The week ahead

The crypto space is where all the action is right now thanks to the Bitcoin hype cycle, the US election, and Trump’s continued overlap with Elon Musk and the potential pro-crypto policies that might flow from that unholy union. 

> PH:  Today is the ex-date for the AREIT Q3 dividend, but it’s also the payment date for DDMPR’s Q2 dividend, and the end of DITO’s follow-on offering offer period. Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the end of the FLI/FILRT tender offer, plus it’s also the listing date for the PHN stock rights offering. Friday will be the payment date for RCR’s regular and special dividends.

> INTERNATIONAL:  It’s a compressed week for the US. The markets are closed on Thursday and will reopen for a short session on Friday before everyone heads to Walmart to participate in the traditional door crasher sale royal rumble.

MB bottom-line: I am only human, so my attention is being drawn by the crypto markets right now. I haven’t made any adjustments to my long-term PSE picks, but I am starting to pay a lot more attention to the PHP/USD exchange rate, where it’s going, and how it might continue to trend if certain conditions maintain and other conditions develop. I’m trying not to overthink it. Generally, the more I tinker and fiddle, the less money I make.

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