Guys Tuesday beginning of the week. Oh market is super red today See what's going on. So we got a lot of earnings coming out this week. Today is gonna be a big day as well Tomorrow there is days the big earnings week. We got Netflix ISRG CSX so many PPG And so on at Friday we have some little banks Really really interesting week ahead Okay Testing testing What's up guys? Happy Tuesdays Damn, I hope I hope I hope a lot of you guys survived the day We look like we were moving up on Friday really well, but there was a lot of rug pole today So hopefully hopefully you guys were kind of prepared for that. They didn't get hurt too bad Let's look at the market Activision was up 25% for the day due to the Microsoft acquisition Everything else has just been Near zero a lot of chop a lot of chop between zero to negative 5% What's up CG2k? How you doing? Yeah, it was a red-ass day. It's it was tough, man I don't think anybody was safe from a day like today What's up nasty Nate? I hope you guys are surviving. Okay, man. Oh CF industries is up 2% Electronic arts was up 2.6% But gave up a lot of the pre-market gains as well I mean they had no reason to run though, you know like yeah, sure You know Activision got bought out and they ran like 25% but You guys are just other competitors who care about them Spy with a fake out both ways. Yeah, it was tough Excellent mobile capped up some more today. Why? Apple coming down a little bit down 1.8% And you got Microsoft down 2.43% I feel like that Microsoft coming down has low key been like big investors Knowing ahead that they were gonna acquire Activision because usually when the main company that acquire somebody They usually end up coming down a little bit and Microsoft has low key been coming down for no reason About all the other big techs were holding pretty well like Apple and Google So you can see like the difference here where Microsoft came down a lot more in the last Month or so as opposed to like how much Apple came down Stitches therapy. I got you man.  I got you guys What's up? I'll be Nicko. How you done? So this Monday, you know every Monday usually post the market outlooks So I post that this week as well. Let's take a look at that I was just testing this new thing to where I'm posting the videos as well So this week you guys can hear my actual thought process on the outlooks So this is what I wrote up this morning So I published this a little bit earlier in the morning if you look up the trading view profile or if you look at um Yeah, today's Tuesday though, you're right Or if you look at my Twitter, I published it I said today was gonna be a wrist-off this week was gonna be a wrist-off week Possibly a double bottom setup, you know that which means we have to come back to like the same level We were at last Monday's right? So looking for that double setup I thought that a spy could stay above 457. We would be pretty bullish We're under 457 right now. We're at 456.5. So we need to really reclaim 457 But we are at the trend line. We did hit the trend line this morning We were literally sitting on that trend line area, which is like let me see So the trend line area on ES is 4566.25. Where do we close that? 4569 so we close above that moving average over there and above the trend line So I think we're still pretty okay bullish.  But I think it's a good area to nibble some cause Go long on some stocks that you really like and It possibly go long for like at least one week out It was a rough day, man. Hope you okay. What did you trade today cup of magic? Amazon So that's my thought on spy today on the market outlook that I posted this morning the other thing I was looking at I thought could be a good short and Some of the guys in the algorithm did it Financials was put setting up for a good short from Friday because it had a strong run Right, but financials usually don't run that hard without pulling back So we're finally getting that pullback in the financials a little bit some of the earnings weren't as good as expected Goldman Sachs came out with the earnings today and you know There obviously their earnings is not going to be as crazy as last year because they're not behind as much IPO day deals and stuff. It's hard. Last year was a crazy year. A lot of specs a lot of IPOs so That's why it was like easy money for them nothing Amazon stopped out on losses Can you look at shop after I got you? Let's look at that So the dollar index was also kind of giving us that bearish signal if the dollar is up It's bad for the market. The dollar is down. It's good for the market and as you can see the dollar index is bouncing off or make a break line MOB line here and Two-year yield moving up to 1.04 percent overnight And that's pricing in three percent. I mean three rate hikes So at that point which could be potentially strong for the dollar. So we saw the dollar move up a little bit here If we want the if we want the market to recover we need the dollar to either chop or come back down a little bit So we'll see QQQ has been bouncing off the green trend line, which is this green trend line, right? For the last 18 months showing are that showing us that we were in a bullish channel So this is a green trend line that can extend further down here And it's been bouncing off that area really good like almost every time the last few times and And that's what's been giving us that bullish channel, which means that just this upward channel that we've been moving But I mentioned over here that however, if we break under it this week We haven't really confirmed that we're really breaking under it. I mean we're under it today, but I Think we have we have to really see it for the week to really make sense But I think if we if we break under it this week and we continue to stay under that this week without coming back above it then that's going to be ugly because if we if we don't we cover and stay above 369 and Then we could end up potentially going down more You know the picture going down here Maybe bounce back to the trend line and then just keep going down and it would just be that downward slope Slope and that would be ugly. I don't think anybody wants that. So as much as we can sell that bearish case There's also the possibility that hey, we got such great earnings coming up And if they can continue to to say good things it could potentially carry the market So, you know, we've got things like ASML P&G Then we got techs like Netflix and ISRG So Netflix is gonna be the first out of all the things to report So that's gonna kind of carry the big tech a little bit. So we'll see I think it's gonna be a very interesting week But definitely a risk-off week What are our thoughts on this? I think whatever floats your boat Anthony, whatever floats your boat Good afternoon What's up? Let's check it out. Let's check our IBKR. We try we try Copper magic acid my bullish on Netflix I Express my point on Netflix last week. I am kind of bullish on it. I really don't see how not to be bullish Especially like I can't they had to they have to come out with some outside narrative For me to not be bullish on it because I can't I can't justify it I can't justify it from my perspective. So either I'm missing something or either they're they're they they're Membership subscriber numbers would have to truly be really really ugly That's the only thing I could be missing, you know other than that I don't see how how I can't be bullish on it Nice nice. I'm glad to hear that Anthony. I'm happy to see that you make money. Good stuff, man Interactive broker group earnings per share is 83 cents. It's in line With the estimate apparently sales is 603 million as opposed to 678 So compared to last year, they said this is only about point six seven percent increase less than 1% increase However margins was about 20% so EPS was a good increase there Let's check out the stock price compared to last year Too much sharding with TV surfaces. Maybe piracy is back. What do you mean? Talk about Netflix. Oh sharing. Oh, yeah, yeah, um, oh You mean like there's too many competitors that are competing against Netflix Yeah, I mean, yeah, there's like few both TV. There's Roku. There's Disney Plus There's HBO Max, but I think compared to all of those Like they're they're all like indie man. They're all like like indie and and and and you know, like like kind of like Like like in the own category, you know, like people would really really have to like a show on HBO Max's sub for HBO Max and things like that so, oh Yeah, who do too. I forgot about that, but like I think Netflix Netflix is just like Netflix is like a doormat man. It's like the Gateway drug. It's like marijuana, right?  