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Angel investors in entertainment are pretty common these days. Let’s be honest, who doesn’t like some good old entertainment and angel investors are no different from the rest of us. Except for the fact that they are quite unimaginably wealthy! They too have their tastes in music and if one can get hold of their patronage, then there is no limit to how high their company will fly!Investment NeedsIf you are starting an entertainment business of your own, you will definitely need funding because the entertainment business is a business which has a great many requirements:A great office – appearances matter a great deal in the entertainment business and we all know that.
A capable task force – PR is the byword of the entertainment industry.
Good sound system – preferably Bose, and we all know how expensive that can be.
Great food – one must woo all potential clients and investors well.And a host of other needs, depending on which branch of entertainment you decide to venture into. Quite frankly, setting up an entertainment business requires more capital than setting up businesses of any other kind and angel investors in entertainment are very necessary.Wanted: Angel!So where do you find angel investors in entertainment? Where can you look? After all nothing comes easy in this world and neither will funding for your business. The best way to look for angel investors is through networking. Ask around, set all your personal contacts on the lookout for investors for your business, you never know where you may happen across an investor.Ask people if they are acquainted with anyone who they know will be willing to invest in your business. If you don’t have any luck in looking for an investor in this manner, what you need to do is visit your local chamber of commerce, job seekers, service providers or even advisory boards.You can build new contacts in this way and you’ll be able to find your angel investor soon enough. If you’re lucky, you might come across large groups of investors who will be willing to put in a whole lot of capital into your business.An angel investor is someone who does not require a high return on their investment. They have lower rates of interest and one is allowed the freedom to return their money over a longer period of time. This is probably why they are called angel investors.Nowadays the challenge does not lie in merely seeking out investors in entertainment. Nowadays, what a resourceful entrepreneur will do is look for investors in their area who will provide a high investment amount and also a large and expansive list of contacts along with advice which only comes from many years of being in the industry.That is what the business of entertainment is all about these days, after all the competition, especially in this field is getting stiffer and stiffer. Finding angel investors in entertainment may just be the step that will take your business to the next level.

Speaking before the United Nations last Wednesday, President Biden referred to the Ukraine War as brutal and senseless. More than a few investors might have thought he was referring to the stock market, which has seen its worst performance in years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down more than 15% this year, with the S&p 500, with the tech-heavy NASDAQ down nearly 25%. And if he was referring to this kind of performance as Brutal, it’s entirely appropriate. But senseless, I’m not so sure.

Oh, sure, most of the financial press has focused on the latest move by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. But higher rates are not the only reason for this economic swoon. Because there seems to be ample reason for the market’s decline, and it’s not all about interest rates.

What’s powering this growing bear market is the increasing threat of Global War. Day by day, we see escalation, in word and deed, by both the United States and Russia. To prevent War, someone must take a step back. Yet neither leader, Putin or Biden, seems willing to back down. It’s getting personal. And that’s a terrible thing.

That’s personal, and it’s in your face. When was the last time a United States President called for the removal of a leader of a significant power? That is just what President Biden did in March when he said: “For God’s sake, this man [Putin] cannot remain in power.”

When Russia began its “Special Military Operation” (SMO), its objective was limited to defending ethnic Russians in Ukraine and defeating the Nazi portions of the Ukraine Military (Azov Regiment). This week, Vladimir Putin called for the partial mobilization of 300,000 additional troops to support the battle.

More Escalation.

President Zelenskyy is imploring the US to supply long-range missiles to strike targets within Russia. Providing these missiles has ignited a debate between White House hard-liners and the Pentagon. Some in the White House encouraged the President to deliver the rockets and thereby open up the borders of the War to threaten the Russian Homeland. To date, Biden has resisted this kind of escalation. However, it is conceivable that he will eventually consent to the hawks in the State Department.

It is these missiles, specifically, that Putin referred to in his speech last Wednesday. He was concerned that the US and NATO would move these long-range missiles directly up to the Ukraine-Russian border. And from that position, Russia would have little or no defense. It would be a direct danger to the Russian Homeland.

At that point, the President of the country with the World’s largest nuclear arsenal made the following statement:

In the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country and to defend Russia and our people, we will certainly make use of all weapon systems available to us. This is not a bluff.

