So Bud Dupri still recovering from a knee injury. What are some of the challenges of getting a guy that's recovering from an injury into a new system that's on a new team in a new city? Yeah, so first of all, Bud's been great for us, just having him around. And I think some of those challenges were kind of helped out by the unfortunate situation of last year. Going on Zoom, learning how to do all that stuff throughout the year with the players, it's kind of helped us in kind of what we're doing with Bud. Now getting on Zoom calls, being able to install, talk through things, walk through things, and just kind of going more of that route until he's able to be with us and go while he's rehab. And Harold Landry, a lot of us have been made about his snap count. Is that still a concern, or do you think that he can handle a heavier workload? Yeah, I think that's a two-fold question. I think part of that is dependent on how many snaps would play on defense. Obviously, the more snaps you play as a whole defense, you need to get some of those guys up low. And we need to regulate everybody. And that's everyone's coach's job and my job to make sure that we're not overdoing it with the players. But also, if you play less snaps as a defense, because you do a good job, you stop the run on first, second down, get off the field on third down. Now, that's a little bit different of a managerial process. So we'll just have to look and see where we're at and evaluate it as we continue to go through. Thanks, coach. John Glennon? Yeah, Ryan, just coming in from the other stream. So I hope we don't have too much redundancy. But I'm wondering if you could give your impressions, early impressions on Rashad Weaver, where he stood when he came in and what you've seen from him. Yeah, like Rashad, I think he brings some sassiness, some attitude to the table, which I love that in outside line backers. The thing about all rookies, not just him, is it's quite a different of a change in process coming from college. We throw a lot at him just like every NFL team. When they get here, it's a new place. They're learning a new system. There's a new routine. So just breaking through that ball is something that we look for in the rookies. And I think he's done a good job of developing and going that route. In terms of him on the field, he's a tall dude. Something he's always going to have to work on is his pad level.  But it's hard to see him when the pads come on. I mean, throughout OTAs, we've kind of just been kind of going through the motions. I don't really want to say in a bad way. But we haven't had the pads cracking and see him with his physical stature. I think it's going to be really telling when we get full go and full contact. If I could just follow up on that real quick. I thought it was interesting what you said, sort of the sassiness that he brings. Can you elaborate on that a little bit? Just a little bit of swag confidence? Is that what you're saying there? Yeah, a little bit of swag, a little bit of confidence. You see, this is my fourth year with the Titans now. And you just see different rookies with different mindsets coming in. They all play out differently. But to be an outside linebacker in the NFL, I think one thing that sticks out with a lot of the great ones is their ability to have a little confidence and attitude when they hit the field. And he certainly has brought that mindset and that style with them. We just got to see and develop and we continue to see how it translates to the field. Kim, do I have time for one more? Go ahead, Glenel. OK. And I know, obviously, Bud Dupri hasn't been able to get on the field yet. I just wondered if you've gotten a chance much to meet him at all, Ryan, and any early impressions, even though he hadn't been on the field. Yeah, and I alluded to this earlier. But love, Bud, as a person, I think he's an awesome human being, excited to have him in the room. He brings a lot of experience and expertise with him. He certainly made me a better coach this far and enjoy working with him and enjoying having him in the room. Thank you. Teresa Walker. Ryan, with that, how much have you been able to do with Bud, meeting wise, since he is still recovering? And but also, how much are you expecting him to maybe help Harold Landry at this point, having, once he is on the field, to be able to have that counter that maybe you lacked a little bit at times last season? Sure, I think to answer your first question, I've been meeting with Bud a lot. And like I said, it's mostly through Zoom and heavy phone calls and FaceTimes. And just trying to help him any way possible to get caught at the speed. And he's been doing a really good job of it. With Harold Landry, the thing about Harold and the thing about any position is the more quality you guys you have at that position, obviously, the better off the position is. So I think just having Bud, when he can get full speed and healthy, is just going to naturally help that. But also, just the growth in the relationship. Those guys and being able, technology has grown so much over the last however many years. And so those guys can build relationships now through group texts, Zoom calls, FaceTimes. And I think building that relationship is just as important as hitting the field together. So excited to see when they get back in the room together and the product they put on the field. But really looking forward to it. Tehran.  And I know you know Harold already, but what's the key in making your coaching an extra efficient? Yeah, so first thing is I'll answer that with, I've been around some really good coaches over my career where I learned a lot and I learned how to develop and manage situations under a great head coach right now who's coached and played the position. RDC has coached the position. So a lot of resources there to start. Secondly, when you're talking about guys who have already played the position in the NFL, part of it is helping to develop what they already have, right? You kind of know what their skill set is and you want to just help them develop that. And it's also opening up new doors and new opportunities. You know, we want guys to make new mistakes to find things out about themselves that they maybe didn't know or haven't tried. So, you know, that's a focus as we wrap up OTAs and start to head to training camp is just helping those guys to develop in some areas where they might already have a skill set but maybe some opportunities and open some new doors where they can learn something else or try something else. I think at the end of the day, Tron, that those guys that have played and they already have kind of established is learning from them as well as a coach. I listen to them just as much as I speak to them. They have a lot to offer and it's not just one way of doing something. And then what about the past Russian culture? You know, I've talked to other coaches and they said that's something they try to really nurture and develop. How much does Bud Dupri help you do that for your group? Quite a lot. You know, we watch a lot of different rushers together. We watch him, we watch all the guys and their rush cut-ups and just talk about things. You know, talk about situations, talk about, you know, how we can steal rushes in certain downs and distances and just opening up and kind of creating an art to what they have. You know, a lot of past rush is natural skill set. It is what it is, you know, but the things that we can help to coordinate developing coach, and I think that's the stuff that, you know, Bud has brought and Harold has helped also and the other guys in the room the same way of just opening up communication and talking about it to when they can use those techniques and those awareness and any given situation.


