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3 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 4 I. OPTIONS FOR STASHING CASH................................................................................ 6 1. Why Focus on Cash.........................................................................................7 2. Why are You Holding Cash...........................................................................12 3. Who is Your Custodian..................................................................................14 4. Look for Excellence.........................................................................................18 5. Cash Management Options.............................................................................20 6. What If..........................................................................................................30 7. Yields...............................................................................................................32 8. Please Remember............................................................................................35 II. NEWS STORIES TRENDS...................................................................................... 36 PART I ECONOMY FINANCIAL MARKETS...........................................37 1. Global 3.0.......................................................................................................37 2. Surveillance Capitalism.....................................................................................38 3. Financial Hot Potatoes....................................................................................38 PART II GEOPOLITICS...................................................................................38 4. The Shift to a Multi-Polar World .......................................................................... 39 5. The Silk Road Grows......................................................................................39 6. EU Whats Next...........................................................................................39 7. US Presidential Campaign Rocks the World .................................................39 8. Assassinations Covert Operations Get Obvious ..........................................39 PART III SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY..........................................................40 9. The Space-Based Economy.............................................................................40 10 Health Freedom..............................................................................................40 11. Zero Integrity Systems....................................................................................40 PART IV THE BIG QUESTIONS....................................................................41 12. What does Richmond Valentine Want..........................................................41 13. The Future of Cash.........................................................................................41 III. FINANCIAL MARKETS ROUNDUP........................................................................ 44 U.S. Dollar Index ................................................................................................45 Equities .................................................................................................................45 U.S. Equities 1- 3- 5-Year Sector Performance ..................................................45 IBB Biotech ................................................................................................................ 46 Obamacare ETFs XLV IHE IHF IBB IHI.......................................................46 Motif Investing.....................................................................................................47 ITB U.S. Home Construction ...........................................................................48 IYR U.S. Real Estate .........................................................................................48 OIL Crude Oil ..................................................................................................49 U.S. Coal Producers .............................................................................................49 RSX Russia OIL Crude Oil............................................................................50 DAX Germany...................................................................................................50 FXI China Large Caps .......................................................................................51 PIN India ..........................................................................................................51 EEM Emerging Markets.....................................................................................52 WAFMX Frontier Markets.................................................................................53 Fixed Income........................................................................................................53 AGG IEF TLT JNK .........................................................................................53 Commodities GLD SLV......................................................................................54 CRB Commodities Index...................................................................................54 YTD Commodities Performance..........................................................................55 Baltic Dry Index...................................................................................................55