eileen,
Your Portrait photograph bears a striking resemblance to Kevin Shay, who's Blog I just read. A 'Family Resemblance', perhaps?
K'eb has a Portfolio with NO Assets - double aught buck-shot Zero listings of ANY kind, not even Kash. As Alice said," It's getting Queerer and Queerer" around the SLO Kontest.
VikingWarrior
Dear Bull n' Bear
Don't be confused - find the balance in the middle - find your center, then Grin n' Bear it. Bullish & Ursine Ursa.
As for shipping - it gets slow in the wintertime - the ports freeze up for one, bad storms sink ships, ice forming on decks rolls ships over or simply weighs them down. That's in the Northern Hemisphere though. In the South, it's almost spring and summer is next with cruise ships loaded freezing folks from the North. Look at Carnival CCL - people are cargo, too after all. Also, look at those shipping outfits that have "ice-class" ships. These can operate in the North Sea & Baltic Sea even when there's pack ice or sheet ice. No Competition, High Pay. Take a look at the Baltic Freight Rate Index - it seasonally goes up in late fall / winter. The earlier the winter or colder or more stormier, the more it goes up. I recently did a Blog on Trannies & Shipping - I recommended TNP (Tsakos Navigation) BECAUSE it has moved to acquiring more Ice=Class ships for it's fleet. They 'smell' opportunity there, so do I.
I don't remember what I titled THAT particular BLOG, but it was High-Concept - so much so that most don't notice too much -
--------------------------VikingWarrior
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From: ToroAndBruin
Thanks for the info. on "ice class". I'll look into it. I was wondering about the problems of freezing while reading the recent forum message about the Hamburger Hafen going public.
Port Charlie,
Me again. My write-up about TNP is in my October Archives, published Oct 12,2007. Tactical Lesson #2 - Seasonal Factors - talking about companies & stocks that do well
in Winter.
I live in SE VA - which is near Cape Charles - geographically. Any relation to Port Charles? Don L. Ferk (aka Viking Warrior) Hampton,VA
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From ToroAndBruin
Port Charles is the name of a soap opera (and I view the stock market as a soap opera, hence all the titles of soaps plus variations thereon). The creators of the TV series may have been thinking of Cape Charles. I don't know since I never saw the show.
astuk,
---Gold has been de-monetized & de-linked from our 'fiat' money. As a commodity it trades at prices dictated by suuply & demand and/or Fear&Greed.
---I've been moving into silver & Platinum/Palladium ( also Uranium ). These metals have utilitarian industrial or electronic uses so they do have an intrinsic value. The production of silver has been less than demand for years; the difference comes from "Recycle Scrap". The problem has been that as silver prices rise silverware and actual silver coins come out of the woodwork for melting. The question is : How much more 'scrap' silver can there be out there? Warren Buffett made a huge silver buy a year or so ago. For silver, I like Hecla ( HL ) and PanAmerican (PAAS). I believe Fleckenstein is on the board of directors of PAAS - so he's a believer. Hope This Helps. Don L. Ferk
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Ahknaten,
Good Show! Well Done. Your the King Tut of this Contest - a "Ra" of light in this Anne McCaffery "Left Hand Side of Darkness" Universe.
THIS One's between You & Me and the Deep Apple Blue Sea----
___I remember the Halcyon days of Apple - Steve "The Woz" Wozniak ( who invented the Operating System (OS) and called it OmniMon),The Apple II, the memory that ran so hot you had to get an electronic "refrigeration' device to cool it down to prevent self-destruction.
___The Nerds at Apple got so rich that they lost sight of "The Dream". Woz quit, So did Jobs. What happened was ugly. With new-found wealth Management & Staff started to engage in Bizarre Bad Behavior - They started having 'Office Romances' - sleeping with Co-workers. Jealousies and Organizational Dynamics ( aka Office Politics ) and hatreds from broken-off love affairs and back-stabbing revenge from when your love interest's next love interest set in. Apple self-destructed. Jobs ccame back as the White Knight to restore Moral order and Work Ethic. It worked. See the results. Apple's "Beatle" Rainbow Apple logo is now a Blue,blue Apple. This may be emblematic of an new 'recidivism' at Apple,Inc. Where is the Wizard of Woz,now, I ask.
--- Europe isn't "buying the latest 'gadget' gizmo thing. The 'roaming' charges are scandalous. Competition is a Hell-hound nipping an inch from their on-the-run Buttocks.
---In your analysis you talk about R&D expenses. In High-Tech these capitalized costs are not always recovered by the product, which rapidly becomes obsolete. They are held on the Books as R&D 'Assets' but are really non-cash write-off liabilities for the Future. They killed Cray research, crippled Sin MicroSystems, etc. etc. Maybe you should consider the Time-Bombs in some of these Big Mo plays, like Apple, There is also the "coupon" problem, Microsoft, incuurred Billions in liabilitie to get the Windows XP out the door by Christmas - putting out a flawed version and guaranteeing "replacements" or low-cost upgrades when the next-best-thing came out. Problems DELAYED are NOT problems SOLVED -- that is VW's Time-Bomb Theory for Bankers & Hackers & Slackers.
----Hope this helps - maybe I'm just "enabling" you with re-inforcement. Take it or Leave it, I say. With Respect, Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior ) SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent.
Male Cow Huggy Bear,
Hamburg Hafen is going Public ??? as in " Out of the closet"? Every self-respecting General Issue G.I. has been 'There'. The Port of Hamburg is where military personnel went to pick up and/or leave off their personal made-in-USA vehicles when stationed in Europe during the Cold War. Been there - Done THAT! It's "worse" than den Hague " meaning The Hail or Hail Storm" or (God help me ) AmsterDam & RotterDam put together.
___Please don't "Publish" this --- but here's a sample of Social Life in Hamburg ( at least until sometime in December 2007 ( In LugerHead Lingo followed by a 'transliteration' to Bad English -- )
ToWit :
28th Sep - 29. Sep-29 Dez 2007 December 2007
Olivias Safari Olivias Safari
Ihre Reiseführerin: Their Reiseführerin:
Deutschlands Kult-Drag Queen Olivia Jones steht wie kein zweiter Paradiesvogel für das bunte Leben in Hamburgs schrillstem Stadtteil.
Germany's cult drag queen Olivia Jones is like no other bird of paradise for the colorful life in Hamburg schrillstem District.
Olivia kennt St. Pauli wie ihre Westentasche und garantiert somit exklusive Einblicke in das Leben zwischen Glanz und Elend.
Olivia St. Pauli knows like the back of their hands, thereby guaranteeing exclusive insight into the life of splendor and squalor.
Ausgewählte Stationen: Selected stations:
Café Keese Cafe Keese
Tischtelefone für anonym-schlüpfrige Gespräche gibt es im ehemaligen Tanzcafé längst nicht mehr.
Table phones for anonym-schlüpfrige talks, there is a café in the former dance no longer.
Die plüschige Puff-Atmosphäre und der Ruhm vergangener Tage sind geblieben.
The plüschige Puff atmosphere and the glory days are past remained.
Mittlerweile beherbergt das legendäre Café Thomas Hermanns Hamburger Quatsch Comedy Club.
Meanwhile hosts the legendary Café Thomas Hermanns Hamburger Quatsch Comedy Club.
Vor der Humorhochburg des Kiez' stolpern Sie gemeinsam mit Olivia über Udo Lindenbergs Ehrenstern.
Before the humor stronghold of the neighborhood 'They stumble along with Olivia on Udo Linde hill honorary star.
Davidswache David watch
Die Davidswache liefert Filmen und Serien wie dem "Großstadtrevier" die passende Kulisse.
The David watch returns films and series such as the "metropolitan area" the correct setting.
Und wer auf dem Kiez zu Hause ist, der geht meist auch hier aus und ein - ob er will oder nicht!
And who in the neighborhood at home, which usually goes from here and whether he wants to or not!
Sogar Olivia musste schon bei den Beamten vorsprechen.
Even Olivia had already among the officials appointment.
Kein Zweifel: Hier gibt's die härtesten aber groß-herzigsten Bullen der Stadt - echte Ordnungshüter mit Seelsorger-Qualitäten!
No doubt about it: There's the hardest but groß-herzigsten bulls of the town-planning genuine enforcement chaplain with qualities!
Hans-Albers-Platz Hans-Albers - Platz
Hier hat St. Pauli seinem wohl berühmtesten
Werbebotschafter ein Denkmal gesetzt.
Here, St. Pauli his most famous advertising ambassador a monument.
Der legendäre "Blonde Hans" hat mit seinen Seemannsfilmen das romantisch-verklärte Image des Stadtteils in den Medien geprägt - das Bild des Platzes prägt heute vor allem Gastronomie.
The legendary "Hans Blonde" with his sailor's films, the romantisch-verklärte image of the district in the media - the image of the place characterizes today especially restaurants.
Was geboten wird und wo man sonst noch schlemmen, ja sogar Lilo Wanders in einem Freudenhaus verspeisen kann, ...
What is needed and where to feast else, even Lilo Wanders joy in a house can eat ... Olivia weiß es! Olivia knows it!
Ritze Carve
Zwischen den vermutlich berühmtesten gemalten Beinen der Welt geht's in die wohl berühmteste "Ritze" der Welt.
Among the most famous probably painted legs of the World's most famous in the "chink" of the World.
Hinter dem sündigen Namen verbirgt sich jedoch in Wahrheit eine der normaleren Kneipen St. Paulis: Statt nacktem Fleisch gibt's Korn, Bier, Schnaps und Wein und im Keller sogar einen Boxring.
Behind the name, there is sinful, but in reality one of the more normal Pubs St. Pauli: Instead of bare flesh, there's corn, beer, liquor and wine in the cellar, and even a boxing ring.
Hier schwang schon die Reiseführerin höchstpersönlich das Tanzbein mit Udo Lindenberg und Ben Becker.
This has swung the Reiseführerin himself on the dance floor with Udo Lindenberg and Ben Becker.
Als Stärkung serviert Olivia vor den langen Beinen der Ritze jedem Safari-Gast einen "Kurzen".
As Olivia strengthen served before the long legs of the Safari Carve each guest a "short".
Große Freiheit Large freedom
Hamburgs berühmteste Amüsierstraße hat was für jeden Geschmack - vom Table Dance im berühmten Dollhouse, bis zur Live Sex Show im berüchtigten "Safari", die angesagtesten Discotheken und die abgehalftertsten Animierschuppen.
Hamburg's famous Amüsierstraße has something for every taste, from the famous Table Dance Doll House, to live sex show at the infamous "Safari", the trendy discotheques and abgehalftertsten Animierschuppen.
Hier kann jeder den Abend auf seine Weise ausklingen lassen - nach dem obligatorischen gemeinsamen Abschiedsfoto mit Olivia!
Here, every evening on his way bar.The-after the obligatory joint farewell photo with Olivia!
Stationen, die zudem u. a. im Rahmen der Tour (nach Möglichkeit) gestreift werden:
Stations, which also alia in the framework of the tour (if possible) stripes:
Die Condomerie - das wohl kleinste aber gutsortierte "Kiez-Kuriositätenkabinett", Jennys Second Wonder - die schrillste Transen-Boutique Deutschlands, das berüchtigte "Safari" - hier fallen sogar Biene Maja und Willi in einer Livesex-Bühnenshow übereinander her, das Hustler-Erotikcenter - auch bekannt als verruchtester Souvenirshop der Reeperbahn, das Pulverfass - Deutschlands derzeit wohl bekanntestes "Herren in Damenkostümen"-Kabarett, das Schmidt's Tivoli -hier begannen die Karrieren von Olivia und auch Lilo Wanders, die wohl berühmteste Esso-Tankstelle Deutschlands - zugleich 24h-Supermarkt der Kiezler und Kiezlerinnen, usf.
The Condomerie-smallest but the most well - "location-Curiosities Cabinet," Jenny Second Wonder-the shrillest Trans-Boutique Germany, the infamous "Safari" - here are even bee Maja and Williston in a Livesex-Bühnenshow over her, the Hustler - Erotic Center - also known as verruchtester souvenir shop in the Reeperbahn, the powder keg-Germany's best known being "Men in Women costumes" -Kabarett, Schmidt's Tivoli -hier started the careers of Olivia and Lilo Wanders, the most famous Esso gas station in Germany-at the same time 24 h-Supermarkt the Kiezler and Kiezlerinnen, etc.
Im Ticketpreis enthalten: The ticket price includes:
Tour-Dauer ca. 2 Stunden , Treffpunkt U3-St.Pauli, Ausgang Reeperbahn Tour lasts approx 2 hours, the meeting point U3-St.Pauli, starting Reeperbahn
And I THOUGHT Chrome-dome Cramer was "Schrill)!!!
VikingWarrior ( and NOT a Brass Monkey
[Oriental Catamite] either - tongue in cheek & Blood-guttered Long Sword in Scabbard )
(aka Don L. Ferk ) -
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
P.S. - Do you know of any Pure-Play Colliers? - With USD $100 Oil, I think Int'l Trade in Coal may be "The-Next-Best-Shipping- 'Thang'.
DLF
Well I'll be a "Mummy's Uncle" : An Ankh
is an Egyptian Cross - symbolizung Fertility & Life. The word Ankh means "mirror" or "image"
in the Ancient Egyptian Language. It is a KEY
whose 'meaning' is Mysterious- Kinda like St. Peter's "Keys to the Kingdom".( See MichaelAngelo's Statue at St. Peter's in the Vatican - Mike put 2 Horns on the GateKeepper's Noggin. Wonder why? It's a Mystery,too.)
___AnyWay, watch out 4 MBIA & the like - Bond Insurer's - they make AAA out of the, well, Questionable. Remember - States,Cities & Corporations can't PRINT MONEY like the Fed'l Cov't which can print it's way into Backing the Full Faith, Credit & Taxing-Power Thang.
Everybody else just makes Promises which MBIA backs up with it's own Capital. In a Deluge,Mbia gets washed away.
---I lost monet on MBIA a long-time back - They Under-Charged and Over-Promised but they did survive. Mr. Market got jitters and stagged them - then the Federales came in and
backed New York City's bad debts, etc & so on and so forth. High Market Risk / Better Returns else-Where(?)
A word to the Wise - VikingWarrior
( I've got a Bear Claw necklace around my neck - I THINK I'm a Bear!!! and I'd Complain mightily even if you hung me with a NEW rope. )
Jeff-ty,
I would like to echo and underssore your assertion about "profit taking". One of the problems with profit-taking is that weak-handed "dumb money" selling kicks in and a "Snow-Ball" effect oftens gets "Rolling". It's happened before, again & again. It's the opposite of the "Halo Effect" of Upward Big Mo ( aka Mighty Momentum or Mighty Joe Dumb".
There is a Physical Law which states -" an object in motion will stay in motion until an Outside Force disturbs it " or something like that - It's the Newtonian Law of Motion and it "works" all the time, every time and any time.
___ I believe that the external factors mentioned by the Gurus are simple "pretexts" or excuses made to explain a mis-understood phenomenon. The actual driving force behind the recent Market Movements is "Internally" generated by people who know what they are doing and are motivated to DO it.
___Next week the November options expire - a lot of BIG ( & smart[???] ) money made rather large bets that the market would be down at this time - Remember how "Bad" it was at the beginning of this SLO round & how "good" it got later? Well, for some out there "good" is "bad" - very, very bad if your committed to , well, let's say - Evil ( for lack of a better Word).
___ This is just another case of trying to "wear you Out & SCARE you out". The best anti-short Strategy is known as R&S. Ever hear of it? That's when holders of heavily shorted stocks simply ask their Brokers to Register & Ship them the actual Paper stock certificates. Since the Brokers have "loaned out" your stocks, which are held in what is called "Street Name", they must call in the Shorts, regardless of Margin issues. This gives the Shorts a "wedgie", having their shorts Yanked up, if you know of this immature humour practical Joke. Since Shareholders are not "Organized" this very rarely happens these days - and the "Masters O'da Universe" can play their Head-Games with impunity"
This is another case of Money having a Habit of finding it's Way back to it's Rightful Owners. - Call this Habit - The Money JONES.
It's the Market Monkey on the backs of WEAK market players.
___there is also the TAX Legisilation issue -
Congress is considering raising raises taxes by being a little more punitive about Capital Gains - punishing Long Term Capital gains by classifying it as simple taxable income. They may Diddle with tha AMT ( Alternate Minimum Tax ) so that basically EVERYBODY qualifies for the "Treatment". Bottom Line - Taking Profits NOW and paying taxes THIS year may be more NET Lucrative than paying taxes next year even as your Holdings become "Long Term".
___ In my personal account I've was selling Covered calls against appreciated stocks into NEXT year because those CALL Premiums were "RICH" & Milkable. What I fore-saw was Smart People selling too soon & buying calls to particapate in NEXT year's Rally.
___ The Christmas Rally & the January Effect start after the November 17th Options Expiration Day - On Thanksgiving Day. These rallies would look like Huge rallies if Mr. Market has taken a "Kick-in-the-Teeth" between now and Turkey Day. Actually Friday WAS Turkey Day - for me it was " I-'Forgot'- to DUCK" Day.
___ Buy Good Stocks that you BELIEVE in with SOME justification and TUFF it out. Just remember THIS old saw " In the short term the Market is a VOTING machine - In the LONG RUN, it's a WEIGHING Machine" Have a little Faith, ALL things work for good - in the END.
Don L. Ferk
(aka VikingWarrior
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent)
I asked an economist for her phone number. ...She gave me an estimate.
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....'A man was sent to Hell for his sins. As he was being processed, he passed a room where an economist he knew was having an intimate conversation with a beautiful woman.
...."What a crummy deal!" The man complained. "I have to burn for all eternity and that economist spends it with that gorgeous woman."
.....An escorting demon jabs the man with his pitchfork and shouts,
"Who are you to question
that woman's punishment?"
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The above were blatantly 'Lifted' from "On the One Hand ... The Economist's Joke Book"
by Jeff Thredgold.
Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
.....................President Harry S. Truman
Don Quixote -
Don Lee Ferk - here
(Don is a Celtic / Gaelic name meaning "World Leader ).
... I don't know anything about SRSL, but I do follow stock BuyBack announcdements - therel are 3 kinds of Buying Back - 1) for Cancellation, in which the stock obtained is "destroyed"
from the Float & Corporate Treasury, 2) for Treasury Holding aka "Held for Sale", which is a Corporate way of Investing in Themselves, and 3) buying for Extinguishment, whic means that it extinguishes the dilutive effect of insiders dumping their Stock Options, SAR's, so-called 'letter stock', etc. Number 3 is #10 - it involves "Cashing Out" Staff & Management using the Market as a "Pretext-ural" intermediary. I checked Insider selling - All "sold", no "buy" & thsre is a list of Form 144 (pre-planned) sales,etc.
... The SRSL Chart is a Sick one - it's been diving into the Slit Trenches and at $5.86 it IS @ a 52-week low. With a Mkt Cap of $95 Million, your in a thinly traded Dark Financial Matter region of the Twi-Light Zone of Lack of participation, few voices,and easy "manipulation" and lack of Information dispersion or Flow.
...I would have to get out my Green-eye-shades to pore over Filings & Financial Reports to make a decision. It's easier Pickin's elsewhwere. Check it Out - thoroughly, Don't enable Insiders by helping tham Bail Out -gettin' out while the gettin' is good, so to speak. I'll Pass - on this one.
Good Luck - . I 'make' my own Luck out of "Primo" stuff. As for SRSL - I just can't see it. D L Ferk (aka VikingWarrior)
I found the insider sales Data at the MSN moneycentral web site by clicking on "Insider
transactions" - {pre-planned sale are SEC "4"
filings, I believe.)
You look to the past through a rear-ward
mirror - my view was what insiders will do in the future with $10 million "up for grabs".
Most buybacks are done strategically over long in-determinant time periods - these guys are going to do it in a very short time period - maybe pushing the stock up quick - THAT would cost the Corporate Treasury MORE ( and that's NOT a good thing )
My main point is that it's a Micro_Cap - there aren't enough shares out there for all your readers to get a piece of in the REAL World of Stocks - without bidding Up and paying through the nose for their "Ration"
The other point I made was that there are many more, better fish in the Sea. Opportunity is like a BUS - miss one and another will be along in a minute or so. I MISS this One. OK.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior)
November 13, 2007 reply by donquixote:
pre-planned sale SEC "4" filings at MSN are from June 2007
I see no such recent sell filings,
neither at MSN nor the SEC itself,
only current intention to re-purchase $10Million of stock,
exponentially more buying then any prior SEC 4 sale filings
"what insiders will do in the future
with $10 million "up for grabs".
well, quite obviously they will buy back their shares
with Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): 38.70%
with the company having a profit margin of over 30%
they have built up over $38,000,000 in cash
in a company with a market cap of $97M
with insiders and capital people
owning the majority of available stock,
quite obvously they will buy back
a large portion of the public shares
over the next six months as disclosed to the SEC
"Most buybacks are done strategically over long in-determinant time periods
- these guys are going to do it in a very short time period
- maybe pushing the stock up quick "
exactly why I'm posting this publicly disclosed insight,
there just might be some upside price potential
Daffynition : Fishing - A Jerk on one end-of-the-Line waiting for a 'jerk' at the other end.
That's a FogHorn LegHorn Joke, Son. " Ah, Ah Ah SAY, "that's a Joke, Son".
I'm a Fishin' Fool, too. Salt & Brackish Water ( Chesapeake Bay , where the Rock Fish
[Striped Bass] will be Runnin' real soon now - the Bigguns in December, the Jabones later.)
There were only two Truly Meek & Humble Men in the History of the World - Moses & Jesus. Total Flamers both. A meek is a "Meek" Horse - a WarHorse - disciplined & determined in the Din of Battle. As for "Humble" - well, Only in the Eyes of God.
.... I Blogged on the Seasonal AG stocks
a while back. At the time I said that I'd sold Covered Calls against my AGU position in my Real World Account. I dumped AGU in my SLO-Port earlier on and reaped "Good" Money on that 'Play'. The Blogwas 'published' on Sept 17,2007 as 'Tactic Lesson #1 (Gretzky Tactics ) in the FIG ( Fertilizers in General) section. Take a Gander - Read 'em & Weeep OR
Believe 'em & Reap.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior}
PS - EOL ( end of Line ) is Craps
(Crappies ???)for double sixes - Klickety-KLAX with RailRoad Trax - Caboose Box Cars at the end of the Train.
A town with only One Lawyer has a Pauper for
a Lawyer; a town with two Lawyers has Two very wealthy Lawyers to choose from.
...VW ain't NO Stranger to Controversy -
0r to Dis-Illusionment, for that matter.
Let Time tell the Tale.
... VW IS often Wrong, but NEVER in Doubt.
...A Thoroughbred horse is born to Race and does not need to be 'made' to do so; however, it does takes a Difference of Opinion to "MAKE' a Horse Race.
... Questions of the Day - how is SONY going to "Take Over" a Company with so much Insider OwnerShip if Insiders don't Consent to the Deal. Was it Sony who was Buying up SRSL
Dirt Cheap today. The Volume was much higher than Average today. Who was Buyin' & who was Sellin' ? I don't see SONY amomg the TOP 10 Institutional Holders. Perhaps SONY has a reapresentative or 2 on the Board of Directors? Inquiring Minds want to know.
For myself, I seek NOT to KNOW the Answers;
I Seek ONLY to "UNDERSTAND" the Questions.
Live & Learn, Mr. Quixote, Live & Learn.
Peace be with you - It is not my Warrior's Intent to Rain on your Parade or to Judge Your Dreams.
It is at an END - Forrest Gump has said all he has to say on the subject.
Se-Lah, Se-Lah ( from the Book of Psalms )
don Lee Ferk
(aka VikingWaWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
donquixote's November 13, 2007 reply:
I don't have all of the answer's either;
I do know that before Disney World in Florida
Walt Disney realized that he did not have land
to expand his California DisneyLand;
so, he decided to purchase
a large quantity of land in Florida,
however he knew that if word got out that
it was Disney who was wanting the land,
well the orange orchards would have
almost instantaneously jumped in price;
Disney aquired the Florida orange orchards
using name other then Disney
what I do know is that the Hughes audio patents
which are now owned by SRSL
are quite valuable to audio companies
(Sony being one of the largest)
oh, Sony is also a significant partner in cell phone manufacture,
perhaps not so visible in America though
the voice inteligibility technology,
along with surround sound headphones,
would seem to be quite valuable in
next generation multi-media cell phones
I have no non-public information,
however my personal opinion is that
such technology patent licensing fees
seem to have a much higher future value
then the capitalization of the
small companies which own the patents
oh, so as to try to present all aspects:
the current problems with Sony is that
Sony is disputing that it should have to
license the technology involved;
however the guy running SRSL is of
opinion that Sony is cooperating in good faith
to work out a fair licensing deal, he believes that
it's only that Sony, being such a large company,
is rather slow to do things, compared to a
more nimble small company such as SRSL
Sony gave up it's attempt to get The Courts
to throw the matter out of court
and now appears to be trying to
negotiate in good faith
as to who was buying and selling today:
I believe there are a lot of scared investors,
and fear causes investors to sell,
in the case of SRSL it would seem that
Sony refusing to pay licensing fees
is what is causing the fear;
Vad,
... I think it could have something to do with
November Options Expiration. There may be a lot off big-time players who made bad bets about the Market direction - They may want to do a Push-Down into Friday. I haven't looked at Strike vs. Market vs Nov-Opt Open Interest but it may be advantageous for some to move Prices below or above strike by Friday. I call this the War between Good & Evil. "Good" may have touched off a rally to Squeeze the Shorts on Tuesday or Evil Put Sellers may need a "Boost". Last Week's Profit-taking could have raised the Cash to do it.
...There also may have been some post-election ( off-term ) activity; a lot of people may be selling now to avoid higher taxes that are rumored to be under consideration for the 2008 Tax Year. This Tax issue would be Independent of Market Sentiment - Just an RCT ( Raw Commercial Transaction ) done for Tax Purposes...
...It could be a simple "Relief Rally" after a period of being "OverSold". I've been looking for a Hint of new Leadership if this is a Rotational Pivot Point. Since most Boats got lifted - It's hard to tell and to soon as well.
That may be why you're "In the Dark" about it.
There's no Pattern, no Rhyme nor Reason. We'll have to 'Stay Tuned', keep our eyes open and our ears peeled. Don Ferk
Brian - Celtic / Gaelic meaning High, Noble
Eric / Erik - Scandavian meaning Always Ruler
The CK doubles the Consonant Power's Strength
Erick is from Frederick meaning PEACE Ruler in Olde "Norman" Englishe.
PEACE be upon you, Prince Son of Frederick.
In my Blogs I use the Wayne Gretzky notion :
" A Good hockey player skates to where the puck is; a GREAT hockey player skates to where the puck is going to be "
You write beautifully - mellifluosly like Shelby Foote - " The Stars in Their Courses "
The one and only thing I would like to add to perhaps "revise & extend your remarks " is the idea of having a 'Stock- or Share- or Stake-Holder" FRIENDLY management.
The word 'company' is from the Latin - Com Pagne ( 'with bread' ) - People who break bread with each other and Share - feast or famine.
I used to live & work in Indonesia - I had Geckos actually crawling on my walls & ceiling. A little known fact about this Reptile is that it doesn't have a , well, anus. It spits out the remains of it's insect dinners - the Beatle (sic ) shells aren't softenend in digestion and are not, well, Passable. Owls have the same problem with Rodents whose tiny bones are REALLY not , well, passable, so Owls spit out what's commonly called "Owl Pellets'- Hair-balls w/ Sharp, Tiny Bones.
So, let's add Rodents & Rats & Insects to the "Reptilian" metaphor as well.
The Scarab "Scare-me Bug" does not 'Wear Out and Scare Out' those who understand this.
It just causes Re-Cession NOT De-Pression.
MAX Stars & a Round of 'Atta-Boys' -
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
oh, Yeah.
Robert Browning called Golf - "a Good Walk spoilt ".
I say that Golf is a Tragic use for a Great Rifle Range - A travesty,too.
Gull-Able- Palomino ( drinkin' Eye-tie Vino )
... Vad got GEOY from the Proper Pronunciation of "Geoduk" , which is Gooey Duck.
From Wikipedia : The geoduk (pronounced /'guː.iː.dʌk/ i.e. "gooey duck"),[1] Panopea abrupta or Panope generosa, is a species of large saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk which is also known as the king clam or elephant trunk clam.
...It's a China play - the GEOduk is farm-raised in the Mud of Paleozoic Oooze ( Greek for Ouzo ) in the Pacific-Coast ( Left Coast ) Oergon Estuary Bays. It sells, Sells, SELLS for Big (Gooey)Bucks in China and elsewhere in the Orient ( Japan in particular).
...It's the only USA Export ( besides HollyWood Movies ) that gives U.S. (US) a ghost-of-a-CHarlie Chan -Chance of balancing the Trade Deficit-ed Balance O'Trade & Re-Storing the Big CA ( Corporate America) induced Current Account Balance.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior aka THE SLO Goo-Rue [ more Gu than Ru, tho' ] )
You have said in a very clear & succint manner what I have been saying about "gettin' outta America' and buying stock in countries with commodity-based economies or companies with great prospects of new products or services.
Jonathan is from the Hebrew meaning "God has Given".
...Great Blog. Maximum Stars from me.
...The only thing I might add is that
shorting can only be taken so far. The 'antidote" to shorting is the Dreaded R&S.
There have been occasions in the History of the Market when Investors have taken posssession of their stock Certificates rather than keeping their stock in "Street Name" with a Broker or other Financial nstitution.
This is accomplished by directing your Broker to " Register and Ship ".
...If Investors or the Funds which Manage Investor's money start a 'Movement' to R&S, The Shorts 'Must' be Called in - regardless of Price or Margin Requirements. The R&S Tactic is a legal form of "Cornering the Market".
The Shorts must BUY Back stock in a condition where not much "Float" is available. The COST
of the LOSS is typically Horrendous.
...The only problem with holding certificates
is that they are not easily tradable. They must be delivered 'physically' to the Broker's office at least 5 days before a Sale can be closed.
Also,they must be kept in Safe Deposit Box or a Dry, FireProof place. If lost,stolen or destroyed, it might take more than a month for the Registation Agent to provide new certificate and 'Cancel" the old ones in the Company's Registry.
The Dividends are mailed to you, so you have to keep track of the income for Tax reporting purposes.
A stock's Price can only Go to Zero, but there is NO 'theoretical' on how high the Price can go. The Liabilities for Shorting are almost Infinite.
Also, The Federal Reserve, which regulates margin requirements can - at any time- raise the requirements and Shorts would then have to "Pony Up" or close-out the transaction by Buying-in the Stock. He thus becomes an extremely 'motivated' Buyer and is guaranteed to be 'Taken to the Cleaners.
Does the word "de-fenestration' Ring a familiar Note ? People operating with borrowed money OR borrowed Stock have jumped out of windows and committed suicide after being "Wiped Out", and not Beach Surfer Boy style, either.
Shorting is extremely, well, "Speculative". The Folks at home should be told not to attemot it - not even leaving it to Professionals" to do it for them.
Pain ? What's Pain? It's the "Fear" that concerns me. Feint Heart nver won Fair Maiden's heart.
There's a lot of in-experience Out There in SLO-LandLubber Land. They might think a Squall
is the End of it ALL.
...I've been doing this Market 'Thang' for a while now. I would poit out that there is a (false) rumor that the Chinese Symbol for "Opportunity" is the same one used for "Crisis". This idea is, however, instructive & probitive under the Circumstances.
...This is where the Rubber meets the Road.
The Poor Investors will be winnowed out from the Good Investors in present "Upset".
... I'm 100% IN -
Oh, Vad - If your going sailing don't ride a "Chinese Junk" - that kind of JUNK is only good for Coastal 'day' sailing.
- Try A Viking Long-boat Dragon Ship
for the "Hard" Going. When the Wind don't Blow, you just row,Row, ROW.
Vad,
This one's actually to the Goofy Doofy Duffy Beer Guy.
... I, too, was a DishWasher, a potato Peeler, and basic Kitchen Help.
... I worked week-ends and Wednesdays ( German-American Night ) at the HeidelBerg Rod 'n Gun Club on the Mountain above Leimen. My Army father, Sgt. Major Roger Duane Ferk, was assigned to USAREUR HQ - We lived in Patrick Henry Viilage and I was in the 9th Grade. I poured waste Fry-Grease into an Open-Pit Lime-Stone Mine- the bottom of which Steam Shovels looked like ANTS ( look,ma, no fences Facing!).
In the day-time I pulled Skeet & Trap. I was Low-House Mark as opposed to High-House PULL. I've STARED down the Barrel of 12-Gauge Shot-gun #9 Bird-Shot CERTAIN DEATH so many times that I've Lost ALL FEAR - of Dying or ANY Thing Else ( save for Judgement DAY ). When the sun went down, I worked the KP ( Kitchen Patrol).
''' This is a Gloves-Off Challenge - No Holds Barred. I can "sip" you under the table any day with 1 kidney tied behind my back, DuffBeer. While you can't even find or handle Tiger Beer ( Dumai,Sumatra, Indonesia - Been there , done THAT - I ate live Monkey Brains & drank King Cobra blood in Cognac, etc ), I have been looking for the Wholly GRrrrr-ALE ever since.
...But , seriously, DuffBeer, I have enjoyed our PC ( Private Conversations, well,) so far -as it goes. I would 'snake' your wife, Beat your kids, Kick your dog & use your Golf Clubs; - but since I found out that you were opposite-handed to me, I find that I have absolutely NO use for your Klubbers, I have given UP on the whole IDEA. From now on, though, it's you,me and the 19th HOLE. OK.
( just 'hackin' on ya - Satu Lagi ( Indo-Bahasa for 'One-more-time'! ). Have a Sober, happy, & WET ( & / or , at least, moist ) Thanksgiving.
Don Lee Ferk
Olympic Beer Drink Grand Champion - Munich OktoberFest Games - Life-Time Achievement Award & retired from Competititon ( to let Amateur PBT's, like YourSelf, at least have a Ghost of a Chance for the Pabst Blue Ribbon )
What's a "Fishing" Licence? What are they 4 and 'Y' would I want 1? How do you qualify - demonstrate a 'SKILL' or somethig? Do you NEED a Learner's PERMIT 1st? Inquiring Minds Need to Know!!!!!!!
Also, what's a "fishing" pole? Is it like a Frog-gigger? Maybe a Trident for gigging Bunker Lunker Flatties in the Tidal Mud.
