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Gaming Capital? POGO's & the Transformation of Manila & PH Gambling, & Mainland Tourism is transforming Greater Manila & the Philippines The numbers and the impact is staggering TOTAL POGO Footprint District : Space taken : Footprint share Bay Area : 657K sqm : 37.70 % Makati City: 292K : 16.75 % Cavite : 146K : 8.38 % Pampanga : 140K : 8.03 % Alabang : 137K. : 7.86 % Ortigas. : 120K : 6.89 % Quezon City: 103K : 5.91 % Laguna 65K : 3.73 % Cebu 48K : 2.75 % Other areas: 000K ? : = TOTAL : 1,743K : 100 % 2019 Demand The 5 Best Metro Manila Casinos - TripAdvisor Top Metro Manila Casinos: See reviews and photos of casinos & gambling attractions in Metro Manila, Philippines on TripAdvisor. === The Property market has been a major beneficiary - as workers hired for online casinos serving China, have turned a possible Bust to a Boom 100,000 Chinese Move to Manila And Trigger Property Surge On Fri, May 4, 2018 By Bloomberg News In Manila’s main financial district and its fringes, signs of the new inhabitants are everywhere: the restaurants serving steaming Chinese hotpots and dumplings, the Mandarin broadcasts at the Mall of Asia, and the soaring property prices. An estimated 100,000 migrants, mostly Chinese, have flooded into pockets of the Philippines capital since September 2016, and the deluge is rippling through the city’s real estate market in ways that are unique among the world’s urban centers. While Chinese investors have been snapping up big swathes of high-end housing in Hong Kong, London and New York for years to move their money offshore, this new rush is motivated by something different: Manila’s booming gaming industry. More than 50 offshore gambling companies that cater to overseas Chinese punters have received permits to operate in the city since President Rodrigo Duterte’s government began awarding licenses 19 months ago. While bets are placed remotely, the operators need Chinese speakers in Manila to handle everything from marketing and customer queries to payment processing for overseas clients. The resulting migration, while only a fraction of the metropolitan area’s 12.9 million population, is propelling home prices to record levels in neighborhoods favored by Chinese workers. It’s reinvigorating Manila’s commercial property market as owners convert offices and shops into gaming centers with card tables and webcams. And it’s boosting the bottom lines of local developers including Ayala Land Inc. and SM Prime Holdings Inc. While no official numbers are publicly available showing the number of Chinese arrivals in Manila, people familiar with the matter said that offshore gaming operators in the Philippines employ about 200,000 workers, predominantly Chinese, and more than half of them have arrived in the capital region since late 2016. The Bureau of Immigration said it couldn’t immediately provide the data. The influx promises to boost the nation’s economy and is helping to strengthen ties with China – a priority for Duterte. Yet it leaves the property market vulnerable in the event of an abrupt shift in online gaming or immigration policies from either country. The perils of relying too heavily on Chinese buyers became painfully obvious last year in the Malaysian enclave of Johor Bahru, which has been grappling with a glut of vacant homes after China imposed controls on investments in overseas property and demand abruptly dried up. > https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/files/pdf2018/3041-2018-05-07.pdf AREAS the benefited from Chinese buying and mainland Chinese tenants include: > Manila Bay- : Casino Haven, wanting to become Tourist & Financial Center > Binondo ----- : Historical "Chinatown" : > San Antonio : "Little China" TechZone area :

SLV / Silver vs DBA / Agri ... from Oct.2011 : 5yr : 2yr : 6mo / +SIL : 6mo-w/SIL : UPDATED - in edit... 7/27/2018 DBA vs. SLV /(Agri.etf vs. Silver etf) ... update fr. 2.14.2017 : fr. 5.14.2015 : fr. 5.24.2013 : w/Eur : DBA vs. SLV ... update : update fr. 5.24.2013 : w/Eur :

