136 We published the 3rd Quarter Wrap Up – Control 101 in October. Alas, our Wrap Up editor had to resign for family reasons so this meant more dou- ble duties for me just as I was also launching the ESG screen for Solari Investment Advisory Ser- vices. Thanks to new template software, I learned how to make and manage my own website from scratch. At last! Once we launch the new website, our team can really fly. I decided to focus the 2017 Annual Wrap Up on the state of our pension funds. That meant a tremendous amount of reading and research. For most of November, I stayed in Hickory Valley reading a large number of books and studies on pension funds. For some relief, I road tripped to Amarillo Texas for Thanksgiving to hang out with some great subscribers and learn more about ranching in the Texas Panhandle December found me buried back into pension fund materials interspersed with a round trip into the heartland to record our annual News Trends & Stories with Dr. Joseph Farrell. Every three months our News, Trends & Stories editor Brad Eddins, aggregates our weekly picks of important stories and helps me distill the top trends and stories. Each time I begin the process thinking I understand what is important and each time I emerge with fresh insights and a different perspective. This would not work without Brad’s uncanny ability to ride herd on the news that flows through Solari. In 2017 the news was so explosive that Brad and I decided to change our format to focus on the top 20 stories. I flew to Philadelphia for Christmas with family, and I heard that my little cousins are the only children in their area with silk saris and kurtas from Bangladesh! Throughout December and into January, Jason Worth helped me with the deep dive on pension funds. His insights and contribution to analyzing the performance data were an essential contri- bution to the effort and another reminder that I much prefer to work with a team than produce in a solitary effort. My goal for the Solari Report is to grow a channel designed to help you lead a free and inspired life. My job is quality control – to make sure you have access to actionable intelligence free of dis- information and “fear porn.” Regular members in 2017 included: • Joseph Farrell joined me for the News Trends & Stories portion of our quarterly and annual wrap ups; • Harry Blazer led the Solari Food Series; • The Saker joined me for our quarterly series Emerging Multipolar World; • “Your Culture Scout” wrote the Food for the Soul column; • Ulrike Granögger launched the Future Science Series in early 2018; • Rambus provided quarterly Blockbuster Chartologies as part of the equity overview segment of the wrap ups; • Jon Rappoport joined me quarterly to, both reveal the matrix, and teach us how to exit it. In 2018, we anticipate additional sources joining our efforts. Wrap ups planned for the first two quarters of 2018 are the Space-Based Economy in the 1st Quarter and the Rise of the Asian Consum- er in the 2nd Quarter. We expected to launch our new website in 2017. However, it is launching as this publication goes to press in 2018. Our goal is a significant im- provement in your subscription software, mobile access and greater ease in locating content. This new site will represent a significant investment in the future of the Solari Report. We hope you are enjoying it as you read this. As our subscriber base grows, I continue to enjoy our ongoing conversation. As a group, you are some of the most remarkable people I have ever known. Together, we are conspiring in a world of dramatic change and getting better at it every day. On behalf of the entire Solari team, keep those ideas, questions, and comments coming to help us serve your free and inspired life in 2018! —Catherine Austin Fitts Solari Report the Who’s Who & What’s Up in The Space-Based Economy CATHERINE AUSTIN FITTS / 1ST QUARTER WRAP UP VOLUME 2018 / NUMBER 2 Solari Report the BY CATHERINE AUSTIN FITTS / 2ND QUARTER WRAP UP VOLUME 2018 / NUMBER 2 The Rise of the Asian Consumer olari, man- isory ssee. ember ., as ederal ush he by Catherine Austin Fitts PRAYERS FOR THE YEAR 120182 Daily prayers for a divinely inspired life 12/12/17 8:40 AM Solari 2018 First Quarter Wrap Up Solari 2018 Second Quarter Wrap Up Prayers For The Year 2018 is coming soon... IX. VISION 2020