In the Cayman's they fish with a rope & HAWL 'em in like hand-over-hand. Is it a Rope-a-dope kind-of-a Gizmo? Can U fish @ Nite? Do Fish have eye-lids? Do Fish EVER drink Water? I NEVER drink water, neither does Duffy Beer, Fish ,well, uh, uh, "Reproduce" in it / yeah. yeah,that's the Ticket, yeah - Reproduce.
Water's NASTY Stuff. IS a Fishing Licence like
some funky kind of Ticket?
Also, I hear that you've been seen USING a Fuzzy-Butt Fly Bait. Is there any Coincidence here that my Cat Ma-Mah came home this morning with a Lucille Bogan 'Shave 'em' Hind-End Hair-Cut. I would think that the Barber woul'd need a 'fishing' licence for that - or get a Ticket or maybe do some Jail-Bait Time.
Keep on Casting about - you'll get a Hit sooner or later. A fisherMan needs patience, endurance, and , well, in your CASE - a licence.
I cut you some Slack, Jack. All in fun.
what was that other stuff you weree talking about. Quit it & 4Get it! Grab your 'Pole' & GO FISHING. Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
My Cat uses perfume just like that -
it's o' de Toilette - you didn't
"Re-Gift " that stuff to my CAT, didja?
I wondered where & how she acquired THAT
fragrance and how she even managed to
get the jar open to dump it on herself.
Since when did Christmas start
6 weeks earlier ? Who started
THAT tradition, anyway?
Don't be the Grinch who SHO(r)T
Christamas!
OK.
Sho(o)[r]t Santa in the Foot; it'll
slow the Time-Frame down somewhat.
The non-Thanksgiving INJUNS
always sho(r)t the StageCoach
Horses first. Then Kill,
Burn, Scalp, Rape and Loot @ Leisure.
Catch my drift here, Barnacle Bob -
They EAT Horses don't they, Jane Fonda?
Sell the Loot at the Flea Market
to the folks who won't be asking
any HARD questions about where you
got it from & how - so long as it's
BARGAIN Priced.
Call it the Naval Law of AGARY -
it's legal under InterNational law,too.
Merry XXXmas, you Pirate Norway Rat
Don L. Ferk
PS - I'll nab Tiny Tim's Goose -
Let's DO Lunch - Christmas
PotLuck - Bring a HOT DISH.
As for the Children - W.C. Fields
said he Liked Chidren - Boiled, fried,
Stir-fried, Baked - He LI(c)KED Kids,
Cap'n Kidd.
Bah, Humbug. Your sentimental Blog
has already ruined my Christmas.
Might as well shoot me, Too.
Keith,
"genius' is buying a stock that goes up - 'idiocy' is buying a stock that goes down.
Remember the old nostrum - if it's going to go up - buy it.
The answer is the middle road - taking yourself "out of the genius/idiot equation"
and understanding that you Must make Best Efforts & Live wid it. Ka-Peesh?
My own Market 'theory' about this 'phenomenon' is that NO MATTER how much you STUDY or pay attention to detail - only 1 in 3 investments will truly pay off. Dump the loosers not on Mr. market's fickle WHIMS, but when you Find the Facts have changed or something bad has happened effecting the Company's prospects. Ride the Winners up - sell the losers QUICK -don't worry about LOST money, don't Hang in there HOPING to Break-Back EVEN - just Cut 'n Run. Don't wait then take BIG losses. Take your Licking & Keep on Ticking. Catch my DRIFT here. You must WORK on it, Keep Informed, and Learn the Ways O'da WURL' by accumulating and cata-'logging' experience. NSMG.
Don Ferk (aka VikingWarrior)
Duffy,
I'm drinking Lite Beer today - It didn't start out that way, however - I've been CRYING in my Duffer Beer. Michael Jackson ( NO not the Thriller Mike - the Beer Huunter HERO O' Beer-o ) died in London Aug 31, 2007. This leaves the field open to all kinds of riff-raff wanna be PBT's - whay a cryin' shame. Don't that make ya wanna cry, too.
Some day, the Cubbies. Someday,Baby. The Friendly Confinement w/ GOOD beer & Hot Dogs with the Mr. GoodBar Mustard. Sigh! 'Til then I'm rootin' for the Cleveland Mud Hens while wearing a dress ( see M.A.S.H. ), Jamie Farr ( aka Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger ).
Poetry O'da Day - In Japanese Haiku syllable 'RULES'
Beer Haiku
with a slight beer buzz
we spread out across the lot
seeking the best tree
Written by Captain Hops.
Check Out Michael Jackson's WebSite :
www.BeerHunter.com
There's a Utube of Michael Jackson's last
interview - it's GRrrr-eat. I'm too bummed-out by Grief right now to look it up ' location' on the Web.
Maybe Later Aligator
Don Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
About the Marketocracy comment about the Economy getting A Check-up :
Here's a song from Warren Zevon's ' life'll Kill You' album " = it's called " My Sh*t's F*cked Up "
(Warren Zevon)
Well, I went to the doctor
I said, "I'm feeling kind of rough"
He said, "I'll break it to you, son
Your shit's fucked up."
I said, "my shit's fucked up?"
Well, I don't see how-"
He said, "The shit that used to work-
It won't work now."
I had a dream
Ah, shucks, oh, well
Now it's all fucked up
It's shot to hell
Yeah, yeah, my shit's fucked up
It has to happen to the best of us
The rich folks suffer like the rest of us
It'll happen to you
That amazing grace
Sort of passed you by
You wake up every day
And you start to cry
Yeah, you want to die
But you just can't quit
Let me break it on down:
It's the fucked up shit
"Warren Zevon died of in-operable
lung cancer about 2 years after this album came out - his last album was 'The Wind '
Anthony is a Roman family name - Latin - but of 'UNKNOWN' Meaning
HMmmmm. HMnnnnn. You sound like my type of guy - we could
get-a-long just so long as you don't cross into my Viking' Warrior's
'Kill Zone" with 'Malice a'foreThought' or by 'lying in Wait'.
A few James songs come to Mind. ToWit :
'Cool James' by Harvey Danger
'James' by Lloyd & The Commotions' { Lloyd means Grey as in a foggy haze - hidden }
'James Bondage' by Panssy Division
'Dear James' by Women in Docs'
"Saaay, where have I seen 'Docs' B4" said Stimpy to Ren.
Keep your Friends Close and your Enemies Closer, Diamond Jim
It's Important as you own the town's ONLY Diamond MINE(d).
Say, how did you KNOW that the S&P futures vs fair value: +15.0.
Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +20.5. @ 7:30 AM when your Blog was
published @ 10 PM last night. Have you got Clairavoyance or are
you just LUCKY.
It could be a CASE of "I've known it all along, You're just
finding out about it THESE DAYS", too
Why a simple "Failure" of a few "Brain-Dead" Financial (Mental ? )
Institutions should Turn the Whole Wide World topsy-turvy'
into a Nose-Dive Tail-Spin is BEYOND the pale of MY comptehension.
Doc, you BURY your mistakes. Maybe you can help me with a little problem I've got -
I'm running out of places to hide the bodies. Any Advivce? I'll listen, patiently.
Time to get off your "CASE",
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
So, here's you Song :
Cool James - Harvey Danger [Band]
Cannot have this, a perfect conversation
Or coast on silence and lowered expectations out the door
You've spent half your life talking trying to get a pause in edgewise
Swallow poison tongues, oppose your thumbs, believe in nothing
Cannot have a nature change, one more time
You cannot have a nature change, cause the bastard changes
Cannot have this, you see how so much time has wasted
To take a clenched fist and see how quiet calm replaced it
You say you'll never trust again, I'll never trust again
Who has time? You give that up on never finding the one you've been waiting for, but
Cannot have a nature change, one more time
You cannot have a nature change, cause the bastard changes
Well I got no more time to spend on arguers
Devil's advocates and nasty bits of fits of desperation
"Lawrence of Arabia," sir Alex said to Peter
"What I owe you is beyond evaluation now"
Extend to me your hand, I'll nibble on your fingers
Bend to me your sweet ear, I'll gnaw it from its hinges now wooh!
Cannot have a nature change, one last time
Yeah thats why ladies love cool james, cause the bastard changes
Since the SLO Funny Money does not have the
'Ring of Reality to it - I have done some "excessive" Trading. Fiddling 'Round,
mainly. I call it "Noodling" - Busy for the
sake of Busy-nesss.
In this "Fast" market I, too, have done a few
"Jump-Shifts" to try to get in early on the "Next" Best Thing for "Competive" thrill of Victory / Agony of Defeat Motivations. Pretty Childish, huh? But it is for fun,Fun,FUN. Right.
You know, 'Scanning' and / or Floundering looking for the next 'In' trend or favored Sector to Emerge out of the Miasma of today's Mannic Market (Shake-out ?)
Actually for all the Volatility and Up-one-day-down-the next Movements and such - the Market might be said to be in some kind of Funky side-ways Lateral 'SNOW' Drift.
As for my Real Portfolio - No Way - same everyday - I don't Race & I don't Chase. I Plan my Work and I Work my Plan. I don't Panic over some Big Drop, especially when all boats go up and down in unison, so to speak - based on some 'News-related' PRETEXT. I can Smell the Man-ipulation there. Mind-Candy or Toxic Tocsins for the MindBlind and Desperate, mostly.
As I've said before, " I'm NOT responsile for the actions of that Lunatic - Mr. Market"
With X-treme reluctance, I gotta back-up
the Doofy Beer guy - this time to the Hilt
( of my Broad-Sword - a double-edgier w / a Dual Porpoise ). Duffy can't "Taste his way out of a "Paper Bag" most of the Time - as he fears being Busted on a BUM DIP Rap or for having an Open Car Container.
As for me, check out my Bio - I freely admit
too being an Idiot Savant - kinda, sometimes.
Sea Breeze check out England.
"England SWINGS like a pendulum do", Roger Miller
It's like the Tide - going up & down whike
the World keeps goin' 'Round 'n 'Round.
Who SAID " It's DIFFERENT this TIME " ?
Get Duffbeer's 'Recipe' - it involves a
Scottish Horse in some Bizarre manner -
but the will mellow you out - sentience is NOT always a Virtue.
VW says , " No Brain - No Pain".
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Here's some reading material from the time
b4 the time b4 the time b4......Last Time.
The Crisis - December 23,1776
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God. - Thomas Paine ( in da Buttocks ? )
Dr. Anthony,
I strongly suspect the Market will be Bi-modal,
withthe strong getting Stronger and the weak getting Weaker. The general Average or Indexes might bounce around - sometimes with high beta volatility. Dump the Losers, Ride the winners. It will all sort itself out by January effect time - as earnings pre-announcements start coming out, etc. Keep your ears to the ground, your eyes to the prize and not betwixt me and the Door - or face getting Krushed in the Stampede.
This is a Stock Pickers Market - for sure.
Jim, be nimble, Jim, be Quick - High Jump over the burning Japanese CandleSticks.
Armin,
I like your Style - but I'm not ' a'Stu(c)k on ya if you Catch my Drift.
It seems we agree on the Retailers - in a competitive environment there will be a LOT of
DisCounting and the Cheap Goods @ 'Fair' prices types will 'eat themselves Alive' - self-destructive behavior & Customer Service out the window.
As for Gold, it has very little Practical Value & few Industrial Applications. I prefer Platinum / Paladium , Silver, Rare Earths, Uranium, etc.
It is m opinion that the Gold ETF's are soaking up the WareHouse receipts that represent a very high fraction of the Above-Ground Inventory. The Refuge of Last resort aspect of Gold will, however, increase the Fear-induced Demand. That being the case, I'd buy Physical Gold - English Sovereigns which had & have a Peculiar Loop-Hole in U.S. Law from the Great Depresssion so many years ago - When the Boys protected themselves from Bank Holiday Confiscation when banks were closed so 'Safety Deposit Boxes were rifled - they replaced any non-Sovereign Gold with paper money valued @ USD $35 oer Ounce. The Wizard of OZ ( Oz. the abbreviation for Ounces ) was behind the Curtain pulling Levers on That One. Nota Bane ( N.B. in cases of National declared 'Emergencies'.
Check out the Condtitution which says the Congress has the Responsibility to 'MINT' money
& Protect the Value There-of. Or the Law that defines the U.S. Dollar in terms of Weights of Gold & Silver. Your Green-back Dollar is a 'Promissary' note with no redeemable Maturity Date. Try to get Ft. Knox to give you the Legally defined Value for a U.S. Dollar with THAT Fiat Funny Money in your Wallet.
Until the 1930's, Federal Bonds were Forth-rightly called what they acually wer - C.O.C's ( Certificates of Confiscation).
Inflation is the Sovereign's BankRuptcy. How long has our government been de-basing our Money? How long will the ROW ( Rest of World )
tolerate our Profligate,Irresponsible mis-Behavior?
Rat is Germanic for "Counsellor' or 'Advisor'
It is Intuitively obvious that you are a High-Rat and Uncle Ben is a Low-Rat ( rat here meaning Vermin )
As for the people who believe in Ib'n ( arabic for 'son of' ) Been Stank-Ranky, Beneficient Ben is counting on one and only one thing -Perception is Reality.
He's just doing Psychological Warfare, which I call "Tall talk from a Fat Man", as Robert Duvall said to John Wayne in the 1969 movie 'True Grit'.
I don't think Ben has many bullets left & has no IRON to Grab - all he has left is a Gift of Gab - Bravo Sierra.
Credit Markets are deteriorating witha Domino Effect.
I see you've got ACI & CNX in your SLO-PORT - both most excellent choices. I particularly like CNX - they shut down a mine in West Virginia a couple of years back to upgrade it for much higher capacity to supply coal to Duke Power for a new Power Plant which has a Clean Coal technology that is BOFFO - they use relatively high-sulfur coal and clean it up to meet environmental standards.
CNX recently raised it's dividend to demonstrate Management's confidence in a Bright future for Appalachian Coal.
TheEastern Coal industry DID bite the bullet on production to reduce suopply and raise prices. The Strategy is now paying off.
With the dollar weakening, Eastern coal is a bargain & exports will sky-rocket.
Coal moves by train & ship. I recently wrote a series of blogs about the coal-hauling railraods - Norfolk Southern (NSC) & CSX (CSX).
Check 'em out and consider buying a railraod ( Burlington Northern (BNI) & Union Pacific (UNP) come to mind for Western Coal )
Good Hunting !
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Hampton, Va ( & just about a mile from the CSX railroad tracks & coal loading Piers in Newport News, VA )
Aren't you the guy who lives in a clay jar and goes around with a Shining
Lamp, Looking for an HONEST MAN ? & saying stuff like :
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.-Thucydides
Well, your lamp has a DED ( Dark Emitting Diode ) to have dug up a Bloated Sot like
the Daffy Duffy-Meister.
Duffy was in the Air FARCE - he was called an AIR Man, which is like some kinda
Comic Book Super Hero - He didn'tt attain the stature of CAPTAIN AMERICA; His
Rank RANK was Buck Civilian - as he was BUCKING for a Dis-Charge
( Section 8 ? Article 15 ? ) he's learning to fly a de-BEER'S Puddle-Jumper so he
can get over a Beer Pond without getting " his Feet WET "
For Chrismas he's gonna get a lump of COAL but no Switcning - I'd give him a GOOD
Spankin' myself - but I know he'd LIKE that.
Good Hunting for an HONEST man. Everybody's got something to HIDE,
except me & my, uh , Monkey, John Lennon
Stay away from Duffer Beer, too. - N.B. ( Nota Bane )
My name Ferk has it's ROOTS in the word "FERKIN" ' which means " a
bucket or container - a clay pot" There are many PrewPubs in Great
Britain named FERKIN 'N FERMENTER. Check it out in your dicionary
or in Duffer's case - Pictionary.
Speaking of COAL & COAL TRAINS -'
Some of my Blogs on the subject :
Nov 27 - Tuesday Weld
Nov 23 - TL #7 - Trucks, Trains, ..............
Oct 27 - SL #7 -Cheshire Cats .....CSX = Chessie
I go into a whole SPIEL about COAL.
I might Rant & Rave - But Duff - He VOGUES;
He VOGUED right out the AirFarce.
Oct 25 - SL #6 - Train REX - NSC the King of the Railroad.-
Check 'em for yourself,
While I check Duffer out of the Sherriff's Custodial
Care - He's in the DRUNK TANK for urginating
in PubliQue - whaatever that is !
As for Coal Trains & Chicago - I could Hobo there sitting
on a Norfolk Southern Coal Gondola in about 2 days
Are you related to Robert Stack - the
actor - famed for his role as Elliot
Ness on the TV Series "The Untouchables"?
Stack was a competitive Rifle Marksman,too.
Maybe a,a, aaahh, HUNTER ?
November 14, 2007
Raising the Roof: Norfolk Southern Begins Work on
Heartland Corridor Tunnels
ORFOLK, Va., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
...Heavy machinery grinds away brick, concrete and solid rock as a railroad tunnel near Cowan, Va.,
gets its roof raised to accommodate taller trains. This is the beginning of a three-year engineering
project to increase intermodal freight capacity by raising vertical clearances in 28 tunnels on a Norfolk Southern
rail line between the port of Hampton Roads, Va., and Chicago known as the Heartland Corridor.
DID SOMEBODY SAY chicago ???????????? - DLF
The first phase of the tunnel work began in October.
...When the project is completed in early 2010, containerized freight moving in double-stack trains will be able to
shave off about 200 miles and up to a day's transit time between the East Coast and the Midwest. Currently,
double- stack trains must take longer routes by way of Harrisburg, Pa., or Knoxville, Tenn.
The Heartland Corridor goes across Virginia, through southern West Virginia and north through Columbus, Ohio.
..."The Heartland Corridor is one of the most significant railroad engineering projects of modern times," said Tim
Drake, NS vice president engineering. "We're excited to get started. We're at the beginning of something big - a
true partnership that will benefit the nation's economy and create a competitive advantage for railroad shippers
and receivers, our public partners and our communities."
...Stack trains require a minimum vertical clearance of 20'9". The methods of increasing clearances vary from
lowering track to notching corners into an arched roof to digging out and installing a new roof. In one case, the
top of the tunnel may be removed altogether, turning the tunnel into a "cut," a process known as "daylighting."
Tunnel lengths range from 174 feet (the one to be daylighted at Big Four, W.Va.) to the Cowan Tunnel's 3,302 feet.
...In early 2008, work will have begun on three other tunnels in Virginia, near Eggleston and Pembroke, and eight
tunnels along 11 miles of track in southern West Virginia between Antler and Gordon. The remaining tunnels, all in
West Virginia (except for one in Kentucky), will be modified in two more phases, first proceeding eastward to
Coopers, W. Va., then westward. In addition, overhead clearances will be increased on seven railroad bridges,
three overhead bridges, three railway signals and three sets of overhead wires.
...Meanwhile, Norfolk Southern trains continue to run through the corridor, serving coal and other customers in the
region. Where practical, trains have been rerouted, permitting sections of track to be closed for 10 hours at a time,
five days a week, for the next three years. Norfolk Southern has formulated plans to minimize the impact of the
construction on coal customers. Accurate and timely information about service changes and delays will be communicated
throughout the construction period. Close communication and joint planning with customers on expected volumes
and changes in coal sourcing also will enhance efforts as the project progresses.
...Norfolk Southern, the states of Virginia, Ohio and West Virginia, and the federal government formed a public-private
partnership to fund the project, which also includes new intermodal terminals in Columbus, Ohio, Prichard, W.Va.,
and the Roanoke, Va., region. The federal government has authorized $95 million toward the $151 million cost
(estimated in 2005 dollars) of the tunnel clearances, and Virginia has authorized $22.35 million for terminal
construction and clearances for the four tunnels within the state. Earlier this year, West Virginia enacted new legislation
to provide funding for rail intermodal projects, which will first be applied to the development of the terminal in
Prichard. Ohio is contributing $836,355 for up to 95 percent of the costs of raising overhead obstruction clearances
within the state.
Public funding has been made available because of the public benefits of the project. Double-stack container service
will create economic development opportunities in those regions served by the corridor by providing economical access
to world markets. Improved intermodal capacity and service will divert freight from trucks off highways serving the corridor,
with associated savings in highway construction and maintenance costs and reduced exhaust emissions and fuel consumption.
Wrong agin' Duffer - so, So, SO Wrong !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you going Kim Koamando Commando-style on us, again? Maybe you're Free-Balling as your underwear got Wet while Fishin' with a -
Fishing Pole & BAIT - whatever they are.
Try Naked Fishing - like St. Pete ( John 23 )-
you won't have to worry about Panty Lines,then.
7 Stars - *******
Keep up the good J'(w)erk !!!!!
VikingWarrior
PS - LapDogs were bred for a Special Porpoise - to attract the Lice & Vermin off the folks at a time when " Cleanliness was NOT nex'ta GodLiness". Didja know THAT ??????????
PPS - Here's a Short fo' ya' - SHORT SDS.
PPPS - Don't wear Tight Panties, either - they get your Tizzy in a Snit & ruin your Pocket Pool short GAME - VW
Keith,
The Atom-Bomb Bull-rider was Slim Pickins; he was a FAN of the B-52's. Slim Pickings is what you get when you don't read & understand VW's recent Blog about STAND, stand, Standing.
OK, NOW - you're a GED Genius.
Here's your Sign - L7
here's your Serial # - 1D10T
More Later... I'v got to Hack on Duff for a while - it's Fun to do - like being on a SLO Train to Nowhere. It's a TUFF & Durty Job - but someONE's gotta Do It.
KB (17P) Holmes Komet Flamer,
Wait until the water FREZES, hack hole in the ICE - Put a WARM SHAQUE w/ Roof on it. Drop a light down to attract the fish ( or Seals ), then Stab 'em with a PichFork or Shoot'em with a GUN. What IS this BAIT stuff anyway. It's a Stinking Idea, I say.
Range Bound Markets have a habit of Breaking OUT - Up OR Down. There lies the RUB as William Shakespeare once said.
...Differences of Opinion are what MAKES a horse race, If you believe UP - trade into HIGH beta stocsks; Down-belief - OLD Evergreens - mature,boring, Large CAP dividend-payers.
If you aren't quite so sure which-away - DO NOTHING. Stick to your basic Plan and/or TUFF it OUT. It's always darkest before the Dawn - the happy birds Chirp before & after the raging Thunder-Storms,
Don Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior (
Tango Alpha Bravo (T-A-B )or is it Tango- November-Bravo ( T-'n-B ) [ T's & Blues ? My,oh,my ] or how about Tappa Ale-a Brew ( your not a DuffBeer avatar are'ya ??? )
...In any case, why didn't you Back Up the Truck on FSTR ( Foster ) it's went up +7.42% today and it's only 2% of your SLO-Port.
What were you doing ?????? - watching Gen'l Horse-Spittle while I was watching 'As the Stomach Churns" on the in-yo-bizzy-ness Gossiping & Tongue Wagging T 'n V Channel ?
...I like the Railraods & railraoad service & manufactueres - as well as the Rolling stock leasing outfits. Who do think will make out best installing and manufacturing the VERY NEW braking technology Retro-fits - saves fuel & cuts back on de-railments with computer controlled 'Smart Brakes".
All A-board ! I've been WORKING on the Railroad. I think everybody with any Market Iron Horse sense should have a piece of that action - you do 'n I do, too ( Sadly, no L B Foster but, well, win some - MISS some, too.
Congrats, BulbousBear
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
PS - if you haddahad MO' FSTR yudabin in da BLack, Jack - TODAY !!!!!!!!
( am i bitter - NOoooooooo, nawt li'l ole me.-DLF )
Knee-jerk or Groin-Kick.
I hit my elbow on my funny-bone -- and it
Hurt - I didn't that IT was funny anymore !
RIMM makes the BlackBerry -otherwise a one-note Johnny - lots of people do the other stuff they do is done as well or better by others. There are museums chock-a-block full of whizz-bang gadgets that were the Bee-Knees in their day. Sure, make a Trading Buck on RIMM; then get out before the RIMM-Fire back-fires.
RIMM had a patent dispute a few years back - they were accused of un-licensed use of intellectual property - they were , in fact 'HAD' by the nads. They were looking at being put out of business or settle for a Big Bucks Penalty and/or pay-up for a royalty licencse under 'Motivated' Licensee conditins.
This caused a 'STIR' on Capitol Hill, where all the Politicos & their staffs were addicted to the quick-draw B-Berry. There was even a rumour that shutting RIMM down would also shut the Government down - Who would have Known? - not me. There were meetings in Congress. I think some kind of "Deal-DEAL" was done - Lobbyists, contributions, or the usual flim-flammery. In any case - I think they have 'protection' until somebody comes up with the Next Best THANG. N.B. - Nota Bane.
I'm going to play with my Hula Hoop, my Pet Rock and the Cord off a Princess Phone ( extra long & $1.00 / month extra in the Day when Ma Bell was the only Big Hot Momma in town -monopoly-wise ) My friend is coming over - She's an invisible pretend-friend - her name is Dotty Bomb. She's been burned before and She knows the score but you won't hear her complain. She's kinda skeptical of Blackberry Cherry Bombs - a lot of noise & very little light - she says.
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
I think solar power is so capital expensive that the cost per kiloWatt is prohibitive except where other alternatives aren't available - remote locations or to reduce weight like the 'solar-powered' calculators - no batteries required & you would't be able to see the 'screen' in the dark anyway. Portability is a value versus cost of power such as the use of batteries in 'mobile' devices.
People who believe in large-scale use of solar power haven't sat down & 'run-the-numbers' - how much Amperage per square meter is there theoretically in sunlight on a clear day @ high Noon. How much of the earth's surface would have to be covered to provide current power needs. Remember it's dark under a solar panel, crops, trees, grasslands, etc don't grow in extreme shade. You're going to have to make & store electricity for the night & cloudy days,too.
DuffBeer is in his CUPS, again. The Book is "I,Robot", the author is Isaac Asimov.
I invented a Robot that Gtows & Reproduces itself and is the most 100% efficient collector of sunlight Energy EVER . It's called GREEN GRASS. You harvest it - dry it - burn it to release fantastic amounts of sun- derived energy.
Voila ! problem SOLVED !!!! - and DIRT CHEAP, too.
Solar Energy as a solution to the Global energy Crunch, Poverty, hungser, War. I don't THINK so , Scooter.
The Counsel HAS ruled.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
Diamond Jimbo -
People need Re-inforcement to 'excuse' their behavior - and most everybody wants to run with the Pack - and not to be thought of as 'wrong', 'outside ( the Main Stram or anything else ). It's all the functional equivalent of " Hand Holding " for the Weak minds who don't think for themselve ( too HARD ) and prefer to be 'told' by Charismatic ( & sometimes pretty or famous or certified, interesting or 'experienced' ) Leaders - people who are otherwise not accountable, reportable, or responsible on the other side of the Transaction.
Were you amazed by the results of this Scholarly endeavor or just surprised that you could actually 'hang' real numbers on the phenomenon ? Iquiring minds want to know.
Don Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
PS - " I've known IT all along; you're finding out these days " - Bob Dylan / song : 'Idiot Wind' --- album - " BLOOD on the Tracks "
dl - how's money honey-bunny ?
Long time no SEE.
Show a little more LEG in your foto nex' time. OK. It warms the cockles of an old man's heart.
Where's your Tennis Bracelet?
Hock it for quick cash money. if yot'vr got the money, honey, I've got the time.
All the German i've ever needed - a 1 minute quickie lesson -
Wie Viel ( VEE Feel - means How much ? )
komme Sie hier mit deine Hosen in seine Hande.
( cumma zee here mit dinah hose-en in zine-ah hand-ah ) - means come here with you panties in your hand.
OK - you can substitute LederHosen for Men
( Lay-dahr Hose-en - means leather short shorts )
Down to 2 classes now - more time for the Games people PLAY.
Numbers, numbers, numbers.
The Numbers game. VW is a high-functioning Asperger - a Mathematical Genius. I do that stuff in my Head - Quick as a Bunny. I spend my time studying Head Games - it's a Puzzle Palace trying to figure why people do the little things they do. The Market is a Stochastic Laboratory - It's MAN-ipulated like all get out. In my personal Port, My MEOH is out on $30 ( and a very FAT premium, I might add ) covered calls - APR08's. I'll just catch the divvies at least until the curent hysteria Blows Over - I'll probably buy in the calls later - if other more opportunistic uses for the Cash don't arise. The calls may even expire worthless - Qu'elle Dommage ! ( what a Pity. / that's Frog Talk Parlez Vous ). I'll cry Big Crocodile Tears in my many Duffer Beers.
But that will be THEN & THIS is NOW.
(Je Vous Aimez, dl )
Who luvs ya, Babe ?
Don Lee Ferk ( I'm a dl, 2 )
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
PS - concavity - the 2nd derivative with respect to time - aka - acceleration - positive (+) is an upside down umbrella & negative (-) is a right-side-up water-shedding umbrella. Raindrops keep falling on my head - someone left the Cake out in the Rain, etc
Q. Do you know the actual NAME given to the 3rd derivative with respect to time ?
A. JERK
( look it up ! )
and they call me, they call me little Elllllllllf
And i TELL you, better to find out for yourself - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Shahman - King )' Stocks,
Shah is 'Middle East' talk for for KING.
Chess's CheckMate come from ' Shah Mat ' - meaning quite literally - the KING is DEAD !
gully whacker,
6 months ??? !!!! - it seems like a life-time 2 me - although a Viking is able to do 6 momths in Pergatory STANDING on his Head & whistling DIXIE ! NO Problem-O.
I've been 'harping' on the ' gettin' outta 'merry-kah' theme for a while now.
If you don't buy furrin Co's out-right - @ least buy 'doze' doin' BID -ness der, type-o-thang. KO - foreign growth. MCD - growing Great gunz outta Peoria / Atlanta , too.
When did YOU wake up & smelly the Kaw-Fay ??
I yam outta here - Wake me up 4 MEALS !!!
Don Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
PS - MAX starz
PPS - atta Boy.
PPPS - Can U spell Xmas Rally ???
PPPPS - there's ALWAYS A Bull Marquette Some Where, Gully Pal O'Mine-O.
You've got an open in the back Truck. Where do you keep your fishing tackle for safe keeping ? If I did that I'd be Busted by homeland security - those percussion grenades could fall into the Wrong Hands - People with fishing licences for one.
As far as the Fish smell goes, i've got a cat that absolutely LOVES the odor of seafood. She could live in your truck after which it would smell like a French Cat House - somethimg a gift Cologne,
Testerone-drenche Viagara Vehicles more likely -what color are they - Purple ?
It's even worse than you've described. Remember the controversy about banks making mortgage loans to illegal aliens. They did have jobs - building vinyl-clad McMansions. Are they Current on the Rebt now ?
We were told that the negative American savings rate was deceptive as our 'Savings' were locked up in the value of our houses and we were 'saving' more and more every year, The house-ATM wealth-effect stimulated more consumption.
Did you know McDonald's and other fast-food places now take credit cards for a $3.oo lunch TAB. With cash & carry gone - how do you hide income from the prying eyes of the Tax Man ? It's absolutely ruinining the 15% of the U.S. economy which is , uh, Informal, no, uh, UnderGround.
The real problem now is two-fold. As Property values rose so did assessements and taxes. Cities budgeted for ever MORE - and borrowed against the putative future. There's going to be a lot of Municipal Bankruptcies.
Also, The people who are losing their houses are cutting deals to stay in them longer without paying - it's called some kind of SALE - a pre-sale - I don't remember the term - but they stay in a house with a For Sale sign on it. Here's the RUB - a forgiven loan is a taxable event. You don't pay taxes on 'borrowed' money as income - when the loan is forgiven that money becomes income - calculated by the amount owed minus the proceeds from the sale of the house. This is a nightmare for the IRS as the Banks write off the loss asa tax deduction - transferring those taxes to the hapless home-owner. NOW, we know why the Government is pulling out all the stops to 'Maintain the Dream of Home ownership".
Great Blog - Max Starz
hope I've contributed to the discussion & taught you a more productive and sure-fire fishing technique as well. maybe someday you can explain this whole BAIT idea in a way that even I can understand & appreciate.
Tommy Boy ( a Brit slang term meaning 'Juvenile Delinquent' ),
You were 'delinquent' in not telling the whole story -
The BANE of insurance is two-fold - 1) Moral Hazard & 2) Adverse Selection.
A.S. is when you only sell flood insurance to people who get flooded & none to people who don't - The Risk-Pool is skewed & the Premiums are way Under-Priced for the Pay-Out Risks.
M.H. & A.S. are the BANE of us all, not so?
Bernanke & Co have made a LOT of A.S. - it is we who will Pay the Piper.
The Logic is More Pernicious than you might suppose. The ( Ag Dept.'s ) Food Stamp Program has done away with the Coupons & gone to DEBIT CARDS - so the Welfare-Types can avoid the Public Embarassment & Shame of actually being seen using DOLE Money. The next thing that happened is a Lobby group got it OK'd to use these DEBIT cards to buy PREPARED FOOD @ such places as McDonald's. When it's FREE, that's when you REALLY go 'HOG' wild @ the Drive-UP Window. It used to be that you had to 'prove' you had a place to 'prepare' food to get food stamps - but that left out the Homeless & Indigent - who prefer to DINE OUT ( al Fresco ? NOooo )at McD's and such. Soon there will be more & more HOMELESS - It's a Growth Market - BUY MCD - it's a ReCession Play & a Game being played on the TAXPayer. You can get Hot Dogs & Slurpies @ 7-11, too. What a Concept !
Fish Says : EAT BEEF.
Hope this helped you whet Appetite,
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Hi, Big Guy - Swedish son of a George
Donald - Celtic /Gaelic - means World Leader,Man
I'm an Uff Da Norge - my name is Don, just plain Don - means World Leaader also, without the old / Bold connotation.
You have just expressed the FRUSTRATION of just about everybody everywhere in the Land of the ( formerly ) Free & the Home of the ( MIA ) Brave. I live in Virginia and it's exactly the same here.
Many members of the U.S. Creative & Educated Class have already left town - went to New Zealand, Costa Rica, the Caribbean ( my Neice lives & works in the Cayman Islands and is Totally happy - no Taxes / no Big Government / Great People & balmy weather, too ), the Old Country, etc. AnyWhere that's 1) Out of here and 2) respects the Natural God-given Rights of Individual Human Beings and 3) maintains a vigilant and Constant respect for the Rule of LAW.
You read Books - check out ANYTHING written by Daniel Pink - " A Whole New Mind", etc. It's about the New Wave of creative entrepreneurial Thinking & where it's locating itself.
