bummer">&ldquo;NVDA&rsquo;s Blackwell Bummer&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/nvdas-blackwell-bummer">Paradigm Pressroom&rsquo;s 5 Bullets</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/nvdas-blackwell-bummer">, Dave Gonigam)</a>: Last week we told you how Nvidia Corp.&rsquo;s (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/NVDA">NVDA</a>) earnings <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/nvidia-mania-earnings-wednesday">could affect the markets</a>. Now that we&rsquo;ve seen the numbers, Dave tells you what to expect next. He also discusses an earnings miss that could signal real trouble for the U.S. economy &mdash; and shares some overlooked signs that a recession is already here. He closes with the latest example of political hypocrisy in New York and his usual responses to reader mail.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/preserve-and-grow-your-wealth-with-copper-concierge">&ldquo;Preserve and Grow Your Wealth With Copper&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/preserve-and-grow-your-wealth-with-copper-concierge">Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/preserve-and-grow-your-wealth-with-copper-concierge">, Byron King)</a>: While copper isn&rsquo;t considered a &ldquo;precious&rdquo; metal, Byron recently told Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence members why it should have an important place in your portfolio. He even shares some of his favorite miners in this space. As unusual, Byron&rsquo;s insights are second to none, which is probably why this was our most-liked story last week. I also think copper deserves your attention, so I went ahead and unlocked this paid article 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>
As you probably know, I keep a close eye on the <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a> inbox. But I also monitor our other feedback addresses to ensure we&rsquo;re providing you with the absolute best service.
This week, Mara S. wants Jim Rickards to know:
&nbsp;I&rsquo;m impressed with the service you provide. Originally, I thought that this was a hoax but have learned that this is the real McCoy. I couldn&rsquo;t be happier to make money in this economy with your guidance. 
Jim and his team have seen this, Mara. But I hope you don&rsquo;t mind me sharing it here.
We get many complaints that our video presentations spend too much time establishing our experts&rsquo; credentials. Your letter demonstrates why those introductions are so important. If you don&rsquo;t know who we are, why should you believe us?
So I&rsquo;m very glad to hear that we&rsquo;ve earned your trust. And you can expect many opportunities to profit no matter what the markets send your way!
Next, JoAnn K. tells Zach Scheidt:
Trying to learn the stock market has been totally overwhelming, and I'm very lucky to have the guidance of you, Jim Rickards, James Altucher and Ray Blanco. But the person I really relate to is you, and I'm thankful for your guidance; I've been frozen in fear about the economy, etc. So thank you for your help and empathy.
I hope you&rsquo;re seeing this, JoAnn, because I agree with you. While all of our team is extraordinary, Zach is one of the most down-to-Earth in the bunch.
Yes, there are plenty of scary forces threatening the markets. But there will always be pockets of profit opportunities, too. You just have to be brave enough to grab them.
Count on Zach and our other experts to continue giving you that courage!
Turning to the <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a> inbox, Kim P. asks:
Can you again provide me with the simple steps to take in response to the national Social Security breach, as published in a recent article?
Happy to help, Kim. You can find that <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/social-security-hack-3-steps-to-take-now">Concierge Letter</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/social-security-hack-3-steps-to-take-now"> article right here</a>.
In fact, we have a complete archive of <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/concierge-letter">Concierge Letters </a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/concierge-letter">here</a>. Feel free to bookmark the site.
And don&rsquo;t forget about our FREE library of investment primers. Get help finding a stock broker&hellip; buying your first stock shares&hellip; even trading options on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>.
Finally for today, Coralie H. says:
As the market seems to be shifting focus, it would be very, very helpful if the editors and analysts would tell subscribers what stocks previously discussed or recommended I should consider getting out of as they are likely to go down. This is not at all obvious to many of us!
Thanks for writing, Coralie. And rest assured, our analysts watch their open recommendations very carefully. The second anything looks dicey, they&rsquo;ll let you know with a sell alert.
In fact, James Altucher and his team recently recommended selling some of the most vulnerable Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network positions. Members had a chance to score a 517% gain from a single sell.
Expect more chances for similar profits as our team prepares for big changes in the stock market!
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, as I said, 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>
While most analysts will spend today warning that September is historically the worst month for stocks&hellip;
James Altucher is tracking a massive tech product launch that could impact hundreds of millions of users virtually overnight.
In fact, he&rsquo;s collected shocking evidence that many of the world&rsquo;s most popular smartphones are about to be rendered obsolete.
As you could probably guess, it has something to do with Apple Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/NVDA">AAPL</a>).
After all, the company practically invented the smartphone in 2007 &mdash; its first step to becoming a $1 trillion business.
Now it&rsquo;s getting ready to rock the world again&hellip;
With a Sept. 9 announcement that&rsquo;s being called a &ldquo;once-in-a-decade&rdquo; moment.
But buying Apple stock is not the best way to play it.
Instead, James has identified a tiny company that&rsquo;s helping make Apple&rsquo;s impending breakthrough possible.
According to his research, its share price could grow 10x over the next year&hellip; even 100x over the next decade.
Remember, the critical date is Monday, Sept. 9.
By this time next week, everyone will know what Apple has up its sleeve. So make sure you&rsquo;re in position well before then.
James will tell you how.

September Shocker

A single company has been key to powering the stock market to new highs.
And on Wednesday, Wall Street will either have its faith rewarded&hellip; or will start to question everything that&rsquo;s been propping up the U.S. economy.
This pivot point could send the markets on a wild roller coaster. 
I&rsquo;ll tell you what you need to know in a moment.
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://rudeawakening.info/posts/kamala-is-so-taxing">&ldquo;Kamala Is So Taxing&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/kamala-is-so-taxing">Rude Awakening</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/kamala-is-so-taxing">, Sean Ring)</a>: Despite being the Democrat&rsquo;s best hope for a presidential victory, Kamala Harris has been awfully quiet about the policies she&rsquo;ll pursue. And what little specifics she&rsquo;s offered are quite scary. Sean takes you through her thoughts on capital gains, unrealized gains and corporate tax rates &mdash; and explains the impact they&rsquo;d have on you. See why this was Sean&rsquo;s most-liked article of the week.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>&ldquo;<a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/ai-the-very-different-beast">AI, the Very Different Beast&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/ai-the-very-different-beast">Altucher Confidential</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/ai-the-very-different-beast">, Chris Campbell)</a>: Plenty of people have compared the artificial intelligence (AI) stock boom to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000s. But Chris argues that most of those comparisons rely on a faulty premise. He explains what made the internet so unique&hellip; and why AI development is on a completely different path. Not only was this one a staff favorite, but member Norma I. calls it, &ldquo;Another GREAT one!&rdquo; I&rsquo;m sure you&rsquo;ll agree&hellip;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDF__FqL4hM">&ldquo;An Urgent Election Update for Americans&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDF__FqL4hM">Rickards Uncensored</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDF__FqL4hM">, Matt Insley and Jim Rickards)</a>: Every Friday, Rickards Uncensored members enjoy an exclusive broadcast from the Rickards team covering top-of-mind issues. But Jim felt that the Democratic National Convention warranted a special update that we posted on our YouTube channel. Over 26,000 viewers have tuned in to hear Jim&rsquo;s thoughts on the election so far. One commentator tells us &ldquo;Jim is the pundit I trust the most.&rdquo; Another says, &ldquo;Rickards is always great.&rdquo; Keep in mind, these weekly broadcasts are usually only for his paid members. But we&rsquo;ve unlocked this one for you!</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups and presentations above are our TOP ones for the week &mdash; including one that normally would be 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>
Last week, Crisis Trader with Jim Rickards asked members to share their thoughts on the service.
Several members were very happy with the 81%... 85%... and 102% gains Dan Amoss and Jim have delivered so far in August.
David J. went even further, telling us:
It is informative, credible and timely. It helps filter the noise out of current events, which helps make decisions regarding investments and politics, but it also assists me in protecting my family. 
Thanks so much for taking the time to answer our survey, David! While we&rsquo;re always looking for ways to improve our services, we&rsquo;re also grateful to hear we&rsquo;ve put you on the right path.
And with recession rumblings and an uncertain election on the way, it&rsquo;s more important than ever to prepare your portfolio for a crisis. Count on Jim and his team to keep you fully protected from whatever the future holds!
Next up, Bill C. &mdash; a member of Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network and Microcap Millionaire &mdash; tuned in for one of James&rsquo; usual broadcasts with Vice Publisher Dough Hill. But after what happened at the end of the presentation, he writes Doug to say:
Thank you so much for staying and walking us through the site. As a RELATIVELY NEW subscriber it was EXTREMELY helpful. 
I hope you read this, Bill, because there&rsquo;s an interesting story behind the tutorial Doug hosts at the end of every Altucher broadcast.
As you probably know, Doug and James try to answer as many member questions as possible while they&rsquo;re on the air. But an Omega Wealth Circle member complained that the pair was taking up too much time on topics that were geared to newcomers.
We agreed he had a point, so we changed the format. Now Doug sticks around after the main presentation to focus on our newest members.
It means that experienced members don&rsquo;t have to sit through stuff that doesn&rsquo;t apply to them&hellip; and our novice members get the extra help and guidance they need.
More than anything else, it demonstrates why the Reader&rsquo;s Forum and our other feedback inboxes are so important. We truly read every email we receive&hellip; then do whatever we can to improve everyone&rsquo;s experience!
And, of course, I&rsquo;m always happy to share feedback I get about the Concierge Letter itself.
For instance, last week we discussed <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/social-security-hack-3-steps-to-take-now">National Public Data&rsquo;s Social Security leak</a> &mdash; and how to freeze your credit at the three major credit bureaus.
Wes H. responds:
Does Paradigm Press, any of its analysts, or any employees receive compensation from the three credit unions mentioned in this week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Water Cooler&rdquo; segment if someone signs up for an account? Please explain the reasoning behind the recommended action if it is for any reason other than just blocking access to your credit account. How would this be better than a membership in a service such as LifeLock?
Thanks for writing in, Wes. And the links to Experian, TransUnion and Equifax were meant as a public service. We don&rsquo;t have a business relationship with any of these agencies.
In fact, our advice mirrors what Dave Gonigam offered in <a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/12-days-in-august#5">Paradigm Pressroom&rsquo;s 5 Bullets</a> and <a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/was-your-ssn-hacked-probably">Chris Campbell described in </a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/was-your-ssn-hacked-probably">Altucher Confidential</a>.
The reason we featured these direct methods instead of using a service like LifeLock is that freezing your credit with the credit agencies is free. Why pay for something you can easily do yourself?
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>
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be Wall Street&rsquo;s hottest industry.
And Nvidia Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/NVDA">NVDA</a>) continues to be the stock to watch &mdash; with shares up a stunning 770% since January 2023.
Investors are eagerly awaiting the company&rsquo;s next earnings release, scheduled for after the markets close on Wednesday, Aug. 28.
But there&rsquo;s a very good chance the data won&rsquo;t live up to expectations.
For one thing, Nvidia is rapidly losing its monopoly on cutting-edge AI tech, as <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/the-nvidia-killer">we&rsquo;ve discussed before</a>.
There&rsquo;s also the fact that the U.S. economy seems to be tottering on the edge of a recession &mdash; if we&rsquo;re not already in one.
Jim Rickards says &ldquo;a recession probably began in June or even May.&rdquo;
So even if Nvidia hits its earnings and revenue targets, the company&rsquo;s management could still offer weak future guidance.
A pessimistic outlook could hit Wall Street like a plague, causing investors to question all of their optimistic beliefs.
Don&rsquo;t misunderstand any sell-off, though. Even our most bearish analysts believe AI will revolutionize entire industries.
And if Nvidia fumbles the torch, it will still be a major player in the next wave of AI. There are also plenty of smaller names waiting in the wings to take the tech where it needs to go.
So whatever happens on Wednesday, it won&rsquo;t be the end of the world.
But if you&rsquo;re prepared for the worst, you&rsquo;ll be far ahead of the rest of the starry-eyed crowd.
You could also set yourself up for big profits if Wall Street freaks out!

