Monthly Archives: November 2009
Manic Monday
As the price of gold touched a high early this morning, I got thinking to myself “Self, remember in the predictive linguistics from HPH how this was going to be a period of building tensions with the October 25th event … Continue reading
Coping: Those Ill Winds
Although plenty of people are saying that the web bot project had a ‘miss’ on October 25th when the skies didn’t part and the world end in a single event, even most skeptics will agree that’s a pretty good marker … Continue reading
Top In? Going Down?
Now that Robin Landry’s target zone has been filled, the odds are increasing daily that the run-up we have seen since March may be toast. The gold price is down $7.50 when I looked this morning (early) and that would … Continue reading
Coping: With a Retiring Mogambo
Nearly the worst thing imaginable has happened to the global pharmaceutical industry: My esteemed colleague – The Mogambo Guru – has made plans to cut back his meds and spend more time on the golf course. This all came … Continue reading
Testing the “Ure Ratio”
Over the past couple of days, several people have written in saying the Ure Ratio may not be working. If you’ve been paying attention, the ration says that the move in the price of gold times 10 is about where … Continue reading
Coping: When are Couples Married?
My friend Howard Hill (web site) who writes most excellent from the insider perspective on markets – having been there – sent me a note today wondering in all marriages in Texas are illegal. Took me a couple of seconds … Continue reading
CPI: Up Again
If you were waiting for a world-ender deflation to strike, forget it: CPI is still going up so that’s one sign that deflation is being held at bay: “On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban … Continue reading
Coping: With Cell Phone madness
Despite my protests, seems the cell phone industry will continue to grow, since most people are not conscious enough to define what is pertinent information to real-world life and what’s not. The latest round of ‘social media’ simply capitalized … Continue reading
Port for Breakfast
Along about the middle of each month we begin one of our breakfast of champions with a short discussion of how things are going down on the docks. I hit the press release circuit which the MainStreamMedia reports and insist … Continue reading
Coping: Lingo-Lango – Drifty Tongues
“Unfriend” is the word of the year for the Oxford Dictionary folk. Since I’m a language abuser at heart, here’s their press release: Facebook fans will undoubtedly recognize the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2009 Word of the Year, unfriend. unfriend … Continue reading