If my government can't seem to 1) collect the garbage, 2) fix the potholes in the street 3) keep the criminals locked up & 4) lesve me the hell alone - I'm outta here. I can do the work I do sitting on a Beach with a Laptop & cellphone - holding a cool Rum drink in one hand - and watching the Beach Babes saunter by. Who NEEDS this STUFF ? Why should I Swim in this Soupy Morass of Fall-of-Rome corruption & decadence. Why would anybody send a child to a Government School to be Dumbed-down and taught No-Character-whatsoEver ?
The most Bone-chilling Book I have in my large library ( avid reader, you know ) is " The Flight of the Creative Class " by Richard Florida. He lays it ALL out - A night-mare.
Imagine a Brain-Drained America filled with nothing but Marching Morons. Florida is an Economic Demographer - he presents his case with Table of Numbers & Statistics most of which were gathered by U.S. Government Entities. He's the Hirst Professor at George Mason University School of Public Policy, etc. No 'Piker, that one ).
So now I've 'Vented, too. Do I 'Feel' better. No. Not by a Long Shot.
Respectfully,
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
I can see you are a strong womwan. I would like to underscore the tone of your blog - self-reliance, individual action, personal determinaation ( which is what I call a warrior's INTENT ).
The problem with property is that nobody 'owns' property in America. Don't pay your taxes - sheriff comes and moves you out. The Bete Noire is a recent Supreme court ruling concerning " Public Benefit " which legally is a far weaker standard than the Constitutional test for "Public Good " - It allows state and local governments to do a "Quick-take". This is going on EVERYWHERE - in my hometown they 'took' a small residential area, tore down the houses to make a Parking Lot for a road-side attraction called a "Convention Genter". THEY told those people what their property was worth, sent them a check & a bulldozer. The re-course was ex-post facto - go to court to make a case for how much your property was 'actually' worth and sue for the difference - not to get your property returned to you with compensation.. The LOGIC is that the increased Rrevenues from 'Economic Develelopment" would redound to the Public Till ( or more likely - Pig Trough ) from which the Public would "benefit". When the Sovereign is in Business for itself in the "name" of the people ( as opposed to SERVING the People ) all is lost.
The vaunted "Pursuit of Happiness" is an 18th century metaphor for the accumulation of Property & Wealth by your own efforts. Arbitrary Confiscation for Land Deals & Concrete Pours has Ruined the American Dream.
A house is a Boat Anchor - it can keep you in a place when all your opportunities are elsewhere. The Debtor is a SLAVE to his creditor - a Chattel Slave of Indebtedness.
The Soveereign is entitled to his 'CUT' for sure. The present 'cut' is hard on to a STATIST regime - the governmaent, not necessarily 'owning' but CONTROLLING.
PRETEXTS to abrogate Contracts as the government noww seeks to do are not justifiable under the RULE OF LAW.
My Viking Ancestors had a Culture but no Civilization - they NEVER,EVER built a stone foundation or a Permanent Structure. They were very Wise & very Successful flexible SURVIVORS. If you stay in One Place you will be RULED - best to move on & Travel LIGHT.
Tom,
you're an accountant - numbers,numbers, number.
The Devil is in the details - Reading the Footnotes of an annual report, etc. THE LARGE PRINT GIVES, the small print takes it all back,
Insurance is a Pool of Capital standing behind RISK for Premiuns. No Capital no Insurance business. A POOL of capital needing a $1 Billion infusion was a Fictional Pool ofg Capital indeed - notionally speaking,
It's numbers & people - people can tell lies with numbers. Numbers don't lie but Staticians often do,
Once again we LEARN our LESSONS. The trick is not to Repeat our mistakes & errors, Fool me once Shame on you; fool me Twice Shame on Me.
Atta Boy, KommiCZAR Vad-ski,
( -ski because I can't spell Toboggan, either )
Sieben Sterne from this LugerHead !
I applaud the fact that you have 'revealed' that you do MATH
( a rercurring theme in my mostly ignored [ and rightfully so ] Blogs).
The only Business paper I read regularly
is Barron's - a weekly. I do not subscribe because of the delay in the mail.
I buy it when it hits the NewsStand - soonest, sometimes.
I enjoy Allen Abelson's wry editorial skepicism and informed wit.
now, to get down to the Real business - which is Hacking
( on you this time, just a little bit, though ).
I only do it because of this :
They're spoonfeeding Casanova
To get him to feel more assured
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence
After poisoning him with words - Bob Dylan - Desolation Road
& This :
We NEVER get what we Deserve, but; we ALWAYS get what we should Expect. -
Evelyn Waugh
No Poison Here, OK
Prudent ! You ? Your PRUDENT ?!?!. What ! Come again. Hello. HELLO !!!.
Ok. Ok. So be it . Amen. Selah. Selah. ( and a sigh of resignation ) Oh, well. ( sigh )
I often sell a stock that I do NOT think will go down. I mostly buy solid citizen dividend
payers. My Portfolio is run acoording to the Darwinian notion of " the Survival of the Fittest"
to Maximize Return & minimize Risk. I rate my holdings in a Pecking Order - the currentl
best Prospects at the top and so on, down the line. If I discover a new & better Opportunity,
I will sell the Low Man to raise money to acquire the better current choice ( for the Nonce)
Winnowing.
I often sell Covered calls against a position that I think has Run ahead of itself - Mr. Market
has built in expectations of " more of the same " which is reflected in a 'Rich' Call Premium.
I 'MILK' Mr. Market for the Call Privilege, collect the dividends and about 70% of the time,
the stock has Plateaued or ' Rolled ' down by the Expiration date of the contract. I
I wll still own the stock & pocket the premium and it's Time-Value - having invested it in
a hopefully lucrative way. I call the Premiums ' Supplemental' Income'.
About 40% of the long-term Total Return in the Market comes from dividends and
the re-investment thereof - taking advantage of the compounding effect.
The Call Premiums just add to the Total Return - That's one way to "Out-Perform"
the overall Market over the Long Run.
When asked to list his 7 Wonders of the World , Einstein replied -
I don't have a clue about the 7 - but the eighth Wonder of the World
of the World is the MAGIC of Compound Interest.
Magic. MAGIC ???. How does he do it. Smoke & Mirrors, I THINk not.
Ain't I a Wonder - and ain't you a Wonder too - Wonder Boy.
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
VAD, here's a few quotable quotes from the Brirish Satirical Novelist Evelyn Waugh.
His Novels were filled with irreverent Humour and biting sarcastic wit..
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic.
Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.
Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in "Old Maid"; the player who is finally left with it has lost.
The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.
We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.
We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit
Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.
If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be
Vad,
Tobacco Tobogganist,
Check out the Britz - BTI & ITY
I've made good money from time to time with ITY - the dividend is about 3.75% too.
Also - how about LTR - Loews
for a Speculative Thrill - check out AOI - Alliance One - formed from Dibrell & Standard Commercial - tobacco Traders. They buy,cure, blend tobacco for the Majors - They supply the Smoke makers with the Smoke. Obviously Tobacco has been in a shrinking industry - AOI also had problems with currency 'fluctuations' - doing business in USD but paying farmers in local currency. With a beta of 1.94 - it's a Bouncer. Right uo your 'Prudent' alley, Maybe.
Not so ?
Humbaba Bull of Heaven,
Watch out for those two Cats - Gilgamesh & Enkidu - they grab you by the Horns and then what ?
I'm a little Queasy about the market now - A lot of recent action could be due to 'positioning' vis-a-vis the December Options Expiration on Friday. The market has had a reasonably good run in the last couple of days and there may be 'Profit-Taking' - also some year-end TAX-related selling. Any kind of PreText could discombobulate the AAPL cart, so to speak. There may be an initial reaction to what-ever the FED does followed by second-thought Back-Lash. I'm the first to go with the Santa Claus Rally / January Effect scenario - but if it's already "Priced-In" Mr. Market may "OBJECT". We'll just have to Watch @ the Ready, Freddy.
I see there's been a a run-up in stcks related to the - everybody's getting a GPS for Christmas notion. I pose this question - IF everybody who wants one Gets One - what are these companies's Prospects after New Year's Day. Some people think far enough ahead to Ponder such things.
I too like SNY - they've got a Boffo Diabetes Drug on the way. I think SEPR stock has been Pummeled to the Max - it may be ready for a Dead-Cat BOUNCE - or better yet - a come-back, so to speak. SHPGY is a Rocket waiting to happen, also. It's Irish - Maybe by St. Paddy's in March. Who knows ? Only THE SHADOW KNOWS, 4 sure.
Don Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
The Market was OverBought & it's Tax selling time, too. Any Excuse ( PRETEXT ) would do.
Don't Panic. Where is the money raised today by selling going to go ? Right back into the Market or to an even LOWER rate Money Market Fund ? The 'TRICK' is to glean where. I look for ROTATION SIGNALS - the New LeaderShip. Stay tuned & watch closely. Today some stocks with zilch earnings went up - e.g. PTIE & SNMX - the last refuge of a 'Scoundrel' is the FUTURE. Watch for the trend - my friend. and get there ahead of it
Jim,
Sticking to your guns- I can respect THAT by-Jiminy-Kricket!
VAd is a self-admitted Crap-Shooter for this SLO Contest. He has even tried to warn his #1 Oriented FANS of that. Following what he's done is no Road-Map for what he's going to do in the Future - which will probably be of an equally succesful Strategy. You cannot imitate the the Un-Predictable. I think Vad the Impaler ( & currently Tobacco Inhaler ) would back me up on this. The only thing certain about the Market is that it WILL VARY & Fluctuate.
I don't follow the ( Doobie Brothers ) Pretzel Logic of your argument - Though I do Miss my copy of the Pretzel-Logic Kama Sutra.
Isn't the Taj Mahal a Moslem Funerary Shrine ?
Doesn't the name of the great University town of 'Madras' actually mean "School" in Arabic ?
I'm not going to 'buy' into India until I see a permanent accomodation with Moslem Pakistan
and maybe a little more self-rule or self-Determination for the Provinince of Cashmere.
Gunga Din & the Paki's got Nukes & they are as BOTH as Crazy as Coots, to boot.
There are a LOT of opportunities out there - I'm passing these up. I've got a Nehru Jacket - when it comes back into style, I'll buy India Funds - & Sandal Wood Incense. Mahatma Ghandi was a Lawyer from South Africa. What about investing in Southern Eastern Africa - Sugar Cane & Cane whisky - The Orange FREE State or Ghandi's home town - Durban in KwaZulu ( Zulu Land ) ?
( Just Hackin' on ya, Shah-ster. Actually, I prefer the notion of buying Individua stock on Merit - Shot-gun 'economy' Funds don't appeal to my Taste, that's all. )
This is a Quickie ( an Evening Nooner, so to Speak) - I'll Rant Long Later.
OK - about the infamous KBD incindent -
I DID violate my own "NO Liquids" Rule. This is True - but it was a Kingsbury Blogg-back & he's mostly WET all the Time -fishing Fool and such. I had to get " In The Mood", didn't I ?
Violating Taboos & rules is 'WHAT I DO' !
Even if they are my OWN rules. What else are rules for ? " The Masters Make THE RULES for the Wise Men & The FOOLS ". I got NO Scruples. I at least don't take myself SERIOUSLY. That would Be BAD !!!!
The "Head Spinning " it's your BAR Stool - It'll be Better Beer-times when the Bearings FREEZE UP in the Chicago Deep-Freeze. Shirt-Sleeve Weather in SE VA today. I saw 4 AF #1's ( some 'Decoys' ) going Low & slow into Langley AFB. Some Body (-guarded ) guy was probably GOLFING at the LAFB Golf Course Today ( In shirt sleeves ).
I was #42 @ one time. I was in Cash - well - it's the Subject of " My Very First Blog" . Check it out - it's very Pedantic & sarcastic - Surely, you MUST get a LOT of that, Duffer. & I won't call you Shirley AnyMore, either.
Rimm-shot - Soldier - Smoke 'em if you gottem.
Denver - misnomer - Ver - green ( as in VerDant ) - Den - from the Valley. Green Valley for a Mile High? Team colors - Green & gold - there's gold in them thar hills ( but I thought it was SILVER Mines )
I'm starting to get Myself as ConFuzed as DuffBeer. Better Kwit.
Don L. Ferk ( aka VW Micro-Brain - VikingWarrior )
It's been a while since Ye Olde VW has 'dabbled' in Limiteds - it may be
worth a 2nd L00K.
For the Fertilizer mania - how about the Terra ( TRA : NYSE ) related Partnership Terra Nitroben ( TNH : NYSE ) - 6.77 % Divvy.
The one thing that should be Pointed out is the VEXation TAXation - you pay the Taxes on your Fair Share & you need Green-eyed shades and Sleepless ( in Seattle ) Nights to make sense of the FORMS - including finding out how many States you must file with [ above deminimus income ( usually but not always about $200 )]. I would whole-Heartedly recommend these types of Investments for TAX Deferred Accounts - like IRA's, etc.
Becky you are Babe-o-Licious. I've challenges The Duffer Beer-O Wino to a "Taste" test - but he deferred & demurred. I'd like to Challenge YOU 2, but it would probably become a case of, Of, OF -- well, Rebecca - Here's YOUR SONG - ToWit :
[ w / Guitar TABS ]
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
A
We sat at the table for two
The first thing I knew, she whispered
D
"Oh, boy, I could sure go for you."
G D
My heart beat a little bit quicker
D7 G
As I held her sweet little hand
D
I swelled up with pride, but oh, how she lied
A D
I sure was a foolish young man.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
She made me get up and dance
Around and around we circled
'Til I missed my money from my pants
I asked her if she had seen it
She smiled up at me and said, "No!"
To this day to me, it's a big mystery
I wonder just where did it go.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
Her husband walked in after that
And as soon as he spied us together
He rushed up and gimme a bat
He took me by the seat of my britches
And he shore did jerk up the slack
And then I got tossed, out the door, by the boss
And he told me to never come back.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
It's left me only regret
I guess she was only a-foolin'
When she called me her darlin' and pet
Oh! I wish that the Lord had made Adam
And had never made anyone else
Just one thing I know, the next place I go
I'll buy fourteen beers for myself.
I believe a STRONG WOMAN named Alice Stuart wrote and performs this one.
Merry Christmas - Saftig Sugar Plumb of a Broken Old Man's Dreams,
I'm thinking about writing a BLOG entitled "THE Penny Stock I AM Going To Buy a Million Dollars Worth of". Do I need your Permission to infringe on your CopyRight. Maybe I'll start a NewsLetter devoted to
THAT Topical Tropical Dream. I would use
Moon Phases , Tarot cards, AutoMatic
Spirit Inspired HandWriting ( On THE WALL [street] ), etc..
IT's gonna Be SO Kool !!!!
DuffBeer - Open a Real Reversal R/ E company.
" Insure & Burn" - They'll beat a PATH to your door & your ( Shilled )Stock will sell like Hot Cakes. It'll be the very 1st subject of a RAVING GLOWING ReView in my NEW Touting Journal. I won't drink your Toxic Waste Beer, but I'll Carry Water for your new Venture.
Keith,
for an Adventure - fly fish for Golden Trout In West Virginia. They found a couple of Mutants- developed the Strain - & now Raise & Stock 'em. OutDoorsy but a little Fish-In-a-Barrel stream fishing. For me it's In-Seine.
Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year.
Don L. Ferk
PS - I think I will "help" DuffBeer with some of my own Fishing TIPS ( but not Pole Tips - whatever a fishing Pole IS ).
DON"T QUIT NOW !!! I WON"T LET YOU....
Mainly because I need A FOIL - and Who's BETTER THAN YOU ???
2nd Lee and FAR less importantly is this Little Piece of Handy Dandy Info Courtesy of ( God in Heaven 'HELP me' & 4Give me 2 & give me tthe strength) - there are only 20 People ahead of you & the TOP 5 who are STILL Qualified for Consideration. MORON.
WAKE UP & Smell the COFFEE-flavored beer. Look at the DEC 13,2007 Performance Pages. Every Name with an asterisk by it is DISQUALIFIED ( including 1 of the TOP 5 )& @ 114 you have ONLY 20 above you & one is a GURL - Eilene ( She can't REALLY count or I'm NOT an MCP ( Male Chauvinist PIG !!!!!! ).
( parenthetically speaking here - Sorry Eilene - I OWE you One - but Desperate Times lead to Acts O'Desperad-o. You want to WIZE the DUFFERBEER up yourself. Go ahead, SweetHeart, Knock yourself OUT It's a Tough & Dirty JOB, But somebody's gotta do it. Might as well be me - this TIME. )
Duffer,
@ 180 I am only a 'no non-qualifieds' 12 BeHind your Buttocks. I can DO 12 standing on my head & Whistling Dixie. As 4 U - you've got One Hell-Hound on your Skank-RANKING Trail. All I have to do is Sell my GrandMother in to Sex Slavery and I'm THERE, Dude.
Maybe I'll just get 2 friends O'Mine - Sparky the Electrician ( the man does Wonders with a Cattle Prod ) & Big Mike the Mechanic ( he specializes in Wood-Working tools called NutDrivers and he's very efficient ) and we'll go down to Market-O-Cracy HQ & convince them of the finer Points of the argument as to why I should be #1. I'm a Shoe-In. Not So?
About AF #1 - I frequently enter the Portals of Langley AFB ( Laf-B = Laugh Bee - get it ? )
due to certain Familial Militarial Associations & InFill-Trations. Here's MY Sorry Story an' I'me STICKIN'n to it. [ a TRUE Story ]
I was @ the LAFB AAFES Snack Bar & got in Lime
2 git a Robin Hood SubWAy Sannich. I got in behind a guy in a Black Costume UniForm - looked like a Rent-a-Kop. I see Navy, Gyrines, NATO, Germuns,Greeaks, alla kinda Un-informeds but dis Was Gnu 2 Me. So I side-saddles Side-ways to get a Gander @ his Patch which was Sewn On - Not Velcro - Nome I'me Meenun hee-yah. Anyways - He's a Black Man Look-a-Like a Fire Hydrant & Packing Side Heat that ain't BDU O'da Day, anyway. He looks @ me - suspicious-like - I just laugh ( @ Danger, Nome Ime sain ). He Cracks a big-ass smile and says - " SECRET Service "
I said wut's a guy like U doin' in a NICE Place like dis ". He say I'm asssigned to Air Farce Wun DeTail. & President AmBush is Krakkin a Champagne Bottle down @ the Shipyard dedicating the New Wavy gravy Navy Flat-Top - USN Ronald Reagan ( or wuz it Ray Gun ) wid his Lady swingin' da Roped Bottle. He wuz Baby-sittin AF #1 & was on the 'Get US Lunch' detail. now..If yer by-in' - 'm Fly-in'
I tole him where the Plastic Cutlery was - seein' as to how I heard that Pres Clintown had scarfed the AF #1 Playtes & spoons and had removed the W's keys fom Wite Haus KBD's & typo-Wriders - DubYa Thang ya no.. He Said - "I wuz Dare, Dude & dat's all Polly-tickle Lion-in & it goes on alla tyme, jes like THAT. I believed him - I was packin' LITE that day & he had me out-Gunned, out-maneuvered & out-numbered ( it was just him - but it was just ME 2. I didn't have a ARMY with me that day. ) I didn't wish to dis-agree wid him - THEN or NOW as Momma didn't RAISE no Fool-ish Chillen. No Ime seine here.
Here's the BOTTOM LINE :
President Ronald Wilson Reagan once said, "
There's nothing so WRONG with America that what's right with America can't FIX".
I Believed that then - Now I've got my Doubts, Thomas. I came from Immigrants - maybe they knew something that I am just finding out about these days. Do you KNOW what I AM SAYING ?
I met the Wrong Woman, at the Wrong time, in the
the Wrong Place and when her husband the Proprietor /
Bouncer - It's so Horrible I can't Go On - all I remember
is a Double-Barrel 12-Gauge and my Nostrils being
STRETCHED to the elastic Limit - It' s a Painful Memory
to me even to this day.... But I Digress.
I had to 'Take it on the LAM - packing Quickly.
I ended up in a Wisconsin State Park @ a KampGround
on the St. Croix ( or was it the Mrs. Sloppy Drunk Ribber -
Memory Fails me now.
I went in to La Crosse Town.
I was walking down the street that runs
parallel to the River City's River & was
left-arm-out supporting the Facades of the
local Architecture. Every once in a while, I
would Fall through a Door behind which was
a Saloon or Bar. I'd have a Brew or two & then
the BarKeep would start looking like & behaving
like that Chicago Saloonist Shootist. It was
always like some kind of Mos Isley Star Wars
Alien Bar Scene.
Afterwards, I would get up off of my KEESTER,
which I had been UnCeremoniously thrown out on.
And Talk to the the Closed Green Doors - " I've been
thrown out of Better Places than This - LOTS better
places", I would Protest.
Then I had an Inspiration - I needed to QUENCH
a deep Thirst.
I made a Pilgrimage to the G. Heileman Brewey
which was the Home of the "World's Largest Six Pack".
Huge Cylinders of the Golden Ichor of the God's.
I tore of my Clothes - Naked Drinking is a
Speciality of Mine - made my way to the TOP
of the 1st Long, tall Cool One - and Dove IN.
They turned out to be Grain Silos - the stuff of
un-Finished, Un-Refined Beer is made out of.
I was SO mad that I Invaded the Brewery, attached
the Product Pipe to My Massive BeerGUT Naval Hiose Connection - and DRAINED them Dry.
The Brewery was Bone-Dry Dead & shut down in 1999 - I was
Totally Responsible for it. Now that the Statute of Limitations
has expired, I Publically Confess my GUILT in The Matter.
I apologize to Stroh's, Miller's, Genesee, the present day City
Brewing Company and the citizens of La Crosse. Mea Culpa.
OK. Now could you find it in your Hearts to 4Give & 4Get.
Will the Civic Organizers of the LaCrosse remove my PNG
( Personae Non Grata ) status and free me from the " Banned
for Life" STIGMA - so I might attend OktoberFest - AGAIN.
DuffBeer, If you can tell a Better Beer Story - you'd have to be a LIAR.
Son, I could 'Taste' you under the Table. A PBT ??? NOT in My
Life-Time ! I swear it on the name of Michael Jackson - the recently
deceased KING OF BEER.
Here's your Song Duffer Beer :
John BarleyCorn ( MUST Die )
( as performed by Traffic )
The Lyrics are traditional.
There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn must die
They've plowed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in
Threw clods upon his head
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn was dead
They've let him lie for a very long time, 'til the rains from heaven did fall
And little Sir John sprung up his head and so amazed them all
They've let him stand 'til Midsummer's Day 'til he looked both pale and wan
And little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become a man
They've hired men with their scythes so sharp to cut him off at the knee
They've rolled him and tied him by the way, serving him most barbarously
They've hired men with their sharp pitchforks who've pricked him to the heart
And the loader he has served him worse than that
For he's bound him to the cart
They've wheeled him around and around a field 'til they came unto a barn
And there they made a solemn oath on poor John Barleycorn
They've hired men with their crabtree sticks to cut him skin from bone
And the miller he has served him worse than that
For he's ground him between two stones
And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl and his brandy in the glass
And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl proved the strongest man at last
The huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor so loudly to blow his horn
And the tinker he can't mend kettle or pots without a little barleycorn
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Don Lee Ferk ( Zen Master PBT, GrassHopper )
[ aka John Barley Corn )
Jimmy S. ,
I Teng to agree with you - at least as far as next week goes. There is always some Churning before Quarter-end Options Expiration. The Mechanism for a little further out is Hazy - Markets NEED PreTexts to MOVE - one way or the Other. There may be some extreme Tax selling if Congress passes draconian Fiscal oriented policy laws in the waning hours before the recess - this Will apply to THIS year's Taxes. The IRS won't even have the Tax forms ready until February - maybe. Tax Planning - fuhgeddaboudit. Markets require 'Visibility' to Stabilize them, No VIZ - Big VIX. Your guess is as Good as AnyBody's right now, Got a Crystal Ball or a DART ?
As for DuffBeer - he 'Passed' Out @ the Finals. He got an "attendance" certificate & a 'Social' Promotion.
His Chart Vision is like his Driving - Impaired. He can't read between the Empties and the gas gauge in the DufferMobile reads Below 'E' while it's 9 degrees below zero and 3:00 in the AfterNoon in Chicago. It's the Beer that's doing the talking. Who'll be doing the Walking ? Talk the Talk; Walk the Walh !
Jack Jumped under the "CancleStick" ? Shampoo wash out head& Shoulders style? there goes the Dander UP ? Please Explain. Some of us aren't Chrtist0Artists. H&S could break ither way.
Sometimes the Past is NOT a Predictor of the Future - Extrapolation-wise. The Market doesn't LOOK @ Charts - it just draws charts. Pattern Recognition is a Stochastic Phenomenon. What about Chaos Theory ? Things look pretty Hectic to me !
Don Ferk
You're #1 - You don't have to "Suck Up"
to those CATS most of whom have done worse than holding Cash.
Why don't you say something like this - It's a new day and the OLD must be creatively Destroyed. I'm the Vanguard of the NEW WAVE. Then FIRE those under-Performers for yourself.
It's All about the Courage of your Convictions & the Strength of your own Imagination.
Follw your Dreams, Be in the VanGuard.
My Theory is that SLO is about finding NEW Talent - if not, why even bother to have an open Contest - just promote The Olympic Games with the Old Gladiators battling each other.
Vad,
Inflation is the Sovereign's Bankruptcy.
The now 'UnReported' M3 money supply index
has been growing at a 15% annual rate for
a while now. They've been Flooding the
Economy with 'liquidity'- just debasing
the Currency.
The major problem for the government now
is COLA ( cost of Living Adjustments )
whic is based on HeadLine Inflation
'Reported' Numbers. These numbers have
"lacked VeriSimilitude "( That means
they've been Telling Big Whoppers, Rio Linda ).
COLA involves adjustments to pay and
retirement pay for Social Security
recipients, Federal Employees, Military,
etc.
They may need to raise some 'non-Tax
Tax increase Taxes ' by Increasing SS rates or
the Maximums ( maybe on the employer's
side - to keep the VOTING public less directly "involved".
The Last GREAT Inflation era was during
the Carter Administration - the Social
Security System went BANKRUPT & Carter
told Treasury to keep Printing the Checks.
Money from Thin Air - Flooding the System
with MORE Money chasing the same (or less ) amount of Goods & Services.
Interest rates SkyRocketed. The Government
sold 'K' Bonds - Callable Bonds - like a Mortgage that can be Re-Financed when
interest rates decline - STAGFLATION.
And the things I can't remember tell the
things I can't forget............
Not even "Conveniently ".
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior - aka SLO-His/ Storian )
brian,
you did great. Your Sunny solar logic is also impeccable - SOLAR is an out-growth of the 'Green' mentality which ia as coercive & corrosive as it is stupid. The government susidies are a simple reflection of politicos
and political social activists 'Pandering' for Votes to stay in power.
this IS a short-term contesr & 'performance' only counts 30% of the Total Score. You have participated and Blogged well. You are better than most in the over-all & are a quick study.
You'll do well in the 'Real' world - in the Long Run.
Duffbeer,
OK - What sector? inquiring Minds wanna NO ? - the Sin Tax Stocks ? Face it - The Vikes slaughtered the Bears - with a 3rd Pick Q-back. Does Mrs. Dufbeer know you blew Christmas with a Bad bet - worse than a Lottery Ticket. Mike the Mechanic & Sparky the Electrician are looking for you - better Cheese-Head it to Denver & hide out in a Bear Cave wnere it's less Risky.
It's Tyr's day - didja go back up - MarketOcrazy says mine went up 1.62% - ya coulda done better - but I don't mind.
By Reading my Blogs with an Open mind & an open container you could have at least BEAT the market on Monday even if you went down slightly..
Waddaya want Eggs in your Beer or egg-head Noggin 'taste' beer ?
Coal? you want a 'load' ? Lock & Load, son. You got a hell-hound Viking Dog 'O War on your Trail - collecting bad sports debts for his uncle Larry the Librarian.
Tell young Duff to 1st find his 'Real' Daddy. I got the negatives of a young naked VikingWarrior, a sheep, a nun, and a Black Leather-clad Dominatrix look-a-like for the Young Mrs. DuffBeer. I swear that Baby Brute looks nothing like me - I don't care what the DNA test results are - I've got the OJ defense plea on my side - so Keep looking for a guy that Mr. T described as " I Pity the Poor Fool".
My Goal - make MONEY - I don't care what direction THAT takes me to - You Snooze, you Lose.
VW Micro_brain & SLO Wild Man.
PS - Yo Momma 'remembered' the troops already - she swam out to a Troop Ship with Combat Boots on & hasn't been seeen since.
Vad,
the Impeccable-ness of a Warrior is the Willing-ness to accept the CONSEQUENCES of his OWN Actions. Welcome to the Club - Club 84 ( See Psalm 84 { if you've got a Bible like Mine } ). The 'THEM' are able to make Lemonade out of SOUR Lemons.
Se-lah. Selah, SAILOR.
Merry Christmas.
PS : drop me a Line on your OWN Dime. It'll be worth your Nickle's worth.
Soon, I will go non-Compliant & UnPublish Blogs & Comments, etc. This depends on Marketocracy's response to my LAST entry in the Forums. See [Forums} below your Summary on the Summary Page after you Log IN.
In any case, I'm OFF your Case. Kah-Peesh ?
Merry Christmas. Have a Happy, Healthy & PROSPEROUS New Year.
Vad,
Fantastic Bloggin'; you're using your Noggin.
I think we're heading for a dis-Aster ( Bad STAR as in Romeo & Juliet - 2 'Star-Crossed' Lovers - the story is oft repeated - a la West Side Story, etc. )
The U.S. government during the Great Depression of the 1930's had a lot of Make-Work projects - one of which was for Artists and the like.
In my Eidetic studies of World History - I came across a Book of Photography by Government Sponsored Photgraphers - featuring abondoned Dust-Bowl Shacks with Wind-Blown Dirt covering them like Snow Drifts.
The Picture I remember most was of a Bib-Overhauled Un-Employed Appalachian Coal Miner with a Care Wrinkled Face and the look of a gaunt, hungry Worrried Man with a Family to Feed, SOMEHOW.
The CAPTION read, " That was the LAST time I vote for the Lesser of Two Evils ".
It's NOT the Government. It's the People - We've lost our Love of the Possible - We have NO character.
A Civilization with NO Culture.
Am I Cynical ? No, but I am Ex-Tremely Pessimistic.
Ya done good. No Doubt. Broke Even - more or less.
The Crinoid Crows bring me my daily Bread. I'll do OK too if the Stream doesn't DRY Up & the crows keep coming -
If not - I gotta be a Wandering Prophet of Profit.
Don L. Ferk ( aka Viking Warrior [ Priest, well, maybe ]
ron48309-
Labor - work - the issue is STANDARD of Living & NOT being a slave ( to Convention )
My SLO 'Bio' was a toned up version of a request I made for admission to the Berlin Technical University. I've got a head full of ideas that ARE driving me INSANE. 58 & thinkin' abot goin' Back 2 SKOOL for a PhD.
Live & LEARN !!!!!
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior _
Un- Official SLO " Wild Man
PS - Doofy Duffy - Drink HEAVILY - it's the ONLY Ant-Swear.
TEN Days ?!?! - 6 days on the road & i'm going to make it home 2 Nite.
I thought the 10 stood for the Binary Bits of a Computer Guy. One's & Zeroes. The Duality ON-OFF Universe - the UPS & Downs - the Plussses & Minusess,etc. Good & Evil. Right & Wrong.
Beau Derrick is a 10 - you haven't got the "LEGS' for that job.
I strongly suspect that you are more High-Concept than you let on to.
Ron -
My earliest Blogs Focused on the glories of solid citizen dividend paying stocks in relatively mature businesses - the cokes, kellogg's, and other house-hold names.
It'd December - time for the quarterly Dividends, year-end capital gains distributions, etc. to come roling in. This will a Contest Closing KICKER to the portfolios SLO participants who actually divvy Payers. Regardless of the General Market fluctuations, there will be some upward positional movement in those portfolios that
did not buy high-Flyer come-bychance stocks whose stock symnols ars all 4-letter words.
Ya DID Good. In the Long Haul, the god will out. I guarantee it 99 & 44 hundredths per cent.
Ron -
My earliest Blogs Focused on the glories of solid citizen dividend paying stocks in relatively mature businesses - the cokes, kellogg's, and other house-hold names.
It'd December - time for the quarterly Dividends, year-end capital gains distributions, etc. to come rolling in. This will a Contest Closing KICKER to the portfolios of SLO participants who actually purchased divvy Payers. Regardless of the General Market fluctuations, there will be some upward positional movement in those portfolios that did not buy high-Flyer come-by--chance stocks whose stock symbols are all 4-letter words.
Ya DID Good. In the Long Haul, the good will out. I guarantee it 99 & 44 hundredths per cent.
Vice-Roy of ShahMat ( arabic for 'the Shah is DEAD'- aka Check-Mate in Chess ) ,
DuffBeer once told me that I had 44 stocks in my SLO-Port ( I didn't count - we'll have to take his Dipsy-doodle drunken SOT word for it ).
I said it was Stagger Lee's Smokin' SmokeLess Blue-STEEL .44 - @ the Time.
Single stock risk is like Vad the kossack Czar's Russian Roulette. Long Odds & potentially FATAL CONSEQUENCES.
Right ON, Bro'. Thanx for ReMinding us all 'bout that handy-dandy Li'l piece O'Info.
I used to quaff Heinekin religiously when I lived and worked ( OK - they pretended that they were paying me & I 'pretended' that I was working ) in Indonesia. Indo was a Dutch Colony before WWII & Heinekin had a Brewery there - the Long necks were larger than the 12 Oz'ers you get here - made the count confusing - is it the number or some kind of 'volumetric' measurement anyway? What exactly is meant by 100 bottles of Beer on the wall anyway?
I told you ---- Beer - It's not just for BreakFast anymore. well tell Mrs. DuffBeer
you want ' a little Heini' in the morning. Ask her to 'serve it up' across the Kitchen table.
It's better there than the coffee table, the rug, the fire-plce mantle, or the front lawn for all the neighbors to see. Do you remember the old Paul NcCartney 'WINGS' song -'Why don't we do it in the road' ? Well, that's as good of a place as any for 'a little Heini' in the Morning.
I think the FED has realized what a 'Paper Tiger' it is now - I thought they would lower 50 basis points last time - shoot their entire wad, so to speak, all @ once. They just split it into Part 1 & Part 2. The Rubber has hit the road & the days of the High Life on Debt and Easy Money are over. It's now Piper-Paying Time. The rally is a last Blast of Cheap Thrills. The 'bloody' Morning after is soon upon U.S. ..