HIVE / Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd. ... update site : https://www.hiveblockchain.com/ ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING 302.1M WARRANTS 49.5M OPTIONS 25.3M CASH US$100M (as at January 3, 2018) In December 2017, HIVE completed a C$115 financing and committed to 6.8MW Phase 3 GPU In December 2017 “This financing provided us with a highly accretive growth opportunity – increasing our overall computing power by more than 150% (from 17.4 MW to 44.2 MW) with just 11% dilution to shareholders,” said Harry Pokrandt, President, CEO and a Director at HIVE. “In addition to our fully funded projects in Sweden, we will now have a strong working capital balance of approximately US$50M and significant flexibility to explore further projects and acquisitions.” HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. (TSX.V:HIVE) (the “Company” or “HIVE”), the leading publicly listed blockchain infrastructure company, is pleased to announce that it has closed the final C$65 million tranche (the “Final Tranche”) of its previously announced private placement of up to C$115 million (the “Offering”), co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and Eventus Capital Corp. and including Haywood Securities Inc. and PI Financial Corp. (collectively, the “Agents”). The Final Tranche consisted of a total of 20,634,800 units (the “Units”) sold at a price of C$3.15 per Unit for gross proceeds raised of C$64,999,620. Each Unit consists of one common share (a “Share”) and one Share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"), with each Warrant entitling the holder to purchase one Share at a price of C$3.90 until November 14, 2019. The Shares and the Warrants issued under the Final Tranche are subject to a hold period expiring April 30, 2018. The Company anticipates that the Warrants will be listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) shortly after the hold period expires, subject to meeting the conditions in Exchange approval. In connection with the Final Tranche, the Agents received a cash commission of up to 6% of the gross proceeds raised in the Final Tranche, excluding any proceeds raised from Genesis Mining Ltd. (“Genesis”). In aggregate, a total of 36,507,900 Units were issued in connection with the Offering for gross proceeds raised of C$115 million. HIVE also announces that Genesis, an insider and the largest shareholder of the Company, purchased 952,380 Units as part of the Final Tranche of the Offering for an investment of approximately C$3 million. Following the Offering, Genesis owns 77,412,655 common shares in the capital of the Company, representing 25.62% of the issued and outstanding shares of HIVE and would own 26.29% on a partially diluted basis, assuming the exercise of 2,770,560 share purchase warrants. What The Future Holds For HIVE Blockchain - Seeking Alpha Summary - Mar 6, 2018 Latest earnings report confirms low-cost strategy of HIVE an effective one. Plenty of cash available to fund next growth phase. Why the top line results were lower than expected in the quarter. Major concerns over long-term business model, plans and performance. The latest earnings report by HIVE Blockchain (OTCPK:HVBTF) confirms the company made the right decisions on the locations of its cryptocurrency mining farms, as it was able to generate a small profit at this early stage of its development. It was a little disappointing on the top line, primarily because it took longer to bring the second data center on line in the quarter than was anticipated. That should change in the months ahead. HIVE has more than enough cash available to finance its next expansion phase, which includes bringing its Sweden GPU Data Centre on line by April 2018, and its "Sweden Bitcoin Data Centre by September 2018." Concerns going forward are in regard to its business model itself, which is focused on mining cryptocurrencies, and the volatility of those crytocurrencies and their impact on the company's performance over time.

The 40% limit has been reached at The Rise ! What Next for Foreign Buyers : they are unlikely to go away - the building is too hard to miss NOW... does that mean that Foreign Buyers will now turn more aggressively to the secondary Market? RULES (per Condodoc - here ) During the pre-turnover phase, the sale happens through a transfer of rights which is administered by the Condominium Developer. They keep track of the local vs foreign ownership and they can stop the sale (or postpone the sale until such time that there is opening in the quota). After the turn-over phase, the Condominium Corporation will track these according to the changing of hands. So part of the due diligence if one is foreign buying from a local is to check with condominium corporation (and it should be so, as there could be other issues such as unpaid taxes and maintenance dues). Do take note that there is unidirectionality to this rule: ONLY WHEN A FOREIGNER IS BUYING FROM A LOCAL. A local buying from a local is okay. A foreigner selling to a local is okay. A foreigner selling to a foreigner is okay.