A decision to provide Ukraine with these missiles would be catastrophic. One hopes that President Biden was listening. A lot now rides on his shoulders.

You can bet that the Pentagon is monitoring this situation closely. Speaking on Friday, after Putin’s speech, Navy Rear Admiral Charles A. Richards, the US Strategic Command Chief, noted that we are currently in a situation that we haven’t faced in 30 years: “an armed conflict from a nuclear-capable peer.” As Richards said, the implications of all this are “profound.”

Indeed, it has been a long time since the US was in a position of direct nuclear confrontation. One such conflict happened in 1962. It was the Cuban Missile Crisis. Then the players were on opposite sides. But the circumstances are eerily similar to those today.

Back then, it was the Soviet Union who threatened to place offensive missiles on our doorstep. Premier Khrushchev planned to locate missiles in Cuba. They would be just minutes from possibly striking targets deep within the US Mainland. Under President Kennedy, America reacted to this grave threat in the most assertive possible manner. Kennedy broadcast his resolve to meet this Russian aggression. In a speech televised to the nation and around the World, Kennedy said:

“It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.”

The speech was very reminiscent of what Putin said last week.

In 1962 it was Khrushchev who stepped back. He showed that he was big enough to de-escalate. The Soviets removed the missiles from Cuba. And in the 60 years since, though, there has been continued conflict and strife among nations. At least we have not faced a direct nuclear confrontation.

Today fate has presented to President Biden the same choice that the old Soviet leader faced. He can step back and withdraw the threat of missiles on our adversary’s border. Or he can listen to the more contentious factors within his regimen and place a direct threat on Russia’s doorstep.

The peace of the World hangs on his decision.

The Windsors

In the early 1700’s Queen Anne of the Stuart royal family died. Her nearest Protestant relative was chosen to succeed her. He was George I of Hanover (a German province). George I could barely speak English. The Hanover line continued to be the royalty of England through George III (the infamous King during the American Revolution) and later Queen Victoria of the 1800’s.

Queen Victoria married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Goltha, a German royal line. He is known for introducing the Christmas tree in England. Until his time the Christmas tree in England was not widely used although it was a tradition in Germany.

Upon the death of Queen Victoria, her son Edward VII became King. He used the title of Saxe-Coburg and Goltha because it belonged to his father, Prince Albert. During World War I, there was naturally a great deal of anti-German sentiment in England. Consequently, Edward changed the title of the English royalty from Saxe-Coburg and Goltha to Windsor (the name of the oldest occupied castle in the world). The Windsor line continues today with Charles III.

In 1947 Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II after 1952), Charles’s mother, married Prince Philip who was born into Greek and Danish royalty. Shortly before he married Elizabeth; Philip gave up his Greek and Danish titles, became a British citizen, and adopted the last name of Mountbatten. The name goes back to his maternal grandfather, Prince Louis of Battenberg. Battenberg, by the way, is another German province. Prince Louis was born in Austria but became a British citizen, enrolled in the Royal Navy, and married Queen Victoria’s granddaughter. At the time of World War I, he was the British Sea Lord (head of the Royal Navy). Because of anti-German sentiment; he decided to resign as Sea Lord, give up his German titles, and adopt the name of Mountbatten.

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I received a bachelors degree in 1967 and a masters degree in 1971 from Western Kentucky University. I taught school for 44 years. One year was spent at Fordsville High School, 17 at Ohio County High School, and 26 at Trinity High School in Whitesville. The subjects I taught were government, history, and English. At Trinity I also served as coach, athletic director, and dean of students. I fancy myself a fairly good writer, and my main interests are sports and politics.

Kwame Nkrumah is by no doubt the most outstanding and visionary leader Ghana has ever had. He was a great THINKER and politician who laid the foundation for the socio-economic development of Ghana.

Kwame Nkrumah and others saw the need for political independence and fought nobly leading to our independence from the British. He strongly believes in the spirit, personality and capabilities of black men. In his independence day speech he said and I quote ,”That new African is ready to fight his own battles and show that after all,the black man is capable of managing his own affair”.

Kwame Nkrumah established many industries and companies in the country that were fetching Ghana huge sums of money. To him he saw the independence as the time to reshape the destiny and identity of Africa but to others they misconstrued the true meaning of the independence as the time to amass wealth for themselves. Kwame Nkrumah positioned Ghana to her path of becoming self-reliant and build a robust economy.