Hope we don't drag the rest of the world down the tubes with us. There's ALWAYS a Bull Market somewhere.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you & Yours,
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikikgWarrior )
Jimmy ( Cub reporter for The Daily Planet a la SuperMan ),
The sell-side Analysts don't just give it away for FREE - They get the Media to force that STUFF down our throats. Sometimes it Works - Perception is REALITY for most.
The KEY FACTOR ( variable ? ) for an Analyst
is INDEPENDENCE.
There ain't NO such thing as a FREE lunch. You get exactly what you pay for. I'm my OWN analyst - so I AM BIASED.
Merry Christmas,
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
How did you know that I won the 'Wild Man' election ? It was a LandSlide. Unanimous Consent. The Election commiitte certified my
election the day before it took place. The Chief Election official was Joe Stalin who said
this :
" Elections are not determined by the man who casts the ballot - but by the MAN who COUNTS the votes "
I was a shoe-in before I tossed my Horny Hat in the ring. All's fair in Love & WAR.
I don't know how Marketocracy deetermines the TOP 10 - I got the feeling that the Contest is partitioned by style. You know Growth, Income, Sector players, Value, Fund of Funds people like Eilene, etc.Marketocracy runs a variety of funds - perhaps they select the TOP 10 as best in show according to each type of fund that they have.
You're right about performance, too. I looked at Portfolios at the beginning. Most had 10 or 12 Diversified stocks seemingly picked by listening to some talking head guru or by choosing from what was then 9 or 10 rated stocks. It looked like dart throwing or shooting in the dark to me.
In the 1990's when these types of Contests were starting to get popular, some wag got a feces throwing monkey to throw darts at the stock listings in a NewsPaper. The monkey WON !!! I read about that in Barron's some years ago - Allen Abelson went 'APE', like I knew he would.
I think the Monkey used Barron's for his target practice - for darts & other substances as well.
Shout out to everybody who pitched in and participated.
Merry Christmas to all & to all a Good Night
Don Lee Ferk
" You do what you can,
you do what you MUST,
you do what you must do
- and you do it well.....Bob Dylan
So, you buy high-beta bouncers like RIMM by using LIMIT orders. This is news to me. What a Concept !
I blogged on this topic on November 2, 2007 - Titled " A Lesson too late for the Learning ".
Seeing as how Rimm got away from you after that I guess i was too soon about being too late.
I have at times kept "Opportunistic Cash " as well - but NEVER in fast moving Markets - it lowers Total Return. If you find a better Newby just sell some Oldby , raise Quick Cash & Go ahead on - Knock yourself out.
Day traders are an almost EXTinct species - the commisions, Bid / ask spreads, inefficient trade executions actually EAT THEM AlVE. They're almost as fun to watch go down in flames as Short Sellers. They should use Day Traders for Medical Experiments - because nobody's going to miss them if something goes wrong.
That's a Joke, son. Laugh it up !!!
Just Hackin' on ya .
Merry Christmas.
Don L.Ferk * aka VikingWarrior - the SLO Wild Man )
Duff,
Move to Caliph-a-forny -ya and sell Shot-gun Shanty Shacks for Millions to Leverage up players who Flip one house - raise more cash to get a bigger & better one to Flip again.
It Works real good until it stops working.
There were a group of people called "Equity Bandits " who sold out and Moved to Oregon right before the Final Fatal Flip FLOPPED.
They were all rich but just to have something to keep busy they opened Real Estate Offices.
And so it goes - On & on ( until it goes OFF and OFFER ).
Don't hack on Vad about living on the LEFT COAST - he's a former Flaming Commie turned
Flaming Capitalist and just gets confused when the Fire goes out. The Flame's the thing - who needs Philosophy to understand that.
Duff - let's start a Fire Department for-hire a la Fahrenheit 451 in California - I think we could burn up a good ( match) book of Business and STRIKE it RICH !!! Probably get a Commendation for our Volunteer work in Urban, Suburban & Ex-urban Re-Development, too.
WE could be HEROES, if just for one day ( David Bowie [ aka Ziggy StarDust ] style.
Jimmy ( Cub Reporter & right hand man for The Dily Planet's Clark Kent [ aka SuperMan] )
What planet were you born on - YESTERDAY ?
Did you just fall off of the Turnip UFO
and Pump & Dump your head so you don't
remember so good no more.
SELL-SIDE Analysts.
'FireWalls' between traders and
Investment bankers at Wall
Street firms. Give me a break !!
Payment for order FLOW.
Independence of Analysts to say
something bad about a firm who
throws BIG buck commissions and fees
at the firm's Investment Banking
Services Branch. "No way, jose ! ", I say. NEVER HOT-chee - not gonna Happen.
SCANDAL ! There is Scandaling going
on in the Marquette Americaine ?
I'm shocked. Shocked !!!!!
Yes,Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
Merry Christmas
Don L. Ferk
just hackin' onya - a little bit there.
Why do you care what moves the market as long as it moves in you favor?
I've said it before, so I'll say it again -
PERCEPTION IS REALITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vad,
I appreciated Eleanor Roosevelt much more than Teddy - I've included some of her quotes below for your future reference.
As the ex-officio SLO-Historian, I thoght Teddy was a 'Bully Pulpit ' BlowHard and a bit of a Fraud ( he WAS a Politician, after all )
Here's some historical FACTS -
The 'Rough Riders' were on Foot - There wasn't room enough on the TropShips for men & materiel - they left the horses & hay on the dock - they did have wagon mules. So No Charge up San Juan Hill.
An all BLACK unit actually did charge up San Juan Hill. Teddy's Rough Riders charged up Kettle Hill on foot. They got shot up Big Time.. The Americans had powder that 'smoked'; the Spanish had the new 'Smoke-Less' Powder.
When the Americans shot - they gave away their position and became TARGETS.
The War in Cuba was won by a U.S. Diplomat on The then Danish Island of St. Croix. It was a Coal Bunker. When the war broke out, he bought ALL the Coal. The Spanish fleet risked war with Denmark if they Confiscated it.
The Spanish fleet was sunk by the fact that they had no Good Coal in their Bunkers to make steam fast. they had to fall back on their Poor Coal bunkers when the U.S. Navy showed up in strength in Havana Harbor, The Spanish were Out-Run and Out-Numbered. The Spanish troops had no re-supply. End of War. I guess Teddy won it, NOT !!!!!!!
Once again,
Have a BLESSED Christmas, Thrice-Blessed Man.
Don Lee Ferk
A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
Eleanor on Criticism
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
Elaenor on Decisions
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
If someone betrays you once, it's their fault; if they betray you twice, it's your fault.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
Eleanor on Justice
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
Eleanor on Life
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
Eleanor on Life & Fear
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor on CHARACTER
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
Russ,
so, why are you apologizing to Clement Clarke Moore ?- he didn't invent iambic pentameter and you wrote the words. An engineer practicing poetry without a licence is another matter - that's a capital offense. You should be Hung for that.
Merry Christmas -
& to win this Sandra Bullock Beauty Contest :
World Peace and stricter Parole Policies so Poets like Russ are kept in their cages.
It's been hard on me lately - Raju got my SLO Wild man job, Russ stole my SLO ( would-be) Poet Lore-ate Title & Duffy quaffed all of my Beer.
What am I to do next? Maybe a Blog that is so INSANE that I'll get the 'THAT KRAZY GUY' SLO Booby-hatch Consolation Prize.
Gotta go - they're coming to take me away. Ho Ho. Coming to take me away Ho Ho Ho. Ho! Ho! Ho!
I guess I'm Santa Elvis now.
Bully Bear,
Where did you find out about UN - was it on a top 10 stock picks list in an article in Soap
Opera Digest or are those Soap-makers now selling their stock, instead of their soap, by advertising it during commercial breaks of those day-time mellowdramas you love so much?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Just hackin' onya
- it's steady business through any economic situatin & it's out of America, so to speak. I would aalso look at HENKY ( a German oufit )that makes duct tape, loctite, knives and kitchenware, household cleaners, health & beauty aids, do-it-yourself stuff, adhesives, Purex,dial, etc
Q o'day : why not PG ?
what informed your selection process?
the 'foreign' growth and currency thing or what ?
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From toroandbruin --
The only way I can get this system to add my comment to a comment is by editing yours; therefore you may find this looks "embedded".
I can't remember exactly what made UN win out against PG and other potential consumer staples companies. Yes, I'm sure the fact that UN is a foreign company helped. Loctite is a great product so I took a look at HENKY. Unfortunately, like many (maybe most) good foreign companies it trades here on the Pink Sheets, which Marketocracy doesn't include.
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This SLO Contest is primarily meant to find the best investors in the world. People with new Ideas going in New Directions.
You have on one occasion said that you would
" Blindly Follow " -- those are YOUR own Words ---whatever another participant in the SLO does in the future.
Now you present 5 gurus whom you admire to follow.
This would make you an Idea Shopper - picking & choosing and sorting through other people's ideas - taking a consensus poll.
What have you taught - what have you added ?
A LEADER leads & does not follow. If you are going to be a simple inter-mediary or middle-man - who needs YOU.
Why should Marketocracy list you as m100 when they could have who ?? - Talking-head TV shill CraMer-!!! well at least he's interesting and and least he doesn't simply say auch things as "do what StockShah does". He'd be outta BuzzyNess. Do you catch my drift,
Respectfully,
Don Lee Ferk ( not a mean bone in my body -either )
PS - Performance only counts for 30% of the final grade. You know you have 30 - add up the rest and form your own opininion of your final report print-out. Are you an A++ teacher or an A++ student ? Marketocracy is very clear on this ---- They need and want TEACHERS.
Most of the Time I OVER-state my case & x-aggerate ( or y-aggravate - I AM an active autistic High-functioning Asperger after all - a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do )
Let's try to keep UnderStanding & ComPASSION in sight". OK.
I'm going to try to remove the Wurst things I said about you from the Recorde Publique.
Go Man --- go Go GO !
I truly am looking foreward to your next BLOG.
Who's #1 ?????
WE all are. We are the ones that hung in there and did well trying to do good.
WOW !!!! I 'feel' so much Better now ( although I don't think I'll ever be Good again )
Sincerely,
Don Lee Ferk
LEE is for Levite - a Hebrew priest.
Tribe O'DAN & half-tribe O'Joe,as well.
Count O'StokScoring
consider this vis a vis the " Blindly Fallow" Komet :
From the Bible, King James Version:
Psalms 8:2: Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Matthew 21:16: And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
as ShakeSpeare once said, " MeTHINKS thou dost ProTEST too Much".
Jimmy,
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout - ROTATION.
I call the Technique the 'Slow Roll". The KEY is to get out ahead of 'em. Be there - First-est wid da Most-est. The Strategy of the fast-Skatin' HARD workin' Wayne Gretzky. Get to the Puck a'fore it gets there, so to speak. I call that Future-Vision.
KUDOS !!!!!
It Works until it STOPS workin'
Buy when they're selling & Sell when they're Buying. The Tactics of Baron Von Rothschild.
Sell too soon - don't be a 'bag-holder'
Fortunes are made in this way.
MAX Sterne ( LugerHead Lingo for STARZ )
Don Lee Ferk
( aka FAR-OUT Ferk aka VikingWarrior )
before the 1929 Crash there was a guy who floated Imaginary companies and made a fortune - they were Paper Notions -if shoes a are HOT as a CROX - well IPO a phantom shoe Co. Who the FROWL needs an actual Physical factory - that would be BAD if it burbed down or the exploited workers went on strike.
A company is nothing more than a PO Box and a box full of Paper Certificates called STOX - a Shoe-BOX co. Wanta BUY my IPO - Make me RICH, son, and I'll make you CZAR, Caesar, Kaiser, or anything you wish to call yourself.
Welcome to America, VAD. You're a full fledged CITIZEN now, KomRad. Believe the Lies - No Brain - NO PAIN. Suck it up, boy. Lies are reality. Reality is SURreal, The Doors. The wide open Doors - of Perception.
STOP thinking VAD. you THINK too much !!!!
it is you who has PeePee - Perceptual ProbLEMMS and DiLEMMAs.
Don L. Ferk ( former SLO Wylde Man & poet Lore-ate - the only EXtant SLO philosopher & Historian - 4 da Nonce )
Vad,
I gotta sim-U-lar Fund. Two sides One pays TAXES the other Tax-DEFERRED. One iz Growth & Income and "Value" ( wut EVER that is)& the udder 1 I flog like a DOG. Run it hard & put it away WET ( kinda like a Koz-Zach treats his Women only I water mine before I leave 'em begging for Water. GnomeEYEmSANE). DuffBeer says it BEST - Whisky for my MEN - & Beer 4 my HORSRS"
I call it tye Dumb-bell Bar-bell ( not Duff's Bar Bill - THAT wood BEE BAaaaad tuda BONEZzzzz. )
Approach.
Vad - make me RICH & I'll make you Emporor, King, Pope, FearLess Leader, Charismatic (Cheers) LEADER - whatever makes your BOAT FLOAT. Gnome Mime Seine.
Southern Breeze - I'm Con-Fuzed & Con-Flicted
like StackShah Raju is CON - Victed .
Is It ' SUMmer breeze' as in Seals & Croft or Southern Comfort as in
Janis Joplin & Cheap Trick. Or Southern Breeze as in SONIC YOUTH ?
Inquiring MINES wanna NO ----
Don Ferk ( former ex-officio SLO Wylde Man )
Ps - Do you raise Llama's in your Pajamas.
I do - we can X-Change notes on Cat Herding. too.
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'cross The Breeze Lyrics by Sonic Youth
[kim]
Lets go walking on the water
Come all the way please
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
No need to be scared
Lets jump into the day
I wanna know
I think I oughta go
Close your eyes and make believe
You can do whatever you please
I wanna know
I think I better go
Lets go walkin on water
Now you think Im satans daughter
I wanna know
Please let me go!
Just too quick
Now I think Im gonna be sick
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
Im trying for the future
Its funny that way
I wanna know
I wanna know!
I took a look into the hate
It made me feel very up to date
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
Hold me tight, down on my knees
So I dont go burning cross the breeze
I wanna know
I wanna know!
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
Burning cross the breeze
Burning cross the breeze
Blowing cross the breeze
Summer Breeze, Blowing Through the Jasmine of my Mind. By Sue
Wilde
Llama people love to share their exciting llama stories, their funny ones,
their maddening ones, their "well, I've been in the llama business for all
these years and I've never seen this" stories. But often our painful stories
are only shared with our nearest and dearest and sometimes not verbalized
at all.
My dad, who ranched cattle all his life and grew to love llamas through
me, taught me a life lesson one night. A newborn pygmy goat died in my
hands and he said, "Well, if you've got livestock, you've got dead stock
too."A cold hard fact.
After almost 20 years of living with llamas I've enjoyed my livestock and
endured and eventually celebrated my dead stock. When we have given
our heart away to man or beast and we can see our heart worn proudly on
their sleeve , the sunshine of it warms us up and keeps us smiling. But
when that piece of our hearts is gone that hole it leaves behind can be
painful, no other word for it.
When I first started llama shopping they were literally "flying off the
shelves" (a pleasant memory!). I answered an ad in Llamas Magazine and
the llamas were sold but the lady's son had a few in Kansas. Kansas??
When I got the photos of Sitka and Summer Snow I had to have Summer
Snow! The two girls came to Hartman's in a VW mini van and onto
Canada with some friends that had been showing in Nebraska.
A few years later Summer Snow produced a fabulous female,
Enchantment, a clone of her mother that sold for $27,000 at the Legacy
Sale. Thinking that could never be repeated the next baby girl was as
stunning, Summer Breeze! That next year Summer Breeze was also
chosen for the Legacy Sale and I reluctantly let go too, a piece of my
heart worn proudly on her sleeve.
ARTIST: Seals and Crofts
TITLE: Summer Breeze
Lyrics and Chords
Intro: / Em C Em C /
See the curtains hanging in the window
In the evening on a Friday night
A little light a-shining through the window
Lets me know every thing's all right
/ Em G / D A E C / :
{Refrain}
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
/ Am - Bm - / C - G - / :
See the paper laying on the sidewalk
A little music from the house next door
So I walk on up to the door step
Through the screen and across the floor
{Refrain}
Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune
When I come home from a hard day's work
And you're waiting there, not a care in the world
/ Em C Em C / / Am - Bm - / /
See the smile a waiting in the kitchen
Food cooking and the plates for two
Feel the arms that reach out to hold me
In the evening when the day is through
check out ALB - they're building an HQ in Dubai and have Interest the Dead Sea mineral ining - a Bromine source & more.
I also like HoneyWell - HON. They have a division ( UOP ) that designs refineries and makes catalysts. FULL Disclosure - I worked for UOP for many years - it started out as the Research arm of Rockefeller's Standard Oil & was "spun-off" after the 7 Sisters Break-up. They Invented Fluid Cataylic Cracking, Platforming, etc. A buncha WILD MEN Prima Donna Engineers. I got 'Vanity' UOP Patents - the real deal is Secrecy agreements - you don't publish patents except to "Promote" politico types or as a Nobless Oblige to a guy done a good Job. It was KOoooool wurkin' dare !!!
Don L. Ferk ( former SLO Wild Man 'til Beta-MAX Raju got me Berth & Bunk )
Eileen,
I've followed Jacob's for a lomg Time now - they have cleaned up their act a lot - got like 2000-3000 Engineers who are as good as they come _ World-Class - Civil & Mechanical mainly.
They got deep into Politico stuff - Government Contracts - Designed & built Inter-State Highways a Bridges and Fly-Overs. You know - Land Deals & Concrete Pours. A real MESS - polly-ticks as it was. I think they have like a Phoenix rising from the Ashes Flown above that Krap now and will do good by being Better'n dat.
GREAT CALL. I'm witcha on dat 2.
Don L. Ferk ( aka Viking Warrior Priest/ Prophet/ Historian Saga - Sayer & Blind Willie McTruth YELLer )
gully.
I got a Solar Collector - cheap & 100% effective - Green Grass - it grows - Sun Dries it - U burn it,etc. No Fuss - no muss - no huge Structural problems either - a solar farm in a hurricane or a tornado or a a Ligtnining ThunderStorm. Cut me some slack here. I gotta hire window washers to clean off the grit & sweep off the leaves & it don't go 24/7 or on a cloudy day. Who's gonna sell me insurance ( business interuption or Wind damages ) ? Oh, yeah, I know Unka Sam & a army of over-Taxed TaxPayers. Ain't that great. What a country, Jackoff Smirnoff !
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior former SLO Wylde Mann 'til StockShah High BetaMAXed & cut inta my tarry-tory story Lyne )
TIME is THE ultimate weapon in a Time-Warrior's Armory.
Patience IS a Virtue.
Awareness is Necessary & Sufficient.
I had a lot of Covered Calls - I was 'assigned' on AGU today - JAN calls / a month EARLY !!!! That doesn't happen unless Mr. SmartMoney is getting for a HARD FALL.
I'm about 20% cash in my Real-Port -- mostly from getting Called OUT. I actually would LIKE a DownDraft now - clear the air & do a little Cherry Picking a/o "Bottom Feeding"
NOTA BANE : BEWARE - BE AWARE and be wary, RAT-High.
A RAT in German & Chinese means a Wise Counsellor. Well, maybbe your a High Counsellor, Krish.
Krishna means 'Black' in SanScrit. Perhaps the Blackness is coming upon us. It's always DARKEST before the DAWN.
Morgen ist auch ein Tag - SunRise is a NEW day.
Strategy of the Dolphin - Ride the Waves - the Sinsusoidal Tidal Motion of Time Cycles.
Late for the SKY - Jackson Browne
I'm OPTIMISTIC & OPPORTUNISTIC.
What ME Worry, Alfred E. NEW-MAN
I got Talent & Drive - I WILL survive.
No Problemo, Not SO ?
Eileen
I just had THOUGHT.
It's OK [now] - I just let it GOOoooooo.
I feel better already.
Eileeen - Aren't you the ETF fund of funds Lady ????
Now you're talkin' Individual Stock Picking.
A Major Jump-Shift Style-wise. Something IS happening here - and what it is ain't exactly
X-zACTly Clear !
I propose a new Market Indicator - The Eileen Indicator - a sort of early warning Signal Generator -
I like your pick of BOOM - it's a lot better than BUST - and a 4-letter word too.
My, O my. Oh, me.
I think I'm getting another thought. I guesss I live Dangerously. Dangerous Visions - Harlan Ellison Sci-Fi Guy like.
Nice Knowing you , too.
Live Long * Prosper.
UT Prosim - Thay I MIGHT Serve in the Piety of Service.
Well,One sonuvvabitch to another - hell yes I'll have a drink with you. I Love War Movies and all that Macho Stuff - Patton's main point - People LOVE war - they love it so much.
Keith - we've had some Alien abductions around here - actually animal mutilations. Some people around here use BuckTails to catch Rock Fish ( Striper )- they call it BAIT. - all the dead deer are Does and their White Tails are MISSING. I think it's the same alien bunch that abused my cat to make Fuzzy-Butt bait fishing LURES. You have been placed on the " Round up the Usual Suspests " list. You may even be an alien - with new TECHNOLOGY - they'll lock you up in AREA 51 to pump you for secret INFO - say what is that thing - you call it a Fishing Pole. I wonder. I just
wonder.
You just may be one from that Planet - DAYTRADE. Nice work if you can get it - with OPM, too.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior)
I'm bucking for " Miss Congeniality " of the SLO. BETA-max Raju got my "Wild Man" day job.
I build doors with my Imagination all the Time.
The Doors of Perception.
They are WIDE open ALL the TIME.
Doors are a relativistic Concept.
Never allow a Warrior to get between you and the WAY Out.
That could be BAD. Even if the Door is Wide Open.
Vad, where would you put AMD on your List?
The stock has been Pulverized.
It's gone from 40 to 7.50 over two years,
It looks Assymptotic @ 7 or so - bottomed out @ it's new 52-week low.
Dead in the Water.
AMD took ATI Technologies
[ - A Canadian Company - was ATYT.]
away from me then, In a Take-Over MISS-Adventure.
AMD was a' flyin' High "FLYER" with no Direction HOME. They Monetized
their stock Price to BUY ATYT with Notional Funny Money.
It's an old story. NOT SO ?
ATI competes with NVDA. I made good money on ATI- but now I wonder if AMD might
get a POP by Spinning ATI off or IPO'ing it. - UnLocking
[ this IS a Door reference ]
the 'Hiddden' Value of this hidden GEM.
I'd buy ATI in a HeartBeat if the Price was right - maybe compare a ratio like
PEG or ( Heaven ForeFend ) PE to NVDA's numbers.
So VAD - THINK about it !!!
Vad, You're the Number one Top DAWG in the SLO Pound of Mutts & Jeff's.
A SteppenWolf - HellHound on the Trail of a Dog O'War.
How about thinking about Lizards & Reptilian Predators.
The China PLAY needs Dragons not Dragoons
( Goons in Hockey terms )
You could be The Lizard King - who CAN DO AnyThing.
Jus' hackin' onya. No big Woof, Big BAD Wolf. Not SO ?
Don L Ferk
Vad, here's your special song O'da Day
Celebration of the Lizard King - Jim Morrison / the Doors
Lions in the street and roaming
Dogs in heat, rabid, foaming
A beast caged in the heart of a city
The body of his mother
Rotting in the summer ground
He fled the town
He went down South and crossed the border
Left the chaos and disorder
Back there over his shoulder
One morning he awoke in a green hotel
With a strange creature groaning beside him
Sweat oozed from its shiny skin
Is everybody in?
The ceremony is about to begin
Wake up!
You can't remember where it was
Had this dream stopped?
The snake was pale gold
Glazed and shrunken
We were afraid to touch it
The sheets were hot dead prisons
Now, run to the mirror in the bathroom
Look!
I can't live thru each slow century of her moving
I let my cheek slide down
The cool smooth tile
Feel the good cold stinging blood
The smooth hissing snakes of rain . . .
Once I had, a little game
I liked to crawl back into my brain
I think you know the game I mean
I mean the game called 'go insane'
Now you should try this little game
Just close your eyes forget your name
Forget the world forget the people
And we'll erect a different steeple
This little game is fun to do
Just close your eyes no way to lose
And I'm right there I'm going too
Release control we're breaking thru
Way back deep into the brain
Back where there's never any pain
And the rain falls gently on the town
And in the labyrinth of streams
Beneath, the quiet unearthly presence of
Nervous hill dwellers in the gentle hills around
Reptiles abounding
Fossils, caves, cool air heights
Each house repeats a mold
Windows rolled
Beast car locked in against morning
All now sleeping
Rugs silent, mirrors vacant
Dust blind under the beds of lawful couples
Wound in sheets
And daughters, smug
With semen eyes in their nipples
Wait
There's been a slaughter here
(Don't stop to speak or look around
Your gloves and fan are on the ground
We're getting out of town
We're going on the run
And you're the one I want to come
Not to touch the earth
Not to see the sun
Nothing left to do, but
Run, run, run
Let's run
House upon the hill
Moon is lying still
Shadows of the trees
Witnessing the wild breeze
C'mon baby run with me
Let's run
Run with me
Run with me
Run with me
Let's run
The mansion is warm, at the top of the hill
Rich are the rooms and the comforts there
Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs
And you won't know a thing till you get inside
Dead president's corpse in the driver's car
The engine runs on glue and tar
C'mon along, we're not going very far
To the East to meet the Czar
Some outlaws lived by the side of the lake
The minister's daughter's in love with the snake
Who lives in a well by the side of the road
Wake up, girl! We're almost home
Sun, sun, sun
Burn, burn, burn
Soon, soon, soon
Moon, moon, moon
I will get you
Soon!, Soon!, Soon!
Let the carnival bells ring
Let the serpent sing
Let everything
We came down
The rivers and highways
We came down from
Forests and falls
We came down from
Carson and Springfield
We came down from
Phoenix enthralled
And I can tell you
The names of the Kingdom
I can tell you
The things that you know
Listening for a fistful of silence
Climbing valleys into the shade
I am the Lizard King
I can do anything
I can make the earth stop in its tracks
I made the blue cars go away
For seven years I dwelt
In the loose palace of exile
Playing strange games
With the girls of the island
Now I have come again
To the land of the fair, and the strong, and the wise
Brothers and sisters of the pale forest
O Children of Night
Who among you will run with the hunt?
Now Night arrives with her purple legion
Retire now to your tents and to your dreams
Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth
I want to be ready'
This is NOT the End, or the Beginning of the END but it is the End of the Beginning.
( My Imitation of a DishWasher - SLO Chief Cook & Bottle Washer Quotation )
DuffBeer - Sobriety does NOT become you. Don't Try it again. Don't even try it at home.
Happy NEW Year - The End of the end for the OLD Ways & Older Days. The Beginnings of New Innings - New & Better Batter Days & Ways.
Step UP to the Plate & Ceelebrate. Baseball will be here SOON.
Happy happy - Joy Joy, Ren & Stimpy
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
( Ex-Officio SLO Laureated Larrioted Lore-ated & Opining Opinionated ( would be / wanna BE )Poet
1st Song O'da Day
StatesBoro Blues -
W & M : William Samuel "Blind Willie" McTell
My mother died and left me reckless, my daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
It's got TRAINS in it, DuffBeer.
wild, Wild, WILD !!!!!!!!!!!!
1stSong Lyrics: Statesboro Blues
Written by Blind Willie McTell
Recorded in (1928)
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Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
Have you got the nerve to drive papa McTell from your door
My mother died and left me reckless, my daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
Mother died and left me reckless, daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
No, I'm not good lookin', [ but I swear -DLF ] I'm some sweet woman's angel child
You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way
You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way
Going to leave this town, pretty mama, going away to stay
I once loved a woman, better than I ever seen
I once loved a woman, better than I ever seen
Treat me like I was a king and she was a doggone queen
Sister, tell your Brother, Brother tell your Auntie, Auntie, tell your Uncle,
Uncle tell my Cousin, Cousin tell my friend
Goin' up the country, Mama, don't you want to go?
May take me a fair brown, may take me one or two more
Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop
You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got that boiler hot
Reach over in the corner, hand me my travelin' shoes
You know by that, I got them Statesboro blues
Sister got 'em, daddy got 'em
Brother got 'em, mama got 'em
Woke up this morning, we had them Statesboro blues
I looked over in the corner,
Grandpa and grandma had 'em too.
2nd Song O'da Day -
Mrs. DuffBeer's LIFE STORY, fo' sho'
It's got fishing hooks in it Too. - For Kingsbury
Seven Beers With the Wrong Man
( Traditional ) w/ chord Switches
[G] Last night I strolled [C] down to the [G] tavern
To get me a glass of [D] beer
And when I sat down at the table
A man came up and said [G] ""Dear,
Come over and [C] sit at my [G] table
And I'll buy you beer [G7] by the [C] can
I made my mistake - last [G] night when I drank
Seven [D] Beers With The [D7] Wrong Kind Of [G] Man.
This man was tall, dark and handsome
You could hang out your clothes on his line
He said he'd searched this world over
But he'd never seen beauty like mine
I fell for it hook, line and sinker
And then all the troubles began
From now on I think - I never will drink
Seven Beers With The Wrong Kind Of Man.
He asked me if I had a husband
I told him my name was still ""Miss""
Was then that he leaned 'cross the table
He squeezed me and gave me a kiss
I couldn't resist his advances
The room seemed to spin 'round and then
He said ""There's my wife - better run for your life
Or you'll not see daylight again.""
Now I'm in the house of correction
His wife said I'd stolen her man
It's all on account of my drinkin'
Seven Beers With The Wrong Kind Of Man
That big handsome brute said I ""vamped"" him
That I was the worst in the land
Now girls stop and think - before you go drink
Seven Beers With The Wrong Kind Of Man.
note: I think that this is one of the spin off parodies of Seven Years
with the Wrong Woman, but I can't prove it. RG
Recorded by Bonnie Blue Eyes
Mr. DuffBeer's LIFE STORY
Seven Beers with Wrong Woman
A Novelty song as performed by Alice Stuart
CHORDS A, D, D7, G : Difficulty: easy
D G D
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
A
We sat at the table for two
The first thing I knew, she whispered
D
"Oh, boy, I could sure go for you."
G D
My heart beat a little bit quicker
D7 G
As I held her sweet little hand
D
I swelled up with pride, but oh, how she lied
A D
I sure was a foolish young man.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
She made me get up and dance
Around and around we circled
'Til I missed my money from my pants
I asked her if she had seen it
She smiled up at me and said, "No!"
To this day to me, it's a big mystery
I wonder just where did it go.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
Her husband walked in after that
And as soon as he spied us together
He rushed up and gimme a bat
He took me by the seat of my britches
And he shore did jerk up the slack
And then I got tossed, out the door, by the boss
And he told me to never come back.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
It's left me only regret
I guess she was only a-foolin'
When she called me her darlin' and pet
Oh! I wish that the Lord had made Adam
And had never made anyone else
Just one thing I know, the next place I go
I'll buy fourteen beers for myself.
Warren Buffet's Berkshire just Bought ING for a SONG. Warren knows Insurance like nobody's BizzyNess. He's going to rain Money down on ING and get into Muni-Bond Insurance Biz. ABK & MBI have alrady BUSTED Themselves. Warren's gonna Mop 'em up with a Spoon.
Wanna 'nuther go at Insurance - go 1st Kah-Lass - Berkshire Hathaway.
Not SO?
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLesIntent
Bully ( 4 U ) Bear,
I have a conceptual notion similar to the idea you just discussed, which I have named the " TWO-STEP ".
An Example ( out of the Blue ). INTEL just announced a new Advanced Chip Technology using
Hafnium.
HAFNIUM ????
Who Mines it ?
Who Refines IT ?
Who Supplies it ?
Is there enough now or will there be a SHORTAGE and aPrice Rise when INTC gets into full-scale production ?
Is there a Pure Play ?
Are the Producers large or small or part of a conglomerate like BHP.
Are there even any companies associated with Hafnium on any Stock Market anywhere?
Where ? Sweden ? Kenya ? IRAN ??? who Knows ?
The Viking Attack( Position ) TWO-STEP :
VATS. I just invented another Market Terminology Word. How d'ya Like dem AAPL's ?
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthlessIntent
You are what you do in this World.
There is also the Spiritual Dimension
of the Soul, which is not OF this World.
We serve our Creator by being and doing
exactly what we are compelled to be and do.
Deviations from this "Path" produce UnHappiness in direct Proportion to the magnitude of that deviation and eventually produces Soul Sickness.
A Warrior seeks Perfection NOT, but Impeccability. We can not keep it down the middle on the centerline. The best we can do is to keep it between ditches. I have more soul than I can Con-Trol - I run it at the edges of my road - white hot or blue cold at the ExTremes - I detest the notions of those who are luke-warm in the middle of the Passion Spectrum, though I do not judge them. I got problems of my own, maintaining my own Standards. I seek the Dharma of Balance.
".. and the mentally ill sit perfectly still and live through life's in-betweens " - John Prine
".. Things fall apart; The Center Can Not Hold. " - from the OLD TESTAMENT
The Second Coming ( by Yeats )
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
-- William Butler Yeats, January 1919
Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, is the seminal African novel in English. Although there were earlier examples, notably by Achebe's fellow Nigerian, Amos Tutuola, none has been so influential, not only on African literature, but on literature around the world. Its most striking feature is to create a complex and sympathetic portrait of a traditional village culture in Africa. Achebe is trying not only to inform the outside world about Ibo cultural traditions, but to remind his own people of their past and to assert that it had contained much of value. All too many Africans in his time were ready to accept the European judgment that Africa had no history or culture worth considering.
Oh it's fare thee well my darlin' true,
I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn.
I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico
Or maybe the coast of Californ.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
Oh the weather is against me and the wind blows hard
And the rain she's a-turnin' into hail.
I still might strike it lucky on a highway goin' west,
Though I'm travelin' on a path beaten trail.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
I will write you a letter from time to time,
As I'm ramblin' you can travel with me too.
With my head, my heart and my hands, my love,
I will send what I learn back home to you.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles,
Be them somebody else's or my own.
With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high,
I will travel unnoticed and unknown.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
I've heard tell of a town where I might as well be bound,
It's down around the old Mexican plains.
They say that the people are all friendly there
And all they ask of you is your name.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
Farewell Angelina
The bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits
I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles
And the trumpet play slow
Farewell Angelina
The sky is on fire
And I must go.
There's no need for anger
There's no need for blame
There's nothing to prove
Ev'rything's still the same
Just a table standing empty
By the edge of the sea
Farewell Angelina
The sky is trembling
And I must leave.
The jacks and queens
Have forsaked the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies
Now file past the guards
In the space where the deuce
And the ace once ran wild
Farewell Angelina
The sky is folding
I'll see you in a while.
See the cross-eyed pirates sitting
Perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans
With a sawed-off shotgun
And the neighbors they clap
And they cheer with each blast
Farewell Angelina
The sky's changing color
And I must leave fast.
King Kong, little elves
On the rooftoops they dance
Valentino-type tangos
While the make-up man's hands
Shut the eyes of the dead
Not to embarrass anyone
Farewell Angelina
The sky is embarrassed
And I must be gone.
The machine guns are roaring
The puppets heave rocks
The fiends nail time bombs
To the hands of the clocks
Call me any name you like
I will never deny it
Farewell Angelina
The sky is erupting
I must go where it's quiet.
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
Bugsy Barton ( son of gangster Ma Barton & Bugsy Siegel who were NOT married )
I live in the Mosquito infested Swamps of SE Va ( TideWater ) - we defeated you bugs already.
The Air Farce outta Langley AFB loads up with Bug Bombs & just sprays this Theatre of Operations in RAIDs. Don't even think about it.
We even took prisoners. Mrs. DuffBeer feeds Duffy a Witch's Brew called " Arsenic & Old Lace " She'll soon be a Black Widow but the Lace is a NEST of Brown Spiders that I supplied. Their Venom eats flesh slow - Black widows venom kills Quick. Between the combination, Duffy won't be "bugging" her much longer.
We're going to tosss Duff in with the White Tail=less Doe Deer carcasses and raise Fruit Flies and use them for "fly" lures to catch Fruit-Cakes loving UFO Bugs like you.
Vad =
a newsLetter?
Can I write articles for it.
I've already got one ready.
I got the Idea from a SLO Player - whom out of courtesy I will not mention - catchy title, too.
" The Penny Stock That I Would Buy a Million Dollars Worth Of "
I think it fits in with your style PRO-file.
so, wutduhya say ? Am I on ?
VikingWarrior
PS :
The FareWell Angelina Song is about Gambling & Poker - Angelina -Aces / King - Kong / 52 Gypsies / "folding", Catch my Drift. It was in Answer to Townes Van Zandt ( The Texas Troubadour ) - Mr Gold & Mr. Mud.
If your GOLD - my name is MUD.
DON"T PLAY POKER WITH A WARRIOR IN LV. YOU"VE BEEN WARNED
The wicked king of clubs awoke
it was to his queen turned
his lips were laughing as they spoke
his eyes like bullets burned
the sun's upon a gambling day
his queen smiled low and blissfully
let's make some wretched fool to play
plain it was she did agree
He send his deuce down into diamond
his four to hart, and his trey to spade
three kings with their legions come
preparations soon where made
they voted club the days commander
gave him an army face and number
all but the outlaw jack of diamonds
and the aces in the sky
He give his sevens first instructions
spirit me a game of stud
stakes unscarred by limitation
'tween a man named Gold and man named Mud
Club filled Gold with greedy vapors
'til his long, green eyes did glow
Mud was left with the sighs and trembles
watching his hard earned money go
Flushes fell on Gold like water
tens they paired and paired again
but the aces only flew through heaven
and the diamond jack called no man friend
The diamond queen saw Muds ordeal
began to think of her long lost son
fell to her knees with a mother's mercy
prayed to the angels every one
The diamond queen, she prayed and prayed
and the diamond angel filled Muds hole
the wicked king of clubs himself
fell in face down in front of Gold
now three kings come to Clubs command
but the angels from the sky did ride
three kings up on the streets of Gold
three fireballs on the muddy side
The club queen heard her husband's call
but Lord that queen of diamond's joy
when the outlaw in the heavenly hall
turned out to be a wandering boy
Now Mud he checked and Gold bet all
and Mud he raised and Gold did call
and the smile just melted off his face
when Mud turned over that diamond ace
Now here's what this story's told
if you feel like Mud you'll end up Gold
if you feel like lost, you'll end up found
so amigo, lay them raises down
Did you hear the one about the Statistician that DROWNED while wading in a pool of water which had an average Depth of Three Inches.
It's FAR worse than you think.
First of all the BIG item that was never included on any inflation measure is TAXES.
The Tax burden is hurting the Economy. In SE Virginia the Real Estate Taxes had been Increasing North of 15% a year during the housing Bubble. That has hurt a lot of people.
I just talked to a man who said his Business Equipment City Tax went up 40% this year.
The other thing that helps with the Prevarication is Quality adjustments -
if they sell a car with a racing stripe on it standard this year that had been an option last year - the the total increase in the car Price is 'Blamed' on the new Stripe being an "improvement" in Quality.
Here's the BIG ONE. An example : Automobile manufacturers put a sticker price on a car then offer REBATES. If the sticker price stays the same but the Rebate goes to ZERO - NO inflation but the guy who bought the car pays MORE for the car.
his is a Hold-Over from the Whip Inflation NOW Days in Carter's Administration when Government FIAT froze Prices. Answer - set a high price then give rebates and Discounts to be competitive. The
Inflation Index only reports the constant
Price not the rising cost.
A real TRUE Index would answer the question -
How much money would it take me this year to exactly duplicate my Standard of Living LAST Year.
Governments don't lie - they just omit certain facts and/or 'Trick' you into thinking you into 'hearing' what they aren't saying to you.
What's the difference between an "operating" profit and the quarterly profit of a Corporation. If you don't know what the definition of the term "operating" is you won't understand what was said and think they are the same. Watch the lawyer Legal language and ask yourself if anybody in government knows what the meaning of "IS" is.
Roddy Piper ( the wrestler ) who starred in the John Carpenter HORROR movie " They Live " ), that is.
Somebody saw it coming - the banks spun-off MasterCard to the unsuspecting BAG-holders,
They missed the timing a little but got out early, which is always a good thing according to Baron von Rothschild. That Toxic waste is going Great Gunz in the market now. Who woulda THUNK it!
The FED sets short term rates - what about long term rates. Do you think the yield curve might steepen ? That's starts the "Carry Trade " all over again - borrow short - buy long - bonds that is or throw the cash at some Hot market somewhere.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka Viking Warrior )
PS - I'm thinking about trains - hauling cheap U.S, export coal to the docks. They pay good dividends too - better than a MoneyMarket rate.
vad,
I got a dollar 2 98 and elebenty sebben Sense.
I could kick in a GrubStake for you if you promise not to play Roulette or Poker in LV.
Stick ti one-armed bandits - nickel slots.
More your SPEED.
Don ( aka VW Berserker ) Ferk-er
duffBeer,
if you know what's good for you - you'll Brew with Brown rice or Rice & rice Bran extract - make a health food brew - all the nutrients.
A total food - protein & evvyting. Then we can have an Addison beer Diet - make a fortune. You'll be 'Normal' then - Avant Garde even.
beer - it's not just liquid bread anymore - it can be so MUCH more, MORON.
Rod, don't arrange re-fi w/ duffer. you'll be sorry.
I wonder about equity infusion - sell depreciated SUV get refund on last years Vacation, etc. put back in house.
Re-Fi - sometimes rules change - lender books all notional profits then writes off losses later as they occur. Look good upfront - Insiders pump 'n dump - keep jobs, etc.
Where & when have I seen this movie b4 - oh yeah - sub-prime auto loans - last R/E bust, etc. Better than taking the whole economy to Duffy's Beer & chili Bowling Team Toilet. Not So ?
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Banlers' motto : A problem DEFERRED is a problem SOLVED.
In a free market money is votes. We throw money votes at good products & Ideas - the bad cannot compete for the dollar votes and wither and die in failure.
The mere fact that the alternative Energy sector exists by Government support in the form of tax-breqks, tax loop-holes, direct subsidy or grant , and the indirect ways - e.g. - a certain % of gasoline must be Bio-ethanol made only with corn grown by American farmers - No imported bio-ethanol allowed, - the cost of this being paid out of a deduction on the over-all gas tax, etc.
If these are good iDEAS they should stand on their own - competing with tradional energy sources in cost and quality - no some holier-than-thou sense of I'm beter than you because I use bio-diesel and you don't.
If solar was cost efffective , I would have my own Solar cells on the roof of my house. The gov't would not need to offer Tax kick-backs to encourage me to do so.
Solar is in the Main a Fiat Industry created by feel-good laws. It rises and falls with every new law passed - up if supportive - down if subsidies are withdrawn or decreased.
I am a Free Market Mouseketeer - I resent my Tax money my-sweat earned wealth being thrown down this toilet of social pretense - that money should be used for more pressing needs - not establishing " public/private partnerships" where Politicos sort out the favored winners and crush the unfavored losers with bad law..
This is not righteous in a land of free and independent indivoduals.
I have Spoken & I shall not be Moved. I wouldn't put a dime of my personal wealth in this False Facade "industry".
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
my ealkiest Blogs spoke of the Philosophy of Baron Von Rothschild -
let 'em have the 1st 20% and the last 20% - take the "heart -cut " in the middle. The easy 60%. And Fortunes are made by those who sell too soon.
Don't Bottom fish - come in when a solid uptrend has establishes itself. Let 'em have the bottom 20%
On the top side. let'em have the last 20% - that's when speculative juice starts taking it to the LIMIT & more.
Bulls make money; bears make money; PIGS get SLAUGHTERED.
This is the Strategy of the Dolphin. It takes time & patience.
The idea is to not try to "Maximize" profit by squeezing the last dime out of any given investment position.
I limit losses - I also limit profits, if you will, by leaving "prospective" gains on the table.
The idea is to take the most you can get while minimizing RISK. And work for long-term results - not instant gratification. I try to take the emotion and sentiment out of the equation.
Selling short leads to taking potentially functionally speaking "infinite" losses.
A stock price can go to zero and no lower - a Price can "grow to the sky", if you catch my drift. The risk is too "assymetric" for my taste and risk tolerance.
I usually sell covered calls as an exit strategy on the top-side. Collect a little more by pocketing the "extra" premium. If the stock collapses - buy the call back for pennies then sell-out and run.
we say the same only differently - a different point of view. Not so ?
dl -
Leggy Lady
Da GAMS O'da SLO Game Gangster Mob
I have some predictions for 2008
1) the market WILL Vary.
2) China will release moe A/B shares for Foreign Ownership once again FLOODING US Mkt with China Stock Supply and Prices go Down. China Play - inter-Market ARBITRAGE as SmartMoney always does.
3)I make Money; somebody else gets the GIRL ( I hate it when THAT happens. Don't YOU ??? ).
4) Einstein's 'Human Stupidity' remains largest INFINITY in the uNIVERSE - beating out Dimensions of SPACE.
5) WAR and Rumours of Wara.
Top 5 - I don't want to do a TOP 10 List - it's too Dark & Foreboding & David Letterman has the KopyRighted Franchise.
Oh, yeah
6) VikingWarrior voted SLO Beauty Kon-Test Miss Congenialty & Prophetic Historian Saga-Sayer.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent.
PS : 7) VW continues to "Not Take Things too Seriously ".
8) Waxing Solar Stocks 'wane' and having gotten too close to the SUN -
CRASH to earth like Icarus on Steroids
9) College Students become Independently EnLightened &
Stop Believing the Lies their Liberal AZZLE Profs are telling
and start singing their own Tunes
The Top Tunes @ University America in 2008 -
all by Phil Ochs .
Top 3 are given below.
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I'm Going to Say It Now - Phil Ochs
Album: There But for Fortune Phil Ochs Sheet Music
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Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke of the books that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke of the books that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke from the books that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Oh you've given me a number and you've taken off my name
To get around this campus why you almost need a plane
And you're supporting Chang Kai-Shek, while I'm supporting Mao
So when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
I wish that you'd make up your mind, I wish that you'd decide
That I should live as freely as those who live outside
Cause we also are entitled to the rights to be endowed
And when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Ooh, you'd like to be my father you'd like to be my Dad
And give me kisses when I'm good and spank me when I'm bad
But since I've left my parents I've forgotten how to bow
So when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
And things they might be different if I was here alone
But I've got a friend or two who no longer live at home
And we'll respect our elders just as long as they allow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
I've read of other countries where the students take a stand
Maybe even help to overthrow the leaders of the land
Now I wouldn't go so far to say we're also learnin' how
But when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
So keep right on a-talkin' and tell us what to do
If nobody listens my apologies to you
And I know that you were younger once 'cause you sure are older now
And when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Oh I am just a student sir, and only want to learn
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke from the books
that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
[ Additional verse, 1974 ]
So I am just a trucker, sir, and I only want to learn
But it's hard to read the the rise of the smoke
From the fuel that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
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When I'm Gone - Phil Ochs
There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone
And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone
And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
And I won't feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone
All the pleasures of love will not be mine when I'm gone
My pen won't pour out a lyric line when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
And I won't breathe the bracing air when I'm gone
And I can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone
Won't be asked to do my share when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
And I won't be running from the rain when I'm gone
And I can't even suffer from the pain when I'm gone
Can't say who's to praise and who's to blame when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
Won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone
And the evenings and the mornings will be one when I'm gone
Can't be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
All my days won't be dances of delight when I'm gone
And the sands will be shifting from my sight when I'm gone
Can't add my name into the fight while I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone
And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone
Can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
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- There But For Fortune - Phil Ochs
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Show me a prison, show me a jail
Show me a pris'ner whose face has grown pale
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
Show me an alley, show me a train
Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me a drunk as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
Show me a country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of buildings so tall
And I'll show you a young land
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
You or I
The French verb 'Penser' means ' to Think '.
The French verb ' RePenser ' means ' to think again, to think a 2nd time'
REPENT means ' to think differently ' or ' to think in a NEW way '.
You cannot change what you can not control -
you can only change your own Mind
your own heart, your Soul..
( a would be poem by a would Poet )
The Price of oil has a large 'Risk Premium' built in.
Well, It's a Risky World. Not So ?
Price is " Dis- Covered " by a transaction between
a willing buyer and a willing seller.
The Price discovery process is in fact a
Rational " Rationing " Mechanism.
Oil Prces are not " Too High " or "Too Low "
They are what they are - Take it or leave it.
What about such topics as the topic of Market Capitalization.
I see that Barrick Gold is now 'worth' aabout the same as
Caterpillar or Honeywel. In th same $40 Billion
range as DuPont . IT is " worth" more than Norfolk
Southern and CSX RailRoads COMBINED.
Do the Momentum players Complain with MUCH Complaining
about the high price of Gold Stocks.
I cannot EAT gold, nor does gold warm me,
no does it priovide a useful service to me
I am a price-Maker, not a Price-Taker.
If prices of oil are high - I'll go without.
Reducing DEMAND lowers Prices -
NOT pay @ the PUMP & Whine about it.
Don Lee Ferk ( former SLO Beauty Contestant )
New Year's Resolution : MYOB ( Mind Your OWN Business ) and don't enter any more Beauty Contests of The Bonfires of the Vanities
Variety.
Lay of the Old Settler
Acres of Clams
( aka Old Rosin, the Beau )
Francis Henry, ca. 1874, alt.
Written in the 1870s by a police court judge, this song achieved prominence decades later through radio-show singer Ivar Haglund, who made it the theme song of Acres of Clams, his flagship seafood restaurant on the Seattle Waterfront's Pier 54. My eight-verse Esperanto translation lacks the "jumping-off place" stanza. The tune is "Old Rosin, the Beau", of Irish provenance but long naturalized in the US. (It's often called "Rosin the Bow", but I think that's the wrong end of the pun.)
I've traveled all over this country
Prospecting and digging for gold;
I've tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled,
And I have been frequently sold --
And I have been frequently so-o-old,
And I have been frequently sold:
I've tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled,
And I have been frequently sold!
For one who gained riches by mining,
Perceiving that hundreds grew poor,
I made up my mind to try farming,
The only pursuit that was sure --
The only pursuit that was su-u-ure,
The only pursuit that was sure,
I made up my mind to try farming,
The only pursuit that was sure!
So, rolling my grub in my blanket,
I left all my tools on the ground
And started one morning to shank it
For the country they call Puget Sound --
For the country they call Puget Sou-ou-ound,
For the country they call Puget Sound,
I started one morning to shank it
For the country they call Puget Sound.
Arriving flat broke in midwinter,
I found the land shrouded in fog
And covered all over with timber
Thick as hairs on the back of a dog --
Thick as hairs on the back of a do-o-og,
Thick as hairs on the back of a dog --
And covered all over with timber
Thick as hairs on the back of a dog!
When I looked on the prospects so gloomy,
The tears trickled over my face
And I thought that my travels had brought me
To the end of the jumping-off place!
To the end of the jumping-off pla-a-ace,
To the end of the jumping-off place:
I thought that my travels had brought me
To the end of the jumping-off place.
I staked me a claim in the forest,
And sat myself down to hard toil:
For six years I chopped and I labored,
But I never got down to the soil --
But I never got down to the soi-oi-oil,
I never got down to the soil:
For six years I chopped and I labored,
But I never got down to the soil!
I tried to get out of the country,
But poverty forced me to stay --
Until I became an old settler,
Then nothing could drive me away!
Then nothing could drive me away-ay-ay,
Then nothing could drive me away!
Until I became an old settler --
Then nothing could drive me away!
And now that I'm used to the climate,
I think that if a man ever found
A place to live easy and happy,
That Eden is on Puget Sound --
That Eden is on Puget Sou-ou-ound,
That Eden is on Puget Sound --
A place to live easy and happy?
That Eden is on Puget Sound!
No longer the slave of ambition,
I laugh at the world and its shams
As I think of my pleasant condition,
Surrounded by acres of clams --
Surrounded by acres of cla-a-ams,
Surrounded by acres of clams,
As I think of my happy condition,
Surrounded by acres of clams!
Ya Dun Well by doin' GOOD.
You GO, girl.
Congratulations are in Order.
Fondest Fare-thee-wells.
I'll NOT be Passing this WAY again
Don Lee Ferk
Bible Verse of the Day :
Psalm 84
84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
i thought it might be Nice to Publish the Christams Fish Story I wrote about how I Caught a Whale-by-the-TALE. To Wit :
I think I did use 'Bait' once - I had just seen this Movie starring
Steve McQueen ( Burgess Meredith was the Narrator ) called
"The Reivers" adapted from William Faulkner's Novel.
In it they got a horse to win a race by showing it a Sardine -
It ran like crazy, chasing a sardine. I combined Faulkner with
HemingWay " The Old Man and tha SEA " and ipso facto
reversi, I figured you could catch fish with a Horse.
So I went up to Atlantic City and got a Swimming Horse -
you know the one's that dive off of Diving Boards. It's
important to get one that swims - you need the live Action
to attract a fish ( or a Lady Horse, too. )
I took him out in my Dingy and tossed him overboard.
Sure enough, I caught a Killer Whale who took me
on a Nantucket Sleigh Ride before I could knock
it senseless with my Paddle ( Fishing ? ) Pole.
Was the horse 'Bait' ? or the HorseFly ?
Was I "Fly" Fishing ?
Could you use a Spanish Fly to "Lure" Lady Fish ?
I'm so, So confused.
I'd have sent you some of what I use for Fishing Gear but the USPS doesn't allow Pyro-technics of ANY kind - even Fishing Tackle. I found that out the last time I tried to send fishing gear through the Mail.
They 'caught'' me; Tey figured I was a 'Keeper' and as they say around here they " put his ass in the Crisco " - But, that's
another story, altogether.
I'd been there before - for Horse Thieving -
They called me a Reiver, Imagine that. Full Circle !
Why is STUFF like that ALWAYS happening to me ?
Don L. Ferk
PS : DuffBeer has a Face that SCARES fish away.
But he has some PRIMO Butt-fuzz. Maybe we should take him fishing. Buy Lots a Beer. Cases & Cases of beer. We'll 'Promise' to take care of him if he should happen to Pass Out or get Fragged by Shrapnel. OK, Sounds like a Plan to me. And,also , Mrs. DuffBeer 'Aproves' wHOLE-HEA(r)Tedly.
1)Gov't allows formation of Single family Dwelling REITs
2) REITs purchase Houses from Mortgage Holders or Bank REO's ( Real Estate Owned for Sale )at Market Ckearing Up-Front Prices.
3) Cash Liquefies Banks & Banks get Special TAX write-Offs for Losses ( Reverse Tax-Shelter Scheme or something )
4) part of sale terms could be a Balloon Payment w/ a Put/Call option 'Bond' [ zero-Coupon] that bamks could count as capital ])
5) Same people moved out Move back in at reduced Rent based on lower capital cost of the house to the REIT. Rent would include an Equity Build-up so Cash is available for Down Payment on the Balloon Bond for Home-Owner to Purchase the House some years hence - Rent-to-Own so-to-speak or OPTION to BUY )
6) To prevent any more Bubbles - do away with Mortgage "PUT" option - a 30 year Morgage is FOR 30 years - house sales only done by Transferring Mortgage to the new buyer - who pays the old owner the Accrued Equity + Appreciation.)
7) Problems Deferred can be Problems Solved - WE CAN MUDDLE thROUGH - Using Courage & Imagination.
I HAVE SPOKEN. That's My STORY & I;m Sticking To It.
Please feel free to 'Flesh-OUT this Bare-Bones Proposal with Ideas of your own,
ReVise & EXTend, so to Speak.
If 2 and 2 & 50 make a MILLION - Then ToMorrow WILL be a Better Day - Pete Seeger
Son,
It starts Jan 8, 2008.
Alcoa ( AA : NYSE ) Reports 4Q & year Earnings.
First of Dow to Report. Sets the Tone for Down, Up or Prone. ( Ooops - would be Poet, there ).
'Paper' Tiger Ben-E-Fitz for Bankers & Seriously Bonded Slaves to their Creditors.
Not GOOD Company to be IN.
Abe Lincoln say, " You can NOT strengthen the Weak by Weakening the STRONG ".
After the Asian Tiger Bust - BOJ ( the Central Bank of Japan ) lowered Rates to ZERO - and the Japanese Economy stayed in Deflationary DolDRUMS for more than a DecADE.
There's NO such of a THING as a FREE Lunch.
No Quckie FIXes, either.
Ka-PPeesh !!!!
Submitted by [ Anonymous ] who has nO Connection to S:O ANY-MO !!!!!
This sounds to me like a Back-Door way of creating SynTHETIC S&L's ( Savings & Loans aka
'Building Societies' in Britz-Speak SAY )
Best Known S&L- George Bailey's ( Jimmy Stewart ) Bank in Bedford Falls in the Tear-JERKer Movie "It's A Wonderful Life " - with help from an ANGEL.
To Bail OUT South American Bankrupt Economies U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George Brady "invented' BRADY Bonds.
Why NOT invent 'Bailey Bonds' or 'BEDford Bonds' aka B.B.'s - Organizations or Individuals buying such bonds could be called 'ANGELS' or 'ANGEL FUNDS'
They would earn Interest on Bonds with Real Estate Backed Property CLAIMS - After this Perfect Storm' passes - Houses will naturally increase in VALUE - Aooreciating Assets - Like Convertible Callable Bonds - an Equity Kicker.
ANGEL Investors would 'do well' by 'doing good.'
Local Govenments who rely heavily on Property Taxes do NOT need empty Homes going back on Taxes whike Assessements decline due to large numbers of Houses Over-Hanging the their Housing Markets. Municipal BANKruptcies would soon follow wholeSALE as TAX Revnues Decline and Needy people PROliferate.
The Housing Market MUST be "CLEARED" very Quickly.
People able to Afford a house may Abandon their Mortgages to 'BUY' the House next door for Pennies on the Dollar. Arson ( Insurance Fires ) may also become a Major National Problem in this case. If Insurance Valuation exceeds Market Price on an UnderWater Mortgage - this 'OPTION' becomes TANTAlyzing.
AnyWay - Single Home REITS -w/ Federal,State & Local Co-OPeration would lead to a National sense of Purpose and PRIDE -
America CAN DO --- So, Let's do,Do,DO !!
RESPECTfully SUBmitted,
[Anonymous] fka - VW MicroB(rain)Z
fka - formerly known as
I'm looKING 4 a Luvver WHO won't 'BLOW' ME covers & SHE ( BA - who MUST bee O-Babed ) Is
Sew HARD, 2 FINE ( & Dandy LYON ).
Your IPS sent back PIX(ie)-SURES o' Me ( oh -my-Oh-[ nEVER]MIN(e)d - O' Woman in e-MOTION.
You would have bean EnTHRALLED & InTrigued.
I YAM TSZO Brown-eyed ( actually Golden-Eyed - ask My Cataract Surgeon Sturgeon Or MY Laser-Beam i-Dr. - Them say so 2 ) HandSOME { KIND-a )He-MAN, Johnny Rivers ( o' me Tears - Tears my HEA(r)T OUT of my UnReQ(Tee U )[I Special ED ] Love-Swelled (Hairy Pirate's ) CHEST.
U - Vitamin U - was +3 - ALL 7 STARZ in my Star-CroXXed ( Dis-ASter [ literally BAD STAR] ) Romeo Y Juliet [ Cuban Cigar ] Sad-( in da )- Sack LIFE.
Here Is Ur ( Babe-E-Lon(g) City O'Babes ) Song O'SOLOmo(A)n :
Brown Eyed Handsome Man Lyrics (Chuck Berry)
Arrested on charges of unemployment,
he was sitting in the witness stand
The judge's wife called up the district attorney
Said you free that brown eyed man
You want your job you better free that brown eyed man
Flying across the desert in a TWA,
I saw a woman walking across the sand
She been a walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay
To get a brown eyed handsome man
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
Way back in history three thousand years
In fact every since the world began
There's been a whole lot of good women sheddin' tears
For a brown eyed handsome man
It's a lot of trouble was brown eyed handsome man
Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
Her mother told her darlin' go out and find yourself
A brown eyed handsome man
Just like your daddy, he's a brown eyed handsome man
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To get brown eyed handsome man
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
Two, three count with nobody on
He hit a high fly into the stand
Rounding third he was headed for home
It was a brown eyed handsome man
That won the game; it was a brown eyed handsome man
HEAR izzy anUDDER Song Jes 4 Vitamin U :
Queen Jane AppROXiMATEly - Bob Dylan
When your mother sends back all your invitations
And your father to your sister he explains
That you're tired of yourself and all of your creations
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Now when all of the flower ladies want back what they have lent you
And the smell of their roses does not remain
And all of your children start to resent you
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Now when all the clowns that you have commissioned
Have died in battle or in vain
And you're sick of all this repetition
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
When all of your advisers heave their plastic
At your feet to convince you of your pain
Trying to prove that your conclusions should be more drastic
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Now when all the bandits that you turned your other cheek to
All lay down their bandanas and complain
And you want somebody you don't have to speak to
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
The market moves in such a Direction so as to fool the most People.
There was a non-Santa Sell-off - there's a lot of Money on the Side-Lines w/ No where to GO but the CROOKEDest Poker Game in Town.
The Stock Market - Year-End Bonuses , 401-K QTRLY money, and Juicy Prices for Foreigners & Acquisitive Types to DROOL over.
I don't really care sbout INDEXES and their - by-definition - AVERAGE / MEDIOCRE returns.
I watch & buy Individual issues which while Co-related to the Market Sentiment in General - have an Independent life of their own.
Within the DOW - even - there are Diamonds in the Rough.
With FED Interest DIVER-DOWN ( van HALEN ) talk,
even the Boring UTES could go Snap, Crackle, POP. A run for better rates and a Growth Kicker.
The Charts only show you the Past. You draw straight-lines in a non-linear World.
The future can not be PRO-jected, but it can be ANTI-cipated.
I don't think Techno-charting is the entire answer. SomeTimes you have to sit back, stare into the Blue Sky and think of The Big Picture.
Time IS a Jet Plane - it Moves too fast.
The BIG MONEY is made in FAST-Moving Markets.
It's almost Rock & Roll Time, for sure.
Be there, or be SQUARE. el Seven - L7.
Don't GO with the FLOW - get there ahead of it. Sell when they are buying and buy when they are selling. Move on to the Future's NEXT BEST THING. Forunes are made by those who sell too soon. December looked like Oklahoma SOONer Month to me.
Nobody obeys the Dictates of lines scratched on pieces of paper - Not even the 1D10T , Mr. Market. he's too Crazy for that LOGIC.
[anonyMOOSE]
Bulls make Money, Bears make money, Pigs get Slaughtered and the BULLmoose is the Circus RingMaster - The Lunenberg Observer & the Observed.
Daniel Pink in his book "A Whole New Mind" describes a new phenomon in which Accounting firms & Business Consulting firms are recruiting heavily ART Majors and English Majors and others in Liberal Arts instead of Management & Accounting types. He said about 30-40% of new hires were members of what he describes as " The Creative Class ".
Learning ' Business STUFF ' is easy & can be taught to NEW Hires. You can't TEACH a thud-head Creativity.
It turns out that Artists and POETS are the best MANAGERS. The are Excellent Communicatore and inspire an atmosphere of Co-Opertatin and ConCensus - they are People Persons.
I liked & enjoyed your 'STUFF" - THE RIGHT STUFF, as well. That's why I was HACKING on you. If I son't like someone or what someone does - I don't even BOTHer with Them.
D L - Good Bye is too good a word, Babe
So I'll just say -- Fare Thee WELL !
Russell Muscle(head(
Who had 'Binds' in the 1st Place.
They get inflated OUT - they are 'Bonded'
by OutFITS like the Fed'l Gov't which pays back in Inflated Currency or Debtors ( Like Municipalities ) who get the Debt ReVoked in BankRuptcy, etc
For Conservatives types the UTES look good ( I like Dominion ( D )and Duke ( DUK ), especially.
I also like Pipes ( Spectra Energy (SE ) ) and Ships - TNP, DRYS,DHT,etc. Also the Canadian Oil Trusts. All for Stable Income with a Growth & Inflation Protection 'Kicker'. Ther are many MORE, too.
Sub-M.I.T.-TED by a ComPlete Stranger to what the SLO was or IS aBOUT. A Stranger in a Strange Land - fka VW Micro-Risker.
Armin,
If BTW is Becky - Give it up, son. I got THERE 1st Test with the Most Test. Gnome Ime sane. Nada / Hech. Nah-Meeshah. Struck OUT - Shot Down in the Slit Trenches. Didn't even get a Base Hit [sigh] [ SIGH ]
I still haven't found a Shipping Company that has a Pre-Pond-ur-ance of the Wayt of Evvy-Dunce that it is a Collier - Coal Carrier.
I think Coal IS the WAVE O'da FUTURE.
Any IDEAS ??????
Don L. Ferk
( aka a guy Blogged like Krazy & got SLO Beat(NIK-ed ) buy a Guy blogged only Once ( Count 'em (1) Time ))
The Masters Make the Rulz 4 the Wise Guyz & da FOOLz ( like DuffBeer ) Butt i Yam outta Here & Duffy's outta Beer, 2 )
Wanna Join a Under(G)Round Klub of Smart Guys- Well - e-mail me & We'll FINE out how to By-Pass the SLO & go,Go,GO......!!!!
If I had a BOOK O' Matches ( one side o'Witch is My Mud-Slide LAND-SLIDE
( deal & a CON-Crete PO'-our & duh UDDER side iz me BACK-side )),
I'd burn THAT NO-TELLing MO-Tell-ing Whore-tel DOWN.
Except - Global Warming & Smoky Bear Forest FIRES ( Bons O'da VAN- I-Ties)
has already Dresden-Aded it. I can ONlee get SLOPPY 2ndS.
I like German Wines - fruity Mosel - like QualitatsWein ( no PredIkat )
Reislings of ArsVitIS - $10 a ( Soda) POP.
I got a bottle O'Thierry&Guy FAT BasTARD Shiraz ( reMARK-able-y
FULL BODied ) just waitin' to be celebratorily PO'ured,2
This year's Bo Jolly BeauJolAise was a Little too GREEN 4 my Taste - which has
been Seeriously IMPaired by my DuffBeer Bud's . well, BUDZ.
WHAT about Coal SHIPS - Colliers !!!!!!!!!!!!.
THAT's the ( Mutiny on the Bounty ) MAIN ( Sail-setting) kWEST-SHUN O'da Day !!!!!!
Not SO ???
a 'GLAD' is a short Roman double-edged stabbing sword to used between shields from the Tightly packed Roman Legion Formations.
The Flower - Gladiola - is named from the Latin for Short-sword.
The name Gladys is actually from the Welsh meaning 'Country' from the Welsh word Gwlad
The Viking swords were longer than GLADs - and the Big Daddy of them all - a Round-house SWINGING Sword was the Scots' CLAYmore.
I just heard Jeff FoxWorthy say, " If you are too DRUNK to even 'Fish' -- you just MIGHT be a RedNeck".
Why don't you get DuffBeer a Ron POPEil Pocket fishing ( Ok, Ok - ) ROD ( a 'Folder' ) & take him out to a Duffer Course Duck Pond & show him how to 'Fish' after a long-Tall-Kool-One
( or 3 or MORE ) at Watering Hole #19.
DuPont has gone a long way toward "Re-Inventing" itself as an Agricultural Chemical & Research Company. It's a DOW stock.
It's Industry classification is AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS.
They have a full Spectrum of Innovative Technologies - Medicine, etc.
They are "InterNational" - do business in CHINA ( newest is a new 'coatings' plant )
MonSanto is sort of a One-Note-Johnny -- Concentrated in one area of speciality and Europe & other places "BAN" genetically Engineered 'Cloned' Seed and grains for animals and people- they put MOUSE genes in soybeans & Spider genes in corn & such. It Ain't NATUR(e)AL and then they don't let farmers even use some of this year's crop for next year's seed to plant. Some people are calling this outfIT " My Satan-O " - they got BAD Press, so to speak.
I own LANDEC [ LNDC : OTC ] - a seed coating Company that works closely with Monsanto -- if you look at the record - Monsanto & Landec 'SWAPPED" assets, if you will - so each now specializes in what they can do best.
MON won't try a HOSTILE take-over of LNDC - but they'll get out the BIG BUCK GUNZZ if somebody tries to be MEAN to their Li'l Friend.
Check it - all in Black & white in Announcements & Press Releases.
LNDC , in my opinion has more UP-side & less Social, Political, or Legal Risk.
For a 'Safe-Haven' play -it's DuPont, for me.
My 4-letter word "FLYER" is LNDC.
ASTUK --- Colliers ---- who's the BEST play for Global COAL shipping.
I just GAVE U 2 - how's about U Gimme 1.
Fair's is Fair - all is Fair in love & War.
NOT so ?