Everybody's gotta have it. I feel like it's just like It's just a necessary it's a it's a necessary item, man I think I think that's what Netflix become. It's become a necessary item. Whereas all the other services are just Excessive right it's just extra. So I feel like that's where Netflix really wins because they have so much shows They'll they'll bound to have something that somebody likes So that's why it's become such a standard, you know, but I can be wrong. Maybe I'm just biased. Who knows? Nasty may says I'll get Netflix when I get a girlfriend But but let me ask you this man. What if what if you're not getting a girlfriend because you don't have Netflix What if you need a Netflix to get a girlfriend? So for that Let's see we got JB Hunt as well. This is a transportation service that we ported today Let's see what they said earnings per share Q4 is two dollars and twenty-eight cents as opposed to two dollars and one cent Sales is three point five billion as opposed to three point two eight This is a fifty eight percent increase compared to the same period last year and Twenty-seven percent increase in sales compared to the same period last year The stock is only moving up one percent at the hours. Let's see how it looked like compared to last year Last year company was trading around a hundred and fifty five ish give or take in that range 155 to 135 And they have about 27% increase in revenue So kind of around that 196 area pretty close to that range that they are right now If we're cackling in terms of EPS, they would be worth a little bit more Definitely Netflix to Netflix and chill Facts Get Netflix first not the stock Can you please talk about how you manage risk or hedge when the market plummets?  Oof. Sorry to hear that That's a good. That's a good question So Generally for me like I'm not sure if you were here earlier. I just went over at the market outlook So generally for me, I usually try to write down and figure out my plan So this is something that I I do for you guys, but also something I do for myself, right? To help myself become accountable and and know how I want to plan for the week.   You you kind of want to have an idea of what the weather is, you know before you go out You don't want to be walking out You know thinking is going to be like a 40 degree weather when today would be indeed 20 degree weather, right? So you want to be prepared for that? So that's kind of what I do with the market except I do it once a week every every Sunday And I go through all the news and everything like that and then you know, I set it myself up for that week And and you know, I tried to figure out what direction the market is going now Sometimes I'm wrong and some and most of the time I'm usually in the right direction So this for example this week, I'm looking for us I think we were gonna go to around 457 This was the same area. I was looking at last week as well I figure Monday was gonna, you know be around 457 look for that small bounce So that's what's almost like a dead cat bounce, right? Usually you always get that and then Wednesday I told a few of you guys that I thought we're gonna get a rejection over here And which we end up getting rejection. So we got in we picked them some dip last Monday We got out around Wednesday, and we just kind of waited for the wrist off to happen So I would say one of the best way to risk management sometimes one of the best ways to not lose money is To it's a state cash, you know, you can't lose money if you're not in it, right? If you don't have exposure, so I always talk about wrist off and And what wrist off means is that if you're typically trading with ten thousand dollars or a hundred thousand dollars Wrist off week you want to usually be trading only 25% of that Which means if you usually trading with ten you want to be trading with 2,500 pick in the direction you want to go And then if you're trading 100 you want to reduce that risk to like 25 so that if this week doesn't go the way that I'm planning it to go if this week goes bad, right? Then I'm not gonna lose as much, but if it goes the right direction I want to go It's gonna move up a lot. I'm gonna make a lot of money, you know so that's kind of part of the risk management the other part is like In terms of like, you know go into each position with the right amount of portfolio size to the position size But I feel like I feel I can go on the none about that And that's something that we would be we could probably cover with you To do like our mentoring sessions at x-ray so you can always reach out to brick-and-stock or One of the other staffs and we probably set up a mentoring session for you here If you're really interesting going over further about that But the rest of the day we're just gonna go through most of the earnings. Let's check out this earnings To see if they're doing anything interesting for your revenue up 26% So the whole year they've been they've been moving up around the same percentage for your EPS up about 51% They have cash on hand 529 million in cash But um, you can also hedge with VIX as well VXX or SPXX S Like for me, I've been hedging with just shorting the airlines and and cruises and hotels Because I'm bearish in those sector. So that's my bearish hedge for when I go long Wow ICS really killing it Chuck little too So they've been making a lot of money things been doing good, but the fuser charge also increased a lot as well I think I thought they were announced like a stock buyback or something, but nothing to nothing there But I think these these are gonna be interesting companies because Supply chain issue isn't gonna go away I think these trucking companies are gonna continue to make a buttload of money If they can find workers to do the delivery and things like that. What else do you have reporting today? Progressive Paramount pay a buttload for those South Park specials. They make a play in the space just another one He's been the common one. I think isn't Paramount is Paramount owned by studios. I mean owned by Sony Oh via com via AC. Yeah, so they own by via AC And via AC has been beat up a lot. I think they're actually doing pretty good I think aren't they the same company as buying out HBO Max? Maybe not. All right, let's see. So we got another stock that we ported earning today a Progressive softwares earning for sure is 92 cents as opposed to 74 cents Sales is 143.72 million as opposed to 136 So there's a beat top and bottom So be estimate by 24 percent. This is a 1.1 percent increase compared to the same period last year and 11% increase in sales compared to the same period last year So a lot of times I usually try to focus on only the increase from the previous year Because I want to see how much the stock price appreciated compared to that. So last year the company was trading between 44 to 41 and With 1.1 percent increase and 11 percent increase in revenue So let's say if it was like 44 times 1.1 10 or 1.11 put it around 48 So it's trading a little bit below that that could be a that could be a possibly good opportunities here To to buy the dip. Let's see what the guidance is like. Oh Guidance is kind of weak So progressive sees q1 earnings per share 83 to 85 cents as opposed to 98 cents Sales is 139 to 142 million as opposed to 145 So the top and bottom guidance is also coming down a little bit to the lower side So even though they make good money this quarter They think next quarter they're not gonna make as much as much as they estimated to Analyst and estimated them to make Set q4 results were outstanding across every metric and were pleased with such a strong close into a fiscal 2021 As we begin to realize synergies from acquisition of Kemp We are very well positioned to deliver strong financial results in 2022 and beyond We exited 2021 having grown our ARR by 12% while the same time achieving non-gap Operating margins for over 40% For the second year in a row So that was the locate earnings. It was all right Nothing crazy there. Oh, wow So they say four says they're q4 and four year 21 results are expected to include special items items include 8.2 billion dollars gain on equity in Riven and We cast we classification of q1 non-clash gain So 3.6 billion dollars They said they're about to they pretty much said they're they're making bank in that investment and That's gonna drive their their earnings growth really well, I guess They might even do something with that They might even give that back in terms of special dividends or something to I wouldn't be surprised But sometimes company do that when they make like excessive money For like a random quarter and they don't want that to impact them on the on the future quarter So they they give that out See what the market uncloses today So market unclose and balance is 1.4 billion dollars to the buy side. So a lot of people bought the dip today US officials are concerned that put it is on put in put in is on the move into Valerius and this may be part of his effort to change the borders in Europe They also worry that Russia will move nuclear weapons into Valerius That's gonna be interesting What do you guys think about that? Are you guys scared of that if we go to war or another war happens? I think some of the some of the The stocks that we raided could run Some of them are actually already running a lot like Lockheed Martin is running up a lot Still like quite below the pre-COVID levels here So RSI is getting pretty hot coming up to the double top here Radon RTX RTX seeing a little bit reversal here What about BA? Boeing is also running into some resistance here. We might be too late on this play Because this is something that we knew that was gonna happen like a week ago or a month ago with the whole war between Russia and and possibly some of the other borders What else are you guys looking at today? This is why oil was up. This is crude oil sores above $85 after a drone attack. I didn't see this He's showing your favorite stock CCL.  