Kwame Nkrumah’s government was overthrown in a coup d’état while he was on state visit to North Vietnam and China. His dreams and visions he had for Ghana and beyond were shattered.

The successive governments that came after Nkrumah were not able to manage the industries and companies established by Nkrumah and some were sold and abandoned.This act has affected Ghana’s economy badly and also have contributed greatly to the economic crisis we are in now.

In this article I coined the term Nkrumah Effect and named after the first president of Ghana,Osagyefo Dr.Kwame Nkrumah.

Nkrumah Effect is defined in politics as when government in power abandons developmental projects that were started by past governments. This effect is a dirty political game played mostly the politicians in Africa usually African countries who lack clear national common agenda.

Billions of dollars that have been spent in some developmental projects and are being abandoned. This regards the development of a country. If these abandoned projects are brought back to life, they can fetch the country huge sums of money and there won’t be need to go to IMF for loan to sustain our economy.

This act of Nkrumah Effect happening in our country is a threat to the quest for Ghana Beyond Aid and achieving a sustainable development as a country. We shall forever remain where we are as a country if Nkrumah Effect continues to happen in our country.

Summary
SPDN is not the largest or oldest way to short the S&P 500, but it’s a solid choice.
This ETF uses a variety of financial instruments to target a return opposite that of the S&P 500 Index.
SPDN’s 0.49% Expense Ratio is nearly half that of the larger, longer-tenured -1x Inverse S&P 500 ETF.
Details aside, the potential continuation of the equity bear market makes single-inverse ETFs an investment segment investor should be familiar with.
We rate SPDN a Strong Buy because we believe the risks of a continued bear market greatly outweigh the possibility of a quick return to a bull market.
Put a gear stick into R position, (Reverse).
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By Rob Isbitts

Summary
The S&P 500 is in a bear market, and we don’t see a quick-fix. Many investors assume the only way to navigate a potentially long-term bear market is to hide in cash, day-trade or “just hang in there” while the bear takes their retirement nest egg.

The Direxion Daily S&P 500® Bear 1X ETF (NYSEARCA:SPDN) is one of a class of single-inverse ETFs that allow investors to profit from down moves in the stock market.

SPDN is an unleveraged, liquid, low-cost way to either try to hedge an equity portfolio, profit from a decline in the S&P 500, or both. We rate it a Strong Buy, given our concern about the intermediate-term outlook for the global equity market.

Strategy
SPDN keeps it simple. If the S&P 500 goes up by X%, it should go down by X%. The opposite is also expected.

Proprietary ETF Grades
Offense/Defense: Defense

Segment: Inverse Equity

Sub-Segment: Inverse S&P 500

Correlation (vs. S&P 500): Very High (inverse)

Expected Volatility (vs. S&P 500): Similar (but opposite)

Holding Analysis
SPDN does not rely on shorting individual stocks in the S&P 500. Instead, the managers typically use a combination of futures, swaps and other derivative instruments to create a portfolio that consistently aims to deliver the opposite of what the S&P 500 does.

Strengths
SPDN is a fairly “no-frills” way to do what many investors probably wished they could do during the first 9 months of 2022 and in past bear markets: find something that goes up when the “market” goes down. After all, bonds are not the answer they used to be, commodities like gold have, shall we say, lost their luster. And moving to cash creates the issue of making two correct timing decisions, when to get in and when to get out. SPDN and its single-inverse ETF brethren offer a liquid tool to use in a variety of ways, depending on what a particular investor wants to achieve.

Weaknesses
The weakness of any inverse ETF is that it does the opposite of what the market does, when the market goes up. So, even in bear markets when the broader market trend is down, sharp bear market rallies (or any rallies for that matter) in the S&P 500 will cause SPDN to drop as much as the market goes up.

Opportunities
While inverse ETFs have a reputation in some circles as nothing more than day-trading vehicles, our own experience with them is, pardon the pun, exactly the opposite! We encourage investors to try to better-understand single inverse ETFs like SPDN. While traders tend to gravitate to leveraged inverse ETFs (which actually are day-trading tools), we believe that in an extended bear market, SPDN and its ilk could be a game-saver for many portfolios.