Nvidia Mania (Earnings Wednesday)

With the media firmly focused on the U.S. presidential election, you may have missed the news about a massive data breach&hellip;
A hack that probably exposed your name&hellip; current and previous addresses&hellip; even your Social Security number!
The immense size of this breach makes it very likely that you or someone you love WILL be affected.
So in a second, I&rsquo;ll tell you what you need to know &mdash; including the simple steps you can take today to start protecting yourself.
But first, 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://newsyoucanacton.com/posts/musk-interviews-trump">&ldquo;Musk Interviews Trump&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://newsyoucanacton.com/posts/musk-interviews-trump">Election Insider &mdash; The Rundown</a><a href="https://newsyoucanacton.com/posts/musk-interviews-trump">, Matt Insley)</a> In case you&rsquo;ve missed it, The Rundown has a new mission. It&rsquo;s focused on the presidential race &mdash; and how it will affect your wallet. And the big news last week was Elon Musk&rsquo;s chat with Donald Trump on the X platform (formerly Twitter). Matt runs down some of the highlights, as well as a misstep or two. Then he quotes Jim Rickards on the correlation between gold and the S&amp;P 500, especially during market downturns.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/its-the-economy-donald">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the Economy, Donald&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/its-the-economy-donald">Rude Awakening</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/its-the-economy-donald">, Sean Ring)</a>: People keep telling us they&rsquo;re tired of politics, yet Sean&rsquo;s latest election take is once again our most-liked e-letter of the week. This time he describes the biggest mistake Donald Trump is making right now. Kamala Harris has a lot of personal flaws&hellip; but focusing on them instead of the issues could end up costing Republicans the White House. Sean explains exactly what undecided voters need to hear.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/it-just-takes-balance">&ldquo;It Just Takes Balance&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/it-just-takes-balance">Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence Pro</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/it-just-takes-balance">, Jim Rickards)</a>: Thinking about the election or the data breach might take a toll on your mental health &mdash; to say nothing of what a major disaster would do. As Jim recently told his Strategic Intelligence Pro readers, your state of mind could make a terrible situation even worse. So Jim shares some life tips that can help you keep an even keel, no matter what gets thrown your way. This was Jim&rsquo;s most-liked story last week, filled with beneficial ideas. So I went ahead and unlocked it for you.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups and presentations 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, Jim T. asked me to pass along a question to Sean Ring. And after Sean <a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/drill-baby-drill">responded in Friday&rsquo;s </a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/drill-baby-drill">Rude Awakening</a>, Jim writes again to say:
I always appreciate when you&hellip; respond to feedback. That makes me feel that I am at least contributing to the conversation.
No problem, Jim!
I always say that we&rsquo;re trying to build a community, so back-and-forth conversation is vital. I&rsquo;m glad Sean was able to answer. And I think all of Sean&rsquo;s members will benefit from the discussion you inspired.
I&rsquo;ll also take any opportunity to keep conversations going.
For example, I&rsquo;ve gotten a lot of feedback about my &ldquo;bait-and-switch&rdquo; response in <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/wildcards-ppg#anchortag">last week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.</a>
Paul C. says:
I appropriately deserve the &ldquo;tough love&rdquo; you dispensed to another reader with your cookies, cupcakes and brownies analogy. I admit that I should have known better!... Us Cajun Frenchmen in Louisiana call the unexpected free 13th donut in a dozen&hellip; lagniappe. Including introductions to the many channels of knowledge Paradigm Press produces, lagniappe is added free of charge as a gift to new subscribers, and not an unethical bait-and-switch sales technique.
Thanks for the reply, Paul!
A prominent member of our industry used to refer to membership gifts as &ldquo;gummy bears.&rdquo; But lagniappe seems much more appropriate&hellip; assuming I can pronounce it correctly. (Maybe publisher Matt Insley should send me on a fact-finding trip to New Orleans?)
Above all, I&rsquo;m glad you understand all the ways we try to add value to your membership. You not only get everything we promised&hellip; but you also receive insights into investments you might never hear about otherwise!
A few people weren&rsquo;t as happy with my bakery metaphor, however. Ed. O. says:
Still bait and switch. I want details after spending valuable time listening for hours to what you did years ago, which has nothing to do with the latest thing you are peddling. It&rsquo;s a daily occurrence. All I need is $3 or $4 million to purchase all your pay-for-play ideas.
Sorry, Ed, but I don&rsquo;t see how this qualifies as &ldquo;bait and switch.&rdquo;
Unlike a lot of companies these days, we don&rsquo;t rely on government bailouts to keep the lights on. We also don&rsquo;t take money from big Wall Street firms in exchange for favorable coverage.
Instead, we have to reach out directly to the public &mdash; most of whom have no idea who we are. If a total stranger started giving you financial advice without explaining who he was or why you should listen to him, how long would you stick around?
We know from decades of bitter experience that most people tune out from the start. That&rsquo;s why we work so hard to establish our team&rsquo;s credentials before getting to their latest analysis.
I&rsquo;ll also mention that our Omega Wealth Circle offers every service we offer &mdash; at a price that&rsquo;s nowhere near $1 million.
If you don&rsquo;t believe me, call 844-228-8835 to learn how to get a lifetime of our investment ideas at an extreme bargain price.
That wraps up this week&rsquo;s Reader Forum.
As I said, 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>
Last December, hackers claimed to have stolen a large amount of information from National Public Data, a company that specializes in background checks.
National Public Data just admitted to the leak last week&hellip; after some 2.9 billion records appeared online.
&ldquo;The information that was suspected of being breached,&rdquo; the company says, &ldquo;contained name, email address, phone number, social security number, and mailing address(es).&rdquo;
In other words, everything someone needs to completely steal your identity.
Our team is just starting to dig into this story &mdash; looking for ways to help keep your data safe&hellip; not to mention identifying companies that offer long-term solutions.
For now, you may wish to freeze your credit.
In fact, Paradigm Pressroom&rsquo;s 5 Bullets editor Dave Gonigam says he and his spouse have already taken this action.
&ldquo;You have to do it separately with all three credit bureaus.&rdquo; Dave reports. &ldquo;And you have to set up an account with each one.&rdquo;
In other words, you&rsquo;ll need to visit <a href="https://www.experian.com/freeze/center.html">Experian</a>&hellip; <a href="https://www.transunion.com/credit-freeze">TransUnion</a>&hellip; and <a href="https://www.equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services/credit-freeze/">Equifax</a> to completely protect yourself.
Yes, it will be a pain&hellip; but it&rsquo;s better than the alternative.
&ldquo;If you don&rsquo;t do this,&rdquo; Dave says, &ldquo;someone ELSE can set up accounts in your name and go to town.&rdquo;
We&rsquo;ll keep following this story &mdash; so expect more tips and ideas throughout the week.

Social Security Hack: 3 Steps To Take Now!