They're like one of the biggest like defense contractors Oh, let me take a look at shop. I apologize for that. Let's see. Oh, yeah, we also got a big deal today with Activision Microsoft. Should we talk a little bit more about that shopify coming back into this? So this is Shopify looking at it right now is coming back into this huge Huge support area right here Also the manzone so between a thousand to like 1050. I think this is a possible buying opportunity area We got some support from here So we'll see if this area holds the support ranges here If that holds then we can have a potential to move up and maybe a recovery back to You know the 12th 1300s area. I did pick up some dip positions on it. We'll see how that goes They also announced this morning So they announced this morning that they have a partnership with JD To assist US merchants in selling their product to the e-commerce companies 550 million Chinese customers with a deal focus on course border commerce challenge across the product sourcing selling and logistics This is big. This is big man. Like I Don't think I don't think we ever really so Stuff to China before I think it's only been a one-week street. It's only been a one-way street. We're like We were able to buy stuff from China, but we had never really sold things back to To them, you know It's partially also because they're like partially because you know things cost so much Like here compared to there, right? So like if people would be like, oh, you know, why would they buy stuff from us? You know, like one dollar here is like to 6.6 RMB or whatever So why would they buy stuff from us? But at the same time, there's also a lot of rich people over there There's a huge market that we're just completely ignoring, you know, that are just like rich and And and that that's it. I think that's a huge potential man, you know Also us hasn't always been a place where like, you know, we make a lot of products But I can see us selling a lot of stuff there. Even if we didn't make the stuff, you know Here I can see us selling like I can see us selling like phones there and stuff You know, I can see us selling those things there to them. Like I get like they love buying iPhones man like If they couldn't buy iPhones online, they just pay somebody to buy an iPhone and bring it there Now they can buy it directly through Shopify. Maybe maybe who knows? So I think that's gonna be a huge opportunity for Shopify. That's like Man, that's unlocking the whole country, right? That's unlocking the whole country. So That's big unlocking the whole country man We're not even talking about unlocking the platform we're talking about unlocking the whole country yo Sheesh, I think that's a pretty um, that's a pretty bullish case for Shopify Every time I look at Shopify. I just think like How much more can they go right? Like how much more money can they make you think it's just like an online website, but no, they're like Like Amazon in a way. They're just so big so much opportunity so That's my thought on Shopify. I hope that helps Starbucks as support. Let's take a look at Starbucks Not again Starbucks Starbucks and support damn do we even have support anymore? Yo, oh My gosh, I don't even know man Shoot, I don't even know I Don't think we're really at support yet. I don't think we're at support yet I think next level for Starbucks is like 94 They have earnings coming up as well Isn't Christmas earnings usually really good for them? Oh Not last year. Let me check before COVID. Oh, not that time either This isn't usually the earning they get wrecked. So We'll see I think 94s would be a good area for Starbucks. Maybe we'll chop there. Let's check out clove. Oh My god, $2 and 93 cents Jesus Child not getting canceled. What did he do? He deserves to get canceled man for scamming people What are they man? Will they I hope so It's pumpkin spice latte steal a thing Yo, I actually try I tried pumpkin spice latte one time. It was it was a it tasted like water, man It just tasted like water mixed with Cinnamon It's kind of disappointing Maybe maybe I got a bad barista or I went to a bad Starbucks but I remember like keeping I keep hearing the hype about it and And I went to like Starbucks, you know, I was at I mean, I didn't go I didn't purposely go to Starbucks, but I was at a Starbucks, right? And And I didn't know what to order. So I was like, I just looked at it. I was like, you know what? let me see let me see like what the hype is all about so I ordered it and It was probably one of the most bland drinks I ever tasted. It was literally like water and cinnamon to me. I Was disappointed Damn, so far is also coming back down. It's coming back to the IPO price of it a little bit Had around $12 pretty cheap 1196 Coming down to 1196 to $12. I don't know I think if it lose this level it can go a lot further You guys know about specs man. A lot of these special acquisition stocks when they go down they they the It's almost bottomless sometimes because a lot of times their price at a five-year valuation so so sometimes five-year valuation is so high, you know, and and They haven't really produced that number yet But I did see that so far I started advertising on a lot more and they're trying to get customers again You look at Nicola, please. I got you Look at NKLA. Oh Man, so Nicola was also another special acquisition stock I think they just enter into some some agreement today long-term agreement supply battery systems Financial terms weren't this close Isn't PTR a also a special acquisition stock? I mean on the just on the TA wise. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna share with you how much I Don't like the stock But just based on technical wise if you see a bounce you could possibly see a potential see a 9 a bounce and $9 range here So potentially see a nice move there like that So I hope that helps NKLA But just know man, a lot of the special acquisition stock that already finished the merger They've been kind of iffy man. A lot of them has been going as low as two to three dollars even five dollars So just be be very careful.  What's with the sell-off? Are we repeating 2021 this high another rock and come out in Q2? Yeah, I think I think a lot of the sell-off is just the treasure yield going up and There's just a lot of pump, you know and the news about how How treasure yield inflation and interest rate can cause a lot of the tech to be weakened and There's just a huge shift across the board. It's a consumer staples as well So I think I think just just those couple of things Or maybe we're just selling off before tech season starts So five stadium along as cash money.  That's the end like It's like the curse of the stadiums So anytime a company does a stadium deal it has signified that they have peaked Yeah, we're getting the wrist-off market to the market seems to be speaking financial matters That's true People still buying five dollar coffee our economy's economy isn't crashing yet Yeah, I think to a certain extent. I don't think people are gonna stop buying five dollar coffee Until we go into a recession, you know, like We would really really have to be hurting for people to like To like not buy five dollar coffee is because we're at a point where everybody's making so much money They're just so much money across the board like the people that are buying coffee They're just connected with money. So, you know, they're they're not like Or maybe maybe they aren't that's connected. Who knows? Maybe it's just like the part of being inclusion in this whole social media process It's just so important that price doesn't matter, you know, especially a company that isn't making money So when when is DK and G getting a stadium? Yo, I think DK and G they probably had a chance to get a stadium last year. They probably thought about getting a stadium But they probably didn't because they ended up buying too much company now. They have no money left. I Wouldn't be surprised. I swear to God I wouldn't be surprised if we were sitting if we looked through like some of the meetings ideas that they discuss During the board of directors and the CEOs I'm I'm I'm