The Black Swans Are Gathering

Ryan Cole

The below was an email I received from Unconventional Wealth (Ryan Cole). It’s a good read.

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“Dear Reader,

One of my favorite books on investing is Nassim Taleb’s classic, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.

Black Swans are rare events that are hard to predict, come as a shock and have a large impact on society, history, technology and finance. 

In hindsight, we all want to believe these events were totally predictable, and the warning signs crystal clear. 

And that could be something catastrophic… like 9/11 or the 2008 financial crisis… 

Or a huge wealth event… like a hot stock (or investing fad) that could have made you rich. 

But the truth? 

Humans, in general, can’t reliably predict much of anything. 

But we think we can! 

And more importantly, we want someone — be it a “guru,” the mainstream media or just someone we trust — to tell us they can, in fact, predict the future. 

I personally have no idea where the stock market is going next… or where the price of gold is going. 

But here’s what I DO know… 

Gold has a 5,000-year track record of providing a safe haven for people’s wealth.  

And while past performance does not predict future returns… 

I can’t think of any other asset class that has the track record of precious metals. 

And when faced with a future of uncertainty, I’d rather put my faith into something with a proven track record — like precious metals — than something that doesn’t. 

It’s why central banks around the world are stockpiling it in droves… 

It’s why billionaires like Paul Tudor Jones, Ray Dalio and George Soros are too… 

And if the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people, families and organizations are all investing in precious metals… 

Maybe it’s time you join them. 

Ryan Cole
Editor-in-chief, Unconventional Wealth“

P.S. => Disclaimer: I have zero financial interest or any other considerations regarding Unconventional Wealth or Ryan Cole. ~ JCT

Q.E. To infinity…

I encourage everyone to buy some form of precious metals. Avoid the ETF’s. Buy bulk or coinage that you can actually hold in your possession. It’s just a good insurance policy… in case.

The included goldseek.com post is a good exposition concerning our current dire economic predicament. It’s a little long, but good reading, however much of it you can tackle.

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1571065871.php

Tribute To George Harrison

Photo: courtesy of Wikipedia

www.youtube.com/watch

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” George Harrison: one of the all-time greats! Dhani Harrison and Prince take it away on electric guitar in this Hall of Fame tribute video (Dhani was George’s only child). Makes one weep along with the “gently weeping” guitar at the thought of this huge loss (George died in 2001).

Thank you, YouTube.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=fq5yHdVKSQs&feature=share

Revealed By The Spirit

www.youtube.com/watch

Brothers and Sisters: God reveals Himself to us by the Holy Spirit. This is another fantastic teaching by born-again Rabbi Schneider.

“BREAKTHROUGH begins with an attitude of receiving.”

“Real faith expresses itself.”

“Speak God’s Word Over your life.”

“Belief and confession work hand-in-hand.”

“Encourage yourself in the Lord.”

“They overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony.”

www.youtube.com/watch

Young People: Please Just Consider…

Success is not measured by what you have acquired or even by what you have achieved in this world. True success is measured by the kind of person you have become inside – JCT

I am often plagued by the thought of each generation having to learn things all over again. It really bugs me. I realize that a big part of the problem is that there has to be an interest: a listening ear, if you will. I realize that. But maybe we elders are not talking loud enough. Maybe we need to create more of an emphasis about transferring generational wisdom. Possibly we actually need to create more of a ruckus.

Those of us who have been around the block a time or two should try and make more of an effort to spare our youth some of the school of hard knocks learning that we had to suffer through. There is just so much wisdom and just plain common sense that is just not getting through to the young people.

I think of my own deranged and misguided youth. Maybe if someone had tried a little harder to pound a little good sense into that hard head of mine… then possibly I would have been spared fewer bad judgments and grievous turns in the road. I’m just wondering… So much grief could be avoided.

That being said as preface, allow me to elaborate a little bit about the lead quotation at the top of this post: about what constitutes real success.

God looks upon our heart. God is not impressed with our possessions or our net worth. God is concerned with whether or not we are open to His Holy Spirit. Are we allowing Him to conform us to the image of His Son? Do we try to operate in love and good-will toward our neighbor? Do we value His good will above trying to achieve advancement in this world? Or do we more-so worship mammon and the false gods of this world?

The world and the devil do their level best to wickedly seduce and mislead us. And without Christ in our lives => granted, it is next to impossible to maintain a proper focus. However, we have victory when we abide in Jesus. And nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God.

So… as I’ve pointed out before: what does the Lord require of you? Besides accepting the gracious free gift of salvation God rejoices when:

Micah 6:8

“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

^^^Now that’s real success, my friends^^^

Splish Splash

www.pandora.com/bobby-darin/bobby-darin/splish-splash/TRbZpq455rrXxf6

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=QSA-yHzkvP8&feature=share

Love the Bobby Darin. Bobby Darin had a bunch of big-time hits. The man could sing. No apologies for all the rock n’ roll posts (can’t help myself). Just hope somebody out there loves old school rock n’ roll as much as I do (though I can’t imagine that one 😄).

Thank you, Pandora.

Thank you, YouTube.

Good Golly Miss Molly

www.pandora.com/artist/little-richard/very-best-of-little-richard/good-golly-miss-molly/TRvr26Pq3K43drV

Another rock n’ roll foundational influence => Little Richard. Little Richard and Chuck Berry were two of the first to really let it all hang out (no sexual innuendo intended). Little Richard was one mad-man rock n’ roller. No question about it. He could truly “rip it up.”