Wall Street has mostly shaken off last week&rsquo;s sell-off.
But our team says a few wildcards could send the markets in any direction this week.
I&rsquo;ll tell you what you should be ready for in a minute.
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/kamalas-first-big-mistake-the-red-peril-for-veep">&ldquo;Kamala&rsquo;s First Big Mistake: The Red Peril for Veep&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/kamalas-first-big-mistake-the-red-peril-for-veep">Rude Awakening</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/kamalas-first-big-mistake-the-red-peril-for-veep">, Sean Ring)</a>: There&rsquo;s no question that Kamala Harris&rsquo; candidacy shook up the election. But as Sean explains, selecting Tim Walz as her running mate may end her chances of winning the White House. Sean lists all the ways that Walz is out of step with middle America &mdash; holding positions that are about as far Left as you can go. Not surprisingly, this was our most-liked e-letter last week. Member Gary G. tells us he &ldquo;thoroughly enjoyed reading this one.&rdquo;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/todays-5-bullets-is-packed-with-misinformation">&ldquo;Today&rsquo;s 5 BULLETS Is Packed With Misinformation&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/todays-5-bullets-is-packed-with-misinformation">Paradigm Pressroom&rsquo;s 5 Bullets, </a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/todays-5-bullets-is-packed-with-misinformation">Dave Gonigam,)</a>: There are plenty of signs that the U.S. economy is in the early stages of a recession. But don&rsquo;t expect the mainstream press to mention anything. And good luck sharing evidence on social media &mdash; because you might get yourself canceled. Dave explains more in this annual &ldquo;censorship&rdquo; issue, updated for recent events. Learn exactly when &ldquo;cancel culture&rdquo; took hold&hellip; and why it&rsquo;s not limited to curbing your freedom of speech.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/why-im-buying-intel-after-the-selloff">&ldquo;Why I'm Buying Intel After the Selloff&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/why-im-buying-intel-after-the-selloff">Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/why-im-buying-intel-after-the-selloff">, James Altucher)</a>: Back in January, we declared Intel Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/INTC">INTC</a>) our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/buy-this-ai-underdog-today">&ldquo;AI champion.&rdquo;</a> So far, however, the company has failed to live up to its promise. James recently walked his Investment Network readers through Intel&rsquo;s challenges&hellip; and explains why he&rsquo;s optimistic about the company&rsquo;s future. Not only was this one of our top stories last week, but it&rsquo;s also a great follow-up to our Jan. 22 issue. So I&rsquo;ve taken the liberty of unlocking James&rsquo; insights for you.</li>
</ul>
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Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups and presentations 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, Omega Wealth Circle member Steve S. tells me:&nbsp;
With all the revolving doors from a domestic and geopolitical perspective, I felt like there was always more to learn. What a great ride over the years to the point of feeling as though I need more knowledge every day. Joining the Omega group, I feel more fulfilled in order to capture the core of what the driving forces really are for my investments. 
I&rsquo;ve been hearing from a lot of <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/emergency-paradigm-shift#anchortag">Omega Wealth Circle members lately</a>, Steve. So thank you for your loyalty and dedication &mdash; not to mention your kind words.
The markets are huge, with many nooks and crannies that are easily overlooked. I&rsquo;m happy to hear that you want to explore all of them. And with the Omega Wealth Circle, you have our entire team as your guides!
Next, Lee S. writes James Altucher to say:
Wanted you to know how much I enjoy the Microcap Millionaire. I trust you. I really do. It seems you and your Paradigm pals are all very diverse, never a follower.
I hope you see this, Lee, because I&rsquo;m happy to hear your thoughts on our newest service!
Our team thinks that last week&rsquo;s sell-off might be the start of a new phase in the markets &mdash; one that will benefit Wall Street&rsquo;s smallest stocks!
So James and his team should earn your trust over the next few weeks and months. As you say, we don&rsquo;t follow the crowds. Instead, we figure out where investors will look for profits next &mdash; then try to beat them there!
Finally for today, Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence and Altucher&rsquo;s Early-Stage Crypto Investor member Bobby L. wants me to know:
I spent good money joining Paradigm just so I can hear how good or bad things are, and &mdash; oh, by the way &mdash; we have great picks for you because of this and that, if you will pay to join another one of your deals to get the stock suggestions. I feel we should get them with all the added charges. Feels like a bait-and-switch!
I recently <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/prediction-1-700-by-jan-1-2025#anchortag">addressed a similar complaint</a>, Bobby, but accusing us of &ldquo;bait-and-switch&rdquo; is a big deal. So here&rsquo;s an example to help you understand where we&rsquo;re coming from.
Let&rsquo;s say a mail-order bakery offers a cookie subscription &mdash; sending you a dozen of the best cookies you&rsquo;ve ever eaten every month. And since you&rsquo;re a first-time customer, your initial order also includes some cupcakes and a tin of brownies.
Next month, you get the cookies again, just like you paid for. You also get an offer that lets you buy more cupcakes and brownies at a discounted price.
Is that &ldquo;bait-and-switch&rdquo;?
You might argue that cupcakes and brownies use different ingredients and require different baking techniques &mdash; so of course they&rsquo;d cost more.
But the same principle applies to our financial research. Paradigm Press has over 23 publications &mdash; each designed to give you an edge in today&rsquo;s markets.
Exploring these different investment fields takes different resources and levels of effort. Our teams use a multitude of tools and methods &mdash; some quite expensive &mdash; to find lucrative opportunities that suit specific groups of people.
In other words, we&rsquo;re more than just cookies. We&rsquo;re an entire bakery of investment ideas that span a wide financial universe.
And we always deliver exactly what we promise &mdash; if not more. Remember, your membership includes free e-letters and other special bonuses that bring you more information on a wide variety of topics.
If you&rsquo;re interested in these expanded offerings, you&rsquo;re welcome to sign up for them.
Please, though, don&rsquo;t insult our team&rsquo;s hard work by insisting they do it for free.
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;This is not the &lsquo;big one,&rsquo;&rdquo; Jim Rickards said in a special Strategic Intelligence update last Monday.
Sure enough, markets have clawed their way back and look poised to go higher today.
Just don&rsquo;t get too comfortable.
In a few days, we&rsquo;ll get the latest inflation numbers. Anything higher than expected could make Wall Street question the Federal Reserve&rsquo;s commitment to rate cuts.
Then on Thursday we have retail sales data.
Jim says a &ldquo;recession probably began in June or even May.&rdquo; So Thursday&rsquo;s numbers could offer more proof &mdash; which will not be good for stock prices.
Of course, there are always plenty of ways to make money &mdash; even when the markets drop.
You just need to be ready to move fast&hellip; and charge into the markets when everyone else is looking for somewhere to hide.
Count on our team to lead you to those gains, no matter what comes our way!