pretty confident I could make the bet that those guys have considered buying a stadium before for DraftKings but I mean I Mean DraftKings practically like buying a stadium because they have so much Super Bowl ads and stuff. Remember People buy luxury goods in recessions in the great depression people bought small luxury items like watches instead of larger ones like cars It's like small feel-good creature comforts Peloton was sort of like that Are you saying we we already went through with the recession last year? DraftKings casino only. Oh, that's true. They could buy they could buy the casino and brand them. So Actually, they did that already Door dash stadium coming Wouldn't be surprised that's possible. Oh, yeah, good point. Let's take a look at DraftKings Wow Just no real support man Like DraftKings is almost also making like a big head and shoulder or like a big cup So I could potentially even come back to this range that I started at, you know This is tricky. It's tricky man. They haven't been look the last one two three four five six seven The last the last seven quarters. They haven't made money You know, look, they haven't made money and and they've been spending so much money To get customers, but they haven't been growing. Let me show you what I'm talking about So, let's look at March 2020, right? company May 162 million right May 2020 company may 113 they may last right August 2020 they may only 75 133 322 312 297 212 This quarter is supposed to be their big quarter 443 so you can see over here like from here to here They really haven't done much You know, they haven't made more Then they did like in one of the earlier quarters So they haven't really grown that much man You know, I said the company could potentially be worth like 20 to $30 But it's tricky. It's hard to say man But I think mean I mean I think they can make more money But there's just so many competitors in the space as well. You have Caesars. You have Penn You have all those crypto betting sites. There's so much competitors DraftKing man, like DraftKing is smart. They have a good marketing platform but they haven't like Done anything that is unique to themself, right? They don't have a competitive advantage Like what is DraftKing's competitive advantage? Like why would I? Spent my money gambling at DraftKing over another place. Why? DraftKing is dead. They say Ten dollar more drop they said It had to get really hard for Starbucks to dry up poor DraftKing's now What would I hear every third in that whole commission? Actually, you know what? I Do think that That Starbucks is making a bad decision So I was at targets the other day thing yesterday actually and and You know Starbucks has been putting They've been putting Starbucks locations and targets and And I looked at those Starbucks locations and targets and honestly is barely that busy I don't really think I don't really think they make money on those target locations Now, I don't know exactly what deal Starbucks has with targets But hopefully they they get like a super discount on the rent or something or maybe they don't pay rent hopefully because the difference between a Starbucks store like actual actual Starbucks store versus a Target Starbucks store, I would say probably like 75% of customers You know difference So like there's probably 75% more customer that will go to a regular Starbucks That customer that will go to a Starbucks at targets So I don't think they're gonna get that much business And I don't think that's a good idea for them to have done that Unless they were doing it in an area that didn't have a lot of Starbucks But for this particular target I went to there was a Starbucks within the 10 black radius And they just put another one now, maybe not even 10 blocks maybe like a three to five block radius and They still end up putting one in target. So I thought that was a pretty bad idea So that could be something that will mess the company stocks up because they're trying to expand too much But they're not expanding into a good location that would generate more profit Hmm Well, I mean they they tried their best right because and it's not wrong for them to serve money You have to spend money to acquire customers, but the thing is It's like they they did it a little bit too late and they haven't figured out a customer retention program That is the problem. You can spend all the money to acquire customers But you have to have a competitive advantage that is gonna retain the customers, right? Like but the casino business has always been difficult Like I don't know how many you guys I'm sure a lot of you guys been to casinos before right that like when you go to the strip Whether it's Vegas or AC there's like 10 casinos bro. It's like 10 casinos There's there's no real reason for me not to go to all of them because I Can go to every single one of them and get rewards and benefits like honestly at the end of the day I don't even know how these casinos really make money because I can go to all of them And and I can enjoy all these rewards and benefits free hotel rooms We like instead of bar hopping we would casino hop, you know, that was back in the days You go to casino hop you would get free drinks at every casino some drinks have better You know better waitresses and servers I mean some casino have better waitresses and servers so you know to go to that casino more But other than that, I don't know I just I think it's just tough to find competitive advantage in this gambling casino industry right now Especially when it comes online But then again, I don't gamble on DKNG. So I don't know I Don't gamble in general in that in that in that situation I don't want to gamble my money unless I have my own self-control over it Lynn says I lost so much money buying DKNG costs never gonna touch this stock again Oh, I feel you I I think we lost a lot of money playing DKNG at some point too And I wouldn't want to touch it either. This is a point that man This is a point that we didn't even get a Super Bowl run The revenue growth has been a lot of up and downs Maybe maybe open the bros Open a bros draft peasants Wait, do you guys have bros over there in PA? I haven't seen one I've been to one yet Shit Uber you mixed drinks while you're playing some bands DKNG Good one Tom.  I'll tell you what I If if DKNG if one of you guys working at DKNG Please Please send it to the DKNG CEO to help you yourself out. Okay, so make sure you guys will continue to get paid Here's what you got to do tell DKNG Tower Draft King CEO that they need to move into the metaverse They can build a casino in the metaverse and and do VR gambling In fact, they should start our partnership with Facebook and quest to to make an app right now to take that to take that gambling to the next level and then in their metaverse They can build a server as well.  How you doing? Mttr is also at a big discount, but in this market environment, nobody really knows that is true. Nobody really knows I was actually looking at matter for Matterport over the weekend. I'll show you See Investor relations really interesting company, um, I like that This is definitely something that I'm gonna invest into at some point or another just don't know when yet, but I Mean I might pick some up if they go to $5 because I like the company. I like what they're doing there I think that metaverse is gonna be a big thing and Matterport is leading the special data company They're digitizing it, you know They can literally like like 3d of Rome and kind of like like 360 cameras They could kind of do that with constructions and buildings and rooms and things like that so I think there's an interesting concept and And I think I think if they do the right I think they have the right marketing and everything with that The company can continue to grow a lot But we'll see it's also and the reason I set $5 is also because This company is um This is a special acquisition stock and you know, the thing with special acquisition stocks is They're extremely extremely extremely over value So that's why we'll buy if they're cheap and I would like it even more If they actually only make people buy their devices man, but I think they're just trying to increase customer right now So they're like I think there's gonna be big like helping, you know People make more 3d rooms and tours and stuff like that. It's gonna be the future man Like have you guys seen those Matt cool? But they need to sell more of these though. I don't know how they're making money though I'm not too familiar how they're making money But I know there's a lot of potential I also seen people walk around with this camera too Draft King rocket that game looks fun, but also extremely addicting I know if I play that I'll probably lose all my money So I can't get behind that HODL No way really Somebody stole my idea How dare the man That's the big that's my big idea man It's gonna do that I Was gonna run my wedding