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https://www.fa-mag.com/news/finra-bars-ex-edward-jones-broker-linked-to-alleged-pot-ponzi-scheme-75800.html Their investments went up in smoke.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/blackrock-updates-spot-bitcoin-etf-proposal-allow-cash-redemptions-2023-12-19/?source=pmbug.com

Wordle 913 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 694 5️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 694 4️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣9️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ClickWord.org Daily 318: 444 points (top 40% 👏) 11 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟧🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 108 points 🔥 Streak: 2 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily318 I crashed and burned on ClickWord trying to complete some max value crosses with the 2x tiles. Oh well!

FWIW, Fed members are trying to walk back JPows comments and temper markets. If that doesn't work, expect more hawkish rhetoric to follow. https://wolfstreet.com/2023/12/18/fed-members-fan-out-to-step-out-raging-rate-cut-fires/

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/12/18/bitcoin-etf-ad-war-officially-underway-with-bitwise-campaign/

Oh snap... I confused the starter word from Sequence Quordle for the Wordle when I was looking at your wordle results. I could not think of any word that fit the pattern. Turns out I was applying your pattern to the wrong word. D'oh!

I'm very curious what your second guess was. ~~~ Wordle 912 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Stumbling around in the dark.... Daily Quordle 693 8️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 693 5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NW (1st) word in sequence bamboozled me this morning Weekly Quordle Challenge 26 7️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ClickWord.org Daily 317: 813 points (top 1% 🚀) 10 words: ⚛️⚛️⚛️🟪🟥🟥🟥🟥🟧🟩 💪 Best word: 278 points 🔥 Streak: 1 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily317

Are you suggesting a wine and cheese pairing?

Rickards: https://dailyreckoning.com/rickards-five-2024-forecasts/

* Veni

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/12/as-foundation-for-excited-delirium-testimony-by-police-cracks-fallout-spreads.html

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/empty-bottles-alleged-mastermind-of-100-million-wine-fraud-extradited-to-u-s-ce7c8b20?mod=mw_rss_topstories Stephen Burton's motto is (allegedly): "I will sell fine wine that is not mine."

Current market cap for Bitcoin is ~$800B. You can see from interactive chart here (set to 1yr and toggle between market cap and price): https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/ that BTC price has a strong correlation with market cap. One month ago, on November 17, BTC market cap was $715B and price was $36.6K. Today, market cap is $820B ($100B increase) and price is $41.6K.

The prices were close to spot when I checked. Factor in the costco membership cash back and CC rewards on top (Costco doesn't charge extra for CC purchases) and it was a good deal.

Costco only sold the Pamp 1toz ingots via the website here in the USA and they would always sell out within an hour of the bars being available (the one time I tried, they sold out in less than 5 minutes). They limited sales to 2 bars per Costco membership account. The $100m sales figure is just for 3 months.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-cattlemen-accused-of-running-191-million-beef-ponzi-scheme-7e745df5?mod=mw_rss_topstories

https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-12-15/Costco-sold-100-million-in-one-ounce-gold-bars-in-Q3.html

NY Fed's John Williams appeared on CNBC and said the Fed is not looking at rate cuts any time soon and it's too soon to be talking about it. Markets reacted to "JPow pivot" being undone.

Wordle 909 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 690 5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 690 6️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣9️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ClickWord.org Daily 314: 701 points (top 5% 🏆) 10 words: ⚛️⚛️⚛️🟪🟪🟥🟧🟧🟨🟨 💪 Best word: 256 points 🔥 Streak: 5 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily314

Context: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/section-702-needs-reform-and-oversight-not-expansion-congress-should-oppose-hpsci?source=pmbug.com News:

Looks like he was quite active in the Israel-Hamas thread on October 9 and then just disappeared.

Fed plans to continue shrinking it's balance sheet (QT) even while cutting rates: https://wolfstreet.com/2023/12/13/what-powell-said-about-continuing-qt-amid-rate-cuts-rrps-going-to-zero-and-reserves-dropping-to-a-magic-line-in-the-sand/ Sounds like they can only shrink so far though.

Wordle 908 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Missed it (on guess #3) by that much! Daily Quordle 689 7️⃣8️⃣ 5️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Guess #6 was another coin toss miss Daily Sequence Quordle 689 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ClickWord.org Daily 313: 623 points (top 5% 🏆) 11 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟥🟥🟥🟥🟧🟨🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 320 points 🔥 Streak: 4 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily313

JPow says: We're cautiously optimistic. Markets think JPow says: