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• Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF $VGLT Shares Newly Bought by Strata Wealth Advisors LLC

  Strata Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake of 330,827 shares in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ: VGLT) in the third quarter, valued at about $16,588,000, according to an SEC filing. The position makes up 3.9% of the firm's portfolio, its 9th largest holding, and represents about 0.16% of the ETF. The article also lists other investors' recent changes, including Cornerstone Planning Group, which raised its stake by 1,010.9% in the first quarter to 611 shares. VGLT opened at $51.39 on Friday, with a one-year range of $49.29 to $58.44, a 50-day moving average of $51.86 and a 200-day moving average of $53.60. The passive fund tracks a market-weighted index of U.S. government bonds with maturities greater than 10 years.

  tickerreport.com·18/10, 10:00ETFbondsVGLT
• Can the Permanent Portfolio strategy protect your wealth?

  Harry Browne's Permanent Portfolio, developed in the 1980s, splits holdings equally among stocks, long-dated bonds, gold and cash, rebalanced annually to aim for returns in all market conditions. A JustETF back-test using European ETFs from January 2007 to June 2026 shows a cumulative return of 234%, versus 434% for a 100% equity portfolio and 279% for a portfolio of 60% stocks and 40% bonds, but with volatility of just 6.3% compared with 8.6% and 13.5%. Its drawdown barely touched 5% in 2008, when equity markets lost nearly 50%, while its worst drawdown in two decades, just over 10%, came in 2022 as inflation surged and long bonds sold off. A UK version returned a compound annual growth rate of 5.8%, with long gilts down about 48% offset by a 132% rise in gold, and a weighted average cost of 0.17%.

  moneyweek.com·18/10, 09:30goldbondsinvestment portfolios
• Bitcoin ETFs Shed Nearly $1 Billion in Two Weeks as Uptober Stays Red

  U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows of $228.6 million this week, following $681.1 million the week before, according to SoSoValue. Outflows exceeded inflows on three of five trading days, with Wednesday's $261.4 million redemption the worst session, coinciding with a hotter-than-expected September CPI reading of 3.7%. A hot producer price figure followed, reviving bets on further Federal Reserve rate hikes, and Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000 as nearly $950 million in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated. Nexo analyst Iliya Kalchev said the drop pushed Bitcoin below the average ETF holder's cost basis near $82,300. The funds are down about $615 million for October, though cumulative net inflows since launch remain $57.3 billion.

  Decrypt·18/10, 15:01▼ BTC/USDTbitcoinETFinflation
• Higher for longer : why low rates are relics of the past

  Mortgage holders should expect interest rates to stay higher for longer, whether or not the RBA hikes again on Melbourne Cup day. Assistant Governor Christopher Kent said neutral rates are rising in Australia and abroad, driven by intense global competition for capital from AI and data centre companies. The cash rate is 4.6%, its highest in 15 years, and markets have almost fully priced in another rise by mid-2027 and do not expect rates to fall below current levels until at least mid-2028. The term premium has climbed to a 12-year high, tightening financial conditions. Federal government spending reached 26.9% of GDP in 2025/26, the highest in 40 years excluding COVID-19, which economists say is weakening the effectiveness of interest rates in curbing demand.

  theleader.com.au·19/10, 06:45▲ DXY▼ PAXG/USDT▼ QQQ▼ SPYinterest ratesRBAAustralia
• Higher for longer : why low rates are relics of the past

  Mortgage holders should expect interest rates to stay high for longer, whether or not the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raises them again. The RBA warns that intense global competition for capital from AI and data centre companies is pushing up the neutral interest rate, and assistant governor Christopher Kent says there is reasonable evidence neutral rates are rising in Australia and abroad. The cash rate is 4.6%, its highest in 15 years, and markets do not expect rates to fall below current levels until at least mid-2028, with another rise by mid-2027 almost fully priced in. The term premium has climbed to a 12-year high, and Commonwealth Bank chief economist Luke Yeaman argues that higher government and AI spending makes rates less effective at curbing demand. Federal government spending reached 26.9% of GDP in 2025/26, the highest in 40 years excluding COVID-19, and HSBC's Paul Bloxham urges further spending cuts in the mid-year fiscal update expected in December.

  northweststar.com.au·19/10, 06:30▲ DXY▼ PAXG/USDT▼ QQQ▼ SPYinterest ratesRBAAustralia
• The Bond Market Is Sending a Warning to Nvidia Shareholders

  CoreWeave's stock dropped after a chart shared by Chamath Palihapitiya showed its bonds due 2032 yielding 15%, and Reuters reported its April notes due 2031 topped 16%. Rising yields signal growing market concern about default risk and whether neoclouds can earn returns above their cost of capital. That is a problem for Nvidia, which invested $2 billion each in CoreWeave and Nebius and agreed to buy CoreWeave's unused capacity through 2032. CoreWeave says its $104 billion contracted backlog covers its debt, while Nvidia's plan to finance up to $500 billion in AI build-outs faces bank objections over GPU residual values. The article notes Nvidia trades at about 23 times forward earnings, a level that may already reflect this financial pressure.

