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| How to invest in horror films 🎬 | Film investing is hot, and Horror is the most profitable film genre by far. | There's a new way you can invest in horror films, and it's through one of our newest partners, Greenlit. | Greenlit is a platform that connects investors to filmmakers. It allows investors to easily analyze, track and manage their investments. | Alts is partnering with Greenlit to bring you exclusive access to a bundle of horror films currently in development. | | Current offering: Horror film slate | Genre: Horror/Comedy/Psychological | Production: Disaster Capital Productions | Funding: $1m total | Current status: Development | Film summaries: | | Why invest? | We love slates as they de-risk your investment All preliminary budgets are $5m. The producer is in talks with international production partners to bring production costs under $1m while retaining the equivalent production value of a $5m film. Production is international and can get 25% tax rebates, which can be leveraged to secure debt and gap financing.
| Want to invest? | | | 📰 Market Headlines | | Markets braced for their scariest week of 2024, with Big Tech earnings, inflation data, and jobs reports all on deck. | | All eyes are on Big Tech earnings as Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Amazon report this week.
| Delta Air Lines sued CrowdStrike for over $500 million after a July IT outage caused 7,000 flight cancellations. | Jeff Bezos reportedly killed the Washington Post's planned endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, breaking decades of tradition. | | 🧠 What do you think? | Today is a voter knowledge quiz rather than a survey. Good luck! | The answer is later in the issue. | If implemented, which candidate's proposals will increase the US debt more? | | 🕶️ Market Vibes | 🎰 Market Forecasts and Futures | Forecasts via Kalshi, the prediction market. | | 😱 Fear and Greed Index | | | 🎤 What you said last time | | What you had to say: | “Jared Goff! Jared Goff! Jared Goff! Jared Goff! Jared Goff! Jared Goff! Jared Goff! Jared Goff! Jared Goff! Jared Goff!” | | 📈 Trends you need to know | | California retained its position as the world’s fifth-biggest economy for 2023. |
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| | 📊 Stocks | | | Winners and losers | Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions | Here’s what to look for this week: | Monday: Ford (F), Philips (PHG), Waste Management (WM) Tuesday: Alphabet (GOOGL,GOOG), AMD (AMD), BP Oil (BP), Chipotle (CMG), Crocs (CROX), McDonald's (MCD), JetBlue (JBLU), Paypal (PYPL), Pfizer (PFE), Reddit (RDDT), Royal Caribbean Group (RCL), Snap (SNAP), Sofi (SOFI), Visa (V) Wednesday: ADP (ADP), Caterpillar (CAT), Carvana (CVNA), Coinbase (COIN), Etsy (ETSY), Eli Lilly (LLY), Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), Roku (ROKU), Robinhood (HOOD), Starbucks (SBUX) Thursday: Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Conoco Phillips (COP), Estee Lauder (EL), Kellanova (K), Intel (INTC), Mastercard (MA), Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL), Peloton (PTON), Merck (MRK), SiriusXM (SIRI) Friday: Charter Communications (CHTR), Dominion Energy (D), fuboTV (FUBO), Chevron (CVX), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Wayfair (W)
| Market movers | Hawaiian Airlines cut 73 jobs following its $1.9 billion Alaska Air merger. Lyft was hit with a $2.1 million FTC penalty for misleading drivers about potential earnings. Alibaba agreed to pay $433.5 million to settle a US lawsuit over monopolistic practices and misleading statements. Apple made plans to develop a smart home display inspired by the classic iMac G4. Volkswagen projected 10% wage cuts and a two-year wage freeze as part of a €4 billion cost-saving plan.
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| California maintained its position as the world's fifth-largest economy, with GDP reaching $3.9 trillion in 2023. Economic proposals by Vice President Harris and Former President Trump could raise the national debt by $3.5 trillion and $7.5 trillion over the next decade.
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|     | | 🌍 Global Perspectives | | 🇸🇩 Sudan's war has killed hundreds in the past week as fighting intensified after seasonal rains ended. 🇯🇵 Japan's ruling coalition lost majority in a stunning election defeat, dropping from 279 to 209 seats as voters punished the government over inflation and scandals. 🇵🇭 Tropical Storm Trami killed 152 people in the Philippines through devastating landslides and flooding that displaced 5.9 million people. 🇷🇺 🇺🇸 Elon Musk has been in regular secret contact with Vladimir Putin for two years.
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| | Keep This Gold Stock on your Watchlist 🇨🇦 $ESAU 🇺🇸 $SEKZF | | Gold prices hit an all-time high ESGold stock is up over 50% this month Committed to eco-friendly mining practices
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| | 🧠 Errata | Timothée Chalamet crashed his own look-alike contest in NYC. A SpaceX tourist reported alarming vision problems during a five-day orbital mission. The classic game "Oregon Trail" is becoming an action-comedy movie, complete with musical numbers.
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| | 📺 What to Watch Today |  | Timothee Chalamet: Willy Wonka actor crashes his own lookalike contest in NYC causing pandemonium |
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| That’s all for today. Did I miss anything? Smash the reply button to let me know. | Cheers, | Wyatt |
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