Its Monday…

Dear Winner,

Welcome back. Let opening this email be one of the many good choices you make this week. I hope your weekend was packed full of life.

Take a minute to prime yourself for the week ahead. Action packed week, so stay after it and I will see you at the top of the mountain.

Cheers,

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Last Week ✅

The recap, so you can go hard on the weekend and be caught up on Monday:

• Bernard Arnault passes Elon for richest man alive 💰💶

• Barstool “in talks” with DraftKings for massive sports betting deal🎰

• End of year VIX futures jump due to the 2024 election📝

• 3 American soldiers killed in drone strike near the Syrian border 📰

• Superbowl 58 will be Chiefs vs 49’ers (sorry Lions fans) 🏈

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This week 🎯

This week is packed, so get the scoop on what is relevant below:

• Tuesday - Microsoft, Google, AMD, and Starbucks earnings 📰

• Wednesday - Boeing earnings🫣and Fed Meeting ⭐ (main event)

• Thursday - Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Shell earnings📰

• Friday - Exxon, Chevron, and AbbVie earnings🛢

I am curious to see if the big boy oil giants are concerned about the Red Sea conflicts. Big week for the Fed, they will yap about inflation and if they mention rate cuts “soon” the markets will love it.

Now You Know 
Minerals on the Move 📰

Reuters released a report yesterday titled “Chinese companies to invest up to $7 billion in Congo mining infrastructure”. In this deal, China would provide hospitals and road infrastructure in exchange for a stake in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s mining entity. With 30% of the world’s mineral reserves (such as Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, etc.) located in Africa, it made me curious how they plan to extract and move these minerals.

That’s where one of the biggest engineering projects on the continent comes in, the Trans-African Highway network. This project will cost $30 billion dollars and while it is not necessarily “new”, it has been gaining traction lately with 11+ African Presidential elections this year. With over 60,000 miles of highways that will cross 18 countries, the project will be incredibly important for the economies and will allow raw materials to be transported a lot more quickly/efficiently.

Boom - now you know what is taking place behind the scenes in the country with the largest global reserves of Cobalt, Diamonds, Platinum, and Uranium.

Thank you  
That’s all Folks

Hey, I appreciate you getting down to here. I hope you learned something new and unique this week (give me feedback below if you would like to see more unique content like this). You are already ahead this week, so go keep up the momentum.

Cheers,