Wildcards

&ldquo;Most people think today will be like yesterday,&rdquo; our founder Bill Bonner says&hellip;
&ldquo;But every now and then, today is NOT like yesterday. Something changes, something goes off the rails, there&rsquo;s a paradigm shift.&rdquo;
If you&rsquo;re watching the market this morning &mdash; or if you made the brave mistake of looking at your 401(k) balance &mdash; you&rsquo;ll know we&rsquo;ve seen a major market shift over the past few days.
Markets started to tank last week. Then Japanese markets fell off a cliff overnight, down 12%.
This might be a big paradigm shift in the making. More on that in a moment &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://dailyreckoning.com/what-we-the-people-owe/">&ldquo;What We the People Owe&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/what-we-the-people-owe/">Daily Reckoning, </a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/what-we-the-people-owe/">Biran Maher</a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/what-we-the-people-owe/">)</a>: The U.S. national debt recently topped $35 trillion &mdash; a full 120% of our GDP. Paying the interest alone takes a sizable chunk out of the federal budget. And as Brian explains, the situation won&rsquo;t get better anytime soon&hellip; no matter who prevails in the November elections. He also knows exactly who is to blame &mdash; but his answer might surprise you.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/gay-paris">&ldquo;Gay Paris&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/gay-paris">Rude Awakening, </a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/gay-paris">Sean Ring</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/gay-paris">)</a>: The Paris Olympics opening ceremony left a lot of people confused, if not outright insulted. Sean explains why it&rsquo;s just the latest instance of Parisian cultural and moral decline &mdash; a trend that&rsquo;s been on display since the French Revolution. If you think overthrowing the monarchy made France a freer, more tolerant country, Sean offers some historical anecdotes that might change your mind. See why this was our most-liked e-letter last week.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/facebooks-most-powerful-ai-yet">&ldquo;Facebook&rsquo;s Most Powerful AI Yet'' (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/facebooks-most-powerful-ai-yet">Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/facebooks-most-powerful-ai-yet">, James Altucher)</a>: Move over, ChatGPT and Claude. Mark Zuckerberg&rsquo;s Meta Platform Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/meta">META</a>) &mdash; the company behind Facebook &mdash; is turning heads with its new AI innovation, Llama 3.1. James recently told his Investment Network members why the software is so revolutionary. He also explains what it could mean to Meta&rsquo;s bottom line. It&rsquo;s a fascinating story that&rsquo;s not getting a lot of attention. It was also our most-liked story of the week overall. So it was an easy decision to unlock it for you.</li>
</ul>
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Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups and presentations 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 <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a> mailbag today, William K. has a comment about <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/green-bananas#anchortag">last week&rsquo;s Reader Forum</a>
I have become an Omega Wealth Circle member and the sheer volume of information across so many topics is fantastic. I participate in crypto, equities, commodities, futures, etc., and Paradigm has the spectrum covered for me. I would say the negative feedback is probably more of a general reflection of our current society (or lack of) than anything else.
First, congratulations on becoming an Omega Wealth Circle member, William. We&rsquo;re thrilled to have you aboard our highest level of service &mdash; set to receive everything we offer!
I appreciate the kind words, too. Our team wants you to have as many moneymaking ideas as we can provide.
But I&rsquo;m not sure I agree with your assessment of people who tell us when we&rsquo;ve fallen short of their expectations.
Yes, there&rsquo;s a lot of unearned senses of entitlement out there. We occasionally receive letters from folks who feel they deserve to get all of our in-depth research for free.
The vast majority of the negative feedback we receive, however, is constructive criticism. I&rsquo;ll listen to anyone who has solid thoughts or ideas on how we can improve!
Next up, Debra B. asks the <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a> inbox to pass along a message to Jim Rickards and his team:
&nbsp;Wanted to thank you for all the research and knowledge you give your readers every day. I'm so thankful we were able to share this with our nephew. There is hope for our country if we don't back down from sharing the truth! 
Jim will be thrilled to hear this, Debra! And I&rsquo;m glad that your nephew has been absorbing Jim&rsquo;s wisdom, too &mdash; it's fantastic to see our work reaching across generations.
The more people who understand what&rsquo;s happening to our country and economy, the more likely we&rsquo;ll see changes for the better!
And finally for today, April G. tells us:
I would like to nominate the &ldquo;AGI Wars: Musk's Master Plan&rsquo;&rsquo; article as the best article I&rsquo;ve read this week. I just had the biggest &ldquo;AHA&rdquo; moment. It made Elon Musk&rsquo;s creations all make sense.
I&rsquo;m glad you enjoyed Chris Campbell&rsquo;s <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/agi-wars-musks-master-plan-concierge">deep dive into Elon Musk&rsquo;s mind</a>, April.
It was originally written for Paradigm Mastermind Group&hellip; but it received such a positive response that I put it outside our paywall for everyone to read.
So there&rsquo;s no need to nominate it for Top Article &mdash; because it already earned its place in our weekly recap.
When I ask &ldquo;if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &lsquo;Top 3,&rsquo;&rdquo; I mean anything you read this week.
It could be the Rude Awakening Sean posted this morning. Or the Morning Reckoning that Greg Guenthner will send tomorrow. Maybe even an update from one of our paid services that will go online Thursday or Friday.
We just like to know which of our stories resonate with you &mdash; the ones that are so good, you think everyone should give them a read.
And it shouldn&rsquo;t be something we&rsquo;ve already spotlighted as a must-read. 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 brokers to 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>
If you&rsquo;re wondering why the sky is falling, here&rsquo;s our hot take.
It comes down to two things:
<ol>
<li>Market uncertainty: We&rsquo;re actually in a recession and the mainstream didn&rsquo;t know it! This is something Jim Rickards and our macro-oriented analysts have been saying all along. Look, the markets have been going &ldquo;up and to the right&rdquo; for the past 18 months or so. All the major indexes are within a week or two of all-time highs. But underneath the euphoria was a little dose of reality. Unemployment is high, interest rates are high, inflation is high and the lowly middle-classer is feeling the pinch. </li>
<li>Political uncertainty: &ldquo;Peak Trump&rdquo; might be having an impact on the market. The overwhelming positivity from the market and the Trump camp may have climaxed, and that&rsquo;s leaving the door open for the ONE thing the market doesn&rsquo;t like: uncertainty. Love it or hate it, we may have an election race on our hands &mdash; or at least the perception of one.</li>
</ol>
Things have gotten so bad that people are starting to think Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will announce an emergency rate cut.
It brings to mind the words of Jim Rickards from our May <a href="https://secretsofwatergate.com/whiskey-bar-replay">Whiskey Bar at the Watergate hotel</a>:
If the Fed cuts rates, it&rsquo;ll be for very bad reasons. It&rsquo;ll be because we&rsquo;re in a recession that&rsquo;s undeniable, that&rsquo;s getting more severe, that&rsquo;s going to take the stock market down.
So what&rsquo;s the &ldquo;action to take&rdquo; today?
Keep your head on a swivel; don&rsquo;t make any rash decisions in this overly emotional time.
And remember, today might not be like yesterday. Every now and then there&rsquo;s a paradigm shift.

Emergency “Paradigm Shift”

&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t wait that long to make money! I don&rsquo;t even buy green bananas!&rdquo;
That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ve heard more than once from the elders of the Paradigm community.
The statement is simple. Once you get far enough into retirement, you don&rsquo;t want investment themes that take too long to unfold. You want something actionable right now!
Well, with all due respect to our &ldquo;most experienced&rdquo; readers, today&rsquo;s bold prediction isn&rsquo;t for you.
What I heard in the hallways last week won&rsquo;t unfold quickly. But the moneymaking upside has no limit.
(Heck, if you&rsquo;re a &ldquo;green bananas&rdquo; type, you&rsquo;d have never made 10,000%+ gains on Amazon or Nvidia.)
We&rsquo;re on the hunt for the next 100x opportunity. And we&rsquo;ve locked on to something.
China and the United States are in the early stages of a new arms race&hellip;
And our Ray Blanco thinks it will become Wall Street&rsquo;s next obsession, too.
It has nothing to do with missiles, drones or even artificial intelligence.
Instead, it involves everything you want to keep private, from your bank account to your personal medical files.
Ray tells us it&rsquo;s only a matter of time before this new tech has its &ldquo;ChatGPT moment.&rdquo;
That&rsquo;s when investors suddenly realize how game-changing it will be &mdash; then start throwing gobs of cash at the companies developing it.
I&rsquo;ll give you a sneak peek at some of Ray&rsquo;s early research in a moment.
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://altucherconfidential.com/posts/ethereum-stage-1-is-complete">&ldquo;Ethereum: Stage 1 Is Complete&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/ethereum-stage-1-is-complete">Altucher Confidential, </a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/ethereum-stage-1-is-complete">Chris Campbell)</a>: Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sparked new life into the crypto markets&hellip; and we&rsquo;ve been telling you for months that Ethereum ETFs would have the same effect. Now the Ethereum ETFs are here, so Chris walks you through several price predictions &mdash; including a development that could reduce the supply of the crypto while demand soars. Then he shares the surprising answer to which Ethereum ETF you should buy&hellip;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/king-it-cant-happen-here-hey-it-just-happened-here">&ldquo;It Can&rsquo;t Happen Here? Hey, It Just Happened Here!&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/king-it-cant-happen-here-hey-it-just-happened-here">Rude Awakening, </a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/king-it-cant-happen-here-hey-it-just-happened-here">Byron King</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/king-it-cant-happen-here-hey-it-just-happened-here">)</a>: Joe Biden finally dropped out of the election, exactly as Jim Rickards predicted in October 2023. So it&rsquo;s little surprise that all of our most-liked stories were about the shakeup. But I think Byron&rsquo;s take was the most unique. He draws parallels to Sinclair Lewis's dystopian novel, It Can&rsquo;t Happen Here. As he explains, Biden&rsquo;s sudden fall from grace brings up uncomfortable questions about his entire presidency&hellip; and points to even bigger trouble ahead.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/agi-wars-musks-master-plan-concierge">&ldquo;AGI Wars: Musk's Master Plan'' (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/agi-wars-musks-master-plan-concierge">Paradigm Mastermind Group</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/agi-wars-musks-master-plan-concierge">, Chris Campbell)</a>: Elon Musk seems to create companies on a whim, pursuing any technology that catches his attention. But Chris recently revealed Musk&rsquo;s true goal to Paradigm Mastermind Group. Our team couldn&rsquo;t stop raving about it. &ldquo;I hadn't seen those connections made,&rdquo; says Dan Amoss. &ldquo;Well done,&rdquo; says Alan Knuckman. Ray Blanco calls it &ldquo;epic.&rdquo; Omega Wealth Circle member Norma I. endorsed it, too, saying &ldquo;it will blow your mind.&rdquo; So it was an easy decision to unlock Chris&rsquo; revelation for you!</li>
</ul>
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Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups and presentations 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>
We&rsquo;ve featured a lot of negative feedback in the Reader Forum over the past few weeks. So it was refreshing to hear Francis F. say:
I feel compelled to write and let Jim Rickards and the other contributors of Paradigm Press know how grateful many of us are to you. I learn something from every email that comes out&hellip; All these people that write in and criticize and complain about specific investments do not understand what your goals are with the publications. If all these people want is investment advice, they should hire a broker to do all their investing. 
Francis, I know you sent this to the Rickards team. But I want to thank you for your heartfelt message!
Our goal at Paradigm Press is to bring you insights and information you can&rsquo;t find anywhere else. We never claim to have all the answers&hellip; Instead, we hope to help you better understand the complex interactions that drive the global markets.
Still, I understand why some people might get upset with us. So I welcome their criticism. In fact, I make a point of addressing it here.
Of course, I&rsquo;m even happier when I can feature letters from people who know and appreciate what we&rsquo;re all about!
Next up, Omega Wealth Circle member Arvind G. says he:
Really and truly appreciate what you and your very knowledgeable and worldly folks are doing for us at Paradigm Press. Now the Microcap Millionaire! Thank you again!
Publisher Matt Insley pulled this from the private Omega Wealth Circle inbox, Arvind, and asked me to share it here.
We&rsquo;re both very glad to hear you&rsquo;re enjoying your membership&hellip; and it sounds like you&rsquo;re excited that it includes the brand-new Microcap Millionaire.
James Altucher has wanted to focus on Wall Street&rsquo;s smallest stocks for some time&hellip; so we&rsquo;re happy you&rsquo;ll have a chance to benefit from it!
And finally for now, Phil H. wrote Alan Knuckman to say:&nbsp;
Sometimes, after a few days, I find I missed a Profit Wire message. Here&rsquo;s my request: would you put &ldquo;Profit Wire,&rdquo; or an identifying name, in the heading we receive? That way, we could see that and be able to open it immediately and not miss a very pertinent piece of information.
I hope you&rsquo;re seeing this, Phil, because I want to help you out.
The &ldquo;from&rdquo; line in every email we send is the name of the service you&rsquo;re receiving. So you should see that a Profit Wire alert is from The Profit Wire.
But I think you&rsquo;re asking us to put the name of each publication in the subject line of every email we send. Honestly, that&rsquo;s less than ideal. Some of our services have long names&hellip; and some email programs limit the number of characters in a subject line.
If you&rsquo;re really worried about missing an alert, I suggest you regularly check the <a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/message-center">Message Center</a> on our website. It lists everything we&rsquo;ve posted in the past 30 days. And you can filter it by service name or type of post so you can zero in on what&rsquo;s important.
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 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>
If you shop, trade or bank online, your data travels all over the globe &mdash; and you have no idea where it gets saved along the way.
Normally that&rsquo;s not a problem, because all of your data is encrypted&hellip; only readable to authorized eyes.
But that doesn&rsquo;t mean your personal information will always be safe!
&ldquo;China is harvesting massive amounts of encrypted data,&rdquo; says Ray. &ldquo;They can&rsquo;t read it yet. So they&rsquo;re just storing it until they have the technology to open it.&rdquo;
It&rsquo;s not wishful thinking, either. The Chinese government knows the breakthrough is right around the corner.
So does the United States, which is why the federal government is spending billions of dollars to try to develop the tech, too.
I&rsquo;m talking about quantum computing.
Quantum computers use the special properties of subatomic particles to do things that current computers simply aren&rsquo;t capable of.
Ray tells us that one day they&rsquo;ll be able to model complex molecules, leading to the discovery of new materials and drugs.
They could make weather and financial forecasts much more accurate.
And quantum computers could break just about every encryption software being used today.
&ldquo;Whoever cracks quantum computing first is going to rule the world,&rdquo; Ray says confidently.
The good news is that making a functional and practical quantum computer isn&rsquo;t easy. There are still plenty of engineering hurdles to overcome before quantum computing goes mainstream.
But Ray says it&rsquo;s only a matter of time before some government or company figures out how to make it work.
&ldquo;Quantum computing is going to have a ChatGPT moment,&rdquo; he tells us.
It will be the breakthrough that suddenly catches Wall Street&rsquo;s attention&hellip; just like ChatGPT set off the artificial intelligence boom we&rsquo;re seeing today.
The only real question is which company will be the first to burst out of the gate.
Ray is keeping a close eye on some small pioneers.
He also says one of the most surprising companies to watch is Honeywell International (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/HON">HON</a>), which has a fairly advanced quantum computing arm.
Of course, Ray can&rsquo;t predict exactly when quantum computing&rsquo;s &ldquo;ChatGPT moment&rdquo; will arrive.
Still, knowing it&rsquo;s coming puts you ahead of just about everyone else on Wall Street.
(Green bananas are healthier for you, too.)