Don Lee Ferk
fka VikingWarrior
fka - formerly known as
AKA - RoiRRawGnIkIV
(the MIRROR Image of the VikingWarrior's
alter EGO ---- Who LIKES RailRoads and Return On Investment [ ROI ] - ROI is KING ( in French. Not So ? )
The Greek shipping Penenomenon , I believe, actually goes back to Ari Onassis - who bought up WWII liberty Ships & "TRAMP STEAMERS" in time to catch the Post-WWII InterNational Trade EXPlosion. He made a 'KILLING'.
TNP ( Tsakos NAV ) is also GREEHer owned & HQ'd in Greece - but 'Owners' are "American".
I just bought some DHT - Double Hull Tankers - they 'FIXED' the Dividend to a Constant QTRLY - 10~12% - that's better than Post Benny-on-the-Fritz-Ha-Ha JokerMan will PROvide to Side-Lined Cash Money Market Funds. Not So ?
Thanks again Mr. VERY Bright Idea Man.
PS - Do Bulk carriers need to be "RETRO-fitted to carry coal. Are there Channel Depth Re-strictions involved ? Are the fleets long-TERM leased or is there a SPOT-Market Kicker, too?
Don Lee Ferk ( NOW aka RoiRRawGnikIV - VikingWarrior spelled Back-wards- a Mirror Image Anagram, to Boot )
Unka Ankh,
I don't know Y IPB's would Re-Publish your
Sept 14, 2007 AAPL Burner Blog. PerHAPS, it's like 20/20 HIND[sigh]T. If I knew then what I know NOW - Typ(E)-O THANg.
So, with the Courage of Kon-viction % Strenght of IMagiNATION.
I will RETRO-spect-ively Re-PRO-D(e)uce my
supporting Ko(M)ment to a PRE-vious Blog of youRS - DOWNgrading AAPL.
ToWit :-
don ferk:
Ahknaten,
Good Show! Well Done. Your the King Tut of this Contest - a "Ra" of light in this Anne McCaffery "Left Hand Side of Darkness" Universe.
THIS One's between You & Me and the Deep Apple Blue Sea----
___I remember the Halcyon days of Apple - Steve "The Woz" Wozniak ( who invented the Operating System (OS) and called it OmniMon),The Apple II, the memory that ran so hot you had to get an electronic "refrigeration' device to cool it down to prevent self-destruction.
___The Nerds at Apple got so rich that they lost sight of "The Dream". Woz quit, So did Jobs. What happened was ugly. With new-found wealth Management & Staff started to engage in Bizarre Bad Behavior - They started having 'Office Romances' - sleeping with Co-workers. Jealousies and Organizational Dynamics ( aka Office Politics ) and hatreds from broken-off love affairs and back-stabbing revenge from when your love interest's next love interest set in. Apple self-destructed. Jobs ccame back as the White Knight to restore Moral order and Work Ethic. It worked. See the results. Apple's "Beatle" Rainbow Apple logo is now a Blue,blue Apple. This may be emblematic of an new 'recidivism' at Apple,Inc. Where is the Wizard of Woz,now, I ask.
--- Europe isn't "buying the latest 'gadget' gizmo thing. The 'roaming' charges are scandalous. Competition is a Hell-hound nipping an inch from their on-the-run Buttocks.
---In your analysis you talk about R&D expenses. In High-Tech these capitalized costs are not always recovered by the product, which rapidly becomes obsolete. They are held on the Books as R&D 'Assets' but are really non-cash write-off liabilities for the Future. They killed Cray Research, crippled Sun MicroSystems, etc. etc.
Maybe you should consider the Time-Bombs in some of these Big Mo plays, like Apple, There is also the "coupon" problem, Microsoft, incuurred Billions in liabilitie to get the Windows XP out the door by Christmas - putting out a flawed version and guaranteeing "replacements" or low-cost upgrades when the next-best-thing came out. Problems DELAYED are NOT problems SOLVED -- that is VW's Time-Bomb Theory for Bankers & Hackers & Slackers.
----Hope this helps - maybe I'm just "enabling" you with re-inforcement. Take it or Leave it, I say. With Respect, Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior ) SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent.
1st of all Duff - you finished #47 NOT #48.
I suppose you were just being modest. huh ?
You coulda been-uh ConTENDer. You could-a Been
Some Buddy !! - Mr. Tomato Can ( no that's -beer bottle ) Joe PALuka From Palooka-ville.
You were playing Rope-a-Dope like Mohammad Allee on Steroids ( No it was Beer-oids)- no wonder your ( beer BUZZING )Brain is so Addle-pated, your nose is as FLAT as your beer and as red and blood vein swelled ( blood-shot eye colored )as W.C. Field's - and your Cauliflowered ears look like Black ( Gold ) Coal Cabbage.
your ( fight ) flight from 1443 - a Phoenix rising from the Ashes ( or the Trash can where you keep your NR empties as well as the remnants of the be-sotted Beer-Bleary Weary emptiness of your so-called 'Life'.
well, at one time I was @ 1615 and I finished @ 95 ( that's 96 in Duffer Math ). I was the
[break-]WIND beneath your ( Dingy Duffered ) WINGS.
In Boxing they at least Ring a bell - you wanna be a has-been RING-Dingy Duffered DingBat.
( who probably stops @ every RoadSide Stucky's to get a Peanut LogRoll ),
I read the article, too.
I was taken by this statement -
".... because we held the Open to find a great undiscovered stock guru .... "
'a' guru ???? Only One ?
They need at least 5 just to replace the
UnderPerforming UnderAchievers they already have. Not so ?
Considering the strange 'Preferences' of the Ancient Greek Male culture - I am glad that I don't " Speak Greek ", if you know what I'm asying.
I do use the Greek Alphabet in my Math, I have adopted embrace the Greek notion of 'Logic', made money with Greek shippers and I do so love Ouzo.
Maybe I too stretch the delta to it's Limit of Elasticity.
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS : the Macedonians were Ilyrians ( as in Homer, the oral-Tradition Saga-sayer). They were NOT Greek but People of the Sea who were descended from the Hebrew Tribe of Dan - when they skinned out of Egypt and joined up with the Phoenicians; thus by-passing the pre-Mosaic Egyptian 'Bondage' thing.
Living is after all a quid pro quo State of mind - is it not?
I'm playing the CAPS game now - you won't have 'Tricky VeeW-icky to Kick-y 'round No Mo' - that's Fo' Sho'.
Fare thee Well, Astuk, you are the best of 'em. I've said it before & I just SAID it again.
Don Lee Ferk
fka - VikingWarrior
now aka RoiRRawGnikIV ( the mirror image anagram of my former Avatar )
ROI is Return on Investment - ROI is KING
RR - RailRoads & associated businesses - like FSTR,RAIL,GBX,GMT,etc.
Maybe I should run a LandLocked Shipping Sector Port. I could be a Bolivian Admiral from San Marino or something like that - but I'd still be a Norwegian who doesn't speak Greek.
Oh yeah, RawGnik is as close as I could get to a RED Neck - I am from Virginia after ALL !!!!
Your Money-Green StretchedDelta reminds me of
my Engineering Graphics 'Kit' - That's a 30 deg
angle isoceles Triangle used in Mechanical Drawing ( which was WAY before the Computer Automated Drawing [ CAD ] Age. I had a Right Angle Triangle with 60 & 30 degrees and a Small & large French Cirve for making smoothly
fitting 'well-rounded-ARCS' and a Compass for drawing Circles. With the Triangle set, I could get angles in 15 degree 'Increments' - 0,15,30,45,60,75,90,105,130, etc
TANK[er]s 4 duh Memoreez - as Bob Hope used to Croon - way before even My time, which was a time when engineers used 'Slide-Rules' to Multiply & Divide - a time of thepractical ART of [ + /-] 10% & the Kentucky Windage of Experience & Knowledge. Now it's ALL about what a GI-GO
( Garbage In / Garbage Out ) Computer SPrITz out- and NOBody Questions the Computer or it's ReSULTS. It ain't HuMAN, I tell you. NOT in the LEAST. I think the dependence on computer-use SKILLS in Education has created an ARMY of Marching MORONS.
Thanks for the BitterSweet Memories of the Innonence of my YOUTH,
You're a lot Smarter than you look.
South African COAL - well - who woulds Thunk it ( and you DID 'sunk it' - Not so ? ).
I did the SASOL II start-up in Secunda, South Africa in the TransVaal ( High Plains ) many years ago - they converted COAL to Diesel & gasoline using the SynThol process ( based on German WWII Fischer-Tropsch Technology ). The refiney was built right over a COAL mine ( a mine-Mouth facility ).
Below the coal ( Black Gold ) was real yellow GOLD. TRUE STORY !!!
With the 'threatened' widening of the Panama Canal & the potential of Canadians opening the NorthWest Passage - the movement of Coal & other Bulk Raw materials looks like a viable Money-making Play.
for your help in this matter, I will tell you a TRUE STORY.
I was working behind the BERLIN WALL in the former East Germany ( DDR ). I went to Berlin with our Instrument man and a Friend of mine - he was of the Hebraic Persuasion from Brooklyn,NY. We went to a Greek restaurant in West Berlin. My friend. Neil. ordered a dish traditionally made of LAMB - He took the first bite and called the Waiter over. It tasted 'funny'. The Manager/Owner came to our table & confessed that Germans didn't appreciate the taste of goat or Sheep-meat, so he had substituted PORK instead into his 'RECIPE'. Neil said, " i'm a JEW & that ain't Kosher !!!". WE were Regaled with infinite Ouzo - the choice of anything & everything on the Menu - treated like Royalty - NO TAB - NO CHARGE, whatsoever. The Owner complained BITTERly of the changes he had had to make to traditional GREEK dishes to satisfy the BarBaric German Palate. the Bakhlava was sweet & good, too. I crawled out of that restaurant - too much Ouzo - I don't even Know how we got back to the Penta Hotel am Zoo off Kufu Strasse ( Kufurstendam )to this day. Next day - through Check-Point Charlie and onto the depressing dreary town of Schwedt on the Oder River on the Polish border.
Armin, Check out CCJMF ( CCJ : TSX ) = a Canadian-owned Columbian Coal miner that has just built a RailRoad & port Facility in Columbia. They will Export Clean, dry,low sulfur,and relatively ash-free coal to the Eastern U.S. & through the Panama Canal ( which they are very close to ). What Shipping Company just might handle their Coal Cargo? It's My QUESTION of the MONTH. Not so ?
Don Lee Ferk ( fka VikingWarrior - aka RoiRRawGnikIV )
Are you aware of the Shipping Industry WebCast
that was held Jan 15, 2008 ( today ) @ 2:00 PM The Announcement has a very nice List of Ship Stocks in it. ToWit :
REMINDER - Analyst Panel Discussion on the Dry Bulk Sector;
Today -- Tuesday, January 15, 2008 -- 2:00 pm EST;
Access Only Through a Live Audio Webcast at www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.comJanuary 15, 2008 9:00 AM ET
Stocks mentioned in this articleDryShips Inc (DRYS) ,Diana Shipping Inc (DSX), Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc (EGLE) , Euroseas Ltd (ESEA),
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd (EXM), FreeSeas Inc (FREE), Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd (GNK), Navios Maritime Ord Shs (NM),
Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM), Oceanfreight Inc (OCNF) Paragon Shipping Ord Shs Class A (PRGN), Quintana Maritime Ltd (QMAR)
Star Maritime Acquisition Corp (SBLK), TBS International Ltd (TBSI),
Related newsAnalyst Panel Discussion on the Dry Bulk Sector; Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 2:00 pm EST;
Access Only Through a Live Audio Webcast at www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.comSector Snap: Drybulk shippers sink
Energy Sector Roundup: Oil SlidesOceanFreight to acquire 11th vessel
Shipping Analysts from
-- Bear Stearns (Scott Burk),
-- Jefferies & Company (Douglas Mavrinac),
-- JPMorgan Securities (Jonathan Chappell) and
-- Lazard Capital Markets (Urs Dur)
will participate in a Virtual Analyst Panel Discussion on the dry bulk shipping sector today, on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 2:00 pm.
The Analyst Forum is organized by Capital Link, a New York based Investor Relations and Financial Communications firm focusing on shipping.
LIVE AUDIO WEBCAST
Access to the Analyst Forum is only through a live audio webcast accessible directly at www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.com,
where it will remain archived afterwards. There is no telephone access.
Please access the webcast by going directly to the link www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.com.
Participants to the live webcast should register on the website approximately ten minutes
prior to the start of the webcast.
PANEL STRUCTURE
The panel discussion will be moderated by Nicolas Bornozis, President of Capital Link, which organizes the Analyst Panel Discussion.
The focus of the discussion (and the Q&A) will be only on sector trends and fundamentals, and not on company specifics or
company recommendations. The discussion will cover four topics: demand, supply, freight rates and asset values,
valuations, focusing on current trends and the sector's outlook.
QUESTIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS
Participants can submit questions to the analysts prior to or during the event through the special event page
at www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.com or they can email them to us at shippingforum@capitallink.com.
TRANSCRIPT
A transcript of the panel discussion will be publicly available within approximately 48 hours after the event and t
hose interested can request it when they register for the event or afterwards by emailing us at shippingforum@capitallink.com.
About Dry Bulk Shipping:
International shipping plays a vital role in global trade given that 2/3 of the world's goods are transported by sea.
The shipping industry provides a cost effective and practical means of transportation internationally of large volumes of cargoes.
The dry bulk carrier market refers to the transportation of homogeneous commodities in bulk. Dry bulk commodities are
divided into two distinct categories, major bulks and minor bulks. Major bulks include iron ore, coal and grain,
which are usually shipped on the larger size Capesize and Panamax vessels and comprise about 67% of dry bulk trade.
Minor bulks are fertilizers, steels, sugars, cement etc., which are shipped in smaller more versatile vessels such as
Handymax and Handysize, and comprise about 33% of the dry bulk commodities trade.
Dry bulk carrier ownership is fragmented with many owners and operators of shipping tonnage, including independent operators,
state-controlled shipping companies and proprietary owners. Vessels utilised for transport of dry bulk cargoes are usually
classified into four categories based on their carrying capacity in deadweight tons (DWT)
(i) handysize (10,000-39,999 DWT) (ii) handymax/supramax (40,000-59,999 DWT)
(iii) panamax (60,000-99,999 DWT) and (iv) capesize (higher than 100,000 DWT).
The shipping industry is highly cyclical, experiencing volatility in profitability, vessel values and charter rates resulting
from changes in the supply of and demand for shipping capacity. Fluctuations result from the interaction of various factors
between demand and supply. The demand for vessels is influenced by global and regional economic conditions,
international trade developments, port congestion, trading routes and weather pattern changes, crop yields,
armed conflicts, political developments, embargoes and strikes, demand for consumer goods, dry bulk commodities,
and crude oil and oil products.
Supply of shipping capacity is mainly a function of the delivery of new vessels and the number of older vessels
scrapped and is also affected among other things by port congestion and regulation of maritime transportation
practices by governmental and international authorities.
Dry bulk companies listed in London include Goldenport (LSE: GPRTL), Globus Maritime (AIM: GLBS),
Global Oceanic Carriers (AIM: GOC) and Hellenic Carriers (AIM: HCL).
About Capital Link and www.CapitalLinkShipping.com:
Capital Link is a New York-based Investor Relations and Financial Communications firm with a strategic focus
on shipping. Capital Link Shipping is a web based resource operated by Capital Link whose objective is
to facilitate investor knowledge and understanding of shipping and its listed companies, and to facilitate the
exchange of information among listed companies, industry participants and investors.
The site provides information on the major shipping and stock market indices, as well as on all shipping stocks.
It also features industry reports from major industry participants and interviews
with CEOs, analysts and other market participants.
The information on the website is not an offer to buy or sell any kind of securities nor does it constitute investment advice
of any kind. Capital Link does not represent or warrant the accuracy of the information in this site.
The user of the site acknowledges that he/she accesses the information at his/her own risk and cannot hold
Capital Link liable for any matter in any way and will use the website in accordance with the
Terms and Conditions specified on the website.
Contact for Capital Link Shipping:
Nicolas Bornozis
President
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230 Park Avenue - Suite 1536
New York, N.Y. 10169
Tel. (212) 661-7566
Fax (212) 661-7526
E-mail: nbornozis@capitallink.comhttp://www.capitallinkshipping.comhttp://www.capitallink.comCopyright 2008 Market Wire
Fillmore East - June 1971
The Mud Shark
August 1971, 5:22 min.
1001 Motels & ABSsoluteLEE Kah-Razeeeeey
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Frank Zappa (guitar, dialog)
Mark Volman (lead vocals, dialog)
Howard Kaylan (lead vocals, dialog)
Ian Underwood (woodwinds, keyboards, vocals)
Aynsley Dunbar (drums)
Jim Pons (bass, vocals, dialog)
Bob Harris (keyboards, vocals)
Don Preston (mini-moog)
Mud Sh-sh-shark
THE MUD SHARK DANCING LESSON!
Mud Sh-sh-shark
We're gonna do a little dancing,
A little dancing thing called the Mud Shark
Now, this dance started up in Seattle
Lemme tell you 'bout the Mud Shark...
The origins of the Mud Shark are as follows: There's a motel in Seattle, Washington called the Edgewater Inn. The Edgewater Inn's built on a pier.. so that means that when you look out your window you don't see any dirt -- it's got a bay or something out in your backyard,,, And to make it even more interesting, in the lobby of the aforementioned motel there's a bait and tackle shop where the residents can go down whenever they want to, and rent a fishing pole and some preserved minnows and schlep back up to their rooms, open the window, stick their little pole outside and within a few minutes actually catch a fish of some sort that they can bring into their motel room and do whatever they want with it... you know what I mean? Now in this bay there's quite a variety of ah... fish! Not only do they have mud sharks up there, they got little octopusses that you can catch. And all these denizens of the deep can come in real handy... Let's say you were a travelling Rock and Roll band called the Vanilla Fudge. Let's say one night you checked into the Edgewater Inn Motel with a 8mm movie camera, enough money to rent a pole, and just to make it more interesting -- a succulent young lady (Mnaaaah!) with a taste for the bizarre... My mind drifts back to a meeting, a chance meeting in the Chicago O'Hare Airport where the members of the Vanilla Fudge told Don Preston about a home movie they made at the Edgewater Inn with a Mud Shark. I'm gonna tell you, this dance, the Mud Shark, is sweeping the ocean!...
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark. baby ... etc
Any ASTRAl PROjections or CoMMents on the BeLOW
Jimmy the NON-Greek GEEK sPEAK 01/22/2008 ConFRONTation w/ Sophocles. TOWit :
Jim Cramer's 'Stop Trading!': Balk at Dry Bulk
By TheStreet.com Staff
1/22/2008 3:25 PM EST
Jim Cramer questioned Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr - Rating)
CEO Sophocles Zoullas' bullish 2008 outlook on CNBC's "Stop Trading!" segment Tuesday.
"The stocks cannot simply be this wrong," Cramer said. "I have to believe there is some chink in the story."
He noted that CEOs of dry bulk shippers have "all been bullish," but "the stocks have been cut in half."
Zoullas replied that the stock market views the sector as monolithic, but that "all dry bulk ... are not created equal."
He pointed to differences in positioning and durability among different companies in the sector.
Cramer wasn't so sure. "As a stock person, [the selling] has been across the board and indiscriminate. ...
I've never heard a dry bulk shipping person come on TV and say anything other than things are fabulous."
Reiterating his confidence in his company, Zoullas said, "I am very long the stock. ... I am very committed on the company."
He further averred that his company was significantly decoupled from the U.S. economy, and that a recession here
would not significantly impact Eagle Bulk Shipping.
I think that the Scramer Flamer was Antigone
[ burying shipping with a hand-full of Gorilla Dust ( Pixie or the CONjurers 'Goofer' Variant )] to MR. Z's Oedipus REX. Am I 'RONG here OAR wut ???
Port is to your left ( it's in a bottle [of rum ?? ] and is Ruby [ don't take your love to Town] RED. On the other side, witch you Heave to when you turn Green [ with envy ] is StarBoard.
If you go on a Sea Cruise get "POSH" accomondations - Port Out - Starboard Home".
That way the heat of the Noon day SUN [ which only a Mad Dog or an Englishman or you would go out in ] won't boil off the "Spirits" in your addle-Pated be-sotted brain. No GOLF on board
in the GULF - only Shuffle 'Bored' and Deck chairs and SteeerAGE passage passengers like U.
Hit the DECK, DuffBeer - VW's gonna put a FISH UP your GULLet and a torpedo Dive-bomb down your Chuff - if you don't beLAY the FlotSAM & JetSUM TRASH [Fish] Talkin' 'Bout Me, MySelf & I. Put a (Wind) sock in it, Un-able-bodied sailor.
You are CRUISIN' for a Bruisin' !!
You Rubber Legged LandLubbin' Son of a Gun;
3 sheets into the wind and hanging out 9 yards of [Dirty] laundry.
i am a shellback. a ShellBack! a SHELLBACK !!!!
The only draft you understand comes out of a Spigot into a TANKard and goes out your gunwales, Minnow Wailer.
The biggest 'craft' you have EVER been on is a Chris-[ Crossed ] Craft plastic boat, Matey.
Don L. Ferk ( born a Piscean in March - a son
of the Sea god & a MerMaid - you PollyWog PeriWINKle ShipWreck )
New welfare rule friendlier to students
January 26, 2008 12:29 PM ET
Welfare recipients who go to college can use up to a year of classwork to meet the program's work requirements and no longer will need to have homework supervised for some of that time count as well.
The unsupervised homework provision, which also applies to vocational school and other educational activities, represents a change from rules put into place in 2006 for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. A copy of the final rule was obtained by The Associated Press. It will be published in the Federal Register this coming week.
Governors had sought the changes. They said the requirement of supervised homework would increase state costs. The Bush administration had wanted as much supervision as possible, but eventually acknowledged that most students are not monitored as they do their homework.
"Since we're trying to imitate what real life is like, we thought we were asking a little too much there," said Sidonie Squier, director of the Office of Family Assistance, part of the Health and Human Services Department.
Adults getting cash aid generally are required to work a minimum number of hours each week. The 2006 rule more strictly defined what constitutes work. The new rule incorporates the feedback since then.
The earlier rule did not count getting a bachelor's degree as a work activity. The new rule will allow recipients to count one year of college as a work activity.
"Long-term success will depend upon people getting better jobs, better skills, better wages," said Liz Schott, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-leaning think tank.
The rules did not incorporate the governors' request for more leeway in setting the work requirements for people with disabilities, Schott said. Some participants with disabilities simply cannot meet the minimum 20 or 30 hours per week that is required, but states should still get credit for helping them, the governors told the administration.
Half of the single-parent families participating in a state's TANF program must meet the work requirements or the state could lose some federal money.
"We recognize that many individuals with disabilities are capable of participating in productive work activities and encourage states to explore these capabilities, rather than focusing on their limitations," the final rule says.
The administration said it plans to expand its efforts to give states more technical assistance in helping them find full employment for disabled welfare recipients.
Squier rejected the notion that states could have more of an incentive to drop the disabled from the TANF rolls if their participation makes it harder for states to avoid financial penalties.
"States really have a nasty little tendency to shove folks with a disability to the side because they're harder to work with," Squier said. "When you move them aside, that's a not-so-subtle form of discrimination."
But Schott said that giving states more leeway in serving the disabled would increase their financial incentive to do so.
One of the biggest changes the administration made to the rules will make it easier for participants to engage in job searches or job training without running into the time limits set for those job categories. Overall, Schott said the administration made several "small but not insignificant changes," allowing states to better help families in the program.
About 2 million families per month get cash assistance, down from 5 million families in the mid-1990s.
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Most "recipients" go to Vocational Schools
like learning how to cut hair or do finger-nails or hair-weaving.
'Advanced' education in America.
What a Country, Jakov Smirnoff !!!!!
Not So ?
It's an NEA and American Association of College & University PROfessors JOB Mo-sheen.
Good work if you can get it.
Pays well. too.
Clinton's idea of reducing Welfare roles was to
re-classify indigents as psychological BasketCases (socioPATHic resenters of AUTHORity, etc ),"mentally" ill and/or
otherwise "Handy-Capped" It worked - it DID reduce OVERt welfare roles. He & AL gaBore got Braggin' rights on the SUX-cess{Pool}.
This TASK employed an Army of Psychiatrists, Psychologists,Sociologists & Career Counselors - all paid very well and so CONcerned about their 'Clients'.
This NEW Program ( same as the OLD program ) will 'stimulate' the creation and/or ExPANsion of numerous NEW colleges of Cosmetology and such. And fill the Local Community Colleges' Class Rooms w/ GED Geniuses & High School DROP-outs.
Welcome to the REAL[Politik] Whirl.
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS : I'm going to sign up for a B.A in Fizz-Ed
( w/ DuffBeer ), Sex Education & BasketWeaving. With a Minor in Minority studies.
After that- I'll get a "make-work" job Rubber (TIME) Stamping IN-Box Memo's from the PaperMill Blizzard of Government Fraud,Waste& Abuse DePARTment.
I should go FAR. I'm VERY diligent and I at least show UP & Punch the TIME Clock.
There was a time when Scandanavian 'Blonde' furniture was the fashion rage in the USA -
not so much anymore - people prefer the
'warm' dark woods better. I still get a "li'l Woody" over Scandanavian Blondes [ but that's another story ]
Do the Finnish make furniture ( or wymyn like that, 4 that matter ) ????
The worst aspect of SLO-1 was all the -3 ratings for "bad-mouthing" the Big Mo stocks
that people "LOVED" @ the time. The votes were
more simple "REJECTIONS" than true appreciation of the careful thought or experiential knowledge
that the arguments themselves presented.
For a deeper understanding of this "Phenomenon", please read Eric Hoffer's book " The TRUE Believer ". People will KILL & DIE for really silly & stupid "Causes" that they passionately "believe" in or have some commitment ( such as "real money cash )to.
I viewed my participation in SLO-1 as a way to confirm my ( cynical ?? ) view of the great UnWashed Masses of my fellow man.
You saw it, too. Now you can see the High-Conceptual "Philosophy" behind it.
I, too , used Madison Avenue Advertising-type Head-line GRABBERS in my Blog titles.
I make my living in the Market - if you don't know where their "heads" are at you can't Skin 'em like the SHEEPle they truly are.
As Phil Ochs said, " Fascinated by the FAD, I gave all the MIND I had ".
DuffBeer,
You MORON. It was a Babka-stained ( Belarus Potato Soup as opposed to Russian Cabbage Borscht ) PAISLEY tie. Our BIG KAHUNA drinks Kahluah Black Russians ( even though Belarus means WHITE Russians [ he's a CONtrarian from the Agrarian Olde Country])] NOT DufferBeer.
He's also a SLAV(e) to fashion - His jacket was
a haute Coutoure IN-style Nehru jacket.
Although not shown - he was in Bobby SOX and
whitey-Tighty UnderWear. He had just danced like Tom Cruise to " Shake Rattle & Roll "
OFF-Camera.
What's WRONG with you, Duffy.
PS : the Haircut - An inverted ( Babka)Soup Bowel home-styling job,
Too much GOOD women & BAD beer ?????
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS : the Haircut - An inverted ( Babka ?? )Soup Bowel DIY home-styling job. He'll get a John Edward's $400 Ambulance-chasing lawyer cut & a manicure AFTER he turns PRO.
I saw a Blurb about China being 'Snoed-In' in the Chinese InLand. The Trains from the Interior Coal Mines are delayed and can't deliver coal to the Industrial Coast.
If China Imports more Coal than planned, they will have to pay BIG Yuan ( actually RenMimby, not so ? ) on the SPOT Market to Coal Brokers
& Shippers.
How would that fit into your DRY BULK calculus ???
Also. What about Retro-fits --- converting old-style single-Hull VLCC's ( Very Large Crude Carriers ) into VERY LARGE BULK CARRIERS ( VLBC's ). That could be done very quickly and ther are 80 of them to do.
Also, there are 4 or 5 "Blank Check" Capital Pools already set-up who are at least promising to get into the shipping business when they "Make the Move" into operating or Holding Companies. There may be some more acquisitions, mergers, or Take-Overs coming up the SHIP Bizz.
What about "People Cargo" outfits. CCl - Carnival Cruise LInes is in the middle of it's High Season ( winter cruises to the Balmy Caribbean ) and the stock is starting to move UP in anticipation of CCL's next Earnings Report.
I just tried to Cheque your NEW Port ( News ?? ) and all I saw was your Dec 31. 2007
holdings - 1 of each stock & the REST in cash !!!
In a SELL-Off my adVICE would be the Same as it ALL-ways was :
BUY when they're SELLing and SELL when they're BUYing.
DON't Quibble with what works.
What was WORKing then maybe ain't Working NOW.
Sell in[to ??] MAY, then go aWAY.
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS : have you seen the Fishing Reports from Virginia / North Carolina ( OBX ) recently ?
They are routinely catching 36-40" Rock fish
( aka Striper aka Striped Bass ).
Many are pulling in 50 to 60 Speckled Trout of Citation Size ( over 4 Pounds )
The Striper are eating EVERYthing in sight -
the Spot & Croaker might become EXstinct if this continues. Maybe Summer Flounder, too. Striper are being caught DEEP now, don't you know.
EAT your HEART out, Mr. BUGbait Guy ( who's bait smells BETter than he DuZZ )
You won't be eaTING anyTHING else until you catch an 80+ pound Grouper, which is probably X-stream-LY unLIKEly.
So There !!!!!!
NOT so ????
PPS : Do you supPOSE that SLO-2's Money Market Fund might "Break-the Buck" and you'll lose money on that too ?
The greatest all-time 'Quant' was ( & is ) Elaine "the Garz" Garzarelli.
While a summer student-intern at a Brokerage house, her boss didn't know what to do with her. He gave her a go-away-kid-don't-bother-me assignment which was simply this :
Find out why stocks go up & down.
The rest as they say "IS HISTORY".
The Garz worked for Lehman Brothers - later Shierson-Lehman, etc.
She was FIRED in the 1990's when QUANT wasn't working anymore. She got into the Stock NewsLetter publishing business ( I actually subscribed to her Garzerrli Report for a brief period ), but subscriptions declined & she was dropped by her publisher and subscribers got their money back [ pro rata ].
What goes around comes around & QUANT Analysis may again rise like a Phoenix from the ashes.
In a NUTshell here it is :
It works until EVERYbody knows about it & uses it, then it doesn't work anymore.
The last such "Theory" was the Black-Scholes
Options Pricing Model - which resulted in a Nobel Prize for Economics & the biggest Hedge fund collapse in BOND History, which almost destroyed the U.S.Government Bond Market. The fund was managed by the same Academic 'EggHeads' that invented the Black-Scholes Economic Model.
Do you catch my drift here??
It's not so much that I AdVOCATE "free-style"
Investing as it is that I say " WHATever WORKS just WORKS " for now & is subject to change tomorrow.
You must be Nimble & Flexible.
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS :
As the Moody Blues have said - it's " A Question of Balance " & " Evvery Good Boy Deserves Favor ".
Armin,
The Stock Market sells two things 1) Dreams & 2) Stories.
To you it's an OLD STORY = to the great Unwashed it's a NEW STORY.
Mr. Market just might 'Market' a story like that - to the RUBES after SmartMoney gets in 1st.
I say, " When the Story conflicts with the Facts, TELL THE STORY ".
Now, onto DuffBeer ( [sigh], [Sigh], [SIGH] )
DUFFER,
It's RV now - like I retired from SLO and neeed a Recreational Vehicle like a Moronic FOIL to Occupy &/or Waste my time now.
Maybe you shouldn't drink any more beer ( or any less, eitherfor that matter ). your Liver, kidneys & Mother-in-law would really appreciate that.
NOT so ????????
Invest in BEER, Duff, it's more lucrative & almost as much fun. ToWit :
Beer sales lift Anheuser-Busch profit
February 1, 2008 3:35 AM ET
All Associated Press news
ST. LOUIS (AP)
- Resurgent beer sales helped lift Anheuser-Busch's profit 12 percent in the fourth quarter, but the brewer warned Thursday that rising costs could eat into earnings this year.
The maker of Budweiser and Bud Light said it earned $214 million, or 29 cents per share, in the three months ended Dec. 31, up from $191 million, or 25 cents, in the same period in 2006.
Net sales rose 8 percent to $3.7 billion after excise taxes were deducted.
Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had expected earnings per share of 32 cents.
Shares of Anheuser-Busch, the nation's largest brewer, dropped 76 cents, or 1.6 percent, to $46.50 Thursday.
Revenue at its U.S. beer segment rose 3 percent during the fourth quarter, while international revenue jumped 4.7 percent.
For the full year, Anheuser-Busch reported a profit of $2.12 billion, or $2.79 a share, up from $1.97 billion, or $2.53, in 2006. Net sales for the year rose 6 percent to $16.7 billion.
While the sales climbed overall in 2007, Anheuser-Busch's core brands of Budweiser and Bud Light continue to lag, said Benj Steinman, publisher of Beer Marketer's Insights. Growing overseas sales and revenues from imports that Anheuser-Busch distributes are the only forces driving up sales, he said.
"The consumer preferences are seemingly shifting to craft beers and, to a lesser extent, imports," Steinman said.
Anheuser-Busch plans to boost sales of those brands through a media blitz that will be unveiled in coming weeks, along with a 40 percent increase in the company's sales force, Chief Financial Officer W. Randolph Baker told investors during a conference call.
"For 2008, our clear top priority is to accelerate our core product sales and profitability," Baker said.
The company also will tighten its belt to fight cost increases, Baker said. Rising grain and other commodity expenses are expected to raise the cost of making a barrel of beer by 3 percent to 3.5 percent during 2008. Meanwhile, revenue per barrel is expected to climb between 2.5 percent to 3 percent, he said.
The company is hoping to find savings by improving its supply chain and holding down administrative costs, he said.
For SuperBowl Sunday I want to invest in Buffalo Chicken Wings..........
I'm looking for a good home for a very large FLOCK of quadraplegic Fowls that I just happen to have on hand. Any Ideas ?????
DuffBeer,
I just took a look @ your SLO-2 Port.
There is nothing there - kinda like your Wino BeeryBrain. It says it's as of Dec 31, 1969.
What were you doing in 1969 ??
a 69'er in the Nam ????
You shot off your Helio-kah-POP-ter Chatter Gun & your Bio does not reflect your actaul experience with Stale Beer & Chi-Town [ style-]Drifts of Snirt ( snow mixed with dirt that builds up like the MT's in your Trash(y) Kan in the MidWest Winter of our DIScontent ).