Silver To Climb 11% In Next Three Months - German-Based Research Firm Kitco News Jun 8 . . . Silver is likely to reach $18.50 an ounce in third quarter of 2018, and maybe even hit 2016 highs of $21.50 an ounce by the four quarter, based on a combination of technical, sentiment, seasonal, and fundamental factors. The white metal is undervalued at current price levels and is expected to become one of the best performing assets, making it an ideal contrarian investment, according to Florian Grummes, analyst at Midas Touch Consulting in a recent report. He added that despite gold's recent plunge, silver still has a lot of room to catch up with the yellow metal. In his latest report, Grummes said, "Especially as I expect a breakout in gold above 1,350 USD, silver has a lot of room to catch up with gold. The gold/silver ratio still trades just shy below 80 and remains far away from its long-term mean of around 65-67." Grummes said that extremely low volatility in silver prices indicates a "market where neither speculation nor mainstream interest is apparent." Silver has been trading sideways the past three months. Technical analysis indicates that it has been trading in the narrowest range since 2002 when looking at Bollinger Bands, which could indicate a return of volatility soon, said Grummes. Looking at traders' sentiment, Grummes sees the latest Commitment of Traders Report numbers as bullish. As of May 29, the cumulated commercial short positions was 35,297 contracts when silver closed at $16.36 an ounce. "Usually a perfect contrarian setup is found when commercial hedgers hold less than 10,000 short contracts in the silver futures market. With the current 35,297 short contracts, a final sell off in silver is still possible in the coming weeks," he said.

SLV & SIL-etc : 5d : 10d : 2mo : 6mo : SIL-$30.21 /SLV-$15.78 = Ratio: 1.914 - cheap compared to r-2.00 ! SIL - Global X Silver miners etf - Top 5 : 5yr : 2yr : 6mo : 10d 5d / Last: $30.21 -0.31 : - 1.02% FRES.L / Fresnillo PLC : 5yr : 2yr : 6mo : 10d / Last: GBP 1,216 - 83 : -6.39% : vol. 2.78 million 08/6/2018: 14:48 It seems JP Morgan have reduced their price target for FRES from 1400 to 1350. HTtps://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1528451335662437800/winners--losers-summary-standard-life-down-as-lloyds-exits-holding.aspx They have done the same to HOC which has fallen in the same way. Top 5 Holdings : Charts: 10d 5d : Top 10 : Full Holdings (.csv) : As of 6/7/18 Net Assets % Sym / Name Market Price ($) Shares Held Market Value ($) 12.60 Poly.L / POLYMETAL INTL 8.91 6,034,946 53,770,653.00 12.43 WPM / WHEATON PREC MET 22.03 2,407,875 53,045,486.25 11.73 kr:010130 / KOREA ZINC CO 403.16 124,165 50,058,570.69 11.67 Fres.L / FRESNILLO PLC 17.43 2,857,073 49,800,571.99 5.08 Paas / PAN AMER. SILVER 17.77 1,218,877 21,659,444.29 53.51%

JNUG / Jr.Gold shs x3 Bull etf ... 3yrL : 1yr : 6mo : 10d / Last: $9.01 - 0.49 (yr.L: $6.13 / H: 20.50 ) SIL - Global X Silver miners etf - Top 5 : 5yr : 2yr : 6mo : 10d 5d / Last: $30.21 -0.31 : - 1.02% / KoZn-10d : KorZinc -etc- SIL, Fres.L, Poly.L / 5yr : 2yr : 10d ... FRES.L / Fresnillo PLC : 5yr : 2yr : 6mo : 10d / Last: GBP 1,216 - 83 : -6.39% : vol. 2.78 million 08/6/2018: 14:48 It seems JP Morgan have reduced their price target for FRES from 1400 to 1350. HTtps://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1528451335662437800/winners--losers-summary-standard-life-down-as-lloyds-exits-holding.aspx They have done the same to HOC which has fallen in the same way. Top 5 Holdings : Charts: 10d 5d : Top 10 : Full Holdings (.csv) : As of 6/7/18 Net Assets % Sym / Name Market Price ($) Shares Held Market Value ($) 12.60 Poly.L / POLYMETAL INTL 8.91 6,034,946 53,770,653.00 12.43 WPM / WHEATON PREC MET 22.03 2,407,875 53,045,486.25 11.73 kr:010130 / KOREA ZINC CO 403.16 124,165 50,058,570.69 11.67 Fres.L / FRESNILLO PLC 17.43 2,857,073 49,800,571.99 5.08 Paas / PAN AMER. SILVER 17.77 1,218,877 21,659,444.29 53.51%