“Green Bananas”

Obviously the big news this morning is that Joe Biden has dropped out of the presidential race&hellip; exactly as Jim Rickards predicted in October 2023.
Jim will have an update today, as will other members of our team. (Get Sean Ring&rsquo;s <a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/harris-obama-2024">take right here</a>.)&nbsp;
We&rsquo;ll also have to see how this news affects Wall Street.
Last week, we finally started seeing a rotation out of the giant tech stocks into smaller, under-the-radar names. And this weekend&rsquo;s news could add jet fuel to the opportunity.
Our team thinks it could lead to massive profits as small- and micro-cap stocks take off&hellip;
But only if you avoid some easy mistakes.
In a second, I&rsquo;ll tell you the worst ways to try to cash in on the coming small-cap boom. And I&rsquo;ll share what you should do instead.
First, though, 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://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-trump-advance-continues">&ldquo;The Trump adVance Continues&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-trump-advance-continues">Rude Awakening</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-trump-advance-continues">, Sean Ring)</a>: Just about all of our most-liked stories last week involved the Trump assassination attempt. We had thoughts from <a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/centimeters-from-civil-war/">Jim Rickards</a>, <a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/the-madness-is-just-beginning">Dave Gonigam</a>,<a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/shot-chaser"> Chris Campbell</a> and others. Sean also weighed in with a <a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/murderous-bastards/">pair of essays</a> on <a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/america-dodged-a-bullet">the subject</a>. But a member of our team says that Sean&rsquo;s profile of vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance is just as important. See why Sean thinks the Hillbilly Elegy author and Ohio Senator is the best man for the job.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/the-rotation-is-real/">&ldquo;The Rotation Is Real!&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/the-rotation-is-real/">Morning Reckoning</a><a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/the-rotation-is-real/">, Greg Guenthner)</a>: The major indexes fell last week as investors moved out of the giant tech stocks and into smaller opportunities. Greg has been watching for this pattern to emerge. Now that it&rsquo;s here, he walks you through the charts and reveals where you&rsquo;ll find the next &ldquo;hot money&rdquo; trade. Discover why small-cap and microcap stocks are set to outpace Wall Street&rsquo;s biggest names. (And see today&rsquo;s Water Cooler below for more on small-cap opportunities.)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/if-the-lights-go-out-concierge">&ldquo;If the Lights Go Out&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/if-the-lights-go-out-concierge">Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence Pro</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/if-the-lights-go-out-concierge">, Jim Rickards)</a>: Some Texans spent more than a week without electricity in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. And last week a software glitch caused chaos at airlines, hospitals, emergency services and more around the globe. Imagine if the problems had affected U.S. power plants! In the latest &ldquo;Crisis Survival Insider&rdquo; alert for Strategic Intelligence Pro readers, Jim shares some simple and practical steps you can take to be ready for a prolonged blackout. Ray Blanco calls it &ldquo;great advice.&rdquo; And considering how vulnerable our electrical grid could be, I&rsquo;m unlocking Jim&rsquo;s insights so you can stay safe, too!</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups and presentations 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 Reader Forum today, Rachel H. has a message for Jim Rickards:
Thanks for all the great work you all do! I get far more useful advice from Jim Rickards and his team than everything else put together. 
I hope you&rsquo;re reading this, Rachel, because I want to thank you for your support!
We strive hard to bring you insights, analysis and recommendations you won&rsquo;t find anywhere else. So it&rsquo;s great to hear that you value the fruits of our labor.
I&rsquo;ll make sure Jim and his team see your kind words.
Next, Omega Wealth Circle member Geoffrey B. left us a five-star Google review, adding:
The only downside is that I can ONLY give you 5 stars rather than the 10 stars you deserve!
I hope that means the Omega Wealth Circle has provided double your expectations, Geoffry!
And if you&rsquo;re reading this, thanks for joining our highest level of service. It sounds like you&rsquo;re enjoying your unlimited access to everything we offer!
But I especially want to thank you for posting a review that everyone can see. As I&rsquo;ve often said, we don&rsquo;t have deep-pocketed Wall Street firms paying us advertising money to push their preferred narratives.
So we really appreciate any word-of-mouth that helps us reach new people.
And finally for today, David B. writes to Ray Blanco to say:
It is very sketchy that a company trying to entice people would not provide a way out of emails. Why would you not give them the option to Unsubscribe, as almost all REPUTABLE companies do?
David, if there&rsquo;s anything I take more seriously than scam accusations &mdash; like I covered in <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/prediction-1-700-by-jan-1-2025">last week&rsquo;s Reader Forum</a> &mdash; it&rsquo;s claims that we&rsquo;re disreputable.
All of our e-letters and promotional mailings have a one-click unsubscribe button at the very top.
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Click it once, and that&rsquo;s it &mdash; we&rsquo;ll remove your address from our mailing list.
Now, it&rsquo;s true we don&rsquo;t offer the same one-click unsubscribe button on our paid emails.
Unsubscribing to Ray&rsquo;s emails would mean missing vital buy and sell alerts that you&rsquo;re paying for.
For example, without email, you might have missed Friday&rsquo;s Technology Profits Confidential recommendation to sell your Sarepta Therapeutics (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/SRPT">SRPT</a>) shares for a 35% gain in less than a year.
Imagine if you could accidentally stop these paid emails with a single click. Would a reputable company blindly stop sending you bought-and-paid-for analysis and recommendations?
Still, if for some reason you don&rsquo;t want to receive Ray&rsquo;s absolute latest actions to take, it&rsquo;s easy to take care of. Just go to our <a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/account/help/general">online Help Center</a> and select &ldquo;Unsubscribe to Mailing List&rdquo; under &ldquo;Subject.&rdquo;
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It&rsquo;s more than a single click, but we want to be absolutely sure you don&rsquo;t want to get your money&rsquo;s worth from your membership.
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 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 are many ways to describe how big a company is. Wall Street&rsquo;s favorite measuring stick is known as market capitalization &mdash; or market cap, for short.
It&rsquo;s simply the number of stock shares a company has issued multiplied by the price of each share.
Lately, all of Wall Street&rsquo;s attention has been focused on stocks with the biggest market caps. Names like Apple Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/AAPL">AAPL</a>), with its $3.4 trillion market cap&hellip; or Nvidia Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/NVDA">NVDA</a>), with a market cap of $2.9 trillion.
And until recently, companies on the small- and microcap side of the market &mdash; with market caps under $200 billion &mdash; have been left alone.
But last week, investors suddenly realized that Wall Street&rsquo;s tiniest stocks were selling at bargain prices.
Our team thinks it&rsquo;s just the start of a movement that will push small- and microcaps to incredible heights.
&ldquo;Small caps have been a mess for months,&rdquo; says Greg Guenthner. But &ldquo;we&rsquo;re finally seeing key breakouts emerge in some forgotten corners of the market.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Small-cap innovators could quickly pick up momentum,&rdquo; Ray Blanco tells us.
&ldquo;A lot of ignored small-cap stocks are good values,&rdquo; says Dan Amoss.
You might think the best way to play this coming move is with an exchange-traded index fund like the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/IWM">IWM</a>). It&rsquo;s designed to mimic the performance of the Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks.
But an index fund doesn&rsquo;t judge whether the companies it&rsquo;s holding are good or bad. And Zach Scheidt and Dan say the Russell 2000 is overweight in several worrisome industries, like regional banking.
&ldquo;Regional banks have the most exposure to commercial real estate,&rdquo; Dan reports. &ldquo;A lot of them are losing money.&rdquo;
The losers in an index fund drag down the gains you get from winners.
Another strategy is to simply buy a basket of individual small-cap stocks on your own. Shares tend to be inexpensive, meaning you could build a diversified portfolio for very little money.
The problem is that a lot of these companies are tiny for a reason &mdash; they lack the ability to grow or survive.
Putting these inevitable losers in your portfolio will soak up cash you could have invested in more promising opportunities. And they&rsquo;ll also weigh down the profits you&rsquo;ll see from your winners.
The best strategy, according to Zach, is to buy good companies that will benefit from Wall Street&rsquo;s move out of mega-cap stocks.
That means companies with lots of cash, little debt, significant revenue and huge growth potential.
Following these guidelines will help ensure you make more than index fund investors or anyone who uses a blind shotgun approach to small-cap investing!