Linus did a video of roasting other youtubers gaming setups a couple of takeaways from this Takeaway number one. I'm in this video. So that means I am a youtuber now YouTube and then another takeaway is celebrity edition, which means I'm also a celebrity right now Mental breakdown. Okay. Let's watch this video. Listen. I'm not saying that I'm some kind of computer guru or a voice of judgment But I will be judging using my voice tip It doesn't matter the point is your favorite celebrities and creators have a dirty secret This is a lot of people in this video. My god. This is a pro gaming setup. Dead fly there Oh, that's right. They're hiding PC setups that are so janky and disgusting that even Dead fly there. Oh, that's right. They're hiding PC setups that are so janky and disgusting but even Luke would be ashamed. That's impressive on this trip to the LTT Rotisserie We are gonna be roasting the nastiest least Classiest setups from your favorite youtubers celebrities and streamers by the time we're done I don't know, anyone's Christmas lists. Yeah, probably not. I don't think you're right now except the Christmas list of our I don't kick things off with ammunition. A Twitch streamer who in person told me that she learned how to build a PC from me. I actually can't believe it's gonna be that bad. I suspect this one's gonna be pretty good. I will see you later, sweetie pie. That's pretty sick. That is sick. I hope you enjoy your birthday. I'm assuming that's because of separation between her gaming computer and a streaming computer. Yeah, and Wendell has a KVM that I think would be perfect for a setup like this. You just have your keyboard, mouse, and display plugged in to both computers at once. A little bit of roasting does have to happen here. Do you really need a gaming grade keyboard for your stream PC? I'm suspecting, especially because the mice look really similar. You do, no, no. You do, okay? No, I will argue this. I used to have like a, I don't know what it was, like some Hewlett Packard random keyboard, PS slash two keyboard laying around for the stream PC. No, uh-uh. Now I got this guy, this bad boy. Now I got me a razor turret, okay? So now I'm wireless. And if I need to, I can control the stream PC from here, okay? No, I will argue this big time, okay? You need, you need a, no, uh-uh. No, you can't have some rinky dink keyboard. No, sir. Okay. It might just be her previous set, which is fairly valid. Got the UPS though. Shaking pair of your stuff. Good call. That's a good one. I like it, Ann. Didn't skimp on the UPS. Yeah. Got the display set up for the mechanical keyboards. I'm pretty sure that's IKEA. I thought these were supposed to be bad though. We started with someone who learned from me. Oh wow, okay, all right. Now let's go to someone who didn't learn from me, but did take a computer that was built by me. Oh. Here's Hasan. My God. I think the pixels helped.  These potato quality pictures people sent. I thought these are professional content. I think he's waving, but you can't even tell because it's so pixelated.  There's even an unplugged power cable just hanging there. Unplugged USB cable right here. That might make sense, maybe. Oh my God. This is not that bad, dude. I mean, like, the bad thing about this is not that bad, dude. I mean, like, the back side of the computer, it just, wait, it's unplugged? That might make sense, maybe. Oh my God. We saw that at the same time.  I just can't think of another reason to use a clamp as a speaker stand. Also, most people will angle their speakers up toward their ear. You angle it the other way. You're angling it to fire into the table, my brother. Ah, there's the computer, the left-leaning piece. Hey, what's this other computer? Have you replaced the computer I gave you already? There's nothing even plugged into it! Yeah, Linus made my PC, but he's not using it. Yeah, but he doesn't even plug it in. Doesn't even pretend. Wait, hold on. Found that one true king here. Whoa. That does look pretty good. That looks very... Oh, wait. Oh, whoa. I thought you said the rat's nest was only visible on the one side there, but... Whoa, too. He's working here, you know? Yeah, this is hyper-functional. UPS, though? Oh, nice. He's, uh, could still be for work? You don't know? I happen to be a shooter. Okay, no, no, no, no. I can explain the toilet paper. Somebody else put that there. I didn't have tissues. Okay, hold on. I didn't have tissues. Like, roll of napkin one time. And it's literally just been sitting there forever. I swear to God. It's on the other computer. I mean, it's over there. You know, it's over there. That's on the guest PC, okay? We've got the green screen right here, just in case you need a green screen. That is a completely unacceptable amount of mousing space. Okay, dude. You could put that mixer somewhere else. What do you need a motor to wipe at your desk for? That I genuinely don't know. Whoa. I don't think the two thumbs up belongs in this picture. The cable mess is quite the mess, but this is also a production area. So I'll give him a little bit of credit for that. Does it go under? Yeah, I think it goes under the green screen, which is more of a green mat on the floor. Shout out UPS, though. Yeah. I'm kind of feeling Hank being mixed. It's classy. Okay. I just want to send the goofiest pictures. I was going to, I'm going for the shroud. They're like, ding. I was trying to go for the shroud meme. This picture. I had to when I saw this. The cable mess is quite the mess, but this is also a production area. Come on, man. So I'll give him a little bit of credit for that. Look. Why, how come the weight of my, how am I bending the couch? What is going on here? How is that so realistic? Look, my mouse. Look, I have plenty of space. Guys, the new Razer Viper Pro has 30,000 DPS. A little bit of credit for that. Does it go under? Yeah, I think it goes under the green screen, which is more of a green mat on the floor. Typical out player. Dude, I have like, this is all I need, dude. Well, FES players are fricking doing a whole arm work out every time they're shooting a gun. So. Yeah, let's do baby no money. Fellow British Columbian actually did not know that he was from here. I didn't know that either. Nor had I ever heard of him before at all. Really? I know, I know. I was just in New York. Yvonne and I were playing a game called Every Musician, who shows up on a billboard in Times Square, have you heard of them or not? And we