Our old "friend" Sherry Beall does an interesting interview with Robert David Steele EX CIA Robert David Steele, QAnon, Zionism Is Over, Satanists, Pedo-Criminals & More Many optimistic notes here, including an optimistic ending

POPI is owner of the Tutaban Mall, at the hub of the PNR The stock already had two big moves -as AyalaLand bough majority control. This is a strategic asset that may be the home of some exciting future developments POPI.ph / Prime Orion PH Inc ... All : 5-yr : 2-yr : 6-mo / 10d - Last: P 2.96 : PER: -n/a / EPS: 0.??? : yield: 0.00%= 0.000P (??? payout) / NAV: 0.00 at -00% disc

TechZone owner, LR, is still on the slide ... towards P 3 peso perhaps //. UPDATED LR.ph / Lesuire & Resorts World . update: 5yr: 2yr: 6mo/ 10d - P1.40: PER: N/A/ EPS: N/A : yield: 0.00%; yrL: 1.21 OLD: P 4.09 : PER: 16.58 / EPS: 0.247 : yield: 3.42% .. 6.03.2018 In hindsight, the recent high above P 7.00 (7.49) was a great selling opportunity. If the dividend stays at the current level (P4.09 x 3.42% = P0.14), then at P3, the yield would be 4.67%

Property-based stocks: SHNG, POPI, LAND, LR etc SHANG Properties, is the majority owner of Exchange Tower on Ayala Avenue POISED? Shang could be set for a breakout above P2.60 resistance. Jan 2023 Update SHNG / Shang Properties. 3yr: 1yr: 10d / Last: 2.58 PER: 4.45. Yield: 6.40% / NAV: 7.83, -67% disc. SHNG.ph / Shang Properties ... All : 5-yr : 2-yr : 6-mo / 10d - OLD CHART Last: P 3.25 : PER: 4.50 / EPS: 0.722 : yield: 7.72%= 0.251P (34.8& payout) / NAV: 0.00 at -00% disc. Trades like a quasi-bond now - due to the strong (80%?) control position held by Kuok Group & its Philippine partners. There are rumors that Kuok Group is looking to sell its stake Now has a dividend yield above the 10-year PH govt yield (about 6%)

TechZone owner, LR, is still on the slide ... towards P 3 peso perhaps LR.ph / Lesuire & Resorts World ... update : 5-yr : 2-yr : 6-mo / 10d - Last: P 4.09 : PER: 16.58 / EPS: 0.247 : yield: 3.42% In hindsight, the recent high above P 7.00 (7.49) was a great selling opportunity. If the dividend stays at the current level (P4.09 x 3.42% = P0.14), then at P3, the yield would be 4.67%

POSTERS: In 1986, it was the Title of a cult film... In 2018, Little China / San Antonio became an investment concept : Girl in blue (Kim Cattral) Do you recognize her? She later played Samantha in Sex in the City Filinvest forecasts surge in value of 100 West project Property developer Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI) says it expects a surge in the investment value of its 100 West mixed-use development in Makati City once the proposed rail and skyway projects within its vicinity become operational . Targeted for completion by end-Dec. 2019, 100 West is a mixed-use development that will offer residential, commercial, and office spaces. In a statement, FLI-noted that 100 West is strategically located along Gil Puyat Ave. and Washington St. in Makati City and stands to benefit from the proposed railway that will link Southern Manila and the northern part of Luzon. "We foresee an upsurge in the project's investment value when the new infrastructure and businesses are in place," said Janette Cordero, Filinvest VP for Metro-Manila mixed use projects. "Construction of the project is in full swing ... we are in track for our target delivery date." (end of 2019) === === The folks in the 100 West showroom told us that there would be 5,000 jobs created within the BPO and commercial parts of the Building. (I reckon that must be based on three 8 hour shifts.)