Avoid These Small-Cap Traps

***
Before we get to our regularly scheduled issue&hellip;
We need to make sure you&rsquo;re up to speed on the latest surrounding the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Of course, our team has been on this story since it broke over the weekend.
Sean Ring <a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/america-dodged-a-bullet">discusses it in </a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/america-dodged-a-bullet">Rude Awakening</a>. And moments ago, Jim Rickards published his full take on what happened and what you need to know in his <a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/the-shot-heard-around-the-world">Strategic Intelligence</a>. You&rsquo;ll also find his commentary in <a href="https://dailyreckoning.com/">The Daily Reckoning</a> later today.
Now, on to our regularly scheduled issue.
***
Last week we asked for your <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/your-halftime-predictions">top investment prediction</a>. Plus, our team submitted their own predictions.
I received dozens of ideas, with predicted gains of anywhere from 25% to 1,000%.
One play could even deliver a 1,700% gain by New Year&rsquo;s Day. 
I&rsquo;ll tell you all about it in a moment.
But first, let&rsquo;s look at our Top Stories for last week and the Reader Forum.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis of the Week:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/where-are-the-handcuffs-boeing">&ldquo;Where Are the Handcuffs? (Boeing)&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/where-are-the-handcuffs-boeing">Paradigm Pressroom&rsquo;s 5 Bullets, </a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/where-are-the-handcuffs-boeing">Dave Gonigam</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/where-are-the-handcuffs-boeing">)</a>: Boeing&rsquo;s shoddy workmanship resulted in over 300 deaths &mdash; yet not one person is going to jail because of it. Instead, federal prosecutors gave the company a &ldquo;sweetheart plea deal.&rdquo; What&rsquo;s worse, the slap on the wrist doesn&rsquo;t change Boeing&rsquo;s leadership or the culture that allowed these mistakes to happen in the first place. Dave doesn&rsquo;t hold anything back as he lays out why this is just the latest outrage in a disturbing pattern. Shortly after Dave posted it, Sean Ring told us, &ldquo;I'm probably not going to read anything this week as good.&rdquo;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/teenage-mutant-crypto-hackers">&ldquo;Teenage Mutant Crypto Hackers&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/teenage-mutant-crypto-hackers">Altucher Confidential, </a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/teenage-mutant-crypto-hackers">Chris Campbell)</a>: A 15-year-old hacker orchestrated a $24 million Bitcoin theft, earning him the nickname, "Baby Al Capone." Chris unravels the teen&rsquo;s journey from video game player to crypto criminal mastermind &mdash; and why it&rsquo;s a good reminder of how vulnerable your digital data is. Chris also shares practical steps you can take to avoid becoming a victim of people like &ldquo;Baby Al Capone&rdquo;... including the name of a must-have physical device for total online protection. See why this was our most-liked e-letter of the week!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/tsm-drops-a-usd20-67-billion-bombshell">&ldquo;TSM Drops a $20.67 Billion Bombshell'' (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/tsm-drops-a-usd20-67-billion-bombshell">Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/tsm-drops-a-usd20-67-billion-bombshell">, James Altucher)</a>: One of the first AI names that James&rsquo; team recommended in September 2023 is up 121%. And James recently told his Investment Network readers why it still has plenty of juice left in the tank. As he explains, the company is at the cutting-edge of innovation. It&rsquo;s also poised to take advantage of federal subsidies thanks to a manufacturing center being built in the United States. And while James is very confident in the company&rsquo;s future, he also shares some risks to be aware of. This in-depth analysis was our top story last week. And even though it was only meant for James&rsquo; paid readers, I unlocked it to make sure you don&rsquo;t miss out!</li>
</ul>
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Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups and presentations 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 Reader Forum today, new Trading Desk member Sam R. used the live chat feature to tell Greg Guenther:
I&rsquo;m a newbie. I took a 278% profit on GDX. 
Sam is talking about the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/GDX">GDX</a>) Aug. 16, 2024, $38 calls that Greg recommended on July 3&hellip; and recommended closing on July 12.
That means Sam more than tripled his money in nine days!
I hope you&rsquo;re reading this, Sam, because I&rsquo;m thrilled to hear that you&rsquo;re off to such a great start. And I expect Greg will have many more triple-digit wins for you in the weeks and months ahead.
We also got great news from Thomas C. in the James Altucher&rsquo;s Early-Stage Crypto Investor chat:
I didn&rsquo;t realize I'm up almost 700% on one of my positions. Paradigm Press rocks!
Wow, that's incredible, Thomas! A 700% gain is definitely something to celebrate.
I also agree that Paradigm Press is home to some great people &mdash; all working hard to help you achieve maximum results. While James and his team already saw this comment, I look forward to sharing it with everyone else!
And finally for today, Larry M. isn&rsquo;t satisfied with an answer I gave in <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/your-halftime-predictions">last week&rsquo;s Reader Forum</a>:
I have the same problem as a previous reader by the name of Christopher P&hellip;. I had no Idea that we needed to pay more money for every tip about investing in the market that you suggested. Had I known that, I would have never invested in your network&hellip; To me this has the making of a scam, because you were not up front as to how your business works. 
We take scam accusations very seriously, Larry. And to say we charge &ldquo;more money for every tip about investing&rdquo; is completely false. So I&rsquo;m hoping you&rsquo;ll provide more details about your experience.
It looks like you joined Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence after seeing one of Jim&rsquo;s &ldquo;Doomsday for the Dollar&rdquo; presentations.
Your membership includes several reports that deliver everything Jim promised you. Each contains all the information you need to take action. None of them make you pay more to get the full story.
You also receive monthly issues of Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence, featuring recommendations from Dan Amoss, Zach Scheidt, Byron King and more. Those specific investment ideas arrive every month &mdash; without costing an extra dime.
As Dave Gonigam has eloquently said in Paradigm Pressroom&rsquo;s 5 Bullets, &ldquo;if you suspect you&rsquo;re not getting all the &lsquo;deliverables&rsquo; you were promised in that lip-smacking sales promotion &mdash; if you don&rsquo;t think you&rsquo;re getting the buy and sell alerts and such &mdash; get in touch.&rdquo;
My team and I are always standing by to help.
And we firmly believe Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence provides everything you need to survive &mdash; even thrive &mdash; during the disasters Jim and his team see ahead.
But some people want more opportunities to cash in on what Jim sees coming. And they&rsquo;re willing to take on bigger risks for more speculative plays.
So we have additional services that offer deeper insights into specific areas of the market. Of course, we want you to know they&rsquo;re available, which is why we send you emails about them.
Yes, they cost extra. But they&rsquo;re also completely optional. If you&rsquo;re not interested, that&rsquo;s OK. You&rsquo;ll still get stock recommendations on a set schedule &mdash; without needing to pay more.
But if you still feel that we&rsquo;ve deceived you, please let me know how. Tell me what we promised and didn&rsquo;t deliver, then I&rsquo;ll do whatever I can to make it right.
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 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>
Two assets dominated last week&rsquo;s survey: technology stocks and precious metals.
Some members believe Nvidia Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/NVDA">NVDA</a>) will still be on top by the end of the year.
&ldquo;They are leading the way in AI,&rdquo; says Robert V. &ldquo;Their demand and profit level will keep growing,&rdquo; adds Philip E.
Others are more excited by Apple Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/AAPL">AAPL</a>).
&ldquo;A smart company,&rdquo; says Gary P. And member John L. likes that it&rsquo;s &ldquo;now using AI to improve their products.&rdquo;
Tesla Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/TSLA">TSLA</a>) found a few supporters, too.
Larry D. believes &ldquo;Elon Musk will surprise the critics again and beat the estimates on EV and Robotaxi.&rdquo;
Bill O. tells us &ldquo;Musk has everything: cars, taxis, robots, financial centers.&rdquo; Bill even believes TSLA shares could go up 1,000%
Our team thinks the spotlight will shift to tech companies that haven&rsquo;t kept pace with other AI names.
&ldquo;AI fever remains in place,&rdquo; says Bob Byrne, a senior analyst for Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network. &ldquo;But investors will shift funds away from Nvidia and toward the &lsquo;me-too&rsquo; stocks that haven't exploded higher.&rdquo;
He thinks Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/AMD">AMD</a>) will take the crown for the rest of 2024.
Ray Blanco also expects Wall Street to move away from NVDA. Only he says the biggest beneficiary will be Intel Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/INTC">INTC</a>).
Our &ldquo;<a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/buy-this-ai-underdog-today">AI Underdog</a>&rdquo; is getting ready to produce state-of-the-art microchips that will compete with the best currently on the market. Ray also expects Intel to benefit from &ldquo;a PC upgrade cycle going into 2025.&rdquo;
If he&rsquo;s right, INTC shares could double in the next six months.
On the precious metals side of things, most members simply said &ldquo;gold&rdquo; or &ldquo;silver.&rdquo;
There were some miners mentioned, like Coeur Mining Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/CDE">CDE</a>) and Nevada Canyon Gold Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/NGLD">NGLD</a>).
Jim Rickards and Dan Amoss think a smarter play is to buy call options on a large senior miner.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a stretch to assume a $60 target for Newmont Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/NEM">NEM</a>) by January 2025,&rdquo; Dan tells us.
So he and Jim believe NEM Jan. 17, 2025, $50 call options could soar as much as 300%.
(If you&rsquo;re not sure how to take advantage of this recommendation, check out our FREE <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/paradigm-press-presents-the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-stock-options">Ultimate Beginner&rsquo;s Guide to Stock Option</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/paradigm-press-presents-the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-stock-options">s</a>.)
A few members believe silver offers better opportunities &mdash; particularly the iShares Silver Trust (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/SLV">SLV</a>).
Keith M. cites the &ldquo;perfect storm of inflation, BRICS, wars, the election turmoil and debt greater than GDP.&rdquo; William K. chooses SLV because silver is &ldquo;much better than gold in purchasing power if the dollar falters.&rdquo;
Income and trading specialist Zach Scheidt agrees that SLV is the one to beat. Even better, stock options on SLV are so cheap right now that they offer superior profit potential.
&ldquo;Buy SLV Jan. 17, 2025, $40 calls below $1,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;If SLV hits $58, those calls will be worth $18 &mdash; a 1,700% gain.&rdquo;
In other words, this is a chance to turn $1,000 into $17,00 by New Year&rsquo;s Day!
Keep in mind that these aren&rsquo;t official recommendations &mdash; so don&rsquo;t expect updates or any sell advice from me.
But I will be keeping track of all the picks we received.
And I&rsquo;ll share the results in our first Concierge Letter of 2025!