both lost every single round. Oh, that stained glass. I believe that you have no money. Imagine gathering play mat. No, dude. Dude, baby no money might come visit after Evo. The desk pad is a classic maneuver. What do you use to display your piece of TV behind you along HDMI cable? Wired AirPods? EarPods, yeah. For gaming? He's got those headphones right there. Why are the ear pods on the keyboard? He might come visit. He's not 100% sure. It's kind of fascinating that a musician has like the worst audio setup we've seen so far. Does it show you streamer culture and like gear envy has gotten out of control? Oh, this is a totally different setup. I do appreciate that the audio setup has massively. What is that? Really nice headphones, really nice speakers. What is this thing? I don't know what that is. Kind of looks like a base station of a soldering iron or something like that. Yeah, or like something you used to like cook. Piece of industrial equipment. Yeah. That's an unusual sticker to decorate your space with. I do not like the power strip right where your feet are maneuver. Hey, power strip right next to the feet? Horrible, dude. The amount of times in my life that I've accidentally turned off my PC from hitting the power strip.  You do not like the power strip right where your feet are maneuver? This guy's just gonna be trolling. It's gonna be a PlayStation. I didn't immediately jump to that. I assumed it would be like very perfectly set up though. I am so angry that he's running a Windows XP wallpaper. I hate that he has that tray right in the middle. Really, no mouse, Austin? Hey, wait. No keyboard, no mouse, but like framed or whatever that is, Pokemon. The hell? What's wrong with the Windows XP wallpaper? This is the best wallpaper. Does he really have his key lights bouncing off the wall? Now he's better when it comes to production stuff than me, but my understanding is that's already a diffuse light, right? Andy, is that necessary? No, no, no. This is actually a good strat. This is actually a good strat, by the way. But here's the problem, that's on black so it's not that good. That actually is a good strat. Jack Black. Last setup, here we go. It's awesome. It's a lot of subwoofer. That's just two separate subwoofers for the two separate setups here. You know you're the kind of guy, right? Who gets called. That's all I'm saying. I'm saying this guy. Why does he have this, dude? What is this, dude? Why does he have this? You doing tech support? Like, what is this? Takes phone calls. All right, now nobody calls me. You don't get called? We got Ludwig set up here. Just moved, maybe? Okay, I thought this was a giant, like a big thing, but I guess it's a key. Wait, is this your keyboard? No, Ludwig's desk. What the heck, man? It's not even hard to get. I can't handle this.  It's come, that's why, my current headset is not wireless, but it was part of the reason why I stopped using wireless headsets. I stopped using wired headsets, but because of the audio setup that I have, I have to use a wired headset right now. Why would you put it on the floor, dude? Just put it on your mouse pad. Staying desk chair. What did you do with that chair, sir? Got the pedals, I can respect it. Yeah, I wonder what he uses them for, how often he uses them, because there's no wheel. Hey, look, maybe he just likes to use pedals as an input. I turn with A and D, I gas with my feet. Who drinks bottled water at home? Yeah, that's lame. It's actually gross, like it actually tastes bad. No, no, no, no. That's because you guys are in Canada, you don't have Ozarka in Texas water, okay? Stands kind of broken, but... Quality camera holder. Guess the job done. Ew, don't floss over your keyboard. Nice mouse pad, that's a fun mouse. So he says it's a mouse pad. It says card, doesn't it? Card game, card game, it's a play mat. Doesn't even have a proper mouse pad? Yeah, like... These are billionaires. Many of the people who set up for looking at... Foot pedals, they're soft plugged in, but I like touching them. No! This is, is that hanging? What is this? Dude, this is hanging. Is that a power strip? What is that? The explanation is even dumber than what either of us thought. Wait, what was the explanation? Touching them because of... Blue set ups for looking at... Foot pedals, they're soft plugged in, but I like touching them because it makes my feet feel good. The explanation is even dumber than what either of us thought. Who's that, Linus? And an anime question of the day. I have no idea. This is not even one piece, come on. All right. This is inside the PC. The top's just open. That's where the dust comes in. I'm gonna be in the cleanup. Oh, there's the wheel. Oh, there's the wheel, though. There's the wheel. At least it's close.    Okay. Quality. No, this is horrible. Like, you have to have, if having two services is horrible. I mean, we've got T-Pain. Oh, whoa.  You don't necessarily, 100%, no, yeah. Isn't that the strat now? The auto aim is so powerful that people just use controllers on computers. It is a computer. See you later. Hey. Got George not found. Got the lighting switch for his room just on his desk. I'm actually down with that. George not found, more like personality not found. I feel like not having the monitors on was like a tactical decision. I feel like he probably has a really messy desktop. Yeah, and he didn't really give us a look at the cables. Ah, I see them. Yeah. I see them. I think there's some hiding going on there. Yeah, yeah. I'm feeling Linus as things sometimes and he has no idea what he's actually saying. Like he means, he means something in a one way. What the words that he is using actually completely mean something else. A great example is the hard arc lift. My client is just talking on time. It's like, wait a second. Linus, I doesn't mean what you think it means. Here comes 100T double lift. I can't say like- Oh, double lift. Why do you have two speakers on the right? Wait. That's his, I thought his name was double lift. Like it was like his name legally was double lift. Why do you have two speakers on the right? Double lift is his middle name. Oh, okay. At least it's an easy fix. You can literally just pick it up and move it. Don't say barely wireless mouse. Put the double lift right there. Oh, I thought it was like Osho Cinco. Is this for pennies? What is the role of pennies? Yeah. You know what you need is a new desk pad. He's a professional gamer. Yeah. Oh, sorry. This group of