Monthly Archives: October 2009
Coping: With the “New Electrics”
Seems Cold Fusion is back: “George, Cold fusion rears it’s ugly head again. Serious report on 60 minutes… Yup, it works. Let the record show that twenty years ago John Edwards said that Fleishman and Pons, respected and established scientists, … Continue reading
Dead Banks Walking, Redux
Since I don’t normally write a Saturday column – having promised myself more ‘down time’ but, like swearing off eating red meat, a promise more easily made than kept, I found myself tossing and turning most of the night after … Continue reading
One More Trading Day Till….What?
We’ve got – from when the market opens in NY this morning – only about 6½ trading hours to go until we get to the long-awaited October 25/26 emotional turning which is due to take place according to the work … Continue reading
Coping: With Observer States
A huge number of personal brushes with the ‘flighty’ nature of time/space continue to show up in the inbox. More than I expected by a long shot. Let me share some of the more interesting ones since this ‘holes in … Continue reading
Antoher Day, Another Operating System
After going through the world’s largest buy-in beta test, being a fairly early adopter of Vista, I’d like to start this morning by noting that today marks the release of Microsoft’s latest: Windows 7. After multiple service packs and … Continue reading
Coping: With the Really Worst Case
There may be a connection between a couple of dots this morning that – if they turn out to really be connected – could paint next week as one of the worst in the history of American finance. I’ll tell … Continue reading
Nukes & Money hump Day: Iran Deal?
Here’s one which could send the price of gold down…a possible breakthrough at the Iran talks under which Russia would do the refining for Iran’s new reactor. The draft agreement is now out for discussion says the head of the … Continue reading
Coping: With the Bad Part of 2010
Had a most interesting conversation with Arch Crawford last night about what’s ahead, not only for the ugly part of this year’s market (wait a week or two and you won’t be saying “huh?”) but also about the really ugly … Continue reading
PPI: Profit Positive Indicator
Worried about The Inflation Monster ripping you out of your home? Well, it may be that way when you try to spend your money, but the latest producer price index figures out today show actual deflation at the finished goods … Continue reading
Coping: Computing the Future
For some reason – don’t know whether it’s the stars, or what – I seem to be coming to a ‘software festival’ period starting today. First up is the release of the crop circle spinning software (Formation Animator) which … Continue reading