Threats
SPDN and most other single inverse ETFs are vulnerable to a sustained rise in the price of the index it aims to deliver the inverse of. But that threat of loss in a rising market means that when an investor considers SPDN, they should also have a game plan for how and when they will deploy this unique portfolio weapon.

Proprietary Technical Ratings
Short-Term Rating (next 3 months): Strong Buy

Long-Term Rating (next 12 months): Buy

Conclusions
ETF Quality Opinion
SPDN does what it aims to do, and has done so for over 6 years now. For a while, it was largely-ignored, given the existence of a similar ETF that has been around much longer. But the more tenured SPDN has become, the more attractive it looks as an alternative.

ETF Investment Opinion

SPDN is rated Strong Buy because the S&P 500 continues to look as vulnerable to further decline. And, while the market bottomed in mid-June, rallied, then waffled since that time, our proprietary macro market indicators all point to much greater risk of a major decline from this level than a fast return to bull market glory. Thus, SPDN is at best a way to exploit and attack the bear, and at worst a hedge on an otherwise equity-laden portfolio.

Your stocks to watch for the week ahead are Cheniere Energy (LNG), S&P 500 biotech giant Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Cardinal Health (CAH), Steel Dynamics (STLD) and Genuine Parts (GPC).

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While the market remains in correction, with analysts and investors wary of an economic downturn, these five stocks are worth adding to watchlists. S&P 500 medical giants Vertex and Cardinal Health have been holding up, as health-care related plays tend to do well in down markets.

Steel Dynamics and Genuine Parts are both coming off strong earnings as both the steel and auto parts industries report optimistic outlooks. Meanwhile, Cheniere Energy saw sales boom in the second quarter as demand in Europe for natural gas continues to grow.

Major indexes have been making rally attempts with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 testing weekly support on Friday. With market uncertainty, investors should be ready for follow-through day breakouts and keep an eye on these stocks.

Cheniere Energy, Cardinal Health and VRTX stock are all on IBD Leaderboard.

Cheniere Energy Stock
LNG shares rose 1.1% to 175.79 during Friday’s market trading. On the week, the stock advanced 3.1%, not from highs, bouncing from its 21-day and 10-week lines earlier in the week.

Cheniere Energy has been consolidating since mid-September, but needs another week to forge a proper base, with a potential 182.72 buy point formed on Aug. 10.

Houston-based Cheniere Energy was IBD Stock Of The Day on Thursday, as the largest U.S. producer of liquefied natural gas eyes strong demand in Europe.

Even though natural gas prices are plunging in the U.S. and Europe, investors still see strong LNG demand for Cheniere and others.

The U.K. government confirmed last week that it is in talks for an LNG purchase agreement with a number of companies, including Cheniere.

In the first half of 2021, less than 40% of Cheniere’s cargoes of LNG landed in Europe. That jumped to more than 70% through this year’s second quarter, even as the company ramped up new export capacity. The urgency of Europe’s natural gas shortage only intensified last month. That is when an explosion disabled the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia that had once supplied 40% of the European Union’s natural gas.

In Q2, sales increased 165% to $8 billion and LNG earned $2.90 per share, up from a net loss of $1.30 per share in Q2 2021. The company will report Q3 earnings Nov. 3, with investors seeing booming profits for the next few quarters.

Cheniere Energy has a Composite Rating of 84. It has a 98 Relative Strength Rating, an exclusive IBD Stock Checkup gauge for share price movement with a 1 to 99 score. The rating shows how a stock’s performance over the last 52 weeks holds up against all the other stocks in IBD’s database. The EPS rating is 41.

Vertex Stock
VRTX stock jumped 3.4% to 300 on Friday, rebounding from a test of its 50-day moving average. Shares climbed 2.2% for the week. Vertex stock has formed a tight flat base with an official buy point of 306.05, according to MarketSmith analysis.

The stock has remained consistent over recent weeks, while the relative strength line has trended higher. The RS line tracks a stock’s performance vs. the S&P 500 index.

Vertex Q3 earnings are on due Oct. 27. Analysts see EPS edging up 1% to $3.61 per share with sales increasing 16% to $2.2 billion, according to FactSet.