writers wrote a lot of jokes for him to show them during this video because they were so mean he didn't want to say them himself. Jay Schlatt, we've got another investor in StarForge Systems. Is that even a StarForge system? Beautiful setup though. That's like an OG edge. That's like an old code word. The speakers on the left and the right, so that's- The speakers nicely setup actually uses his stream deck. Some of our other setups here. Actually enough space for his mouse. Yeah. Schlatt streams, Schlatt streams so little he doesn't even have a Voyager creator elite. This home setup. This is his reacting setup. Investor in StarForge Systems. Is that even a StarForge system? Everybody else has to have like, look at me. I got like frickin' six computers plugged into each other trying to like run Hitman 3. You managed to get your stereo speakers on the left and the right. So that's- The speakers nicely setup actually uses his stream deck. It was Jayba. Jayba was great, dude. Setups here. Actually enough space for his mouse. That's awesome. Yeah. I want you to look at something. You gotta open up a browser. Oh, okay. You gotta look at a video. Well, years ago, this is absolutely disgusting. The final boss. This is rancy. Wait till you see the desk. This is not, this is a table. It's not the desk. Wait till you see the desk. Is there any room 12 years ago? Look at that desk. This is room 12 years ago. Okay, I'm sorry. I really actually don't think I can look at this anymore. Asman's setup is worse now. Honestly. It's not quite as dirty, but his room has more stuff in it. So there's less space for trash. So he has more, like there's more like other boxes and other stuff in there. So he, like here, his room's kind of empty. This is 12 years ago. Okay, I'm sorry. I really actually don't think I can look at this anymore. Linus asked me, they asked me to send a picture and I sent it like right then, but we actually just got it cleaned.  Look, I will do, if enough people are interested, I will do viewer setups. I will even do my own S-Fans setup video someday. Okay? If you guys want that, leave a comment. Like the video, subscribe, all that stuff. And I'll see you guys next time.


Don't turn that dial. This is the right station if you want to hear about Jonathan Thomas and his Christmas on the moon Poor old Santa is in such a flurry for right in the midst of the Christmas hurry the bad squeak boblems who hate Christmas joy Decided he couldn't distribute his toys. So they stole him away in a dark stormy night Oh goodness knows he put up a good fight and they took him away to squee bobble land for they tied him so tight He can't move a hand Now what kind of a Christmas do you think there can be without any toys to hang on the tree? But in spite of the fact that we're feeling so sad We're putting our faith in a wee little lad who with the man on the moon and a talking horse named Gorgonzola Are now on their course to squee bobble land to find Santa Claus and punish those people for breaking the laws But the way is dangerous and very long They have to be careful so they don't go wrong for the road leads through a forest so deep They'll never wake up if they go to sleep and through a country where giants and gnomes and brownies and goblins make their homes Oh, it's lots of trouble But Jonathan Thomas is not the boy will break a promise But the worst of it is there's a wicked old witch who rules or a land called Rumpelstich She spends every day and most of the night thinking of things to fill them with fright But I'm pretty sure they won't come to harm for the good fairy queen gave them a charm Little elf king. He gave them a key which opened the door and quickest could be they found themselves standing in looking glass land Before Queen Alice and her courtiers grand Queen Alice said I know magic, too Here is a whistle and I promise you if you blow it once you'll grow quite tall If you blow it twice, you'll soon grow small the old witch heard and she laughed with glee She said I'll turn myself into a tree. I'll plant myself in the lonely glade They'll have to pass right through my shade, but Kermit the hermit warned the three. He said that's a witch It's not a tree so they went their way to the pea soup fog and soon they were lost in the terrible bog They couldn't go fast. They were slow as snails Then they saw a dragon with 13 tails who chased them until they were out of breath Even the dragon was tired to death But dinty the keeper who heard the uproar invited them in and shut the door He said I'll give you a piece of plum cake just feed the dragon and his stomach will ache now sit right still and have no fear What happened next we soon will hear This is the court the king's creed evil of the land the squee bubble and all of its people Let there be quiet and no disorder For the court of the king is now in order. Well, what is the business of the day? Is there anyone here with taxes to pay there is one who has come your majesty? Who states she has great news well do tell her highness the Duchess of Rumpelstich of Magic spells and the bruise speak a witch of Rumpelstich What word have you heard that you bring to me if you listen oh king you're very soon see Well then speak and don't take a week What is it you have to say from a very busy man as busy as I can and I Haven't much time to play on the road which leads to this very fair land There are three travelers and very close at hand well Garden Zola the horse and Jonathan Thomas and mr. Man in the moon And you best take care lest you're caught on a wire or they'll be here very soon Why should travelers ever come here and if they did what have I to fear? You're not as wise as a king should be and for this service you should richly reward me What is this talk of travelers three? It doesn't make sense at all to me I'm telling you all this news Because they're coming to rescue Santa Claus. Oh Is that so? What do you know they better have a care? I'll change their tune. I'll stop them soon. It's amazing to me that they dare Sound the alarm call out the guard have soldiers around the palace courtyard Capture the fools as soon as they're near for I say there shall be no Christmas this year I'll post a reward of ten pounds five or whoever captures them dead or alive Oh mighty king You're wise even most anything and though they've broken through my spell They'll now learn a lesson and learn it well and now I try I'll keep my promise There'll be an end to Jonathan Thomas