Wall Street’s Playing Games

[The Bleeding Edge]( Wall Street’s Playing Games By Colin Tedards, Editor, The Bleeding Edge In season two of HBO’s Deadwood – set in 1870s Deadwood, SD – the mining magnate George Hearst comes to town. Hearst takes an interest in the gold-rich territory surrounding the town. The only problem is that many of the claims have already been secured by local prospectors. So, he does something simple. Hearst spreads rumors that the United States government is coming to Deadwood to invalidate all the gold claims. The townsfolk trip over themselves to sell their claims for pennies on the dollar. And Hearst is right there to snap them all up. I couldn’t help but think of the show the other day… Last week, Morgan Stanley rang the alarm, declaring that Nvidia was in the final stages of an AI bubble. The dramatic statement sent shares tumbling 10%. Yesterday, Morgan Stanley turned the tables. Announcing that the sell-off had crafted a moment to buy into Nvidia's shares. Recommended Link [The No. 1 AI Stock of 2023 (Not Nvidia)]( [image]( It’s not Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, or Amazon. But thanks to a recent major deal, an under-the-radar stock could become the No. 1 winner of the 2023 AI boom. “This company just teamed up with one of the biggest power players in the AI industry… yet you can still buy it for just one-twelfth the price of Nvidia – the time to buy is NOW,” says Marc Chaikin. [Click here for the name and ticker.]( -- And like clockwork, Nvidia shares shot up 7% in one day. This is not a coincidence… It's a well-rehearsed performance. It's a strategy that has become all too familiar among the titans of Wall Street. They use words loaded with fear and panic, such as "bubble" and "crash." And what they never reveal is that they have a financial interest in stirring up uncertainty. In March 2020, Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, went on CNBC and said “hell is coming.” What Ackman never revealed was that his firm had placed substantial positions against the market just before. His hedge fund made $2.6 billion off a market crash it helped foment… and then used those profits to buy shares in companies like Marriott near their lows. Hedge funds and investment bankers choose their words carefully to seize headlines and drive the narrative they want you to believe. So how does the average investor navigate this maze of manufactured headlines and stories? Recommended Link [WARNING: Take these 3 steps now before the “Biden Shock”]( [image]( Just a few days from now, President Biden could go on national TV and shock the nation, just like President Nixon did in 1971. That’s when Nixon went on live TV and took the dollar off the gold standard... Triggering an 87% collapse in the value of the U.S. dollar. Just a few days from now, President Biden could do something similar. [Click here for three critical steps to take immediately or risk losing it all.]( -- Recognizing an Undeniable Trend Understanding the market means going beyond the headlines. That’s what my team and I do at Brownstone Research. We dive into the details… listen in on dozens of earnings calls every quarter… scour balance sheets…analyze supply chains… and read white papers on the underlying tech. To bankers and hedge funds, AI is just the latest market fad. They’ll spin the narrative from one month to the next to make people think AI is the greatest threat to mankind. Or its ultimate savior. And they’ll use those lows and highs in the market to build a position and then sell it off for a profit. That’s not my game. I’m in this for the long haul. I want to find a trend so powerful that people will be able to retire off their profits. Or buy their dream vacation home. Or put their kids through college. And the best way I know to do that is to find an undeniable trend and stick with it, headlines be damned. I’ve spilled a lot of ink in these pages on why I believe AI is an undeniable trend. Today, I’ll leave you with just one more piece of evidence out of Washington. Recommended Link [Easy IRS “Tax Loophole” Anyone Can Use (Page 1,794)]( [image]( BlackRock, Vanguard, Citadel, Ray Dalio, and George Soros... Along with over 1,400 institutional investors collected over $17 billion in payouts from a unique investment I call: “Amazon’s secret royalty program...” And, according to our research, they’re set to collect as much as $3.2 billion in payouts this year alone... It’s all thanks to [a ‘wrinkle’ in the U.S. tax code]( (buried on page 1,794, in section 561)... In fact, some regular Americans are already collecting as much as $30,000 in payouts from “royalty programs” just like this...* If you’re looking to collect predictable cash payouts like clockwork... This is it. [Click Here for the Full Story (“Amazon Loophole” Revealed Inside)]( *Verified reviews. Past performance does not guarantee future results. -- When Politicians Act Top tech companies in China ordered $5 billion worth of Nvidia GPUs last week. Sanctions are already in place to prevent China from buying Nvidia’s high-end AI chips. For national security reasons, the nation has to settle for versions that are “dumbed down.” China’s worried that it won’t even be able to get these inferior chips for much longer. That’s because President Biden has threatened to tighten the screws, banning even the modified Nvidia chips from entering China. President Biden is a career politician. He isn’t known for quick, decisive action. Top military and political advisors must’ve recognized the threat AI poses in the wrong hands and urged him to act. The White House already banned the strongest AI chip from entering mainland China. And it’s not just the chips. It’s the equipment and people capable of making copycat chips. This move was executed in October of last year. That was nearly two months before ChatGPT even made its public debut. It might just be the swiftest Joe Biden has moved on an issue since taking the oath of office. Let me ask you this. Would China be scrambling to buy Nvidia chips that aren’t even the most powerful on the market if AI was just some market fad? Would Joe Biden ban the sale of semiconductors if it was simply the latest tech-inspired bubble? I don’t think so. The AI we’re seeing today is incredibly powerful. It has the potential to reshape our lives in ways we can hardly imagine. Wall Street doesn’t care about that. It just wants to bat around the narrative to its advantage. Meanwhile, millions of regular folks lose money trying to chase the headlines. But that doesn’t mean we have to play Wall Street’s games. By taking the long view, we can add stocks in an undeniable trend during moments of weakness. With diligence, knowledge, and a touch of skepticism, we can forge our own path. Let's not be mere spectators. Let’s be winners. Regards, Colin Tedards Editor, The Bleeding Edge --------------------------------------------------------------- Like what you’re reading? Send your thoughts to feedback@brownstoneresearch.com. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… [Reverse ‘money machines’ popping up across America]( Machines like the ones in the picture below are popping up all across America. If you’ve been to a concert venue, stadium, or airport, you’ve almost certainly walked by one without knowing. The experts are calling it a ‘Reverse ATM’. They’ve been installed at places like Citizen’s Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia… They’ve even been used at the Super Bowl. Why are these machines suddenly appearing out of nowhere? And what does it mean for your money? We’ve recently arranged an interview with former Goldman Sachs managing director, Dr. Nomi Prins, to get her take. There’s nobody in America who’s more aware of the inner workings of the banking system. In the interview, [Dr. Prins explained these strange ‘reverse ATMs.’]( And she said she expects them to play a key role this Summer as our nation’s financial system is overhauled for the first time since 1971. According to her research, many Americans will be blindsided by what’s to come. BUT, folks who understand the ‘Reverse ATM’ phenomenon before it becomes obvious to the average American could actually profit in the weeks ahead. To help folks prepare, she’s recorded a briefing that explains exactly what she sees coming, how it will play out, and how much time you have to prepare. [Click here now to see Dr. Prins’ free presentation.]( [image]( [Brownstone Research]( Brownstone Research 55 NE 5th Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33483 [www.brownstoneresearch.com]( To ensure our emails continue reaching your inbox, please [add our email address]( to your address book. 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