Prediction: 1,700% by Jan. 1, 2025

We&rsquo;re halfway through 2024&hellip;
And our team has some thoughts on which investments offer the best returns for the rest of the year.
But I want to hear your predictions, too!
I&rsquo;ll explain more in a minute.
First, though, let&rsquo;s review some of the best insights, analysis and answers we&rsquo;ve shared over the past six months.
Here are our most-liked Top Stories and most frequent Reader Forum topics for the first half of the year!
<h2 class="subhead nbp">Your Top Stories &amp; Analysis so Far This Year:</h2>
Our team has covered a lot since the first of the year, from technology to the presidential election. Here are five of the highest-rated stories we&rsquo;ve brought to your attention so far in 2024 &mdash; and why they&rsquo;re still important today:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/civil-war">&ldquo;Civil War&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/civil-war">Paradigm Pressroom&rsquo;s 5 Bullets</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/civil-war">, Dave Gonigam)</a>: Earlier this year, the #1 movie in America was Civil War &mdash; depicting a modern battle between states and the federal government. Shortly after the film&rsquo;s release, Dave painstakingly explained why a new civil war would play out much worse than people believe. But with the recent Supreme Court rulings and the fractures in the Democratic party, the country feels more divided than ever. So it&rsquo;s important to consider exactly what we stand to lose if things turn violent.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-club-you-aint-in">&ldquo;The Club You Ain&rsquo;t In&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-club-you-aint-in">Rude Awakening, </a><a href="https://rudeawakening.info/posts/the-club-you-aint-in">Sean Ring)</a>: The Supreme Court&rsquo;s Murthy v. Missouri decision essentially gives the government permission to pressure private companies on anything deemed &ldquo;misinformation.&rdquo; So perhaps the Justices would also be in favor of letting the government share nonpublic inflation data with a select few on Wall Street. A few months back, Sean revealed how the U.S. Labor Department is tipping the scales in favor of the financial elite. He also shared the one way to even the score.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/can-silver-do-what-cocoa-just-did">&ldquo;Can Silver Do What Cocoa Just Did?&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/can-silver-do-what-cocoa-just-did">Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/can-silver-do-what-cocoa-just-did">, Jim Rickards &amp; Byron King)</a>: Cocoa prices more than tripled this year as the supply of beans couldn&rsquo;t keep up with rising demand. Our team expects the pattern to repeat in other raw materials as the <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/bigger-than-stocks-bigger-than-crypto">commodities supercycle</a> heats up. And Byron believes the biggest boom will be in silver. Prices for gold&rsquo;s humbler sibling are up slightly since his initial write-up. That means you still have a chance to grab the biggest piece of the wave.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/apple-throws-gasoline-on-the-ai-arms-race">&ldquo;Apple Throws Gasoline on the AI Arms Race&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/apple-throws-gasoline-on-the-ai-arms-race">Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/apple-throws-gasoline-on-the-ai-arms-race">, James Altucher)</a>: After months of investor speculation, Apple Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/AAPL">AAPL</a>) finally revealed its artificial intelligence (AI) plans in June. Now the company is shifting into high gear, preparing for brisk sales and securing a spot on OpenAI&rsquo;s board of directors as an observer. As James explained a few weeks ago, it marks the beginning of the next stage of AI investments. Considering the profits that previous stages delivered, you don&rsquo;t want to miss the next one!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/biden-is-done">&ldquo;Biden Is Done&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/biden-is-done">Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/biden-is-done">, Jim Rickards)</a>: Shortly after the presidential debate ended, Jim shared his in-depth analysis with his Strategic Intelligence readers. It quickly became our most-liked story of the year. And as more and more Democrats tell Joe Biden to drop out &mdash; exactly as Jim predicted in October &mdash; Jim&rsquo;s thoughts are more relevant than ever. Don&rsquo;t miss his review of how we got here&hellip; and what will happen next.</li>
</ul>
Remember, we&rsquo;ve published hundreds, if not THOUSANDS, of stories so far this year. The write-ups above our the TOP ones for the first half of 2024 &mdash; including several that had been roped off from the public.
And they&rsquo;re still playing out now&hellip; giving you a chance to stay ahead of the pack. So if you missed them the first time, get caught up now.
As always, if you&rsquo;d like to nominate any of our stories for next week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top 3,&rdquo; drop me a line at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
Every week, I share emails our team has received &mdash; good, bad and ugly.
But there are some topics that come up again and again. So in this special edition of the Reader Forum, I&rsquo;ll address three of the most frequently asked questions we receive&hellip;
We&rsquo;ll start with Robin S., who echoes a lot of members by telling us:
I want to invest money into stock, but I don&rsquo;t know the mechanics of how to do this. Do I need a broker? If so, do I get a broker through your company? Or do I get a private broker on my own?
Thanks for writing in, Robin. Paradigm Press is strictly a publisher of investment analysis and recommendations. We don&rsquo;t offer financial services.
So if you want to act on our team&rsquo;s independent research, you&rsquo;ll need to open an account with a stock broker.
But you don&rsquo;t have to go in completely blind! We&rsquo;ve put together a library of FREE reports to help you &mdash; from finding the right broker to placing your first trade.
<a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Find them all on our Wealth Desk here</a>.
We&rsquo;re also always looking for ways to expand our Wealth Desk library. Feel free to suggest topics for future reports!
Next, Christopher P. sends a variation on another type of email we get all the time:
&nbsp;I am fed up with receiving emails that do nothing but become ads to sell possible positions. These offers come at a price. I did not realize that my initial payment was nothing more than a payment to receive more sales videos for the actual position suggestions.
I&rsquo;m sorry to hear your membership isn&rsquo;t living up to your expectations, Christopher. But we honor our promises!
So you should have received every recommendation we said you&rsquo;d get. And you should be getting fresh recommendations with every new issue we send you.
In between updates and alerts, we also send you information about our services. Remember, we&rsquo;re a relatively small and completely independent publisher. We don&rsquo;t have deep-pocketed Wall Street firms paying us to push their preferred narratives.
It means we&rsquo;re free to share our honest insights and analysis. But we also need to advertise our other services to keep the lights on.
The emails you&rsquo;re receiving are why we&rsquo;re able to retain high-quality analysts like Jim Rickards&hellip; James Altucher&hellip; Bryon King&hellip; Ray Blanco&hellip; Zach Scheidt and more.
If you&rsquo;re not interested in them, that&rsquo;s fine. We&rsquo;ll also keep delivering the research and analysis you paid for!
And finally for today, Bruce H. says:
I have no faith in Jim Rickards fatally following Trump. That is why I canceled my subscription.
Sorry to see you go, Bruce.
As I&rsquo;ve said before, Wall Street and Washington, D.C., are more entwined than they&rsquo;ve ever been. And whoever is in power has a huge say over whether you make or lose money.
So if you want financial success, you can&rsquo;t ignore how the government tips the scale in their favor.
Jim has made it clear that he doesn&rsquo;t like everything Donald Trump plans to do if he regains the White House. But all of his research and analysis says that Trump will win in November.
You can prepare for that outcome, reaping oversized profits if Jim is right. Or you could get angry about Jim&rsquo;s political opinions and ignore him.
Either way, we&rsquo;re not going to apologize for our team&rsquo;s political leanings or insights. All that matters is that they&rsquo;re trying to help you make the best decisions for protecting and growing your wealth.
That wraps up this special 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!
(Also remember that our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a> has free guides on everything from finding a broker to understanding 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>
The second half of the year is here &mdash; making it a great time to prepare your portfolio for the rest of 2024.
We&rsquo;re polling our team for their absolute top recommendations&hellip; the stocks and investments they expect to be on top when the ball drops on New Year&rsquo;s Eve.
I&rsquo;ll share them with you next week.
But I&rsquo;m also curious to hear what you think should be on their list.
Will Nvidia Corp. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/NVDA">NVDA</a>) still be king of the hill come January 2025? Maybe you think Bitcoin is going to top $100,000. Or will gold leave everything in the dust?
There might even be some dark horse you&rsquo;re betting on &mdash; a name that will come out of nowhere and wow us all.
<a href="https://forms.gle/ng6L8X6Rub9eNTEg9">Let me know in this short survey</a>.
It&rsquo;s just two questions. Tell me your pick and brief explanation of why.
Then check out next week&rsquo;s Concierge Letter for the highlights&hellip; as well as some names our team says will outperform in the second half.
We&rsquo;ll keep an eye on all the predictions, too &mdash; reporting who got it right in our first issue of the New Year!
<a href="https://forms.gle/ng6L8X6Rub9eNTEg9">Please click here to participate</a>.