Again, I always try to separate the art from the artist (I’m a little bit knowledgeable concerning Little Richard’s history).

http://www.pandora.com/little-richard/heres-little-richard/slippin-slidin-peepin-hidin/TRzcfbJq6r7dgbP?shareImp=true&part=ug&corr=12481920

Thank you, Pandora ^^^

music.youtube.com/watch

Thank you, YouTube ^^^

Carl Perkins – That’s Alright Momma’

www.youtube.com/watch

Carl Perkins and friends play together (George Harrison, Ringo, Eric Clapton, and others). Another early rock n’ roll building block => Carl Perkins. Carl mostly retreated back into his country roots later on, but Carl Perkins could rock n’ roll. The man never had quite the same impact, but Carl Perkins was another Elvis Presley to me. Same era, same kinda’ talent.

Thank you, YouTube.

God Is Here And He Is Now

www.youtube.com/watch

Brothers and sisters: another great teaching by (born-again) Rabbi Schneider. He talks about visions, dreams, and prophecies. Walk in the Spirit. Live in the Spirit => there is divine revelation. Divine joy!!! Listen to this wonderful teacher. Bless you, brothers and sisters.

To Columbus or Not to Columbus?

To Columbus or Not to Columbus?

To Columbus or Not to Columbus?
— Read on mitchteemley.com/2019/10/14/to-columbus-or-not-to-columbus-2/

Mitch Teemly so expresses (and echoes) my feelings. Read this man’s post about Columbus Day. He’s SO right on! God Bless all the American Indian tribes who once existed in North America.

Maybe your tribes and your culture no longer appreciably exist; however, your DNA lives on in a great many of us (me included). It lives on STRONG! We will always cherish and remember you.

Some of us don’t just stereotype and dismiss you as the total savages you were unfairly characterized as being. You weren’t the only ones guilty of savagery. Savagery is an equal opportunity employer. There has never been a monopoly on savagery. Never has been. Never will be.

A great injustice and a great travesty has been perpetrated against the American Indian. I think they call it genocide.

Rest easy, dear ones. Rest easy… Many of us will never forget you. God please forgive us. And please forgive my country.

No Particular Place To Go

www.pandora.com/chuck-berry/st-louis-to-liverpool/no-particular-place-to-go/TRZgP2g3g3npfKm

Chuck Berry, Baby!!! Chuck was one of the primary foundational cornerstones of rock n’ roll. Everyone down-the-line built upon what Chuck Berry helped build. He was one of the first to really give that electric geetar’ a good workout. Chuck’s cousin, Marvin, discovered the sound in Back To The Future, but Chuck brought it all forth. Bless your memory, Chuckster’. Thank you for the great music.

https://www.pandora.com/artist/chuck-berry/chuck-berry-is-on-top/johnny-b-goode/TRcgbjt3flZPbgg?part=ug&corr=12481896

Thank you, Pandora.

Wouldn’t It Be Nice…

www.pandora.com/artist/the-beach-boys/10-great-songs/wouldnt-it-be-nice/TRlbxZPVvp99X5k

Wouldn’t it be nice?! Oh man, wouldn’t it be?! { you fill in the blanks }

Thank you, Pandora.

https://www.pandora.com/artist/the-beach-boys/10-great-songs/i-get-around/TRzhq9VrvVxwjjV?part=ug&corr=12486036

Dark Matter – Physicists Perplexed

“First and perhaps most perplexingly, researchers remain unsure about what exactly dark matter is. Originally, some scientists conjectured that the missing mass in the universe was made up of small faint stars and black holes, though detailed observations have not turned up nearly enough such objects to account for dark matter’s influence…“

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As seemingly advanced as modern physics and astronomy have become, it is somewhat astounding that we are still so dumbfounded by all this. There is very little understanding of what dark matter actually is. Physics PROVES that there’s something out there other than normal matter. It has been calculated that dark matter makes up 85% of the universe. Mass and observed gravitational effects PROVE that something co-exists with normal baryonic matter. Physicists are convinced that something has to be there; but we still don’t have a clue as to its nature or how-to detect it.

Wow… if this doesn’t humble our vaunted and esteemed opinion of our place in the universe, I don’t know what might.

I’m left wondering => if we are ultimately getting stumped at the macro level, I suspect we are also somewhat clueless as we plumb the depths of the micro world, as well.

Imagine God’s grasp of all things though – at both ends(?) of the spectrum and in-between. How infinitely wise and knowledgeable He has got to be. It’s just staggering trying to (intellectually) imagine even the outer perimeters of such a sentience.

It might be easy to declare that God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent… just don’t try wrapping your mind around that one too closely though. God not only understands things at the extreme, He maintains real-time simultaneous cognizance of all things going on – at all points in time, and even before creation began?! “Shock and awe” doesn’t do justice to what I am so inadequately trying to describe.

The below link is a fairly understandable discussion about the conundrum of dark matter.

https://www.livescience.com/64113-dark-matter-mysteries.html

Be My Baby

www.pandora.com/ronettes/presenting-fabulous-ronettes-featuring-veronica/be-my-baby/TRVr2hXVZhmlvxg

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ECP9CHhOu6w&feature=share

Have to re-post this one. => One of my favorite oldies. Love the song. The original recording on Pandora is better than the above Hall of Fame (YouTube) version.

Side note: As per usual, I always try to separate the art from the artist. Not that this is particularly relevant here. Am just saying: John Lennon as a case in point. Love most of the man’s music but much of the man’s life was, unfortunately, a great tragedy.

As I’ve said before: Any song with the word, “Baby” in it has a head start in my book. For some oddball reason, Be My Baby is one of those songs that I just can’t get out of my head. I hear the song and I just gotta’ (try to) share it (again). No apologies. I’m inordinately forgetful at any one point in time anywho’. Sorry.

Thank you, Pandora.

Thank you, YouTube.

Hello, Grandkids! Post coming at you guys soon.

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