Rush of Chinese arrivals on back of Manila's booming gaming industry ... South China Morning Post-7 May 2018 Observers expect home prices in the Philippines capital to get a boost from the steady stream of Chinese workers catering not only to offshore gaming customers, but also mainland clients who frequent bricks-and-mortar casinos In Manila’s main financial district and its fringes, signs of the new inhabitants are everywhere: the restaurants serving steaming Chinese hotpots and dumplings, the Mandarin broadcasts at the Mall of Asia, and the soaring property prices. Among the biggest beneficiaries of this appetite have been condo units near Manila’s Makati district, in proximity to the gaming sites where mainland workers are employed. Patches of San Antonio Village, about one kilometre from Makati’s financial hub, now have restaurants, stores, money changers and payment centres catering to Chinese customers sharing space with local stores. ...

In response to Comment: "AIR IS NOW at 7 Million" / 26sqm = p 269k psm (!! wow) - someone on SSC wrote: " This is developer’s price. Secondary market’s price for a 26sqm is roughly at 3.8M to 4.2M. Yep, I also feel that there is a glut (albeit pundits, like Colliers say there isn’t). Despite that, I don’t want to sell yet. I want to try airbnb regardless kung marami nang unit available for rentals in two years’ time. " Compare with the Makati Prime Index - at Q1-2018 Calculations: 3800M / 26 = 146k psm ... to ... 4200M / 26 = 162k psm : Mid: 154k - that's -43% discount ! A much bigger discount, I think, than you will find at The Rise, which is a better product imho.

SIL / Global X Silver Miners ETF vs SLV / Silver etf SIL vs SLV ... 2yr : 1yr : 6mo : From 12/6/17 ... SIL-$30.55 / SLV-$15.70 Ratio : SIL -to-SLV is "stuck" near 2.0 (but could break out again): SIL-$30.55 / SLV-$15.70 = R 1.945 ==

SIL / Global X Silver Miners ETF vs SLV / Silver etf SIL vs SLV ... 2yr : 1yr : 6mo : From 12/6/17 ... SIL: $25.19 -0.56 / SLV: $14.60 -0.06 / R: 1.725: 5d : Ratio : SIL -to-SLV is "stuck" near 2.0 (but could break out again): SIL-$30.21 / SLV-$15.78 = R 1.914 == S: Jul15c $0.80 / Jul29c $1.60 : $11,200 : 30.6/15.8= R1.937 -locked!

GZZ Letter to Shareholders - May 15, 2018 RZZ model at GZZ?: "offloaded expenses... now acts as a substantial NSR holder & shareholder" GZZ ($0.290) vs MZZ ($0.120) : Ratio: 2.42 ... 5-yr : 2-yr : 1-yr // w/RZZ : w/RZZ : EXCERPT Over the past few years, we have addressed many financial issues at your company through continued decreases in expenditures and a significant off-loading of our primary costs (staffing, exploration properties, exploration funding and costs and the associated dilution on share capital). The most significant change we made in 2017 was to enter into an option agreement with Val-d'Or Mining Corporation ("MZZ"). Golden Valley holds approximately 25% of the issued share capital of MZZ. Under the option agreement, we granted MZZ an option to acquire a 100% interest in 61 of our grassroots properties in return for incurring a total of $4,000,000 of expenditures for exploration and other mining operations on the properties, and the issuance of 16,666,668 common shares to Golden Valley at a deemed price of $0.12 per share for an (aggregate deemed) value of $2,000,000. In addition, MZZ has granted Golden Valley a royalty equal to 1.25% of the net smelter returns ("NSR") from the properties. This transaction enables Golden Valley to shift its exploration focus (and therefore the expenditures) to MZZ. In addition, the consultants and employees of Golden Valley now consult to or, are now employed by MZZ, thereby significantly reducing Golden Valley's cash burn rate. Golden Valley now acts as the holder of the NSR royalties and as a significant shareholder, a status and position that has worked well for us with our shareholding in Abitibi Royalties over the past many years. Golden Valley has retained interests in over 15 of its mining properties (in whole or in part, pursuant to its interests in the various joint venture and royalty agreements it has entered into with third parties) on which exploration continues, largely funded by arms-length joint venture partners. Management's financial objective was to reduce expenses (not just exploration expenses, but also general and administrative, legal and audit/financial costs) and to improve efficiencies in order to provide our shareholders with targeted services. I think we have accomplished much of this already, but more improvement is anticipated as our related entities – Val-d'Or Mining Corporation primarily – become more autonomous and gain critical mass. It is expensive to be a public company, the capital is very expensive and hard to obtain, and we expect those who work with us as contractors and service providers to also adhere to best practices and exceed performance expectations. "Good enough" rarely is, and we do hold our service providers to the same standards as our board and management, in an effort to keep all accountable in today's competitive environment. > MORE: http://goldenvalleymines.com/investors/lettertothestakeholders/2018/

