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VIP Alliance Weekly Update

I. Conservative Recommendation

Citigroup Inc. (C)

Citigroup, a holding in the Alpha Algorithm, broke out to the upside this past week.

Twenty-six banks last Wednesday announced plans to buy back stock after they passed the Fed’s annual check-up for financial stability. Citigroup led the way, doubling its quarterly dividend to 32 cents after getting the Fed’s blessing.

Citigroup also announced a common stock repurchase program of up to $15.6 billion. That would be the biggest ever buyback for Citi, surpassing a $15 billion buyback announced in 2005 before the financial crisis.

II. Aggressive Recommendation

Constellation Brands (STZ)

Constellation Brands announced better-than-expected earnings last Thursday.

Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in fiscal first-quarter 2018 rose 52% on a year-over-year basis, driven by higher sales and a rise in the adjusted operating margin.

Corona, the country’s top-selling premium beer and one of Constellation’s brand names, led the beer business to another blockbuster quarter.

The stock is now also the top one based on the technical screens used for Momentum Trader Alert.

Sincerely,

Nicholas A. Vardy

Nicholas Vardy

Nicholas Vardy has a unique background that has proven his knack for making money in different markets around the world. He was the Editor of The Global Guru, a free weekly e-newsletter, and also edited the trading services Momentum Trader Alert, which focused on making short-term profits in the hottest markets in the world, and The Alpha Algorithm, which was designed specifically to deliver big, fast triple-digit winners, month after month. He was also the editor of Smart Money Masters, a monthly service focused on longer term investments recommended by the brightest minds in the business. Mr. Vardy has been a regular commentator on CNN International and the Fox Business Network. He has also published articles in The New Republic, The World and I, and The Baker & McKenzie Legal Review. The Global Guru/Nicholas Vardy has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Fox Business News, CBS MarketWatch, Yahoo! Finance, and MSN Money Central. Mr. Vardy graduated from Stanford with a B.A. — with honors and distinction — in both Economics and History, and he also earned an M.A in Modern European Intellectual History. After winning a Fulbright Scholarship, he earned a J.D. degree at Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. When not uncovering investment opportunities for his subscribers and investors, Mr. Vardy is a keep-fit enthusiast and an avid student of classical music.