Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 10044 C. Global 3.0 Rising 1. Space: • Space: Here We Go! 2015 Annual Wrap Up 2. Automation • Book Review: Rise of the Robots: Technolo- gy and the Threat of a Jobless Future 3. 5G is Coming • FCC: Intimidating Press, Suppressing Science at “5G” Rollout • Check Out the Whale Hologram in the School Gym • Legally Blind Man Sees Clearly For The First Time Ever, Thanks to Virtual Reality • Britain’s Army is Investing $1 Billion in Insect-sized Drones, Laser Firearms, and Virtual-reality Goggles 4. Surveillance Capitalism • AT&T Is Spying on Americans for a Profit D. How Will Investors Handle This Much Uncertainty? 1. Artificial intelligence and the Financial Markets • Financial Markets Face Disruption from Artificial Intelligence 2. The Rise of Index Funds • Investors Are Fleeing Stock Funds at the Fastest Pace in Over 5 Years • Are Index Funds Eating the World? (Subscription Only) 3. Volatility • A Volatile Calm – The Paradox of 2016 Financial Markets • Former CEO Of UBS And Credit Suisse: “Central Banks Are Past The Point Of No Return, It Will All End In A Crash” • Economy Shattered, Currency Collapsing: Venezuelans Wait in 6 ATM Lines For Enough to Buy Rice 4. The Rise of Investment Screening • Investment Screens: Can We Filter for Productive Companies? Solari Report 3rd Quarter Wrap Up 2016 II. GEOPOLITICS Globalization has unleashed both positive and negative forces upon our world. The corporate media has been successful at communicating the positives and covering up the negatives, includ- ing the corruption used to engineer a financial coup d’état and to centralize control while destroying wealth. In 2016, Brexit and the election in the US of a private businessman – and an outsider to the po- litical establishment – represented a productivity backlash. Essentially, the people who live in the heartland and who are responsible for managing larger segments of the concrete economy – ag- riculture, real estate, energy and the military – demanded a course correction from an economy run from the urban coastlines: Washington, Wall Street, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. The biggest losers were the corporate media and the “fake news” operatives that feed them via the intelligence communities. The US elections represented a shift in power from a faction in the US establishment commit- ted to maintaining a global empire to a faction intent on ensuring a robust, more self-sufficient economy in North America. If anything, this will accelerate the shift from a unipolar to a multipo- lar world. The question before us is whether the incom- ing US administration can re-engineer federal budgets to a positive return on investment. If it does not succeed, we are entering a long, harsh financial squeeze. Worse, if tinkering with the US Constitution occurs or if “piratization” takes over, there will be real trouble ahead. A retreat from globalization may also pull re- sources out of the emerging markets and back to the developed nations. How this rebalancing will take place poses some very significant questions for investors. Throughout 2016 and into 2017, the most important unanswered question continues to be, “Who is really in charge?” The hand of the “Deep State” is becoming more evident, espe- cially as the corporate media loses influence. The IV. News Trends & Stories