Uranium prices are rising again U.t / Uranium participation fund .... update : vs- URA : CCJ / Cameco ... update : URA / Uranium share etf ... update :

Condo Price Rises - Makati rules

Thinking about WHERE to Live? Here are some complex and detailed considerations Many People Are FLEEING Their Cities and America Too! Where Can You Go? People are leaving the Bay Area of CA, & the USA

A Tale of Two Bitcoin Mining Companies Ross Pilot March 27, 2018 / UPDATING MARCH article I have bought put options on RIOT Blockchain (RIOT-Nasdaq) which I hope will expire out of the money. A put is a contract to SELL shares in a company at a certain price. I have bought contracts for the right to SELL RIOT at five dollars. That means the contract is worth money if I can BUY shares in RIOT at less than five dollars. The put options are a bet that RIOT drops in price, or insurance in case bitcoin goes down the drain in the next two months. Why did I do that? I own a lot of stock in DMG Blockchain (DMGI-TSXv) which won’t come free-trading until the summer. And with the way the market Is treating public bitcoin mining companies, it is going to take quite a rally in bitcoin for DMGI to trade above $1.00 anytime soon. I am LONG in DMG and short in RIOT so no matter which way the price of bitcoin goes, I should end up in the money on at least one of those investments. I picked these two company as a paired trade because at first glance, the companies are very similar, as both are in the bitcoin mining business. But the differences in the two are what makes think I could win both trades. AT time of writing (March 26th) RIOT has a share price of $7.36 USD with a market cap of $71 million USD ($92 million CAD). UPDATE : RIOT at 6/5/2018: $7.80 ... 12-mos : DMGI has a share price of 78 cents CAD with a market cap of $45 million CAD. UPDATE : DMGI / DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. (CVE) at 6/5/2018: C$0.385 ... 12-mos : (Also, I added this one): ATLEF / Atlas Cloud Enterprises at 6/5/2018: C$0.225 ... 12-mos : HIVE - etc, at 6/5/2018: C$1.12 ... Last 6-mos : RIOT: $7.80, ATLEF: $0.225 As you can see, the market cap of RIOT is twice that of DMG. But what are you getting for your investment in these companies? And this is where it gets interesting. The only tangible assets that this companies have that have a chance of producing revenue anytime soon are the mining assets. > more: https://www.newcurrencyfrontier.com/2018/03/27/a-tale-of-two-bitcoin-mining-companies/