Swim down to swim down D. How very much this pleases me Well, I must confess I'm very vexed and I wonder what's going to happen next for Jonathan Thomas and the man in the moon Will arrive and squee bobble land and I think very soon and I'm as worried as worried as I can be But maybe you better go look and see if there's anything wrong as they travel along So in half a lamb shake we'll quickly take a look at the travelers three This is the way we go so the winds do go and all it may snow. This is the way we go So could be hot till we reach we bubble in But we're brave and brave and Santa will save we bubble in Why you girl racist the goodness Jonathan Thomas? We are almost there But we'll have to take a care. We don't get ourselves caught or by fiddle sticks We'll be in a fix or the squee bubbles are a terrible lot We get to the land of squee bubble mr. Man in the moon How will we rescue Santa cause if you please? It's a very good question that you ask I'll have to admit it'll be quite a task But we'll have to plan as best we can Do you think they got Santa Claus in jail? Of course they have I haven't a doubt It's as hard to get in as it is to get out Look Jonathan Thomas There are the walls of squee bubble land the end of our journey is close at hand He's got big walls around the city of squee bubble Wonder how we'll get through Well, yeah, I've been wondering the same thing too For good Now I don't know they're drums, but why are they pounding so? Well gracious sakes and heavenly day what a very silly thing to say You needn't worry or have any fear, but they don't know that we're even here I don't want to get caught by the wicked squee bubble. Of course you don't and neither do I say Those drums are getting louder. Oh me. Oh my Oh, they're getting louder than two times, too Maybe we better hide someplace so we find out what they are That's a very good thought and I think we ought we'd better go this way and Gracious to goodness and gee him any crickets Run for your life Jonathan Thomas. The squee bubble is becoming I'm do you see oh magic mirror on the wall My goodness, I was afraid of that For that wicked old witch usually gets her way But now what will we do for christmas day? It makes me so mad I could almost shout for how in the world will old santa get out And poor Jonathan thomas and the man in the moon they'd better escape and very soon But when they're put in jail and locked up so how can they do it? I'd like to know Oh my goodness. It's such a worry. I I wish I knew the rest of the story. Don't you? Well, we'll find out what's going to happen in the next story of jonathan thomas and his christmas on the moon So don't forget to listen will you I want


Hello and welcome to CMC Markets on Thursday the 23rd of November and this quick review of the week beginning the 27th of November. Before we get on to looking ahead to events for this particular week let's have a quick look back at the record highs once again new record highs that we've seen from US markets and also the consolidation that appears to be going on with respect to European markets particularly the DAX which still remains at some very interesting levels after the two successive weekly declines that we've seen in the middle of this month. Now it is finding a certain degree of support around about 12.875 and I think for me that's really the key level which will determine the next move in this particular index because at the moment it has appeared to be pressured by a slightly higher euro. I think a large part of that that fact that the euro's strengthening is because the dollar is under pressure pretty much across the board against a basket of currencies after the latest Fed minutes appeared to suggest that there are some on the FOMC who are becoming increasingly concerned about the prospect of additional rate hikes on top of the December one which still remains pretty much a done deal and I think the uncertainty surrounding the course of 2018 Fed rate rises I think revolves around the fact that ultimately we don't have any significant clarity on who's going to be on the voting committee in around about two or three months time that's simply because there are still four vacancies on the Fed board for the Fed governors and we don't know who's going to fill those vacancies but also I think the divisions that we're seeing with respect to inflation expectations could throw into doubt the anticipation that markets think that there will be two or three rate rises next year from the Federal Reserve I don't think we can assume anything at this point in time and I think that's really why the dollar is starting to come under a significant amount of pressure and in turn that's what is pushing the yen up, it's what's pushing the euro up and it's also to a certain extent pushing the pound up and that could act as a little bit of a weight on European equities in general so certainly going to be keeping an eye on 12,876 on the top side looking at these two peaks around just below 13,200 from the rebound that we've seen thus far this week from the lows that we saw on Monday. If we look at euro-dollar we can also see that that's at a very very key inflection point I'm particularly interested to see how it responds around about 1,880 which is the October highs we have broken back above the neckline of this head and shoulders reversal but we actually haven't taken out the right shoulder and until we do so I think there is a concern that we could start to drift back down again there's also the fact that the oscillator is still significantly overbought but that doesn't necessarily mean that we can't go higher a break of 1,910 and we're looking once again at the highs that we saw in September a similar story on the pound against the dollar looking at this particular chart here 130,133,40 area I think is a really key level for me on the cable 133,40,133,50 if we see the breakthrough there then we're looking at really 134.5 and then potentially again the September highs as we saw in the euro-dollar so that's really I think that you know the preview in terms of the currencies what are we going to be looking at for the key events later this week well first and foremost I think we can need I think we need look no further than the OPEC meeting that's due later in the week on the 30th of November there was an awful lot of anticipation this time last year as to whether or not OPEC members will be able to coalesce around production cuts there was an