Over the weekend, Iran's supreme leader was eliminated by US. In the last few months, the president of Venezuela was removed by US. Why are these two countries important? You might have guessed it. Oil. ​Iran produces and ships 13% of the oil to China. This is shipped through "shadow fleets" which are not publicly disclosed Venezuela ships 5% of its oil to China. While this is not a high number, the friendly relationship between Venezuela and China is important. Think of it like a backup oil suply. This represents almost 20% of China's oil imports (which is most likely understated, as no one in their right mind would honestly report about shadow oil deliveries) By controlling both Iran and Venezuela, ​this leads to China relying on Russia on oil and going to the public market to buy oil. If you searched up oil companies, they have been going up for the last 3 weeks (which is interesting given that the strike only happened this weekend) - cough cough, insider. ​The ​US's military movement on these countries creates an imbalance on power politically, but more importantly, this creates an oil supply shortage for non-Western countries. This will lead to a temporary spike in oil price (and oil companies' share prices) ​While China mainly relies on coal for electricity generation, a reduction in 20% (or even 30%) of its oil imports will slow down logistics and manufacturing In Investing Accelerator, we will analyze the macroeconomic and the stock market impact at a deeper and more detailed level. ​​That's why the weekly update on the overall market conditions is important. ​​​If you are interested in accessing my latest analysis coming this weekend during our regular update, you can join Investing Accelerator here and ACCESS my latest analysis. Remember that sometimes war doesn't mean the market will go down.​ Cheers, Eric ---- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA)

When it comes to investing, my number 1 concept is called:"True North Investing" ​When you are going through a week, or a day, or a month, you need to know ahead of time - your bias. Are you bullish this month / this week / this day? If you are bullish, then stick to only long trades. If you are beraish, then stick to only short trades. When life gets hectic, as I pick up my kids from school or trying to cook when these children are screaming at me. Or - I am dealing with all my hedge fund stuff while managing my business at the same time.​​ It is important to remember your true north​​​​​​​​​​​. This is how I keep myself on the "right" side of the market, the side where I have developed a bias for ahead of time. This also stops me from going against my system which is important.​ ​ Cheers, Eric --- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In February, my goal is to help 5 people with no financial background master investing. You will learn two strategies: • Long-term investing with options — learn how to find discounted blue chip stocks using technical and fundamental analysis You will also learn how to hedge during a bearish market to protect yourself • Monthly passive income — learn how to generate cash flow for retirement or replacing/boosting part of your salary using options Here's a step by step guide on how to join Investing Accelerator for free: https://www.skool.com/invest-retire-community-1699/how-to-join-investing-accelerator-for-free If you’re interested, you can hop on a free strategy call with me or Michael to see if you are a good fit. Schedule a call here: https://bit.ly/48mJlgR To date, we have 740+ students in Investing Accelerator. Remember to go to the Classroom tab for additional investing resources.

Recently, I am trying to do a thought experiment What would be more life-changing? Option A: $1M cash where you can invest it Option B: $200K per year, mostly passive income I guess the straightforward answer would be depending if you can make 20% per year from the $1M cash. But I think the answer to the question is more complex than that. Some people might prefer ​$1M cash to start a business or pursue another opportunity Some people might prefer $200K passive income so they don't need to worry about income and go travel Which one is more valuable to you? Leave a comment in the post in the community. I read every comment. ​​I would like to understand why. If you want to be part of Investing Accelerator, here's the 33% discounted link to join directly and skip the onboarding call (LINK) Cheers, Eric --- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In February, my goal is to help 10 people with no financial background master investing. You will learn two strategies: • Long-term investing with options — learn how to find discounted blue chip stocks using technical and fundamental analysis You will also learn how to hedge during a bearish market to protect yourself • Monthly passive income — learn how to generate cash flow for retirement or replacing/boosting part of your salary using options Here's a step by step guide on how to join Investing Accelerator for free: https://www.skool.com/invest-retire-community-1699/how-to-join-investing-accelerator-for-free If you’re interested, you can hop on a free strategy call with me or Michael to see if you are a good fit. Schedule a call here: https://bit.ly/48mJlgR To date, we have 740+ students in Investing Accelerator.

​The US added over 100,000 jobs but... 1. Some critics say the data is incorrect 2. The US is considering pulling out of the trade deal USMCA This led to a jump for Wednesday's open and quickly reversed within an hour ​If we end this week with the same bearishness, then we will likely continue to be bearish for another week. From a technical analysis perspective, we observe that there are large orders selling the market while the bullish orders are smaller and much more incremental.​​​​​​​​​​ If you want to be part of Investing Accelerator, here's the 33% discounted link to join directly and skip the onboarding call (LINK) Cheers, Eric ---- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In February, my goal is to help 20 people with no financial background master investing. You will learn two strategies: • Long-term investing with options — learn how to find discounted blue chip stocks using technical and fundamental analysis You will also learn how to hedge during a bearish market to protect yourself • Monthly passive income — learn how to generate cash flow for retirement or replacing/boosting part of your salary using options Here's a step by step guide on how to join Investing Accelerator for free: https://www.skool.com/invest-retire-community-1699/how-to-join-investing-accelerator-for-free If you’re interested, you can hop on a free strategy call with me or Michael to see if you are a good fit. Schedule a call here: https://bit.ly/48mJlgR To date, we have 740+ students in Investing Accelerator. Remember to go to the Classroom tab for additional investing resources. Disclaimer: This communication is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer to invest in any fund or strategy. No advisory relationship is formed by receipt of this content. Any references to strategies or markets are general in nature and do not reflect the performance of any client account or investment product.

The question we are trying to answer today is: Will Gold and Silver bounce back? - A major Chinese gold trading platform called JWR has collapsed after a surge in retail investor activity tied to rising global gold prices. - Tens of thousands of investors put money into JWR during a strong gold rally, but when prices kept climbing recently, many tried to cash out at once. -The platform couldn’t handle the wave of redemption requests, leading to a liquidity crisis in which it is now unable to pay customers back, with estimated unpaid funds exceeding 10 billion yuan (about US $1.4 billion). -Hundreds of investors protested outside JWR’s Shenzhen offices demanding their money, and police were involved to maintain order Leverage trading for gold and silver will take away a good chunk of liquidity. So I don't think we are expecting the amount of money coming back into the commodity market, especially if certain platforms are overleveraged The question then becomes Does this lead to the domino effect on other markets like Bitcoin, S&P 500, NASDAQ 100? BTC dropped another 6% this weekend.​​​​​​ Join 740+ students inside Investing Accelerator Cheers, Eric --- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In February, my goal is to help 20 people with no financial background to learn long term investing and monthly passive income strategies for retirement. To date, we have 740+ students and our model monthly passive income strategy focusing on making one trade a week using our data driven tools. The program has two parts: • Long-term investing — how to use technical analysis, fundamental analysis combined with data science help us find discounted blue chip stocks We also analyze the macro economic environment on a weekly basis in case we need to hold cash / short the market to hedge our portfolio.