Just what X-ACTly are you trying to PAWN off on the SLO-2 Newbies ---- Your Snapping Turtle of a Mother-in-Law ??????
It's StupidBowl SomeDay - where are those Bears ? In HiberNATION !! If you've got no beer in the fridge - fuhgeddaboudit. The NFL fans have already MT'd the shelves for GameDay, GameBoy.
It's the 7-P effect - Pee Poor Planning PROduces Pee Poor Performance. That's what you should be telling the SLO-2 Newbies.
DuffBeer,
Buying is EZ - the discipline comes with selling - OWNing up to to your MIS(s)TAKES and biting the BULLet & adMITting you were a MORON. It is hard to do, so many ride it DOWN hoping to SELL B-(w)reak EVEN if it EVER goes UP again.
The other PROblem is - in Armin Stuk's terms - when to tRIM the Sails ( or is it SALES ?? ).
KB is out on the Chesapeake bay now. He's 'fishing' for HorseShoe Crabs ( aka HELMET CRABS ). He's got this THEORY that you can take a Horshoe Carapace & glue Kitty Back-Side Fur on it ( aka Fuzzy Butt Bait ) and improve Vad's Hirsute Hair-Style by installing it on Vad's Chrome-Dome like some kind of FUNky Bi-Cycle SAFEty HELMet. I agree, butt I think you would still need Divine's "HairSPRAY", too.
Good LUCK, DuffBeer. It's about all you've got going 4 U - with the x-sept-shun of Vitamin U ( aka Mrs. DuffBeer ).
RoiRRawGnikIV --- ( that's the VikingWarrior AnaGRAM[negative] PALinDROM(or N)E only spelled BASS-ackWards ).
SLO-1 already knows where Goofy Duffy get his picks from - a Dart-throwing Monkey that passes herself off as Mrs. DuffBeer-in-Law.
The Question of the week for me is What's Australia's thinking is behind their NEW
Environmental 'PreTEXT" laws concerning Bulk Shipping of ORE out of Australia
for foreign PROcessing ????
Apparently, they are requiring CONTAINERS be used rather than Dry Bulks.
Take a Look @ the PDF dated Jan 30, 2008 ( 30-01-2008 ) that Lynas ( a Rare Earth Miner ) put out recently
& pay particular attention to ghe section titled " Production Model variations". http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20080130/pdf/3174zcryx7bbgp.pdf
The Aussies are obviously creating a situation in which "Pre-PROcessing" for OREs will ne done in Australia to reduce Bulk weight & Volume for shipping. This will cause more ( foreign ?? ) investment & jobs creation for the Aussie "Commodity" / Raw Material Economy.
What kind of ship or container is required for High-Density ConTainer SHIPPing ?
DuffBeer,
I just checked your SLO-2 Port & Ranking.
You are UP 2 from the BOTTOMM @ #613.
What is ON ---- Your MIND ??????
You have 2 ( exactly TWO ) SLO-2 KONtestANTS
B-LOW you. A Boat PERson from the land of Cordite & NaPALM & a guy who only buys stocks with a single letter SYMbol - Like C, D &/or F.
What are you GUNning ( & / OAR GUZZling ) 4 ???? BUCKshot ????
Nada ? OREZ spelled BASS-ackWARDS ?
That's too EZ. Not So ???
Any MORON could do that !!!!
Have I taught noThing ?
I instructed you on Two-handed Double-fisted beer QUAFFING & ALL about NOT taking anyTHING Seriously & how if it's not FUN to just Ignore it.
But THIS - it's TOTally Ridiculous.
RoiRRawGnikIV ( VikingWrrior spelled backwards )
PS : Y diddencha buy SWC or CENX or GBX or CNX
like I toll ya ? you are the ( Cirrosis of the Liver-)Wurst StewDENT that I nEVER Had !!!!!
OL. ok.
The DOG ( of the DOW ? ) ATE your Homework, but that was after you SPILLed Beer on it.
That was your Original Sin - wasting good Beer.
OK.ok. It was a Duff Beer so it was only a venial sin an NOT a Mortal Sin - but you were conributing to the Delinquency of an FTDog and you are SPCA guilty of animal abuse.
OK. ok. Let's leave Mrs DuffBeer and your Working@Home Work out of the discussion.
My Fault. Mea Culpa.
BUCK UP, duff.
Vad has moved on. Somebody has to 1) Volunteer
# 2) Buck for RANKing.
It's a tough & dirty JOB, but someBODY has to do it.
Might as well be you - this Time.
Duff - "There's no Success like FAILure, and FAILure's NO SUCCESS at all".
OK, Mr. Banker's Neice - here's your song :
If I'm not misTAKEn - te young smoking man in the Video is Donovan. In which case it was 1964 in London when Dylan did the Prince Albert Hall Concert & met the Stanes & the Beatles. Can't be sure - I got DuffBeer in & ON my Mind, now.
I see you added Thompson Creek ( TC ) to your SLO-2 Port. I remember when it IPO'd in Dec 2007 & the Chrome-Dome Boob-Tube Clown Rec'd
it - it POPped then DROPped as per usual. Jim Jubak wrote about it in his Feb 8, 2008 Column but although he liked it - he did say that he would add to his pasition " later in 2008 when the market settles down'.
I would like to add in my 2-cents worth.
TC is a PURE PLay on Molybdenum ( aka Moly ).
The Moly Market and Moly's price is strongly to Oil & Gass DRILLING as it is used in making drilling pipe, bits, etc. As Drilling goes - so goes Moly and so goes the price of TC stock. TC is Unknown & relatively illiquid & has single-stock risk - why not just invest in BIG Drillers like RIG or Big Oil Drilling Services like NOV ( National Oilwell Varco which is acquiring GRP [ Grant Prideco]to make a Boffo Combo ) whose price is currently depressed like TC which is 15% below it's $20 IPO @ $17. Not So ??
Here's a PDF file outlining Moly's dependence on the level of oil & gas drilling activity.
There is a PURE Play MOLY Fund that trades in Canada ( MLY : TSX ) and in the Pink Sheets in the USA as ( SMPCF : OTC Other )- The Sprott Molybdenum Participation Fund. It is also 20% below it's price IPO of $5 ( Canadian ) but it spreads risk by buying into Molybdenum Mining Co's ( mainly Canadian 'Junior' Mining issues ) and such. Kinda like a Moly Sector ETF, so to speak.
Sprott does not even let individual USA-types on it's Web-site - you have to say ( actually AGREE) that you are a Fiduciary or a Professional Money Manager or something to grt into the website. They do not release news to the USA either. There are differences in Canadian investment laws and U.S. laws. The main problem is the UNDERSTANDING of the risks involved in this kind of SPECULATIVE fund. It's the same sort of risk as buying TC 'naked'.
Here's some of MLY web-site INFO. NOTA BANE :
Company: Sprott Molybdenum Participation Corp.
Symbol: TSX: MLY
Address: #2700, 200 Bay Street, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J1
O/S Shares: Approx. 41,700,000
Phone: (416) 362-7172 / 1(888) 362-7172
Fax: (416) 362-4928
Email: invest@sprott.com
Contact: Eric S. Sprott, President
Business:
Sprott Molybdenum Participation Corp. is an investment holding company created to invest in molybdenum assets. The primary investment objective of the Corporation is to achieve capital appreciation by investing in securities of private and public companies that explore for, mine and/or process molybdenum and by investing in, holding, selling and otherwise transacting in all commercial forms of molybdenum. It is not an investment strategy of the Corporation to actively speculate with regards to short-term changes in molybdenum prices. The Corporation's investment mandate will provide investors with several benefits. It will provide investors with the opportunity to invest in commercial forms of molybdenum, which is currently unavailable through an exchange. In addition, it will provide investors with a diversified portfolio of securities of private and public companies that explore for, mine and/or process molybdenum.
Moly is used as an alloy with carbon steel ( Carbon - 1/2[%] Moly ) in Europe as an intermediate temperature/pressure pipe alloy.
U.S. practice jumps from Carbon steel to 1 & 1/4 [%] Chrome and 'skips the Euro intermediate 1/2 Moly.
Moly is used in hard-wear Stellite alloys ( Cobalt-Chrome ) + Moly in valves and cutting tool wear-edges. Stellite 21 Co-Cr-Moly is a BioAlloy used in Implants and for Osteo ( Bone Bolts ) surgery, etc. These are MINOR uses for Moly as compared to Drill PIPE & other Drilling Equipment.
I would like to ( ever so slightly ) revise & extend your ReMARKS by way of a few Terminology Concepts.
" A large % of Stocks sold short " is ambiguous. It would be BETter to say 'a large perCENT of the 'FLOAT' sold short. I define 'Float' in this sense to mean stock held in "active" Traders' hands - not the Total float of issued shares. The Squeeze actuaaly happens by having to raise prices high enough to cause Long-Term holders & other "STRONG-HAND" players into delivering needed stock to the Market.
The BEsT measure of my FLOAT as defined here is the Number of Trading days to Cover - which is the Number of Shorted Stocks divided by the Average Daily Trading Volume. If this Value is more than say 5 Days - A wave of Margin Calls will cause the Stock to ROCKET as the Price must be adjusted to attract SELLERS 'out-of-the-WoodWork', so to speak.
Another FACTOR is Dividends - a Short Seller must also "Re-Imburse" the Lending Broker for the actual Dividends paid - this is an additional cost of Short Selling not associated with, say, PUT buying. So an Ex-Dividend date coming up may help to motivate or trigger some lessening of shorting activity.
The Other Factor is the Boker Call Rate - the amount of Interest the Lending Broker charges you on the Notional Initial Value of the stock borrowed - which the Broker pockets - not the person for whom the Broker holds the stock in "Street Name". During times of Low Interest rates and Rumours of or an actual Bad Economy, Short Selling gets Totally out of hand.
The Federal Reserve can ( but HAS NOT done so since the 1930's ) re-set the Margin Cover Rate to reign-in RAMPANT Speculation. THe Cover is 50% now - for $1 you can get $2 to Short. If this rate is raised, Margin Calls would have to go out. When a Shorted stock rises to the extent that the Cash Cover "Equity" is totally eroded away - the Broker must Call the Short Seller to put up more Cash or be Sold Out of the Position. It is these Broker Calls that "initiate" massive 'Short Squeezes" as the a short stock Loan MUST be paid back in stock - to replace the stock borrowed - there is NO cash settlement. That would leave the Broker to acquire the stock back on his own Nickle to replace his Customers' stock.
As for "the ugly, the disowned, the beaten up " etc. I've heard THAT one before. It was DuffBeer's description of his Mother-In-Law, the Snapping Turtle Crocodile Beast from the Swamp. If you go after THAT, you will get what you deserve as well as what you should expect.
In my RealMoney Port I, too, buy Mis-Understood and POORly treated stocks that I like for PROspective reasons - I can SEE that they have a GOOD FUTURE after a SPOT of Bother mostly related to economic factors unASSociated with the Operation of the Company itself. A simple classic example is the idea of a Cyclical stock - Feast & Famine. Good Cyclicals put away for the Bad times and Survive to prosper in the Good Times ( Ain't we gottem ? - GOOD TIMES ). The BEst will actually Buy-Out their weaker cousins in hard times and come out bigger and better for the experience. You MUST , however, KNOW the Industry, Sector & Stock VERY well - it's not a NUMBERS Game - like % off the 52 week high type-of-thing.
The Main Point is that the MARKET is NOT as EFFICIENT as AdVERTised. Much advantage can be had by going LONG on a Mis-Priced Stock. Not So , Bro ????
Catch my DRIFT here? Hear Me - Mr. AUDIO de-FILER ????
RoiRRawGnikIV ( Viking Warrior back-wards )
PS : A lot of Shorting is done as ARBITRAGE as well - short the Acquirer and Long the Take-Over in hopes of a Bidding War or another Higher price offer to seal the Deal as an example. . Arbitrage is not necessarily based on any over-riding negative opinion about a company's future.
Bully ( 4 U ), Mistress of Ursus
& a Young & RestLess Ursala AnDRESS look-alike ( in that Poster foto - on a Beach with a Troglodyte CaveWoman Fur Bikini on ).
I, too , am a Major Kingston Trio Fan. Their 1st Political song was written for a Boston Election Campaign and concerned the rising Rates for riding the Subway MetroTransitAuthority - The MTA.
Where Have ALL the Flowers Gone ????
They Call the Wind Mariah.
How about PEACE - The Merry Minuet was teir answer to How the World Turns.
DuffBeer's answer - " Scotch & Soda " /[ jigger of Gin ] & " Three Jolley CoachMen " & " RaspBerries StrawBerries " [ the good wine we BREW (???) ].
As for me - I'm NOT a "Worried man " - I don't care for a "GreenBack Dollar ". so, "
Honey are You Mad @ Your Man ", or WHAT ?!?!?!
The FUTURE is only Limited by our Imagination.
Every Day I seek to Chasnge the Future - for the better. I think we focus too much on technological widgets & Gadgets & too little on the Emotional, Cultural & Spiritual Dimensions of simply being Human and Alive.
Find Happiness and the Future will take care of itself.
Only two things are in continuous, constant demand and really SELL - SEX & the Sacred.
As for the present practicalities - I like Transportation ( RailRoads & Ships ), Materials
& Mining, and Agriculture ( we all gotta eat. Not So ?? ). My most 8 most favorite stocks are CMP, AWC, GMT, NSC, CENX, MEOH,MXWL & NTRZ. I Blogged on each of them in SLO-1 ( when I was actually Competeing, more or Less ).
PS : Toro&BruinSTER, please Dance with me to "Our Song" - The Merry Minuet - written in 1958 during the COLD WAR by Sheldon Harnick ... DLF http://youtube.com/watch?v=qhaDtSBmIrI
Tom,
Let's CUT to the Chase - after the last Accounting DeBacle the Big 8 Accounting firms were Reduced to the Big 5 & Counting DOWN - Not So ???
Congress actually passed a LAW fondly known as the " Accountants Non-Accountability ACT - holdig the Acct'g PROfession to a lower standard as pertains to their 'Accepting' what Management 'Tells' them and 'Signing' off on THAT 'stuff as opposed to 'TESTing" the Claims in a Fiduciary 'Legally' Accountable way( to the ShareHolders who 'elect' these 'Independent'
& supposedly 'non-biased' PROfressionals, even though the PROXY gives them only the Managements' CHOICE ).
The same goes for the Bond-raters ( - Fitch, S&P, Moody's,etc ) - the Companies PAY them to RATE their Bonds - when their Periodic report comes out - it is in Loose-leaf form - the REAL-DEAL is published to be INSERTED later - the Companies in QUESTION PAY them to 'Re-Study'& 'Re-Think' their down Rating Analyses until AFTER the HORSE runs out of the Burning Barn.
The Bankers' say , " A problem deferred is a problem SOLVED ". Not So ?????
TELL me That this is NOT SO .... I've seen such CRAP many times. I am 58 years OLD & 'Play' the Market for a LIVING - for Over 20 Years now. I've seen THIS movie before. I saw it coming & Blogged about it in SLO-1. to NO avail. People actually believe the Fed or Congress can wave a Magic Wand & make it all better. If that were so - all governments could do so and there would be NO Starvation & Misery in the world.
The BIG problem now is MUNICIPAL debt - they borrowed against a " Golden Age FUTURE " & now the Real Estate Market has Collapsed along with the ever Increasing PROPERTY TAX assessments that FUNded absolutely reckless Profligacy in current spending & BORROWINGS
backed by "INSURANCE". MBIA has almost become extinct before - want to see my LOSSES from the days when I fell SUCKER to the HAND- (-waving) JIVE??? Once again the FED & Fed'l Gov't must step in to bail out the Banker's with LOWER rates for the Conservative SAVERS & near HYPER-Inflation & DE-Valuation of the U.S. Dollar. To benefit whom ? - Idiot greedy Bankers & BAD business decisions & LIES ( my Teacher Told me ). It is absolute THEFT from the INNOCENT & UnAware & UnSophISticated.
As the Temple Priests told Judas Iscariot - " See to yourself". Bob Dylan said it best - Don't follow Leaders - watch those Parking Meters".
Unka John,
Let your Winners RIDE,
and DUMP your Losers only if the FACTS change.
Don't respond to that 1D10T - Mr. Market.
He just tries to wear you down & scare You OUT.
There's no sense in Holding Cash in a ConTest -
The Portfolio Fees eat up the Low interest
paid for the cash.
You have attracted the attention of some of the BEST SLO-1 Players. Keep UP the Good Blogging.
The worst thing that the Newbies do is Style-Drift. Plan your Work & work YOUR Plan.
The SLO plays against the BOX - the Market in general - NOT against each other.
In essence - SET your PICK - whatever your style - Growth, Value, Income, Sector Funds,
ETF's, whatever. You are judged & respected by how you oerform in YOUR chosen Arena - not in Absolute Terms -
You gotta be OLD like me -- a Neil Sedaka Fan -
Isn't he a Jersey Boy ???
Comma, Comma, do, dooby, do -wah Down.
Breaking UP is Hard to DO.
Here's your SONG :
Neil Sedaka - Breaking UP IS Hard to DO
Becky,
So, you have discovered Sasol -
I was in Secunda for the Sasol II start-up.
An identical Refinery Complex - Sasol III was being built contiguously and we used to Midnight Requisition ( aka Steal) parts from them.
They use the Synthol Process using Syn Gas
( Carbon Monoxide ( CO ) & Hydrogen ( H2 )
made from partial combustion of Coal, which produces CO. This was a technological advancement over the old German Fischer-Tropsch process which the Nazi War machine
used to fuel their war effort after losing Romania - which had ( & has ) Oil-fields on land & in the Black Sea ( Romania was the first place where off-shore drilling platforms were used ).
The Synthol "Crude" contains oxygenates and olefins. I worked on the unit that hydro-treated the "naptha" fraction to saturate the olefins & hydrotreat the Oxygenates to prepare the feedstock for the CCR-Platformer. which produces High-Octane Gasoline ( I also was on the UOP Technical Advisor team that "ran" the Platformer --- see my BIO ).
The Hydrotreater Technology developed for Synthol "Crude" is being marketed TODAY to convert Tri-Glycerides that contain Oxygen & are olefinic and are often called Vegetable OIL & animal Fat into Bio-Diesel Fuel that has an extremely high Cetane Index ( the Diesel analog to Octane Rating ).
My Point -- The U.S.A. could be "energy-independent" in less than 5 years simply by using the Coal we have in abundance and license Sasol Synthol Technology and the UOP ( Des Plaines, IL ) technology to further process Synthol into useful fuels & chemicals.
Why NOT ??? the lack of Political will-- that's why not. Coal is evil - according to Al Gore and the Enviro-wackos & there is a a lot of Lobby Flack by the entrenched Oil interests whose OXEN would be GOREd. That's why....
At $100 a barrel for Crude Oil, ANY THING is possible, ECONOMICALLY.
It's a total lack of imagination and lack of political wiil that makes the USA the loser in the Energy Game. Enviro-Freako's are given Center Stage because it provides "COVER" for
deeply entrenched INTERESTS.
The Non-Commercial Pay Radio Business Model is for Good Times when the Money & the Living is Easy. It is a non-essential Luxury. The Gas Money comes First. Not So ??
My answer to Sirius is this --- I buy & BURN my own CD's. I keep the originals @ home and the copies in the CAR. I get to listen to my choice of music in a program "MIX" that I pre-determine. If I scratch a Copy or Warp it in the Hot Sun of a summer's day -- NO big deal. Replacement costs are far LESS than a subscription FEE.
Besides, I can always fall back on AM/FM over the FREE airwaves.
Sirius is in SERIOUS trouble vis a vis me.
RoiRRawGnIkIV ( fka ( formerly known as ) VikingWarrior )
PS : I get all the NEWS I need on the WEATHER Report - Bob Dylan
The Conspicuous Consumption Status-Seeking FAD is OVER, Vance Packard ( who wrote a book titled "The Status Seekers" ).
Check your "Package" before you fail the "Short Arm " inspection.
Smoke 'em if you Caught 'em ( Shad that is -- Have you ever been to a Shad "Planking" - you fill a Shad with Horse D'Overs and then NAIL it to a Plank & put it over an open fire -- when "done", son, you toss the Shad & eat the Baked Hors D'oervres. Not So ?? )
What you have to look for is " Motivated" Buyers. Here's two examples :
Sovereign Funds - Oil Money OPEC types trying to get out of Bonds & Financials & buying STUFF & PROductive STUFF while the Dollar self-destructs & America is on a 10 cents on the ( notional ) dallar SALE.
The PBGC , which is seeing a MOUNTAIN of claims from Bankrupt Business Enterprises & Under-Funded Retirement plans, whose financial condition worsens as the Market declines and as HealthCare costs increase & legally contracted Infaltion-adjusted Cost-of-Living increases dig into current expenditures.... LYING about INFLATION has been the "WAY OUT", so far
The PBGC ( a GSE - Government Sponsored Entity ) announced last week that 45% of their
Capital "Reserves" would be put in the market
( S&P 500 ) in a vain hope of remaining Solvent. They declined to reduce Benefits paid orto RAISE Premiums to be paid by the Corporate Retirement Funds that they "Insure". It's a "Hail Mary" Pass - If it doesn't work it's over but it's worth a "SHOT".
Coigress will probably allow another None-sense "fiduciary rate of return estimate" so that CA ( Corporate America ) can avoid being Legally responsible for contributing Cash to "make-Whole" their Under-Funded ' Vested' Retirement Plans.Where is THAT going to cme from - StockHolders Equity & Piles of new debt.
After the 2001 Dot Bomb fiasco, General Motors borrowed $7 Billion ( or was it $17 Billion )
to put into their Under-Water Employee Benerit Plans. NOT a DIME went to Investment in PROductive Plant & Equipment or for Design & Development for the FUTURE. I've SEEN this Movie before
As it stands ( with a $9.5 TRILLION Federal Debt 'Ceiling', States' Budgets in serious Deficit & Local Municipalities UP to their eye-balls in debt for Cockamamie Road-Side Attractions and other " Economic Development 'SCHEMES' " - mostly Land deals and concrete pours ) , the Stock Market is our One-Note-Johnny source of SALVATION.
The PAPER Tiger FED & all the USUAL Suspects will move Heaven & Earth to PROP up this market. Especially in an Election year.
The question is :
How do I PROsper in this Environment ??
As I have oft REpeated," Money has a way of finding it's WAY back to it's RIGHTful OWNers".
In the end, though, Money is just a medium of exchange -- it's WEALTH that COUNTS !! Not So ?
RoiRRawGnIkIV
fka ( formerly known as ) VikingWarrior
PS
I COMPETE NO SLO MO' - but my SLO-2 non-Competitive Results are :
February 29, 2008 funds report for Don Lee Ferk (VikingWarrior)
DFSLF
* Name: Don Ferk Strat Lab Open Fund
* Net Asset Value (NAV): $10.83
* Compliant: Yes
* This past week
+ Return: 1.09%
+ Did you beat the:
o S&P 500 (return of -1.66%): YES
o NASDAQ (return of -1.38%): YES
o Dow Jones (return of -0.93%): YES
* Trailing 30 days
+ Return: 7.72%
+ Did you beat the:
o S&P 500 (return of -1.86%): YES
o NASDAQ (return of -3.30%): YES
o Dow Jones (return of -1.42%): YES
Is handi51 one CARD short of a FULL Deck ?
I'm a Card --- the 53rd CARD - the Joker.
I'm a Joker, a toker, a midnight SMOKERE - I get my Loving on the 'RUN', Steve Miller.
Handy-Man - you 'date' yourselve ( but at least
you are 'dating' within your own species).
I can't find ANY handi51 in the SLO-2 Blog Directory.
Actually, I'm NOT dyslexic but I am an Active Autistic High-Functioning Asperger - A self-confessed Robert Heinlein " Stranger in a STRANGE Land ".
Maybe I waw thinking about a Mid-70's Jazz Group called Weather Report - Joe Zaninul, Wayne SHORTer & the FAB BASSist Jaco Pastonus -
They didn't have ANY words --
They did do some " Tale Spinnin' " in the " Black Market " and they had a " ForeCast : Tomorrrow " for " Heavy Weather ".
Check it out -
I do have a FLAIR ( & Flare ) for AnaGrams & Pallindromes -- sometimes CONfuZed with Dyslexia ( or was that DISS - Lexicon - Ya? )
Is your 1st name Mark, which is from the Latin meaning WARlike ?
Don Lee Ferk ( aka RoiRRawGnIkIV fka [ formerly known as ] VikingWarrior )
PS : Just "Hackin' On Ya. No harm meant - no offense taken. OKAY !!
I was the SLO-1 [UnOFFicial] "Wild Man" & got the "MISS" Congeniality CONsoLATion ( BOOBY ) Prize.
All of the Above is just me being Me.
It's a TUFF & Lousy JOB, but SomeBuddy's gotta DO IT.
S&G 'STOLE' the line from Dylan who was referring to the Militant Arm of the Students for a Democratic Society ( aka SDS ) who went around BOMBing stuff. Maybe they are Ba-a-a-ack - attacking the Marquette O'StoQUES.
Maybe I should SELL SDS short - an fuhgeddabowt SIRI ........
Fleck underSCORED the Market's notion that Insured Bonds automatically 'GET' the Rating
assigned to the Bond's Insurer - irRegardless of the underLying credit qualityy of the Issuing Entity.
DownGrades of Insurers are to be avoided at ALL costs --- They De-stabilize the Market
& lead to a lot of PAIN for the erstwhile "INNOCENTS". Not. So ?
It's kind of like the "NOTion" of 'Too BIG to FAIL'.
I like Bill's 1st 2 paraGRAPHS :
Over the last couple of weeks, the stock-market action has been remarkable. The bulls have enjoyed a nice rally.
It was precipitated by the anticipation that the monoline insurers would be bailed out. Then anticipation turned into reality:
The bailout was nothing more than an agreement by the ratings agencies to pretend that the monolines were still worthy
of AAA ratings.
Parenthetically, I would just note that the rating agencies continue to be a farce. How could MBIA (MBI, news, msgs) --
which recently had to pay 14% to borrow money, and whose debt still yields over 13.5% -- ever possibly be considered AAA?
If the ratings agencies are to have one shred of credibility again, ever, they might as well start now.
But of course, just like every other aspect of the sanity that some of us might like to see break out,
it seems to be politically unacceptable for anyone in a position of real responsibility to act like an honest adult.
I also liked Fleck's pointing out the long-standing 800-Pound Gorilla in the room.
"MANAGED CAPITALISM", which is neither Fish nor Fowl.
Capitalists pray for socialism
.In any case, the determination to suppress the destructive downside of capitalism and ensure permanent prosperity is a terrible idea that will not work.
Permanent prosperity, after all, is what socialism was supposed to be about, and we've all learned that theory doesn't work.
I continue to find it a sad irony that Wall Street -- the alleged bastion of capitalism -- would cling so dearly to the hope of socialism.
That's exactly what the Fed is all about. Its central planners think they can pick the right interest rate with which to run the world,
even as the evidence indicates that their efforts over the last 20 years have produced two epic bubbles.
This story would strike any sane person as the stuff of nightmare. Sadly, it's our waking reality.
Benjamin Franklin said it best, " if you barter "SECURITY" for FREEdom - You will have neither".
( maybe that's a slight MisQuote - I'm DysLexic now - or haven't you Heard ? )
Rebecca,
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You're not OLD or even getting Older - like a fine wine you are getting BETTER.
Congratulations on being SLO #2's #1.
The Wizard of OZ was about the USA going OFF the Gold Standard. In the book, Dorothy wore SILVER slippers, NOT the RUBY one's worn by Judy Garland. The Yellow Brick Road is a transparently obvious metaphor for Gold being the way home ( No GOLD Standard - you're NOT in Kansas anymore). You cannot "print" Gold like you can print [Wall]Paper Money with no wall of substance to back it..
The U.S. House of Representatives is Constitutionally charged with MINTING ( not PRINTING ) money and maintaining it's VALUE (i.e. not allowing de-basement like those quarters we now have that are laminates of copper not Silver -- same for the Liberty Dollars & Mercury Dimes -- they were MINTED with Pure SILVER ).
The "Yankee" dollar is defined BY LAW and the Rule of Law to be Exchangeable for a defined amount of Silver or Gold. The Federal Reserve Banknotes are NOT Legal Currency and are NOT exchangeable for anything. They are not even NOTES, since they were not issued with a maturity date & at an accruing Interest Rate. They are open-ended DEBT with NO expiration date or NO legally binding ( "Bondage" ) contractual obligations ( with no " promises" [ as in Promissary Notes ] as well -- they only say " Good for all payments Public & Private -- What does that mean ? ) & no "Collateral" behind them. Magic, huh !! Until Toto the DOG whose name in Latin means "everything" ( - I WANT it All -- as the Witchy woman said in the movie when she kidnapped the dog ) pulls back the Curtain to reveal a Scared, sorry & Lonely man who wants to escape back to 'Kansas',too ( Using a HOT AIR Balloon --- WOW !-- what a Concept !!!!).
If they re-make the Movie - Uncle Benny B. should be the Wizard --- the American People can be the residents of the Money-Green Emerald City.
I sincerely hope that there will be a Happy Ending this time, too.
Don
Song O'da Day
Brother Can You Spare A ( Silver ? ) Dime
The Tom Waits version ( Bing Crosby did it during the 1930's DEPRESSION ). http://youtube.com/watch?v=CVE72Ae82Tw
Can IT happen here ? -- it HAS happened before
-- about 75 years ago after the Roaring Twenties & it's Speculative Excesses.
I've seen this MOVIE before.
What's NEW ?
Becky,
Thanks for the TIP of your BONnet to the
Viking Warrior SLO-1 "Wild Man".
Much Obliged, Ma'am.
I studied Chemistry & Math & Engineering in College. This knowledge helps me to sort out the Good, the Bad & the Ugly in fields other than, say,
Finance & Electronics / Computers.
Different strokes for different folks. Go with what you Know & Understand. Not So ?
You GO, Girl !!!!
The Main Point is that if you learn from the mistakes and successes of others, you can avoid
some of the PITfalls in the School of Hard Knocks.
This is, after all, the purpose of Education & the Value of Practice & Experience. HomeWork IS required !!!
In SLO-1 I tried to TEACH in the "Warrior Way" which is to teach HOW to think NOT WHAT to think.
Your kind recognition of my ( mostly feeble ) efforts has made it all worthwhile.
We can only hope that a portion of our wisdom, freely given & shared, will fall to good purpose to others, no matter how few.
Don Lee Ferk ( fka ( formerly known as ) VikingWarrior -- SLO[-1]Port " RuthlessIntent "
PS : Lady, I'd "EMBRACE" you in any Area you would care to name.
How was Nashville ??
Yhe only Country Song I know is :
"If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body, Would You HOLD It Against Me "
Engineers are "Known" MCP's - Bad Habits Die Hard.
LED Zepplins NEVER, EVER actually FLEW, but they did Rock 'N Roll.
A better anaology would be the Hindenburg ( whose tail did read LZ }. IT went DOWN in FLAMES.
A Crash 'n Burn !!!
The radio announcer who witnessed this event said, " The Humanity. The Humanity !!!"
Notwithstanding my " revise & extend ' comments above,
you are Spot ON.
The reason for the rapid spread of the FIRE was found to be that the Skin of the Zepplin
was coated with a flammable "Doping" compound to make it more impermeable to Hydrogen loss.
Straight Dope - Any Dope that plays with these "High-Flyers" is going to get BURNED.
It will be a HOT LZ ( Landing Zone ), too.
RED Smoke; Red INK.
Don Ferk ( aka RoiRRawGnIkIV )
PS :
LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German zeppelin. Along with its sister-ship LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II, it was the largest rigid aircraft ever built. During its second year of service, it went up in flames and was destroyed while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, U.S., on 6 May 1937. Thirty-six people died in the accident, which was widely reported by film, photography and radio media.
The Hindenburg was named after Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), the President of Germany (1925-1934).
The only thing that I know about Common Sense is this :
It's NOT COMMON !!!
I think that we should try to Intrigue Becky into running a second portfolio -- ALL
Bonds !!!
She could call it Liquid Paper --
Of course, this could lead to CHARGES -
for CopyRight & TradeMark InFRINGEment.
Not So ??
Also, she would find herself in head-to-head
competition with DuffBeer --- for the Dead-Last Bottom Position.
It's easier to take a Large Fortune & make a small one out of than to do the OpPoSite. Not So ?? Well then, why has it never been tried before ? If you fail & don't lose money you end up RICH. Nice work if you can get it.
Don
PS :
If they ever re-make OZ, i'd like to try out for a part in the film, but I can't decide what I would like to be --- A Munchkin or a Flying Monkey.
You are "Corect, Sir" - as Ed McMahon was known to say to Johnny Carson.
The World never has had a shortage of people who cannot afford food to eat, however.
When the U.S. went Eco-Stupid about making Bio-ethanol for gasoline from corn - the global price of corn rocketed by a factor of about 3.
Hungry people on subsistence diets Rioted on the streets of Mexico City. The Mexican government ( in the face of being de-stabilized and with the prospect for more civil Unrest ) agreed to subsidize corn products used to make such staples as Tortillas and corn flower. There will soon be ( Oh, HORRORS !) a shortage of Tequila as the Mexican farmers tore out their Aguave Cactus
fields to plant CORN, as the economics was "warped" by the "Ugly American" feel-good domestic policies.
We import plastic crap from China for Wal-Mart and export MISERY.
Here's a little known fact - two years ago the value of U.S. food Imports ( fruits & vegetables from South America & other places, etc ) Exceeded the value of U.S Exports of foodstuffs mainly because "unprocessed " Grains have no "Value-added' component and because of the Mad-Cow / bird flu / etc scare. By the food trade deficit numbers - America can not ( on - balance ) even feed itself. France grows more wheat. China grows more corn.
Food shortages are never due to lack of food - it's about economics & distribution ( transportation, the ability to refrigerate & store, etc ) and the BIG One - WAR and Civil
DisOrder.
The fertilizer stocks have run up to an insupprtable level --- these "Running-out-of-food " rumours are sucker-bait for throwing good money after bad in further speculation of more of the same. Why, for instance, would you put fertilizer on a field in the MidWest which is suffering drought due to EL Nina, as is predicted for this year ( after 7 years of FAT with no major crop failures which is unprecedented in modern history ) ?????
MY agriculyure-related favorites - LNDC, FDP,NTRZ,TSN,ANDE,HRL,AG, YARAYY & a few others that I can't recall in the 'white heat' of pecking out this comment. Also - CAT - did you know that CAT markets a Combine with a 150 foot swath - the largest & most productive in the WORLD.