awful lot of skepticism that they will be able to do so nonetheless we can see from this Brent crude chart here that oil remains and has been in a significant uptrend since the lows that we saw in June and at the moment I think even if OPEC does disappoint with respect to extending those production cuts beyond March 2018 you know the support still remains quite a long way away we're looking at we're talking around about four or five dollars away a word of warning though we are starting to approach some very significant resistance levels on the top side and we can see that based if we based on this if we change it to the weekly chart now on the weekly chart we can see that we've broken above the 200 week moving average on Brent crude and that's the first time we've been anywhere near close to the 200 week moving average since the middle of 2014 so it's a significant level that we're trading at but before we get too bullish on this particular contract this Brent contract I would want to see confirmation of a similar break on WTI and if we look at the WTI chart we can see once again as in the case of Brent crude we're in a nice little uptrend what's slightly different about this is that even though we have broken higher on on that Keystone pipeline use the closing down of the Keystone pipeline because of an oil spillage what we haven't done and I think this is very important is we haven't broken above the 200 week moving average and I think what really needs to happen for us to suggest that we're going to see further gains in the oil price is we need to see a weekly close not only of the 200 week moving average on the Brent contract we also need to see on the WTI contract as well but that only really brings us back on the WTI contract to the peaks that we saw in 2015 so even if we do break above the 200 week moving average on WTI we've still got a significant area of resistance around about $61.80 and if we do get above $60 a barrel on WTI what does that mean for extra shale production will that trigger an excess of further production from US shale producers and serve to keep a cap on it but once again you can't go against the trend the trend is your friend in this case here so if we do get any dips back down then the likelihood is we're going to find a nice degree of support around about 54 and a half 55 dollars a barrel in crude oil prices also another thing to keep an eye out for later this week is UK bank stress tests and that's going to really shift the focus to Barclays Bank share price the Lloyds Bank share price the RBS share price now we can see with Barclays we have seen a significant rebound from the November lows but I think in terms of looking at these stress tests I think it's quite likely that they're going to be much more onerous there's going to be a much much greater focus on certain banks exposures to consumer credit so that's really going to show up potentially in Lloyds Bank's stress test results will they pass them because ultimately with the purchase of MB&A Lloyds is very very exposed to the UK consumer credit market as is Barclays through it's it's Barclay card operation so I think Barclays share price have a quick look at the share price here and we can see that at the moment we haven't closed this gap that we saw once we broke down from October here so I think any upside in Barclays share price is likely to be tempered around about 195-196 it is starting to look a little bit overbought doesn't mean that it can't go any higher but certainly in the context of these lows here and these highs here Barclays is probably punching towards the upper end of its recent range if we look at say for example RBS that's been the significant outperformer this year but it does appear to be starting to show signs of being a little bit tired on the on the top side now if we also look at the key support level on RBS the likelihood is that we could see RBS fail the stress test when it comes out on Tuesday it failed the stress test last year as well so it won't be the end of the world but certainly I don't think it's going to send a significant signal of confidence overall despite the fact that we have been trading nearly pretty much two to three year highs when it comes to RBS that would appear to suggest that it is at risk of a little bit of a correction back down to around about 260 if you also look at the Lloyds banking group share price as well again that's one of been it's been one of those particular share prices has not really done an awful lot since the Brexit referendum we can look at all this this daily chart here and we can see that the highs in May has come back an awful long way but again it's pretty uninteresting when it comes to the overall scheme of things so looking at Barclays looking at Lloyds and looking at RBS to look for any significant share price movement there we've also got third quarter US GDP the interim numbers there showed that the US economy grew 3% in the third quarter despite the impact of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma we should start to get a little bit more data from that period so there was a risk we could see a little bit of a downward revision to that we're also going to see additional PMI data from China Japan Europe and the US now the German and French PMIs that we saw this week were very very good I would expect that to be continued to be confirmed is very very strong numbers but ultimately manufacturing sector does appear to be doing very very well and we'll also be starting to sit when we'll also start to see November PMIs from the UK as well so I would expect to see them post some decent numbers as well so that's it for this week thanks very much for listening and Spike Houston talking to you from CMC Markets