venue on the metaverse man Let's see what else we got in the earnings today. Let me see Goldman Sachs also reported this morning Charles swaps over gates PNC let me look at some of this morning's earnings and then Damn, there's so much more innings. We're gonna play here too. Wow the smart good for them Let me look at silver gate. I want to see what's going on that crypto bank company. The company came down $40 today. Oh My gosh They said they're not seeing a lot of like not as much transfer as previously They didn't make a lot of money in fees a lot more money in fees They only grew a tiny bit of customers So it says EPS is only it's about 40% increase compared to the same period last year a Year ago the company was training around 70 to 55 70% increase is like 35 Actually, not even 35 less than 35 like 30 So it's pretty is actually trading pretty fairly in terms of EPS The stock also ran up a lot too So not much going on there Check out this other earnings from this morning Goldman Sachs So Goldman Sachs earnings per shares $10.81 as opposed to 1173 sales is 12.64 as opposed to 12.01 77 points no around 7.66% increase compared to last year so they're slowing down as well, they're not making as much money as last year and Their revenue is only 7.66% increase And they've been having some record revenue too, so it's gonna be hard to beat last year's numbers It's kind of expected to a certain extent. I guess Charles swap also reported today a 6 a 7 16% increase 12% increase Last year company was trading on $60 right now is a 90 60 to 90 that's a It's a huge increase it's like a 30 32 dollar increase $32 increase from 60 is like 50% And year-over-year is only 12% so Damn a lot of these banks aren't doing as much as all we want So they're not reporting as crazy of earnings as everybody is expecting. They're just doing kind of okay compared to the previous year On the two-year basis, this is also trading pretty high trading almost a hundred percent from a two-year ago So that's kind of the banks banks continue to disappoint Nothing nothing out of the ordinary over there, but I think that's pretty much it for today guys We'll be back here tomorrow at 4 p.m. Talk more about earnings stocks acquisitions We did look into activision today, I picked up some activision and Some higher price took some average down to 53 as well So I have a position at 85 added a position at 83 I think I think it's going to continue to see value because Microsoft said they're behind activision and also setting up some some merger some arbitrage plays as well So I think that's going to be a really interesting opportunity But right now the options chain hasn't priced for that move yet So I think that's why it's trading so low I think once the options chain price for the for that $95 buyout They could easily manipulate the price higher. So just be careful and watch out for that Other than that take care and have a good night guys. Thanks for stopping by hanging out with us


Hey guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel. I am elated to be doing today's video.  So if you want to see how I got this look and just me brag about this palette, then just keep watching. I am so incredibly excited for Mel. She did an amazing job. I mean, just to be honest up front, this palette is seriously very, very good.  I started watching her a few years ago, like right before I kind of started my channel and I've always really looked up to her.  So I knew I was going to love it, whatever it was. And then one day I got home from being away for the weekend. This popped up at my house. The other day I did this look and you guys were curious if I filmed a tutorial on that. I didn't, but I did just use three colors. Flutter by in the crease, bugaboo all over the lid and then web as the highlight in our corner kind of color. I mean, it's pretty much impossible to not be biased for this review considering I really do look up to Mel and I am so grateful that I got this little baby in the mail, but no BS. This palette is actually really good. So let me get into the details of this guy really quick. So this is $52 and it did sell out on the first day that it was launched, which again, so incredibly excited for Mel, but it is available for pre-order right now. So still on the website, you can purchase it once they're made. It will be mailed out to you and I really do recommend you go watch her video on this palette because her story behind it is really awesome. She had her tattoo artist design this and the colors. Everything is inspired from her tattoos, which I can't believe I just wow. I am fairly new to Sydney Grace's formula, but I have quickly learned that they know what they're doing when it comes to eyeshadow formula. So I mean right away with Mel's vision with Mel's expertise. She used to be a working makeup artist. If you've seen her look, she does incredible work. So with Mel's expertise and with Sydney Grace just knowing what they're doing with eyeshadow formulas, I didn't expect anything less than what this palette gave. So it is a 15-pan palette and I just love this color story. I'm a neutral girl who loves pops of color and this is kind of what I mean by pops of color. I love more pastel-y kind of colors if we're going into the color spectrum. And then you also have shimmers that pair with it. Lovely and I talked about this during my tutorial. But one of my favorite things about this palette is I feel like you can get so many different looks. This is a palette where when I look at it, I truly do feel inspired. I can easily envision a lot of different looks that I want to create. And this does cater to those who enjoy more neutral tones because you can definitely get an everyday look with this baby. But then you also have a lot of other colors if you're a little bit more experimental. You're getting nine mattes and six shimmers. One of the shimmers, scarab right here. This is a duo cream shade and the rest are quite foiled. I would say that web is probably the most satiny, which is perfect because it's that inner corner highlight. Or that's most likely what a lot of you will be using it for. Just in general, the brand that she collaborated with, that's an automatic check for quality. Mel being as creative and just knowledgeable as she is with her experience and everything else. That's a check for as far as color story goes. It's a thought-out palette. It has the colors that you need. It has colors that are going to match with other colors that are going to support other colors and bring other colors out. You know, this is obviously a palette thought-out by so many that knows what they're doing. And so overall, you just have a great recipe for a fantastic palette. I did only do one look for today's video. I definitely see myself creating more looks as time goes on with this palette. I'm excited to continue playing. I haven't used every single color in here, but I can just tell by swatching. They're going to be great. Cindy Grace has a very consistent formula and even I as applying them, I'm still shocked by how good these colors are. Without further ado, let's just get into the tutorial for this look. I have been dying, absolutely dying to play with the greens in this baby. So I did a full green look and you guys, it is spectacular. I'm just going to start off with my Kaleidos tone activator as my base. This is just a really nice lightweight eye primer that also is going to add just a touch of evenness to the eyelid as well. So we're going to go straight into the center of the palette, the color that your eye instantly goes to. This is Mantis and I am so impressed with the shadow you guys. I'm using a Kaleidos as one brush, but as you can see, crazy pigmentation. I do have some palettes and some items from Sydney Grace, but I only did recently just get into their shadows because I ordered from their Christmas in July sale. So I'm still new to their formula, but I definitely see what the hype is about. Their shadows are incredible and I don't think this palette is anything short of that. So just let it be known. I can tell simply by just swatching the feel and the couple of looks I've already created with this palette that the quality in here is quite impeccable and I swear you guys, indie brands, they really do it best. They have such unique formulas and I think what makes Sydney Grace stand out is their matte. Truly they just kill the matte game. This is a refer number 14 brush and I'm blowing this out pretty low. I'm even going to go lower them. They already done eye, but I think it's insane that I just put a very thin eye primer on and look at the amount of vibrancy that you can get from this palette and I absolutely love that Mel put a color like this in because simply it's just really fun with a Luxy 229. We're going to go into spider right here, which is very deep looking at the pan. It kind of it's like a deep, deep chocolate brown, but it has