The Boston-based global biotech company dominates the cystic fibrosis treatment market. Vertex also has other products in late-stage clinical development that target sickle cell disease, Type 1 diabetes and certain genetically caused kidney diseases. That includes a gene-editing partnership with Crispr Therapeutics (CRSP).

In early August, Vertex reported better-than-expected second-quarter results and raised full-year sales targets.

S&P 500 stock Vertex ranks second in the Medical-Biomed/Biotech industry group. VRTX has a 99 Composite Rating. Its Relative Strength Rating is 94 and its EPS Rating is 99.

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Cardinal Health Stock
CAH stock advanced 3.2% to 73.03 Friday, clearing a 71.22 buy point from a shallow cup-with-handle base and hitting a record high. But volume was light on the breakout. CAH stock leapt 7.3% for the week.

Cardinal Health stock’s relative strength line has also been trending up for months.

The cup-with-handle base is part of a base-on-base pattern, forming just above a cup base cleared on Aug. 11.

Cardinal Health, based in Dublin, Ohio, offers a wide assortment of health care services and medical supplies to hospitals, labs, pharmacies and long-term care facilities. The company reports that it serves around 90% of hospitals and 60,000 pharmacies in the U.S.

S&P 500 stock Cardinal Health will report Q1 2023 earnings on Nov. 4. Analysts forecast earnings falling 26% to 96 cents per share. Sales are expected to increase 10% to $48.3 billion, according to FactSet.

Cardinal Health stock ranks first in the Medical-Wholesale Drug/Supplies industry group, ahead of McKesson (MCK), which is also showing positive action. CAH stock has a 94 Composite Rating out of 99. It has a 97 Relative Strength Rating and an EPS rating of 73.

Steel Dynamics Stock
STLD shares shot up 8.5% to 92.92 on Friday and soared 19% on the week, coming off a Steel Dynamics earnings beat Wednesday night.

Shares blasted above an 88.72 consolidation buy point Friday after clearing a trendline Thursday. STLD stock is 17% above its 50-day line, definitely extended from that key average.

Steel Dynamics’ latest consolidation could be seen as part of a larger base going back six months.

Steel Dynamics topped Q3 earnings views with EPS rising 10% to $5.46 while revenue grew 11% to $5.65 billion. The steel producer’s outlook is optimistic despite weaker flat rolled steel pricing. STLD reports its order activity and backlogs remain solid.

The Fort Wayne, Indiana-based company is among the largest producers of carbon steel products in the U.S. It engages in metal recycling operations along with steel fabrication and produces myriad steel products.

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STLD stock ranks first in the Steel-Producers industry group. STLD stock has a 96 Composite Rating out of 99. It has a 90 Relative Strength Rating, an exclusive IBD Stock Checkup gauge for share-price movement that tops at 99. The rating shows how a stock’s performance over the last 52 weeks holds up against all the other stocks in IBD’s database. The EPS rating is 98.

Genuine Parts Stock
GPC stock gained 2.8% to 162.35 Friday after the company topped earnings views with its Q3 results on Thursday. For the week GPC advanced 5.1% as the stock held its 50-day line and is in a flat base.

GPC has an official 165.09 flat-base buy point after a three-week rally, according to MarketSmith analysis.

The relative strength line for Genuine Parts stock has rallied sharply to highs over the past several months.

On Thursday, the Atlanta-based auto parts company raised its full-year guidance on growth across its automotive and industrial sales.

Genuine Parts earnings per share advanced 19% to $2.23 and revenue grew 18% to $5.675 billion in Q3. GPC’s full-year guidance is now calling for EPS of $8.05-$8.15, up from $7.80-$7.95. The company now forecasts revenue growth of 15%-16%, up from the earlier 12%-14%.

During the Covid pandemic, supply chain constraints caused a major upheaval in the auto industry, sending prices for new and used cars to record levels. This has made consumers more likely to hang on to their existing vehicles for longer, driving mileage higher and boosting demand for auto replacement parts.

Fellow auto stocks O’Reilly Auto Parts (ORLY) and AutoZone (AZO) have also rallied near buy points amid the struggling market. O’Reilly reports on Oct. 26.

IBD ranks Genuine Parts first in the Retail/Wholesale-Auto Parts industry group. GPC stock has a 96 Composite Rating. Its Relative Strength Rating is 94 and it has an EPS Rating of 89.