which is a series I'm doing through December where I've wrapped up 25 books the most excited to read and 25 of the books I'm least excited to read and it's a risky business because what am I gonna unwrap? So in the first episode I'll leave a link to if you haven't watched it yet we were lucky we got one that I was most excited to read so can we continue the streak I'm aiming for all four I'm somehow lucky enough to get ones I'm all excited to read that's generally what I'm aiming for oh let's be realistic so we have to decide what to unwrap now and I don't know I'm feeling green today we unwrapped gold last time and I'd like a hardback there's three I'm looking at okay hold on let's get them all out and then we'll make our decision I would like for something that isn't mystery thriller because I've just read a lot for the Goodreads Awards video which I think will have just come out where I read the top ten mystery thrillers which of these was I more interested in this one but now I'm looking at it it looks really big so I would like maybe a fantasy or just something that isn't mystery thriller basically okay these are our three options that one looks really big I'm getting rid of that I think that one looks too small I'm gonna go for this one in the middle oh my god I'm nervous yeah okay let's just do it let's just do it let's just do it let's find out what it is I'm doing it oh my god you're a winner baby oh my god I am so this is like a dream come true I am so excited this is one of the I've been most excited to read this year it's Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour I love Nina LaCour and this is like a contemporary kind of romance literary fiction but I am so excited Megan to wrap up Neil baby yeah I know too much about this apart from it's about two main characters who have kind of been through difficult stuff in their lives and it's the kind of their story of love and them coming together and going apart I listen to a podcast where Nina LaCour spoke about this and it just sounded amazing and it's one of my most anticipated releases of the year that I still haven't got around to yet oh my god wrapped up the wrapped up gods like me okay let's go ahead and read this I am so excited a Christmas pajamas I just had a bath so apologies my face is a bit red but I have read of the first hundred pages of Yerba Buena this is such a quick read it is like because the font is massive I this is 300 pages in the Book of Month edition but I wonder how many pages the normal edition is because this font is huge so the plot of this is that we are following Sara and Emeline kind of in their two separate lives these two girls they haven't really crossed over much yet in the first hundred pages we've kind of been getting to know them each individually but we're kind of been getting to know the trauma that they both carry Sara I don't have much to say I think she kind of go into this blind but some horrific stuff happened to her and she fled home at the age of 16 and Emeline's sister is a drug addict and a lot of her trauma comes from kind of her sister's struggles throughout the years and her kind of proximity to that you know I look up the trigger warnings for this because there is quite a lot from the get-go um I'm I'm loving it I'm I'm in awe of this book already I I think I know what to say to you I cried 30 pages in I think that is a feat I think that is like in I don't remember the last time a book made me cry 30 pages into it I felt like I knew these characters the moment I met them you know when you like meet someone in real life and you feel like you know them straight away that's how I felt with these characters and I was just completely in love with them and attached to them from the get-go I can't remember the last time I I felt like that and although the book has been very much like it has very long chapters I reckon we've only had like three chapters and we spend like 30 or 40 pages with one of them following their story in great detail I'm not disliking that in fact I'm like I'm loving it I'm not being fun here who are you I love both of their stories so much and kind of getting to know them I mean we're only the beginning I mean I've read a hundred pages but like I say the font is massive so not much has happened yet and I just can't wait for when their paths fully convert like when there was a little hint where they kind of met each other for the first time but not much came of it and I went but I think for a book to make me cry is incredible like I just can't really get over it and you know Nina LaCour's writing is I don't describe it it's so quiet and and intimate and gentle like I don't know how to describe it as much as I love my like vivid prose in-depth storytelling books you know lyrical writing that kind of book I love a book like this where it's just like you feel like I don't know you're in the back of a coffee shop just before closing and you're intimate and it's it's oh I don't know how to describe it again like I love long books and detailed books I also love how Nina LaCour it feels like every word right is is perfectly placed I feel like I've said this about her before like every word is there for a reason every word is like held with so much care and respect and I just don't feel like I read many other books like that no word is wasted right every word is telling the story every word has this great deal of meaning I'm loving it so I'm probably gonna end up finishing this tomorrow because it's such a quick read like literally I'm gonna fly through it it does not take long to read at all and I'm already in awe and of you know this is her adult debut and I'm obsessed I'm obsessed I'm obsessed I mean what ratings have I given her other books I'm just trying to remember we are okay I gave like a four and watch over me I gave a five so she's not gonna qualify as a favourite author if this gets a five which I feel like it's going to I feel like we're up top loves me but yeah I'm obsessed I'm obsessed good morning so I have read a bit more of Yabba Buena but me and my family are about to pop out to a garden centre nearby that I've heard has got like a Christmas through the decades or Christmas through the ages display I don't want to expect but I want to go look at the decorations Christmas decorations so yeah we're gonna pop out there and I'll get back but I love doing stuff like this it makes me feel so Christmasy so let's go hey we're back the garden centre was very cute it wasn't quite what expected I expected the displays to be a bit more like I expected to be a walkthrough of Christmas decays it was like little corners of the garden centre had those kind of displays on it but it was still cool still gave me Christmas vibes more Christmas ornaments that's what's Christmas is about didn't it yeah and I have gotten 200 pages through Yabba Buena but whilst I was out my fair and noon arrived so I figured we could open this together I think this is November's box this just feels like Christmas once again this is more Christmas as opening fairly always makes me feel like it's Christmas because it's like a gift you know our theme oh look at that our theme is the witching hour