Your Halftime Predictions

The markets are fairly stable right now&hellip;
But it won&rsquo;t take much to set off a panicked flurry of buying and selling.
That&rsquo;s why our team is focusing on a play that can rake in big profits when Wall Street gets scared.
It isn&rsquo;t gold&hellip; silver&hellip; crypto&hellip; or any of the other &ldquo;alternative&rdquo; investments you might be thinking about.
Instead, it&rsquo;s a stock you can add to your portfolio today.
I&rsquo;ll tell you about this unique opportunity in a second.
First, though, 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://paradigmpressroom.com/post/supreme-cowards">&ldquo;Supreme Cowards&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/supreme-cowards">Paradigm Pressroom&rsquo;s 5 Bullets, </a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/supreme-cowards">Dave Gonigam</a><a href="https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/supreme-cowards">)</a>: The Supreme Court handed out several big decisions last week, affecting everything from government agencies to people charged in the wake of Jan. 6. But Dave tells us there is one case that the Court got completely wrong. He explains the Justices&rsquo; dereliction of Constitutional duty&hellip; the chilling effect the ruling will have on the freedom of speech&hellip; and how it&rsquo;s just the latest injustice that&rsquo;s making 2024 the worst year for free expression in over a century.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/greetings-from-detroit-reindustrialize-2024">&ldquo;Greetings From Detroit (Reindustrialize 2024)&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/greetings-from-detroit-reindustrialize-2024">Altucher Confidential, </a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/greetings-from-detroit-reindustrialize-2024">Chris Campbell</a><a href="https://altucherconfidential.com/posts/greetings-from-detroit-reindustrialize-2024">)</a>: The United States used to be a manufacturing powerhouse &mdash; able to build as much of anything we needed. And Chris argues that it can be again. He reports in from a Reindustrialize summit in Detroit, where &ldquo;major stakeholders from tech, manufacturing, government, military and finance&rdquo; are discussing how to jump-start a new industrial revolution. This refreshing blast of optimism was our top e-letter story last week, so be sure to check it out!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/biden-is-done">&ldquo;Biden Is Done&rdquo; (</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/biden-is-done">Jim Rickards&rsquo; Strategic Intelligence</a><a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/biden-is-done">, Jim Rickards)</a>: People are still talking about the presidential debate. And mere hours after it ended, Jim sent his Strategic Intelligence members his own no-holds-barred analysis. While many people seem surprised at Joe Biden&rsquo;s performance, it just confirms what Jim has been saying all along. In fact, the calls for Biden to drop out are growing louder &mdash; just as Jim predicted. So it&rsquo;s little surprise this was our most-liked story last week&hellip; which is why I&rsquo;ve unlocked it for you!</li>
</ul>
Remember, we publish tens to HUNDREDS of stories. The write-ups and presentations 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 next week, I&rsquo;ll be sharing our Top Stories for the first half of 2024.
If you&rsquo;d like to nominate one that&rsquo;s stuck with you these past six months, please let me know at <a href="mailto:concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com">concierge@paradigmpressgroup.com</a>.
<h2 class="subhead nbp">The Reader Forum:</h2>
First for today, Lowell H. wrote Jim Rickards to say:
I am new to the world of investing and have seen a number of your interviews on several podcasts. I am extremely impressed with your comprehensive understanding of geopolitics, especially as it relates to finance! I can't stop reading your reports, which I find easy to understand and clearly explained.
Welcome aboard, Lowell! And while Jim and his team have seen this, I hope you don&rsquo;t mind me sharing &mdash; because your words exemplify everything Paradigm Press is about.
All of our analysts and commentators break down big, complicated topics and turn them into actionable advice. But as you&rsquo;ve learned, no one does it better than Jim! I hope to hear from you again when his research starts paying off for you.
Next, Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network member Tim C. wants James to know:
I appreciate your sense of humor. It kind of sneaks up on me and gives me a surprise. I've been a newsletter member since March 2024. Thanks to you and your fellow writers like Ari Goldschmidt, I've made a few thousand dollars on your picks.
That&rsquo;s great to hear, Tim! As you may know, James actually was a stand-up comedian in another life &mdash; long before he got into a tiff with Jerry Seinfeld.
And I&rsquo;m thrilled to hear that you&rsquo;ve racked up those profits in such a short amount of time. You can count on James and his team to keep the jokes coming&hellip; and the gains flowing!
Finally for today, Pamela B. sent a complaint to Jim Rickards about the June issue of Altucher&rsquo;s Investment Network: 
Today, June 22, 2024, James Altucher's&hellip; newsletter came in the mail. I read it as soon as I received it. It has an action to take: Buy [redacted] up to $140. I go to my brokerage account to see the price of the stock. It is $141.50.
Pamela, I&rsquo;m not sure why you sent this to Jim&hellip; and I hope you see my response here. I&rsquo;ll also make sure it makes its way to James&rsquo; team.
First, keep in mind that we have no control over the U.S. Postal Service. While our information is fresh when our issues are written and published, it may be outdated by the time your mailman delivers the physical copy to you.
But the day the issue goes to the printer is also the day it gets posted on our website. We send you an email to let you know it&rsquo;s online. You should have received it on May 22&hellip; a full month before the snail mail version reached you!
And even if you don&rsquo;t have an email address or internet access, it doesn&rsquo;t mean you missed out.
In this recommendation, $140 is the limit price &mdash; the most you should pay for the stock. You can give your broker standing instructions to buy the stock if it falls to $140.
It&rsquo;s called a limit order. And if you had set one on the day you received your issue in the mail, your order would have been filled when the stock dropped below $140 on June 24. You&rsquo;d even be seeing a small profit today!
(For more on how limit orders work, check out our FREE <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/post/stock-investing-101-buying-selling-and-earning-income">Stock Investing 101</a> report on our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a>.)
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!
(Also remember that our <a href="https://concierge.paradigmpressgroup.com/archive/wealth-desk">Wealth Desk</a> has free guides on everything from finding a broker to understanding 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>
If you want to know the mood on Wall Street, check out the Chicago Board Options Exchange&rsquo;s Volatility index.
It&rsquo;s commonly known as the VIX&hellip; but professional investors also call it the &ldquo;Fear Gauge.&rdquo;
Without getting into the mechanics, a high VIX reading indicates that investors expect trouble ahead &mdash; so they&rsquo;re moving their money out of harm&rsquo;s way.
Lately, however, the VIX has been unusually calm.
Of course, there are many, many reasons to believe that the market&rsquo;s tranquility won&rsquo;t last much longer.
Recession warnings&hellip; election jitters&hellip; Mideast turmoil&hellip; unrestrained inflation&hellip;
When the panic inevitably starts, there will be a rush into safer investments.
The deepest pockets, like institutions and hedge funds, will pile into futures and options on everything from Treasury instruments to precious metals.
So our team expects CME Group Inc. (<a href="https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/ticker/CME">CME</a>) to thrive in the weeks and months ahead.
CME owns the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, which specialize in futures and options contracts for interest rates and commodities.
But it doesn&rsquo;t necessarily buy or sell contracts itself. Instead, the company&rsquo;s exchanges pair buyers with sellers &mdash; and CME collects transaction fees with every trade.
&ldquo;If you think volatility is going to pick up,&rdquo; says our Dan Amoss, &ldquo;CME is an intriguing way to play it.&rdquo;
Our Alan Knuckman even calls CME &ldquo;a picks-and-shovels play on volatility.&rdquo;
And while our team is looking at call options on the stock, the shares themselves could be worth buying.
&ldquo;Looking at the valuation here,&rdquo; Dan tells us, &ldquo;I think CME could really outperform the market.&rdquo;
It even pays a juicy dividend that will add cash to your portfolio every quarter.
In other words, CME shares provide income and a chance for capital gains&hellip; not to mention some peace of mind when the markets go bonkers.

NOT Gold. NOT Silver. NOT Crypto.

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