  Yahoo Finance·18/10, 22:30▼ NVDANVDAbondsCoreWeave

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• A bank stock unexpectedly drew nearly 300 billion VND in net buying from securities firms' proprietary desks early this week

  On 19/10, the VN-Index fell 16.07 points (-0.94%) to 1,689.84, with selling pressure intensifying in the afternoon session. Securities firms' proprietary trading net bought 275 billion VND on HoSE, led by CTG at 230 billion VND, followed by KBC (134 billion), VPB (133 billion) and MSN (45 billion). On the other side, proprietary desks net sold the most of ACB at 221 billion VND and FRT at 144 billion VND.

  CafeF·19/10, 10:20▲ VNINDEX
• BingX, YouHodler added to ESMA MiCA register in latest update

  ESMA's latest MiCA register update added nine crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), bringing the total to 375 unique providers, including BingX's Austrian entity MEGE zweite and the Italian subsidiary of YouHodler. Other additions were Spain's Prakma Markets, Openbank Deutschland (a unit of Banco Santander) and two German cooperative lenders, while Denmark's Penning Financial Services is no longer listed. The EMT register stayed at 50 entries for 25 unique entities, the ART register remained empty, and the non-compliant NCASP register rose by five entries to 178. BingX's EU CEO Daniel Lai said the authorization lets the company operate under a clear regulatory framework as it prepares to launch regulated services across the European Economic Area.

  Cointelegraph·19/10, 10:13
• Zcash Developer Zakura Proposes Fix to Stop Quantum Computers Linking Shielded Swaps

  Zcash full node developer Zakura has proposed “one-time” viewing keys to stop a future quantum computer from linking a user's shielded Zcash payments. The biggest risk is swaps through NEAR Intents, where each swap out of ZEC posts one of the user's shielded addresses to NEAR's public chain as a refund address, and around $600 million to $700 million had flowed through that route by May, according to Zcash Open Development Lab CEO Josh Swihart. The fix derives a separate incoming viewing key for each published address while leaving the spending key untouched, so a quantum attacker who breaks one address would only see payments to that address. The approach needs no network upgrade, and wallets built on Zakura's open-source libraries, such as Vizor, can add it in the coming weeks, with hardware wallets to follow. At the time of reporting, ZEC traded at $1,165, up 3.6% on the day.

  Decrypt·19/10, 10:11• ZEC/USDT
• JPMorgan's JPM Coin, representing dollar deposits, is coming to Ethereum: Bloomberg

  JPMorgan will make JPM Coin, a token representing its dollar deposits, available to institutional clients on Ethereum, according to Bloomberg. The bank says Ethereum's liquidity makes it attractive to crypto companies seeking blockchain payments and to financial firms settling trades or backing tokenized assets. The move extends JPMorgan's blockchain work beyond Base and its private Kinexys network, which processes more than $7 billion daily. The bank did not say when the token will go live on Ethereum. Meanwhile, JPMorgan is among US banks planning a shared tokenized deposit network, but it was not on Swift's list of 17 banks preparing live transactions on its blockchain ledger in July.

  CoinDesk·19/10, 10:03▲ ETH/USDT• JPMJPMorganbankscrypto
• Robot factories and hypersonic missiles: JPMorgan Chase’s first $5 billion of defense investments

  JPMorgan Chase said it has made $5 billion in startup investments in the first year of its U.S. security and resiliency initiative, a faster pace than expected. The bank had pledged $10 billion into startups over a decade and may expand the program beyond that amount, according to co-president Doug Petno. Among the disclosed stakes, JPMorgan has taken direct positions in Hadrian, which builds automated factories making parts for defense, aerospace and maritime companies, and Castelion, maker of the relatively low-cost hypersonic missile Blackbeard. The bank helped lead a $1.4 billion funding round for Hadrian and was involved in a $1 billion round for Castelion. The direct equity stakes mark a departure from JPMorgan's usual role as a lender and advisor.

  CNBC·19/10, 10:00▲ JPM
• One Year In, JPMorganChase's Security and Resiliency Initiative Is Helping to Strengthen Industries Critical to Long-Term Economic Growth

  One year after launching its $1.5 trillion Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI), JPMorganChase said it has deployed $5 billion in equity investments through its Strategic Investment Group, half of its initial $10 billion SRI allocation. The firm has financed and facilitated more than $230 billion in transactions across SRI's focus areas, including supply chains and advanced manufacturing, defense and aerospace, energy, frontier technologies, and pharma and healthtech. The Strategic Investment Group, led by Todd Combs, invests in venture, growth and later-stage companies, while a team of more than 35 SRI professionals has expanded the initiative to Europe and Canada. Nearly one-third of SRI-related activity in the past year occurred outside the United States, as many critical technologies and supply chains cross borders. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said strong economies and national security require investment in infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, defense and innovation.

  Yahoo Finance·19/10, 10:00