The Wolf Den #573 - Is Nancy Pelosi A Trading Genius?
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In This Issue:
Is Nancy Pelosi A Trading Genius?
Bitcoin Thoughts And Analysis
Altcoin Charts
Legacy Markets
Binance Delists USDC
Who Is Supporting The Ethereum Hard Fork?
Vitalik Wrote A Book
My Recommended Platforms And Tools
Is Nancy Pelosi A Trading Genius?
Want to see a non-crypto chart that resembles a volatile shitcoin? Go on Google Trends and search “Nancy Pelosi Stock.”
The entire investment world is obsessed with the Pelosis, and not for good reason. Nancy's husband Paul has wildly outperformed the market, trading stocks that are directly impacted by the decisions of politicians. And if age tells us anything, the Pelosis (both 82 years old) might not have even entered their investing prime. After all, Warren Buffet is still going strong at 92...
Here is a great list of their trades, and those of other politicians.
Let’s look at the Pelosis' most recent controversial trade, Nvidia. For those that don't know, Nvidia ($NVDA) is a popular tech company that is responsible for manufacturing chips used around the world. It's stock movement is often subject to regulation and the whims of politicians. It is, therefore, the perfect company for insiders.
Let's see how the Pelosis have traded $NVDA.
It was revealed recently that on July 26th, Paul sold 25,000 shares of $NVDA. These shares were purchased in advance of the CHIPS Plus Act, which Pelosi had direct involvement in passing. This purchase was heavily criticized and scrutinized.
But Paul lost $341,365. Not so good for an insider right? Well, since that sale, the stock has continued to drop from its late 2021 highs, down nearly 60% overall. So why did they sell?
One day after the sale, the Senate signed the CHIPS Plus Act, which should have theoretically helped Nvidia, but the stock continued to drop. That's not the whole story - maybe their trade was smarter than we think.
Just last week, an SEC filing revealed that the U.S government restricted the sale of chips to Russia and China, directly hurting Nvidia and sending stock prices lower. The decision will reportedly cost Nvidia $400M in sales, a significant impairment. Did the Pelosis' see this coming and sell to avoid a larger loss? Well, probably.
This activity only scratches the surface of insider trading by elected officials. It has become the norm, and is seemingly perfectly acceptable in the eyes of the SEC for politicians to purchase stock and the push legislation that directly helps the investment. This is past the point of coincidence. Trading on Capitol Hill must end.
Bitcoin Thoughts And Analysis
DAILY CHART
Bitcoin has spent the last 11 days trading between $19,500 and $20,500. This is about as range bound and sideways as it gets. Utterly forgettable for the moment.
Altcoin Charts
I do NOT share signals in this section. I share setups and charts that I am watching, in an effort to help show you how I view a chart and what criteria would be necessary for me to consider taking a trade. NEVER blindly buy something because it is listed in a newsletter or posted on twitter. You need to have a plan when you enter a trade. These are just ideas, and are almost always “if, then” scenarios. If a certain set of things happen, then I would consider a trade.
ETH/USDT
ETH is trading right at the 50 MA on the daily, a strong resistance that many view is key to a trend change. Watch this blue line on the daily - a break above "should" signal more upside. The 200 MA looms above.
Legacy Markets
What to watch this week:
Apple event due to feature new iPhones, watches, Wednesday
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey at Treasury Committee, Wednesday
Fed’s Beige Book of regional economic activity, Wednesday
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester due to speak, Wednesday
European Central Bank rate decision, Thursday
Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a Cato Institute conference in Washington, Thursday
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe speaks at event, Thursday
China PPI, aggregate financing, money supply, new yuan loans, Friday
EU energy ministers extraordinary meeting on emergency intervention in electricity markets, Friday
Some of the main moves in markets:
Stocks
Futures on the S&P 500 rose 0.6% as of 6:04 a.m. New York time
Futures on the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.7%
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%
The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.6%
The MSCI World index was little changed
Currencies
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed
The euro rose 0.2% to $0.9952
The British pound rose 0.7% to $1.1598
The Japanese yen fell 0.8% to 141.69 per dollar
Bonds
The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced six basis points to 3.25%
Germany’s 10-year yield declined two basis points to 1.54%
Britain’s 10-year yield advanced three basis points to 2.97%
Commodities
West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.2% to $86.71 a barrel
Gold futures were little changed
Binance Delists USDC
Effective at the end of this month, all stablecoin balances of USDC, USDP, and TUSD will be auto-converted into BUSD at a ratio of 1:1 on Binance. Alongside the consolidation, a large number of trading pairs linked to these coins will be delisted as well. The list is as follows:
USDC/BUSD, USDC/USDT, USDP/BUSD, USDP/USDT, TUSD/BUSD, TUSD/USDT, ADA/USDC, ATOM/USDC, AUD/USDC, BCH/USDC, BNB/USDC, BTC/USDC, BTTC/USDC, EOS/USDC, ETH/USDC, LINK/USDC, LTC/USDC, SOL/USDC, TRX/USDC, WIN/USDC, XRP/USDC, ZEC/USDC, BNB/USDP, BTC/USDP, ETH/USDP, ADA/TUSD, BNB/TUSD, BTC/TUSD, ETH/TUSD, TRX/TUSD, XRP/TUSD.
Stablecoins in margin and lending accounts will also be converted.
Binance is basically telling its competitors to get lost and telling its customers to use their product. Plus, Binance is still allowing its users to withdraw the tokens if they chose to do so after the update. If you want to read further, you can peruse the official announcement HERE.
Who Is Supporting The Ethereum Hard Fork?
With roughly 7 days until the merge , I wanted to briefly recap who is supporting the hard fork. Poloniex was the first to act, and already has a market trading the new coin. Poloniex users will receive ETHW. Binance, MexC Global, OKX, and Gate.io will also credit users' accounts with a 1:1 ratio of ETH and ETHW tokens. BitMex has launched an ETHW futures contract, leaving Coinbase, FTX, and Kraken on the fence. If any major changes occur, I’ll make sure to cover them here.
Vitalik Wrote A Book
Did you know that Vitalik was one of the founders and original authors of Bitcoin Magazine? He's come a long way. Vitalik recently wrote a book on Ethereum titled, “Proof of Stake.” The physical copy releases on September 17th, right after the merge, but you can also buy a digital copy that’s signed by Vitalik. For those curious, 90% of proceeds go to the Gitcoin Grants matching pool and 10% to the publishing partner.
This is a short description of the book, “These writings, collected from his essays before and during the rise of Ethereum, reveal Buterin to be a vivid and imaginative writer, with context from media studies scholar Nathan Schneider. While many around him were focused on seeing the value of their tokens rise, he was working through the problems and possibilities of crafting an Internet-native world.”
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