Racist-Sexist Melinda Gates Bashes ‘White Guys,’ Says She’ll Discriminate Against Them Melinda Gates has decided to enter the venture capital world by sending her money to people based at least partly on their sex and skin color, she said in a recent Fortune interview. “It’s been incredibly disappointing to watch how few women-led businesses are getting funded,” Gates said. “Ultimately, if we want more innovation and better products, we’ve got to put more money behind women and minorities. That wasn’t happening, so I decided to step in and see what I could do to help a little bit.” Here are other portions of her interview where Gates specifically says some criteria for how she invests in startups are race and sex. She clearly says she preferences women and non-whites over men and white people, specifically for these immutable characteristics that have nothing inherently to do with business success. “Over-index” is essentially a financial or data version of affirmative action. A white man could easily make products that meet minority women’s needs and desires, and vice versa. Their race and sex has nothing to do with their drive and ingenuity. But Gates implies that they do, which is weird and patently stupid, to put it mildly. In the Fortune interview, Gates says “I think real change can occur when the VC community starts to demand that the people it invests in have diversity, the right values, and the right behavior.” When asked to “define diversity,” she responds, “I define diversity as when you have a mix of people seated at the table who look representative of our whole society.” Gates is saying that venture capitalists — and other social leaders — should be demanding that business partners essentially conform to quotas based on neo-Marxist class distinctions, or Left-defined identity groups: sex, race, income, sexual behavior, ethnicity. > http://thefederalist.com/2018/06/05/melinda-gates-bashes-white-guys-says-shell-discriminate/ Worth noting. But this is money that her white male husband earned, and she is free to invest it (& maybe waste it?) as she likes. There are plenty of wealthy PC-minded investors in CA, so women & blacks with start-ups to fund might target them Here's one who did... Rebecca Dohrman @RebeccaDohrman @melindagates sent a special msg to the #NCWITSummit - wonderful to have her support with the goal of leading the US to a future with broader participation for women in computing. 3:20 AM - May 17, 2018 · Grapevine, TX If Melinda Gates had made the money she is investing herself, I would have been far more impressed. Here I see a dangerous and foolish "hobby mentality" taking root in her. We also see more "Female Priviiege" - ie positive targeting of females for illogical reasons. Get on with it Melinda, you have a lot pf money (to lose?)

Viridium - Stock price history still matters... apparently VIR... update : 2yrs :

HOTTEST PROPERTY? Is named as what country, do you reckon? (points for guessing #2 and #3) > Link: http://uk.businessinsider.com/us-news-best-countries-to-invest-in-now-2018-3?r=US&IR=T/#8-thailand-13 ## : Country--- : Population : GDP$B : Grew : /capita : 1. : Philippines- : 103.3 Mn. : $ 304.9 : +6.9%: $ 2,952 : 2. : Indonesia--- : 261.1 Mn. : $ 932.3 : +5.0%: $ 3,571 : 3. : Poland-------- : 37.9 Mn. : $ 469.5 : +2.9%: $12,388 : 4. : Malaysia----- : 31.2 Mn. : $ 296.4 : +4.2%: $ 9,500 : 5. : Singapore--- : 5.6 Mn. : $ 297.0 : +2.0%: $53,036 : 6. : Australia------ : 24.1 Mn. : $1200. : +2.8%: $49,793 : 7. : Spain----------- : 46.4 Mn. : $1200. : +3.3%: $25,862 : 8. : Thailand------- : 68.9 Mn. : $ 406.8 : +3.2%: $ 5,904 : 9. : India------------ : 1300. Mn. : $2300. : +7.1%: $ 1,769 : 10. : Oman--------- : 4.4 Mn. : $ 66.3 : - nil?- : $15,068 : === >10 : Czech Republic, Finland, Uruguay, Turkey, Ireland >15 : Netherlands, United Kingdom, Brazil, France, Chile To qualify as a country worthy of investment, certain standards must be met. A World Bank Group report highlighted four factors — the country's people, environment, relationships, and framework — that propel both individuals and corporations to invest in a given country's natural resources, markets, technologies, or brands. Guided by the report from the World Bank Group, U.S. News identified the best countries to invest in for 2018. Last month, U.S. News released their 2018 Best Countries ranking. To determine the overall list, U.S. News surveyed over 21,000 people worldwide about 80 different countries, measuring them on 65 different attributes, including cultural influence, entrepreneurship, and quality of life. For the best countries to invest in ranking, U.S. News focused on just eight of the 65 attributes: entrepreneurship, economic stability, favorable tax environment, innovation, skilled labor, technological expertise, dynamism, and corruption. Responses from over 6,000 survey participants — who act as decision makers in business around the globe — were then used to determine the ranking.