Monthly Archives: January 2010
Double Dip In Davos
World Economic Forum is meeting in Switzerland this week and the headline in the WSJ online is that “Experts see another Global Dip ahead“…which sounds eerily like what we’ve been saying around here, although I screwed up since there’s been … Continue reading
Coping: Bot Run Possible
I admit it – I’ve been lobbying Cliff of HalfPastHuman.com to do another predictive linguistics run. There are a number of issues which I’d sure like better resolution on, and once things get into the 3-weeks to 3-month window, often … Continue reading
Rally Bound!
The price of gold is up and the futures are pointing to a solid day for the market in the wake of last night’s State of the Union address. Still, there are some problems around, such as Toyotas big recall … Continue reading
Copoing: My Personal Typos Crusade
As soon as I finish with this morning’s report, have a little chow, shower, check the brush piles that are still smoldering, return a few phone calls, and have yet more coffee I’m off to Palestine where I will be … Continue reading
Hidden in Plain Site: Unmitigated Disaster
I was really surprised when my consigliore called this week to point out something which was so obvious I hadn’t thought to mention it. Bad move on my part. “First of all, my model was built in 1979,” he began, … Continue reading
Coping: With the Corporate Persona
Pull up a chair and we need to have us a little talk about “What’s a human”. We need to go over this since the Obama administration has signaled that they may actually try to do something about the Supreme … Continue reading
Nice Bounce While It Lasted
In Monday’s column I showed you the five-minute chart Robin Landry had worked up and it showed the option of a rally up to the 10,350/10,300 area before the market could turn down again. Sure enough, at its peak on … Continue reading
Coping: With the I/O Problem
Along about tomorrow, Apple is expected to unveil a new tablet-sized product and CEO Steve Jobs says this is the most important thing he’s ever done. — While a low-priced notebook seems glitzy, the price point won’t be much different … Continue reading
Another Monday Rally
Say, not to sound ungrateful about things, but the people in charge of arb’ing up the market have gotten kind of boring with their ‘buy futures Mondays’ routine here, almost to the point where it has become a tradable pattern … Continue reading
Coping: Wujo & the Grand Canyon
Thought it would be best after all the serious tuff this morning to take a break and move right along to the WuJo – our mental martial arts school where reality/scientific meets reality/other on the mat of mental combat. Today … Continue reading