almost some black in it. So even on the eye, like I'm not getting much chocolatiness from it. It's definitely a very cool brown shade that I mean almost translates as a soft black. If I'm being honest and I mean, you can see Sydney Grace did the work in this color. It's incredible. It's working itself out. These colors are extremely hard to work with, especially for beginners. Just be aware you are getting a lot of pigmentation. Sydney Grace has a lot of pigmentation, but it is made up for and how easy it is to blend. The refer number one brush. I do want to add a little bit of definition with spider down here like so. And I'm going to just kind of blend in and shade this eye. Now, if you want something a little bit more daytime friendly or like glowy and just brighter, skip the step with spider, but I can't resist a nice smoky eye. I'm going to go in with a touch more of Mantis, that original green, because I really want it to pop underneath all of these colors. Pretty much all the way up to my brow bone. And then of course the color that I knew I needed to go for is Scarab. Now this color is actually already existing in the line. So this is the only color that isn't brand new, but it's one of those blue, green, duochrome colors. Kind of like club from Mac, if I remember correctly. Like this color has been done before, but it's also super incredible because it's the Sydney Grace formula. So it's extra creamy, extra smooth. Ugh.  This is going to look incredible over that deep black spider shade. Again, you don't need to put that blackish brown shade down, but that's only going to make the duochrome in this palette stand out that much more. I'm so happy she opted to put this color in the palette anyways, even though it was already from the Sydney Grace line because it's incredible and I don't own this color. I'm really happy about it and I'm taking a brush and I'm kind of just blending in or blending out some of the shimmeryness to blow it out. Guys, now I love a blown out kind of look and we're taking fire butts right here. Honestly, this one might be my favorite color in this palette. It's just so incredibly shiny. It's kind of silvery. It's kind of green. This is just a color that I see myself using a lot because I do like greens, but this is a very wearable tone of green. And if you were to put this all over the lid with mantis, beautiful springtime look. So I'm filling in the inner third with that as you can see extremely pigmented. I'm also going to kind of layer that in the inner corner as you build it up. You see it gets even more shinier. It's incredible. And I'm going to go into web right here, which is a very stunning inner corner color. It's a white shimmery shade. I'm going to build it right on top of that. Whatever's left in my brush is going under here and you can see this is kind of blending in with the green and it's just pulling the whole look together and I'm just cleaning this brush on like my wrist. And I'm taking some of Scarab again, which is that duo chrome shade. And I'm just going to run this right on top of my lower lash line because I just love this effect so much that this shade gives.  I think it's really incredible is you can get like a crazy green look like this, but you can get the complete opposite with so many other colors in here. You can get a purpley pinky look, a mauve look, a simple everyday gold look, a taupe look. I just think the variety in here is so good, but oh my gosh, I love this look. So I'm going to finish the rest of my look and then I'll be back to discuss with you. Just to stick with the occasion, I did actually use the Christian Audette and Mel Thompson collaboration that she did with lips. So I'm wearing the Smooches lip liner and the Beauty lipstick. I do have some gloss over as well, but oh my goodness, it's such a pretty lip with this look. I mean, obviously, as you can tell, I am so pleased with this palette. Mel did a fabulous job and I really think that you guys are going to love this palette as well. There's a little bit of everything for everybody from this palette and Mel is just an overall great person. And just know that you are supporting somebody who is real and honest and genuine. And I think that that is important to recognize as well. So again, congratulations, Mel. Congratulations, Sydney Grace. I'm loving it. So yeah, thank you guys so much for watching this video. If you aren't subscribed to my channel already, I would absolutely love it if you would consider taking the time to do so. And I will see you guys in the next one. Bye, guys. Have a good one.


The word Messiah generally is associated with Son of David. But the rabbis in the Talmud have a teaching about Messiah, Son of Joseph, alongside Messiah, Son of David. Where did the rabbis get this idea from? Where does the Bible say anything about a second Messiah, another Messiah besides the Son of David prophesied by Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah? The answer is the book of Elbediah. The book of Elbediah actually has only one chapter in it. And in that book we read how the house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph will be a flame, the house of Esau, the house of Esau will be straw, and the house of Esau, the house of Esau will be devoured, will be consumed. The book finishes off with the words in Hebrew, allum me sheim behar tsein lishbait eshar esav, translation, saviors in the plural, saviors will arise and go up to judge the mountain of Esau of Esau, and the kingdom will come to God. The judgment of the house of Esau, the judgment of Esau, is a concept that both Ezekiel and Isaiah associated with the messianic age. Ezekiel chapter 35 and Isaiah chapter 34 describe how the house of Esau will be destroyed, the house of Edaim will be destroyed, Edaim is another name for Esau, Esau, and the kingdom will come to God after that. So we see clearly in the book of Ebediah that there are a plurality of saviors, not just one savior but two saviors. The house of Joseph is explicitly mentioned as part and parcel of God's plan for the destruction of Esau, so here's where the Bible is the most explicit about a savior from the house of Joseph. We see clearly how the tribe of Joseph is going to be associated and involved in the ushering in of the messianic age. There is an additional reference to the Messiah, Son of Joseph, and the Talmud makes this connection. In Zechariah chapter 12 verse 10 we read about a war that's taking place, a battle that's taking place in the messianic age in the end times and the house of David is mentioned. The house of David is mentioned as mourning together with the rest of Israel mourning for one who was pierced, one who was killed through stabbing and it describes a great mourning and a great cry and lament that will take place at that point in time and what follows is the messianic age and the rabbis associated this with the death of Messiah, Son of Joseph. The rabbis understood that this tells us this passage in Zechariah and Zechariah tells us Messiah, Son of Joseph will die in this battle against the forces of evil, the forces of Esau and he'll be mourned by David and by the house of David and by the people of Israel. Where did the rabbis get this idea from? How did they know who is being pierced in this prophecy in Zechariah and Zechariah? The fact is, is that the Bible doesn't tell us much about Messiah, Son of David. The most important word that the Bible tells us about Messiah, Son of David is, is the name David. The Messiah himself is called by the name David several times throughout the scriptures. In Hosea Hesheah, the third chapter, our yearning for the Messiah is described as yearning for our King David. Now, if you noticed, David at first wasn't a king, he was the son-in-law of the king, he was the son-in-law of Saul but he wasn't a king. When did David become a king? After his father-in-law, after Saul died. What was the first thing that David did as a king? Once his father-in-law died, what was the first thing he did? The first thing that David did was to mourn. Second Samuel, the second book of Samuel opens with David mourning for one who was pierced, one who was stabbed, who happened to be his father-in-law, happened to be Saul. The rabbis understood, the rabbis understood that the Messiah will parallel his ancestor David. Just like David, before he actually takes the kingdom and acts as king in an active way, the first thing he does is appreciates and mourns the sacrifices and the investment of the leaders that came before him, that laid the groundwork for his kingdom. And just like David, his ancestor before him mourned for Saul, the king that was there before him, that fought with the enemies of Israel, that fought with the enemies of God, died in battle, so too will the Messiah mourn for the king that precedes him for Messiah, Son of Joseph, who will fight and die in battle as described by the prophet Zechariah.