oh my gosh look at that we have this mug I love their mugs look at the gold oh my gosh inspired by the characters of Kingdom of the Wicked that is gorgeous wow I love that okay what else we have a witchy spellbook pen if we'd focus there we go very cute oh what is this look how gorgeous this is oh this is like a book journal like a book review journal so you have like title notes rating how you read it the designs in there so gorgeous oh my god I might even use that I've never used like a physical book journal but that's very exciting and then not this oh a letter opener oh my god that's quite aggressive so it's like a letter opener I think this one is inspired by Serpent and Dove and what is the book oh I haven't heard of this the ones we burned by Rebecca Mix oh I haven't heard of this what is this about a standalone witchy epic fantasy with romance interesting I will leave fairly linked down below as always thank you so much for sending it to me listen it feels like Christmas when I get to open it okay right let's chat more about the other winner because this is such a short book I don't have that much more to say other than I'm still enjoying it I'm still loving it I think to call this you know a romance is very incorrect have I been calling it a romance I think I have it's very incorrect it's not really a romance it's more about these two characters stories and like you know you wanting them to come together the whole time and not knowing whether they will and I don't know it's a very unique kind of story it's not a love story but I would say it's like a story about love you know I keep reading this and I keep recognizing myself or things I've experienced or things my loved ones have experienced through stuff that's happening on the page and uh I don't know I think it's just like you know Lecore always manages I feel like to hold a light up in a mirror up to life and like the cycle of life and death and loving people and and feeling sad and going through horrible stuff and I don't even know like I don't know how to describe it but when I read her books I'm just they're gentle they're soft but I'm just overwhelmed by how accurate I think to human nature they are and I'm just still loving our characters I would say the characters other than our two main characters feel kind of transient and feel we don't get to know them very well and in other books that would be like something that would make me enjoy the book less but I feel like I know our two main characters so intimately and so well that like I don't mind that because we're kind of seeing the other characters in the book through their eyes and just the knowledge they get to know of them rather than sometimes read a book and like you'll know other characters better than the main character does you know we only are privy to the knowledge and the information that our main characters learn does that make sense even though it's not written in first person we're kind of like holding their hand through the story and so yeah I just think it's really unique I'm loving it loving the reading experience I can't think of you know anything that has really made me feel this way but I adore it so I am literally just gonna go sit down over there and finish the book and I will chat to you in probably about half an hour 40 minutes because only 90 pages left yeah I'm gonna go ahead and uh and finish it and see if it ends up being a five-star which I think it will I finished Yabbruna and I'm giving it five stars I loved it we did it we did it Jill I think this is such a special book honestly I recognize it's not going to be for everyone because it doesn't follow like a normal narrative structure it feels throughout somewhat unresolved I feel like if you read me in the middle corner you kind of know what to expect you're kind of just following these characters through parts of their life and you're just like lucky to be there with them kind of following through them through these parts of their life and it does feel unresolved but like I don't care I don't care I loved it I think the assumptions that I gave to your 100 pages in have kind of just stayed the same throughout the whole book but it's beautiful it's heartbreaking it's gentle quiet intimate like all of those things like I said before still stand I feel like I've kind of got nothing to say to you other than that it was so sad but I feel like we knew that 100 pages in I'm so rubbish at talking about books I loved I feel like sometimes like I have so much less to say and I just want the book to speak for itself whereas when I just like a book I'm like right let me tell you about this book you know I feel like the dialogue in this book is more realistic to real life where people will kind of say half of what they want to say or say half of the truth and it's all about I mean I'm gonna cry it's all about just wanting to be loved and wanting to love in return and wanting to feel safe and wanting to know yourself and just like humanity I just it's so good I kind of knew that I was gonna love this I mean Nina Korwa just does something special to me I'm like Nina give me another book right now please look I'm ready um to be put through all this again I don't know I loved it I don't have anything else to say to you it's very short you'll read it in like two hours or something like that and it was a very special book and I'm so glad that I finally got around to reading it thank you wrapped up so listen so far in the first two episodes of wrapped up we've had a book that might be in my worst books the year and a book that might be in my best books the year I'm not sure if either will quite make it onto those lists but they're in contention so it's definitely been a wild ride and a wild adventure so far so I hope you're enjoying it make sure you subscribe ring the bell so you don't miss any more episodes I'm loving it I'm very excited I'm gonna find out this evening when I'm reading in the next episode and I just can't wait I want to unwrap it now but I need to finish editing this video first yeah thank you so much for watching I love you if you got to the end per a flower or drink kind of alcoholic drink because um how they need is I didn't even mention this to you but one of them is a florist and one of them is a bartender so yeah comment a flower or drink of choice emoji down below but thank you guys so much for watching go pick up the other one I'm interested and I'll see you very soon in another video bye