Focus. Never Give Up on Winning in Life.

1. Focus. Never Give Up.
Published on February 11, 2017
7-7 Market Highlights, (February 02-11, 2017)
Never give up hope of winning in life or in game… Tom Brady and Bill Belichick and the New
England Patriots won the historical comeback ever, the 51st Super Bowl, from 25 points
deficit. Focused on winning one play at a time. Never gave up. What an amazing display of
courage and focus. Bravo Patriots.
China sends “high praises” to Trump as the ice-breaker letter was sent to Xi Jinping. Let’s hope
China and USA will resort to cooperation rather than confrontation. Trump is also stating
emphatically there will be sweeping tax reform that will boost corporate bottom lines and pad
individual tax payer’s wallet in two to three weeks. With that announcement the market jumped
150 points… Is Trump living up to his campaign promises? Meanwhile populism in Europe,

2. France, Italy, Greece, and others are once again highlighting their plights and questioning the
destiny of European Union. Populist movement is shaking the future landscape of European
Union…
Tech giants are strategizing for growth and envisioning trend setting agenda: service focus, cloud,
videos, and AI… Are you keeping up, or missing the boat? While tech is evolving the financial
institutions and the U.S. market are revisiting the Peer-to-Peer lending, reminiscent of the
Lehman. Déjà vu 2008 financial crisis? Or, something else?
Develop your soft skills, embrace technology, and get a well-paying job… Research the industry,
analyze your skill sets and growth potential, and apply yourself to well-paying job. Your wealth
is the greatest foundation of our country, global wealth. Go get’em.
Market closed on Friday the February 10, the sixth week of 2017 at: DOW-20,269.37; S&P-
2,316.109; NASDAQ-5,734.13; Gold-$1,234.70; Oil-$53.85; and 10-Year Bond-2.409%...
~ S. Vincent Shin
www.linkedin.com/in/vshin