The war in Ukraine has entered its third week. There have been a lot of developments over the past few days, advances on the ground in terms of military action, a lot of discussions as well, sanctions have been imposed, the economic consequences are going to be quite severe. We're going to be talking about all of this in Mapping Fault Lines. As we enter week three of the war, if we look at the situation, what we see of course is that some of the key axes from last time continue to be the same. There's an encirclement around Kiev, there's been movement of forces around Kharkiv. A lot of action has been happening in the Black Sea regions where cities have been slowly being taken. Mariupol of course remains a key element, a key focus area as far as the Russians are concerned. There's been a lot of fighting around that area as well. But there have also been some discussions, on the discussions happening between Russia and Ukraine, including at the foreign minister level, which is the highest that has taken place so far. So probably could you first give your own impressions of what you see as a situation on the ground and are these talks likely to bear fruit? You know, if you look, as you said, the situation of the ground, you can see the steady advance of Russian forces in different parts of the region. It's also very clear that those who expected a very quick military action, a shock and all kind of model didn't take this for granted that after all, as far as Russia is concerned, this is still Russian or Russian-aligned people. They are people who they think are their brothers. In fact, they, as you know, go back to Kiev, the Rus as one of the originations of the Russian people. So given that, they were not going to use large-scale bombing, flattening of the type that, for instance, the US did in Iraq. That was not the model they were going to do. So the shock and all model was not what was going to be used. They have targeted military forces of Ukraine, the air defenses, and they have tried to encircle population centers. In this, Kharkiv and Mariupol have been the key ones which have held out. And they have also taken the Donbas region, which is what the target was, Donetsk and Lugansk, which are the two breakaway provinces. And they seem to have controlled that militarily. So they have very clear targets. Odessa, Kiev is another, but more at the moment to encircle Kiev and not take it over as of now. And they also have done some strikes in the west, the western part of Ukraine, which are fresh. They haven't struck that earlier, particularly as it seems to be that there is some movement of arms and other materials coming in from, for instance, Poland and other places. And the supply centers for what could be there further are basically located in the western. Really the air ports over there, which they seem to have struck. There is, of course, a disquieting feature in all this. The Chernobyl, for instance, the power has been blown up. Each side has blamed the other. We now get to get into it. But the question is, yes, these are sensitive issues because though there is no immediate danger, but those facilities still require power, even if they have been shut down. So those things are reason for worry, as well as there are certain other nuclear plants in Ukraine. I think there are three more nuclear plants in Ukraine. So the one that has been taken over, Zaporizhia and Chernobyl are two of the larger ones. Chernobyl was inactive for quite some time. There are three more operating plants. All of them, of course, are worried in a war what happens if there is something that goes wrong. As of now, power doesn't seem to be going off in most of the urban areas. Internet seems to be functioning. Therefore, you would say this is unlike other wars that we have seen where the US, for instance, has fought whether it's Libya or whether it is Iraq. So this seems to be, in that sense, a scenario where we should not expect rapid advances. And the pressure on the Ukrainian government is that the settle on the terms that Russia is now dictating to it and how much they will accept will determine how much or how long the war will continue. It does seem that Zelensky's government is willing to accept some of the major conditions. But the neutrality and disarming of Ukraine because Putin said disarm Ukraine. Demilitarize and demilitarize. Demilitarize and demilitarize. Demilitarize is a heart and soul question. That's not going to be done except for dissolving as of Battalion, which is a part of the Ukraine forces now, some of the key elements who have really become integrated with the Ukrainian government structures. So those are easier to do. But the demilitarization of Ukraine and to denazify Ukrainian people's minds towards these forces, that's a different order altogether. So we have to see which way it goes because as of now, three rounds of discussions have taken place in Belarus, it seems to be more looking at the nuts and bolts of what cannot be done in terms of an agreement while any meeting between Zelensky and Putin will depend on the homework done, otherwise Russians are not at the moment interested in the meeting just for the heck of it because that doesn't help them. So they think that any meeting that should take place should be after they already have worked out which is what normally happens when summit meetings take place unless, except for what we have seen recently when the summits didn't produce any results where already homework is done by both sides. So you know what are the parameters within which the discussion is taking place and whether an agreement is possible or not. So it does seem that we are moving closer to an agreement but yes, there are still obviously outstanding issues otherwise it has been announced already and therefore the Russian increase on pressure on the Kiev's government and you can see the encirclement now the movement of that tank convoy which was not moving for about a week or so so all that has now started which is a prelude to really encircling Kiev and that I think is the key take away at that moment military slow advance and attrition by the Russian forces the Ukrainian forces clearly being able to fight in city centres where the Russians are not interested as yet of large scale destruction now Kharkiv and Mariupol seem to be moving in that direction that civilian facilities will also be attacked we have to see how much we can get the Ukrainians to come to what the Russians want where the Russians will agree to it that will determine the fate of this war and I do not think that Russia wants an occupation of Ukraine but if there is no resolution then what happens of course all bets are off in that case absolutely Praveen also in the past few weeks about 10 days maybe we have seen this massive upsurge so to speak in western society this is happening at multiple levels we know for instance that brands across the western world are boycotting or withdrawing from Russia we have seen this boycott of Russian cultural figures even from the past or currently practising artists, athletes all that and there has been a lot of discussion about that but the deeper structural question really is of sanctions because that is what everyone is concerned about this is an impact on oil supplies and gas of course it is an impact on food because Russia and Ukraine export a massive amount of wheat so considering what has been announced till date especially the US ban on the import of Russian oil which is quite big as 8% of US imports basically are from Russia but not only US but also globally how do you see these sanctions sort of playing out and what is likely to be their concrete economic impact you see there are two other wars that are taking place simultaneously along with the physical or the military war that is taking place in Ukraine that is the economic war that you are talking about and the information war the information war lets be very clear the US and its allies have won the information war from day one in fact they had won it even before the war started so that is taken for granted that Putin is a bad man and Biden in spite of the fact he was a part of the Iraq war he was a part of the Afghan war before finally withdrawing from it he has been a part of the US establishment or Euro Maidan the Euro Maidan coup for that matter Euro Maidan coup because that type he was very much involved in it so all that is forgotten so what you see is of course that the US is now on the side of angels and while Putin is of course the really the Mordor in the Sauron of the Lord of the Rings book so this has been the picture that has been painted but this started well before any of this and suddenly they became the defenders of the Prussian people against the oligarchs I wish they would also have the same logic applied to the United States but the oligarchs are actually much bigger than what the Russian oligarchs are however much you detect the Russian oligarch there is no comparison in terms of their wealth and their loot to what for instance Bezos and company I think the joke has been that you are oligarchs so our oligarchs provide employment opportunities so that is one part of it the information war has been one decisively they control the basic channels that all of us use YouTube, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook so that's a complete victory they also control the various internet layers and they are able to throw out RT from even the internet but right now for instance the television channel is not accessible in India so RT as a news site you can still access but you can't see the videos so this has been already part of the information war and the US knew from day one and I'm sure the social so did Russia that whatever the freedom of press is it won't be extended to Russian channels and Russian media so that is very much there in terms of the economic war this