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It’s officially the first day of a government shutdown after Democrats and Republicans failed to come to terms on a continuing resolution for funding. But while the mainstream media stays laser-focused on this political theater, we’re looking past the surface-level news … to a major development that just took place over the weekend.

President Trump’s plan to revitalize American semiconductor manufacturing scored a massive win last week — as Nvidia (NVDA) agreed to make a $5 billion investment to help revive Intel’s (INTC) deteriorating business. This deal is fantasticnews for both companies, their shareholders, and America at large.

Hello and welcome to Capitol Gains Trader… Matt Clark has taken a rare vacation this week, and I’m currently traveling, so I’ll keep today’s update brief. We’re now just a few hours away from the first interest rate cut of 2025. Today could be the most pivotal day of the year for determining how things end up.

The United States Navy has now parked a small fleet in the waters just off Venezuela’s coast… Officially, these ships were dispatched to help curb drug smuggling activities (even though Venezuela isn’t really a central hub for trafficking these days).

Right now, three American warships are on their way to patrol international waters off the coast of Venezuela. They’re ostensibly headed down there to curb the runaway activities of the country’s massive drug cartels. But if that’s the case, then why is Venezuela’s army rushing to station 15,000 troops at the border with Colombia?