is where we enter completely it's known so to say because this is a level of sanctions we have never seen before there is a seizure of Russia's basically whatever its foreign exchange reserves was with the West and that's roughly about 300 to 400 million dollars now these reserves supposedly are Russia's but at the same time if they are frozen because they are banked the West it is held in their currencies therefore it's held with their central banks therefore it can be technically frozen that's what the language that is being used but for all practical purpose it means being appropriated because Russia cannot use it anymore and the money is still in their banks so this is the great issue that comes so what is the implication of this this is what happened to for instance Afghanistan when they saw 9.5 billion dollars of federal money that Afghanistan had in the Federal Reserve Federal Bank taken over and distributed by the President of the United States as if it was US money so you have this example also earlier with Libya I think there was 100 billion dollars of Libyan reserves in US and UK somewhere including their gold which all again disappeared we don't even know what happened to it you had Venezuela's gold which the United Kingdom seized so you have a whole lot of these examples already but this is nothing compared to the kind of sanctions now that has been imposed on Russia and let's not forget Russia is 11th biggest economy by basically the dollar ruble value of course the ruble value is tagged completely at the moment but in terms of purchasing power parity which is in some sense another measure of the power of the domestic economy Russia is the 6th biggest economy in the world so this is not a small economy and as you point out it supplies raw materials that's why they are being referred to sometimes derogatorily as a petro state that they supply oil, they supply gas and also what are called other condensates which is fuel, oil naphtha etc. which uses feedstock to fertilize us so all of that put together is only one part Russia also as you have said supplies for instance grain it's a larger supplier of wheat apart from Ukraine in the world I think both put together was 25% of the supply of wheat to the global system but apart from that it's also important for agriculture because phosphates basically the fertilizers which are required for agriculture for instance in India they are again the largest supplier is Russia there is also more tricky issues which are coming up when you start unraveling the supply chains of different sectors of the economy there is also the question of chips Russia has been banned from accessing chips manufactured designed by the United States now that is fine but then what is not realized there are certain key elements to the manufacture of chips which again require Russia to manufacture as well so one of the largest suppliers basically of neon is in southern Ukraine and under control of the Russians at the moment you also similarly have what is called the sapphire substrate which is important for manufacturing chips apparently most of it particularly the high quality ones almost entirely come from Russia so the global supply chains are closely intertwined you take the value of the dollar not what it is being quoted in terms of the financial markets but you take what its value should be in terms of the real economy and I am talking about the real economy which is what you and I consume or use physically not the financial instruments which only the banks and financial players use if we take that then today unlike what happened in the 50s or 60s when the US was the major trading partner almost all parts of the globe today its China which is the major trading partner all across the globe so the physical economy does not need the dollar as a means of trade which is what it did in the 50s and 60s when dollar was the king today it is the king because the financial systems are controlled by the United States and the swift banking system and all of these things but lets be very clear as long as the physical world gets disconnected in this way from the financial world will the value of dollar start changing and will other countries that includes India, China start looking at Russian trade not in dollars but in their currencies now if that happens what happens to dollar as a global currency and of course it will still be a very important one so will the euro but will we see the reflection of the real economy which is the physical trade that we are seeing also impact the global financial flows and will we start seeing that other currencies will slowly replace the dollar and the euro as more of storing money storing value as well as also trade now one important part of it that when you think of a foreign exchange surplus you think that's what you will use in future if you are trade and you are not able to supply as much as you want to buy so it's a something you keep aside for a rainy day now if the rainy day the supply is not available then will you hold it is there a point of holding a surplus is there any value to a balance of payment surplus itself or should we all start looking at a low balance external trade economy that means we neither have a surplus nor have a deficit because building a future per kitty for your rainy day doesn't seem to work because what you are giving is that you are giving a hostage to the to United States and the European Union as I have written somewhere that it's like the elder times when you have to give your children as hostages to the emperor and they would come up those who are the thieves had to do that their children would be brought up by the emperor so this money that you give as a hostage to the United States then or to European Union as what you think are your foreign exchange reserves really are not your reserves they are essentially hostages that now European Union and United States have shown they can hold against you in case you disagree with what they are doing now of course Ukraine war doesn't mean that every country will go to war but this of course doesn't prevent them from going to war as we have seen France in Africa and as we have seen the US and the NATO around the world absolutely thank you so much for being here we will be tracking many of these issues in future episodes of mapping fault lines as well until then keep watching news click


Here at the University of Maryland Medical Center, we treat clubfoot and other congenital foot conditions in children. Based on my fellowship training, I've been able to adapt these techniques, primarily the Ponsetti method, which is a non-operative or minimally operative form of treatment for clubfoot. It's become quite popular, and it prevents the need for major reconstructive surgery in the future. What it is, it's weekly casting that is done starting when the child is either out of the NICU, mother-baby bonding has fully occurred, and the earlier the better, and what ends up happening is we will cast the child with casts each week to take the foot from this position and gradually swing the foot outward so that it looks more normal. And then after that, the foot is pointing down, so the last step of the treatment is to make a small cut in the back where the Achilles is to raise the arch and decrease the pull of the Achilles tendon, and that is usually the final step. Sometimes children at the age of about two or three could develop a walking pattern which causes the forefoot to tilt over, and if that occurs another smaller surgery may be indicated at that time, but usually that is not the case. And it's usually reserved also for cases that have maybe progressed a little too far and knowing that there's different variations to this clubfoot and that not every case is the same. Having it provided us able to recognize that is also very important. Success in my opinion is when no one even does a double take or even decides that they're even going to second guess, did the child ever have a clubfoot or is there any deformity present or what's wrong with this individual. I love it for them just to be as mainstream as they can possibly be and as functional as they can possibly be and participate in activities.


Amendment. When you make a change or an addition to the U.S. Constitution, it is called an amendment. Amendments are created by Congress, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. But then needs to be approved by at least 38 states before it can become a law.


125 years that we just, every year we try to become better.   And ever since 1893, that's been a thing in the Navy, and I think a pretty significant thing. For me, history and heritage is a lot. And we talk about how those that paved the way for us, we would not be here today without them. It signifies the weight of our responsibility to the Navy. And I think of it as, we're out in the middle of the ocean, we drop anchor, that's our stability. And the chief is the same exact thing. And I think that the anchor represents the mess. The links to that anchor is everything we share together as chiefs. So my favorite part of the creed, and it's a very long creed, right? It's significantly longer than the sailors creed. Is that our privileges and responsibilities cannot be found in file or by reference, by number.  And that couldn't be more true than the same day that you put those anchors. And that same day that you put those anchors, you might have a sailor coming up to you and say, chief, I need your help. If being a chief is easy, then everybody would do it. What's the point? Being a chief is supposed to be challenging. And that challenge is supposed to be hard. And that challenge is supposed to make you work harder. Because in the end, when you've completed that challenge, it's going to strengthen you. It's going to make you smarter. It's going to make you a better chief for you, your command, and your best.