Don L. Ferk ( fka - RoiRRawGnIkIV )
PS :
I have relatives who own a farm near Fargo, N.D. -- mailing address --- WHEATland. Thay have complained for years that the farmer only gets a few pennies out of the price of a loaf of bread. The rest goes to transportation, processing, baking, distribution, middlemen and Grocery retailers.
Question of the DAY --- who makes the most money in the " FOOD CHAIN " and would that not be the place to invset. AG INPUTS, Farmland, down-stream " Value-ADDERS ". Pick ONE - go with it. Kellogg's, Archer-Daniels Midland, Tasty-Cake Bakery, Wonder Bread, Food Lion & Kroger.
The list is endless - because it is such a large part of any economy.
Man can not live by bread alone - he must have peanut butter ( and Oreo Cookies ).
Unka John,
U 'R a Poet & don't know it.
But your FEET show it --
They're LONG fellows.
If your OutGo exceeds your INcome,
Your UPkeep wil be your DOWNfall.
Keep your POWdER DRY !!
Spring has spRUNG - set your clocks Foreward.
It's ALL about the future. Not So?
As the dying CRAPs player said, " It's the COME that counts for now, but the POINTS come later ".
The Market is a short-term Voting MO'-chine & a long-term WEIGHing Machine. Not So ????
Don Lee Ferk
( fka VikingWarrior / aka RoiRRawGnIkIV )
Jeronimo ( whose name comes from Jerome which in Latin means " Holy Name " as does it's Italian derivative Geronomo, but both come from the Greek Root Heironymos )
Jerry - Don't JUMP out of PERfectly airplanes !!!
Or CONtempLATE suicide like Samuel Beckett's two Kay-Racters Estrogan & Vladimis as they Wait for a Guy named GOdot.
Owning stock does create existential ANGST. Not So ? It's the waiting that's MetaPhysically
LONEly.
As for as the PMG's ( Platinum Metal Group )
how about Aquarius Platinum ( I forget their SIGN - but the Code is AQPTY for the Sponsored ADR's and AQPMF for the Ordinairies which trade in the Pink Sheets. They are an Australian Co. with a mines in South Africa ( AQP : ASX ).
They just settled labor strife in South Africa and are back in production. The INFO is on the Austalian STock Exchange INFO site for AQP.
Also,
How about the only U.S. Pt/Pd producer Stilwater ( SWC : NYSE ) which is controlled by the Russian Norilsk - one of the largest producers opf Pt/Pd in the world [ as a by-product if Nickle mimning ]. They just did a Convertible Bond Issue to raise cash for new exploration & mine productivity investment.and it has knocked the stock price for a LOOP.
SWC, like most PMG producers, have sold foreward and often do not benefit from PRICE Spikes.
There is also the deal that was cut with auto-makers to CAP prices under long-term contract to prevent the Pd / Pt Bait & Switch to the cheaper alternative & which has stabilized the market. This contract ends soon and the Re-Negotiation could be a BOON for a BOOM. The world is more demanding about auto-emissions now - especially Europe ( which is almost Anal Retentive about it ) and now China - which can't even breathe in Beijing anymore.
Jeronimo ( whose name comes from Jerome which in Latin means " Holy Name " as does it's Italian derivative Geronomo, but both come from the Greek Root Heironymos )
Jerry - Don't JUMP out of PERfectly airplanes !!!
Or CONtempLATE suicide like Samuel Beckett's two Kay-Racters Estrogan & Vladimis as they Wait for a Guy named GOdot.
Owning stock does create existential ANGST. Not So ? It's the waiting that's MetaPhysically
LONEly.
As for as the PMG's ( Platinum Metal Group )
how about Aquarius Platinum ( I forget their SIGN - but the Code is AQPTY for the Sponsored ADR's and AQPMF for the Ordinairies which trade in the Pink Sheets. They are an Australian Co. with a mines in South Africa ( AQP : ASX ).
They just settled labor strife in South Africa and are back in production. The INFO is on the Austalian STock Exchange INFO site for AQP.
Also,
How about the only U.S. Pt/Pd producer Stilwater ( SWC : NYSE ) which is controlled by the Russian Norilsk - one of the largest producers opf Pt/Pd in the world [ as a by-product if Nickle mimning ]. They just did a Convertible Bond Issue to raise cash for new exploration & mine productivity investment.and it has knocked the stock price for a LOOP.
SWC, like most PMG producers, have sold foreward and often do not benefit from PRICE Spikes.
There is also the deal that was cut with auto-makers to CAP prices under long-term contract to prevent the Pd / Pt Bait & Switch to the cheaper alternative & which has stabilized the market. This contract ends soon and the Re-Negotiation could be a BOON for a BOOM. The world is more demanding about auto-emissions now - especially Europe ( which is almost Anal Retentive about it ) and now China - which can't even breathe in Beijing anymore.
eileen,
Your Portrait photograph bears a striking resemblance to Kevin Shay, who's Blog I just read. A 'Family Resemblance', perhaps?
K'eb has a Portfolio with NO Assets - double aught buck-shot Zero listings of ANY kind, not even Kash. As Alice said," It's getting Queerer and Queerer" around the SLO Kontest.
VikingWarrior
Posted by don ferk | November 3, 2007 12:09 PM
Dear Bull n' Bear
Don't be confused - find the balance in the middle - find your center, then Grin n' Bear it. Bullish & Ursine Ursa.
As for shipping - it gets slow in the wintertime - the ports freeze up for one, bad storms sink ships, ice forming on decks rolls ships over or simply weighs them down. That's in the Northern Hemisphere though. In the South, it's almost spring and summer is next with cruise ships loaded freezing folks from the North. Look at Carnival CCL - people are cargo, too after all. Also, look at those shipping outfits that have "ice-class" ships. These can operate in the North Sea & Baltic Sea even when there's pack ice or sheet ice. No Competition, High Pay. Take a look at the Baltic Freight Rate Index - it seasonally goes up in late fall / winter. The earlier the winter or colder or more stormier, the more it goes up. I recently did a Blog on Trannies & Shipping - I recommended TNP (Tsakos Navigation) BECAUSE it has moved to acquiring more Ice=Class ships for it's fleet. They 'smell' opportunity there, so do I.
I don't remember what I titled THAT particular BLOG, but it was High-Concept - so much so that most don't notice too much -
--------------------------VikingWarrior
------------------------#266 as of Sunday
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From: ToroAndBruin
Thanks for the info. on "ice class". I'll look into it. I was wondering about the problems of freezing while reading the recent forum message about the Hamburger Hafen going public.
Posted by don ferk | November 5, 2007 1:36 AM
Port Charlie,
Me again. My write-up about TNP is in my October Archives, published Oct 12,2007. Tactical Lesson #2 - Seasonal Factors - talking about companies & stocks that do well
in Winter.
I live in SE VA - which is near Cape Charles - geographically. Any relation to Port Charles? Don L. Ferk (aka Viking Warrior) Hampton,VA
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From ToroAndBruin
Port Charles is the name of a soap opera (and I view the stock market as a soap opera, hence all the titles of soaps plus variations thereon). The creators of the TV series may have been thinking of Cape Charles. I don't know since I never saw the show.
Posted by don ferk | November 5, 2007 2:18 AM
astuk,
---Gold has been de-monetized & de-linked from our 'fiat' money. As a commodity it trades at prices dictated by suuply & demand and/or Fear&Greed.
---I've been moving into silver & Platinum/Palladium ( also Uranium ). These metals have utilitarian industrial or electronic uses so they do have an intrinsic value. The production of silver has been less than demand for years; the difference comes from "Recycle Scrap". The problem has been that as silver prices rise silverware and actual silver coins come out of the woodwork for melting. The question is : How much more 'scrap' silver can there be out there? Warren Buffett made a huge silver buy a year or so ago. For silver, I like Hecla ( HL ) and PanAmerican (PAAS). I believe Fleckenstein is on the board of directors of PAAS - so he's a believer. Hope This Helps. Don L. Ferk
-----------------------------VikingWarrior
Posted by don ferk | November 7, 2007 11:45 AM
Ahknaten,
Good Show! Well Done. Your the King Tut of this Contest - a "Ra" of light in this Anne McCaffery "Left Hand Side of Darkness" Universe.
THIS One's between You & Me and the Deep Apple Blue Sea----
___I remember the Halcyon days of Apple - Steve "The Woz" Wozniak ( who invented the Operating System (OS) and called it OmniMon),The Apple II, the memory that ran so hot you had to get an electronic "refrigeration' device to cool it down to prevent self-destruction.
___The Nerds at Apple got so rich that they lost sight of "The Dream". Woz quit, So did Jobs. What happened was ugly. With new-found wealth Management & Staff started to engage in Bizarre Bad Behavior - They started having 'Office Romances' - sleeping with Co-workers. Jealousies and Organizational Dynamics ( aka Office Politics ) and hatreds from broken-off love affairs and back-stabbing revenge from when your love interest's next love interest set in. Apple self-destructed. Jobs ccame back as the White Knight to restore Moral order and Work Ethic. It worked. See the results. Apple's "Beatle" Rainbow Apple logo is now a Blue,blue Apple. This may be emblematic of an new 'recidivism' at Apple,Inc. Where is the Wizard of Woz,now, I ask.
--- Europe isn't "buying the latest 'gadget' gizmo thing. The 'roaming' charges are scandalous. Competition is a Hell-hound nipping an inch from their on-the-run Buttocks.
---In your analysis you talk about R&D expenses. In High-Tech these capitalized costs are not always recovered by the product, which rapidly becomes obsolete. They are held on the Books as R&D 'Assets' but are really non-cash write-off liabilities for the Future. They killed Cray research, crippled Sin MicroSystems, etc. etc. Maybe you should consider the Time-Bombs in some of these Big Mo plays, like Apple, There is also the "coupon" problem, Microsoft, incuurred Billions in liabilitie to get the Windows XP out the door by Christmas - putting out a flawed version and guaranteeing "replacements" or low-cost upgrades when the next-best-thing came out. Problems DELAYED are NOT problems SOLVED -- that is VW's Time-Bomb Theory for Bankers & Hackers & Slackers.
----Hope this helps - maybe I'm just "enabling" you with re-inforcement. Take it or Leave it, I say. With Respect, Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior ) SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent.
Posted by don ferk | November 8, 2007 9:53 AM
Male Cow Huggy Bear,
Hamburg Hafen is going Public ??? as in " Out of the closet"? Every self-respecting General Issue G.I. has been 'There'. The Port of Hamburg is where military personnel went to pick up and/or leave off their personal made-in-USA vehicles when stationed in Europe during the Cold War. Been there - Done THAT! It's "worse" than den Hague " meaning The Hail or Hail Storm" or (God help me ) AmsterDam & RotterDam put together.
___Please don't "Publish" this --- but here's a sample of Social Life in Hamburg ( at least until sometime in December 2007 ( In LugerHead Lingo followed by a 'transliteration' to Bad English -- )
ToWit :
28th Sep - 29. Sep-29 Dez 2007 December 2007
Olivias Safari Olivias Safari
Ihre Reiseführerin: Their Reiseführerin:
Deutschlands Kult-Drag Queen Olivia Jones steht wie kein zweiter Paradiesvogel für das bunte Leben in Hamburgs schrillstem Stadtteil.
Germany's cult drag queen Olivia Jones is like no other bird of paradise for the colorful life in Hamburg schrillstem District.
Olivia kennt St. Pauli wie ihre Westentasche und garantiert somit exklusive Einblicke in das Leben zwischen Glanz und Elend.
Olivia St. Pauli knows like the back of their hands, thereby guaranteeing exclusive insight into the life of splendor and squalor.
Ausgewählte Stationen: Selected stations:
Café Keese Cafe Keese
Tischtelefone für anonym-schlüpfrige Gespräche gibt es im ehemaligen Tanzcafé längst nicht mehr.
Table phones for anonym-schlüpfrige talks, there is a café in the former dance no longer.
Die plüschige Puff-Atmosphäre und der Ruhm vergangener Tage sind geblieben.
The plüschige Puff atmosphere and the glory days are past remained.
Mittlerweile beherbergt das legendäre Café Thomas Hermanns Hamburger Quatsch Comedy Club.
Meanwhile hosts the legendary Café Thomas Hermanns Hamburger Quatsch Comedy Club.
Vor der Humorhochburg des Kiez' stolpern Sie gemeinsam mit Olivia über Udo Lindenbergs Ehrenstern.
Before the humor stronghold of the neighborhood 'They stumble along with Olivia on Udo Linde hill honorary star.
Davidswache David watch
Die Davidswache liefert Filmen und Serien wie dem "Großstadtrevier" die passende Kulisse.
The David watch returns films and series such as the "metropolitan area" the correct setting.
Und wer auf dem Kiez zu Hause ist, der geht meist auch hier aus und ein - ob er will oder nicht!
And who in the neighborhood at home, which usually goes from here and whether he wants to or not!
Sogar Olivia musste schon bei den Beamten vorsprechen.
Even Olivia had already among the officials appointment.
Kein Zweifel: Hier gibt's die härtesten aber groß-herzigsten Bullen der Stadt - echte Ordnungshüter mit Seelsorger-Qualitäten!
No doubt about it: There's the hardest but groß-herzigsten bulls of the town-planning genuine enforcement chaplain with qualities!
Hans-Albers-Platz Hans-Albers - Platz
Hier hat St. Pauli seinem wohl berühmtesten
Werbebotschafter ein Denkmal gesetzt.
Here, St. Pauli his most famous advertising ambassador a monument.
Der legendäre "Blonde Hans" hat mit seinen Seemannsfilmen das romantisch-verklärte Image des Stadtteils in den Medien geprägt - das Bild des Platzes prägt heute vor allem Gastronomie.
The legendary "Hans Blonde" with his sailor's films, the romantisch-verklärte image of the district in the media - the image of the place characterizes today especially restaurants.
Was geboten wird und wo man sonst noch schlemmen, ja sogar Lilo Wanders in einem Freudenhaus verspeisen kann, ...
What is needed and where to feast else, even Lilo Wanders joy in a house can eat ... Olivia weiß es! Olivia knows it!
Ritze Carve
Zwischen den vermutlich berühmtesten gemalten Beinen der Welt geht's in die wohl berühmteste "Ritze" der Welt.
Among the most famous probably painted legs of the World's most famous in the "chink" of the World.
Hinter dem sündigen Namen verbirgt sich jedoch in Wahrheit eine der normaleren Kneipen St. Paulis: Statt nacktem Fleisch gibt's Korn, Bier, Schnaps und Wein und im Keller sogar einen Boxring.
Behind the name, there is sinful, but in reality one of the more normal Pubs St. Pauli: Instead of bare flesh, there's corn, beer, liquor and wine in the cellar, and even a boxing ring.
Hier schwang schon die Reiseführerin höchstpersönlich das Tanzbein mit Udo Lindenberg und Ben Becker.
This has swung the Reiseführerin himself on the dance floor with Udo Lindenberg and Ben Becker.
Als Stärkung serviert Olivia vor den langen Beinen der Ritze jedem Safari-Gast einen "Kurzen".
As Olivia strengthen served before the long legs of the Safari Carve each guest a "short".
Große Freiheit Large freedom
Hamburgs berühmteste Amüsierstraße hat was für jeden Geschmack - vom Table Dance im berühmten Dollhouse, bis zur Live Sex Show im berüchtigten "Safari", die angesagtesten Discotheken und die abgehalftertsten Animierschuppen.
Hamburg's famous Amüsierstraße has something for every taste, from the famous Table Dance Doll House, to live sex show at the infamous "Safari", the trendy discotheques and abgehalftertsten Animierschuppen.
Hier kann jeder den Abend auf seine Weise ausklingen lassen - nach dem obligatorischen gemeinsamen Abschiedsfoto mit Olivia!
Here, every evening on his way bar.The-after the obligatory joint farewell photo with Olivia!
Stationen, die zudem u. a. im Rahmen der Tour (nach Möglichkeit) gestreift werden:
Stations, which also alia in the framework of the tour (if possible) stripes:
Die Condomerie - das wohl kleinste aber gutsortierte "Kiez-Kuriositätenkabinett", Jennys Second Wonder - die schrillste Transen-Boutique Deutschlands, das berüchtigte "Safari" - hier fallen sogar Biene Maja und Willi in einer Livesex-Bühnenshow übereinander her, das Hustler-Erotikcenter - auch bekannt als verruchtester Souvenirshop der Reeperbahn, das Pulverfass - Deutschlands derzeit wohl bekanntestes "Herren in Damenkostümen"-Kabarett, das Schmidt's Tivoli -hier begannen die Karrieren von Olivia und auch Lilo Wanders, die wohl berühmteste Esso-Tankstelle Deutschlands - zugleich 24h-Supermarkt der Kiezler und Kiezlerinnen, usf.
The Condomerie-smallest but the most well - "location-Curiosities Cabinet," Jenny Second Wonder-the shrillest Trans-Boutique Germany, the infamous "Safari" - here are even bee Maja and Williston in a Livesex-Bühnenshow over her, the Hustler - Erotic Center - also known as verruchtester souvenir shop in the Reeperbahn, the powder keg-Germany's best known being "Men in Women costumes" -Kabarett, Schmidt's Tivoli -hier started the careers of Olivia and Lilo Wanders, the most famous Esso gas station in Germany-at the same time 24 h-Supermarkt the Kiezler and Kiezlerinnen, etc.
Im Ticketpreis enthalten: The ticket price includes:
* Astra-Bier * Astra beer
* Ritze-Schnaps * Ritze-Schnaps
Tour-Dauer ca. 2 Stunden , Treffpunkt U3-St.Pauli, Ausgang Reeperbahn Tour lasts approx 2 hours, the meeting point U3-St.Pauli, starting Reeperbahn
And I THOUGHT Chrome-dome Cramer was "Schrill)!!!
VikingWarrior ( and NOT a Brass Monkey
[Oriental Catamite] either - tongue in cheek & Blood-guttered Long Sword in Scabbard )
(aka Don L. Ferk ) -
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
P.S. - Do you know of any Pure-Play Colliers? - With USD $100 Oil, I think Int'l Trade in Coal may be "The-Next-Best-Shipping- 'Thang'.
DLF
Posted by don ferk | November 8, 2007 8:08 PM
Unka (Uncle) Ankh,
Well I'll be a "Mummy's Uncle" : An Ankh
is an Egyptian Cross - symbolizung Fertility & Life. The word Ankh means "mirror" or "image"
in the Ancient Egyptian Language. It is a KEY
whose 'meaning' is Mysterious- Kinda like St. Peter's "Keys to the Kingdom".( See MichaelAngelo's Statue at St. Peter's in the Vatican - Mike put 2 Horns on the GateKeepper's Noggin. Wonder why? It's a Mystery,too.)
___AnyWay, watch out 4 MBIA & the like - Bond Insurer's - they make AAA out of the, well, Questionable. Remember - States,Cities & Corporations can't PRINT MONEY like the Fed'l Cov't which can print it's way into Backing the Full Faith, Credit & Taxing-Power Thang.
Everybody else just makes Promises which MBIA backs up with it's own Capital. In a Deluge,Mbia gets washed away.
---I lost monet on MBIA a long-time back - They Under-Charged and Over-Promised but they did survive. Mr. Market got jitters and stagged them - then the Federales came in and
backed New York City's bad debts, etc & so on and so forth. High Market Risk / Better Returns else-Where(?)
A word to the Wise - VikingWarrior
( I've got a Bear Claw necklace around my neck - I THINK I'm a Bear!!! and I'd Complain mightily even if you hung me with a NEW rope. )
Posted by don ferk | November 9, 2007 6:47 AM
Jeff-ty,
I would like to echo and underssore your assertion about "profit taking". One of the problems with profit-taking is that weak-handed "dumb money" selling kicks in and a "Snow-Ball" effect oftens gets "Rolling". It's happened before, again & again. It's the opposite of the "Halo Effect" of Upward Big Mo ( aka Mighty Momentum or Mighty Joe Dumb".
There is a Physical Law which states -" an object in motion will stay in motion until an Outside Force disturbs it " or something like that - It's the Newtonian Law of Motion and it "works" all the time, every time and any time.
___ I believe that the external factors mentioned by the Gurus are simple "pretexts" or excuses made to explain a mis-understood phenomenon. The actual driving force behind the recent Market Movements is "Internally" generated by people who know what they are doing and are motivated to DO it.
___Next week the November options expire - a lot of BIG ( & smart[???] ) money made rather large bets that the market would be down at this time - Remember how "Bad" it was at the beginning of this SLO round & how "good" it got later? Well, for some out there "good" is "bad" - very, very bad if your committed to , well, let's say - Evil ( for lack of a better Word).
___ This is just another case of trying to "wear you Out & SCARE you out". The best anti-short Strategy is known as R&S. Ever hear of it? That's when holders of heavily shorted stocks simply ask their Brokers to Register & Ship them the actual Paper stock certificates. Since the Brokers have "loaned out" your stocks, which are held in what is called "Street Name", they must call in the Shorts, regardless of Margin issues. This gives the Shorts a "wedgie", having their shorts Yanked up, if you know of this immature humour practical Joke. Since Shareholders are not "Organized" this very rarely happens these days - and the "Masters O'da Universe" can play their Head-Games with impunity"
This is another case of Money having a Habit of finding it's Way back to it's Rightful Owners. - Call this Habit - The Money JONES.
It's the Market Monkey on the backs of WEAK market players.
___there is also the TAX Legisilation issue -
Congress is considering raising raises taxes by being a little more punitive about Capital Gains - punishing Long Term Capital gains by classifying it as simple taxable income. They may Diddle with tha AMT ( Alternate Minimum Tax ) so that basically EVERYBODY qualifies for the "Treatment". Bottom Line - Taking Profits NOW and paying taxes THIS year may be more NET Lucrative than paying taxes next year even as your Holdings become "Long Term".
___ In my personal account I've was selling Covered calls against appreciated stocks into NEXT year because those CALL Premiums were "RICH" & Milkable. What I fore-saw was Smart People selling too soon & buying calls to particapate in NEXT year's Rally.
___ The Christmas Rally & the January Effect start after the November 17th Options Expiration Day - On Thanksgiving Day. These rallies would look like Huge rallies if Mr. Market has taken a "Kick-in-the-Teeth" between now and Turkey Day. Actually Friday WAS Turkey Day - for me it was " I-'Forgot'- to DUCK" Day.
___ Buy Good Stocks that you BELIEVE in with SOME justification and TUFF it out. Just remember THIS old saw " In the short term the Market is a VOTING machine - In the LONG RUN, it's a WEIGHING Machine" Have a little Faith, ALL things work for good - in the END.
Don L. Ferk
(aka VikingWarrior
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent)
Posted by don ferk | November 10, 2007 10:54 AM
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I asked an economist for her phone number. ...She gave me an estimate.
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....'A man was sent to Hell for his sins. As he was being processed, he passed a room where an economist he knew was having an intimate conversation with a beautiful woman.
...."What a crummy deal!" The man complained. "I have to burn for all eternity and that economist spends it with that gorgeous woman."
.....An escorting demon jabs the man with his pitchfork and shouts,
"Who are you to question
that woman's punishment?"
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The above were blatantly 'Lifted' from "On the One Hand ... The Economist's Joke Book"
by Jeff Thredgold.
Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
.....................President Harry S. Truman
Funny that Mr. Tru(e)Man should say such a thing.
Don L Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior' )
Posted by don ferk | November 12, 2007 12:07 AM
Don Quixote -
Don Lee Ferk - here
(Don is a Celtic / Gaelic name meaning "World Leader ).
... I don't know anything about SRSL, but I do follow stock BuyBack announcdements - therel are 3 kinds of Buying Back - 1) for Cancellation, in which the stock obtained is "destroyed"
from the Float & Corporate Treasury, 2) for Treasury Holding aka "Held for Sale", which is a Corporate way of Investing in Themselves, and 3) buying for Extinguishment, whic means that it extinguishes the dilutive effect of insiders dumping their Stock Options, SAR's, so-called 'letter stock', etc. Number 3 is #10 - it involves "Cashing Out" Staff & Management using the Market as a "Pretext-ural" intermediary. I checked Insider selling - All "sold", no "buy" & thsre is a list of Form 144 (pre-planned) sales,etc.
... The SRSL Chart is a Sick one - it's been diving into the Slit Trenches and at $5.86 it IS @ a 52-week low. With a Mkt Cap of $95 Million, your in a thinly traded Dark Financial Matter region of the Twi-Light Zone of Lack of participation, few voices,and easy "manipulation" and lack of Information dispersion or Flow.
...I would have to get out my Green-eye-shades to pore over Filings & Financial Reports to make a decision. It's easier Pickin's elsewhwere. Check it Out - thoroughly, Don't enable Insiders by helping tham Bail Out -gettin' out while the gettin' is good, so to speak. I'll Pass - on this one.
Good Luck - . I 'make' my own Luck out of "Primo" stuff. As for SRSL - I just can't see it. D L Ferk (aka VikingWarrior)
Posted by don ferk | November 12, 2007 3:30 PM
Don Quixote - Still Tilting at Wind Mills?
I found the insider sales Data at the MSN moneycentral web site by clicking on "Insider
transactions" - {pre-planned sale are SEC "4"
filings, I believe.)
You look to the past through a rear-ward
mirror - my view was what insiders will do in the future with $10 million "up for grabs".
Most buybacks are done strategically over long in-determinant time periods - these guys are going to do it in a very short time period - maybe pushing the stock up quick - THAT would cost the Corporate Treasury MORE ( and that's NOT a good thing )
My main point is that it's a Micro_Cap - there aren't enough shares out there for all your readers to get a piece of in the REAL World of Stocks - without bidding Up and paying through the nose for their "Ration"
The other point I made was that there are many more, better fish in the Sea. Opportunity is like a BUS - miss one and another will be along in a minute or so. I MISS this One. OK.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior)
November 13, 2007 reply by donquixote:
pre-planned sale SEC "4" filings at MSN are from June 2007
I see no such recent sell filings,
neither at MSN nor the SEC itself,
only current intention to re-purchase $10Million of stock,
exponentially more buying then any prior SEC 4 sale filings
"what insiders will do in the future
with $10 million "up for grabs".
well, quite obviously they will buy back their shares
with Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): 38.70%
with the company having a profit margin of over 30%
they have built up over $38,000,000 in cash
in a company with a market cap of $97M
with insiders and capital people
owning the majority of available stock,
quite obvously they will buy back
a large portion of the public shares
over the next six months as disclosed to the SEC
"Most buybacks are done strategically over long in-determinant time periods
- these guys are going to do it in a very short time period
- maybe pushing the stock up quick "
exactly why I'm posting this publicly disclosed insight,
there just might be some upside price potential
Posted by don ferk | November 13, 2007 6:57 AM
Fish Guy,
Daffynition : Fishing - A Jerk on one end-of-the-Line waiting for a 'jerk' at the other end.
That's a FogHorn LegHorn Joke, Son. " Ah, Ah Ah SAY, "that's a Joke, Son".
I'm a Fishin' Fool, too. Salt & Brackish Water ( Chesapeake Bay , where the Rock Fish
[Striped Bass] will be Runnin' real soon now - the Bigguns in December, the Jabones later.)
There were only two Truly Meek & Humble Men in the History of the World - Moses & Jesus. Total Flamers both. A meek is a "Meek" Horse - a WarHorse - disciplined & determined in the Din of Battle. As for "Humble" - well, Only in the Eyes of God.
.... I Blogged on the Seasonal AG stocks
a while back. At the time I said that I'd sold Covered Calls against my AGU position in my Real World Account. I dumped AGU in my SLO-Port earlier on and reaped "Good" Money on that 'Play'. The Blogwas 'published' on Sept 17,2007 as 'Tactic Lesson #1 (Gretzky Tactics ) in the FIG ( Fertilizers in General) section. Take a Gander - Read 'em & Weeep OR
Believe 'em & Reap.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior}
PS - EOL ( end of Line ) is Craps
(Crappies ???)for double sixes - Klickety-KLAX with RailRoad Trax - Caboose Box Cars at the end of the Train.
Posted by don ferk | November 13, 2007 8:19 AM
A town with only One Lawyer has a Pauper for
a Lawyer; a town with two Lawyers has Two very wealthy Lawyers to choose from.
...VW ain't NO Stranger to Controversy -
0r to Dis-Illusionment, for that matter.
Let Time tell the Tale.
... VW IS often Wrong, but NEVER in Doubt.
...A Thoroughbred horse is born to Race and does not need to be 'made' to do so; however, it does takes a Difference of Opinion to "MAKE' a Horse Race.
... Questions of the Day - how is SONY going to "Take Over" a Company with so much Insider OwnerShip if Insiders don't Consent to the Deal. Was it Sony who was Buying up SRSL
Dirt Cheap today. The Volume was much higher than Average today. Who was Buyin' & who was Sellin' ? I don't see SONY amomg the TOP 10 Institutional Holders. Perhaps SONY has a reapresentative or 2 on the Board of Directors? Inquiring Minds want to know.
For myself, I seek NOT to KNOW the Answers;
I Seek ONLY to "UNDERSTAND" the Questions.
Live & Learn, Mr. Quixote, Live & Learn.
Peace be with you - It is not my Warrior's Intent to Rain on your Parade or to Judge Your Dreams.
It is at an END - Forrest Gump has said all he has to say on the subject.
Se-Lah, Se-Lah ( from the Book of Psalms )
don Lee Ferk
(aka VikingWaWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
donquixote's November 13, 2007 reply:
I don't have all of the answer's either;
I do know that before Disney World in Florida
Walt Disney realized that he did not have land
to expand his California DisneyLand;
so, he decided to purchase
a large quantity of land in Florida,
however he knew that if word got out that
it was Disney who was wanting the land,
well the orange orchards would have
almost instantaneously jumped in price;
Disney aquired the Florida orange orchards
using name other then Disney
what I do know is that the Hughes audio patents
which are now owned by SRSL
are quite valuable to audio companies
(Sony being one of the largest)
oh, Sony is also a significant partner in cell phone manufacture,
perhaps not so visible in America though
the voice inteligibility technology,
along with surround sound headphones,
would seem to be quite valuable in
next generation multi-media cell phones
I have no non-public information,
however my personal opinion is that
such technology patent licensing fees
seem to have a much higher future value
then the capitalization of the
small companies which own the patents
oh, so as to try to present all aspects:
the current problems with Sony is that
Sony is disputing that it should have to
license the technology involved;
however the guy running SRSL is of
opinion that Sony is cooperating in good faith
to work out a fair licensing deal, he believes that
it's only that Sony, being such a large company,
is rather slow to do things, compared to a
more nimble small company such as SRSL
Sony gave up it's attempt to get The Courts
to throw the matter out of court
and now appears to be trying to
negotiate in good faith
as to who was buying and selling today:
I believe there are a lot of scared investors,
and fear causes investors to sell,
in the case of SRSL it would seem that
Sony refusing to pay licensing fees
is what is causing the fear;
as to who is buying ...
Posted by don ferk | November 13, 2007 6:59 PM
Vad,
... I think it could have something to do with
November Options Expiration. There may be a lot off big-time players who made bad bets about the Market direction - They may want to do a Push-Down into Friday. I haven't looked at Strike vs. Market vs Nov-Opt Open Interest but it may be advantageous for some to move Prices below or above strike by Friday. I call this the War between Good & Evil. "Good" may have touched off a rally to Squeeze the Shorts on Tuesday or Evil Put Sellers may need a "Boost". Last Week's Profit-taking could have raised the Cash to do it.
...There also may have been some post-election ( off-term ) activity; a lot of people may be selling now to avoid higher taxes that are rumored to be under consideration for the 2008 Tax Year. This Tax issue would be Independent of Market Sentiment - Just an RCT ( Raw Commercial Transaction ) done for Tax Purposes...
...It could be a simple "Relief Rally" after a period of being "OverSold". I've been looking for a Hint of new Leadership if this is a Rotational Pivot Point. Since most Boats got lifted - It's hard to tell and to soon as well.
That may be why you're "In the Dark" about it.
There's no Pattern, no Rhyme nor Reason. We'll have to 'Stay Tuned', keep our eyes open and our ears peeled. Don Ferk
Posted by don ferk | November 14, 2007 2:21 AM
Brian,
Peace be with you.
Brian - Celtic / Gaelic meaning High, Noble
Eric / Erik - Scandavian meaning Always Ruler
The CK doubles the Consonant Power's Strength
Erick is from Frederick meaning PEACE Ruler in Olde "Norman" Englishe.
PEACE be upon you, Prince Son of Frederick.
In my Blogs I use the Wayne Gretzky notion :
" A Good hockey player skates to where the puck is; a GREAT hockey player skates to where the puck is going to be "
You write beautifully - mellifluosly like Shelby Foote - " The Stars in Their Courses "
The one and only thing I would like to add to perhaps "revise & extend your remarks " is the idea of having a 'Stock- or Share- or Stake-Holder" FRIENDLY management.
The word 'company' is from the Latin - Com Pagne ( 'with bread' ) - People who break bread with each other and Share - feast or famine.
Respectfully,
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | November 17, 2007 2:04 PM
Don Don - Patrone ( Patron )
You are correct,Sir.
I used to live & work in Indonesia - I had Geckos actually crawling on my walls & ceiling. A little known fact about this Reptile is that it doesn't have a , well, anus. It spits out the remains of it's insect dinners - the Beatle (sic ) shells aren't softenend in digestion and are not, well, Passable. Owls have the same problem with Rodents whose tiny bones are REALLY not , well, passable, so Owls spit out what's commonly called "Owl Pellets'- Hair-balls w/ Sharp, Tiny Bones.
So, let's add Rodents & Rats & Insects to the "Reptilian" metaphor as well.
The Scarab "Scare-me Bug" does not 'Wear Out and Scare Out' those who understand this.
It just causes Re-Cession NOT De-Pression.
MAX Stars & a Round of 'Atta-Boys' -
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
oh, Yeah.
Robert Browning called Golf - "a Good Walk spoilt ".
I say that Golf is a Tragic use for a Great Rifle Range - A travesty,too.
Posted by don ferk | November 17, 2007 2:27 PM
Gull-Able- Palomino ( drinkin' Eye-tie Vino )
... Vad got GEOY from the Proper Pronunciation of "Geoduk" , which is Gooey Duck.
From Wikipedia : The geoduk (pronounced /'guː.iː.dʌk/ i.e. "gooey duck"),[1] Panopea abrupta or Panope generosa, is a species of large saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk which is also known as the king clam or elephant trunk clam.
...It's a China play - the GEOduk is farm-raised in the Mud of Paleozoic Oooze ( Greek for Ouzo ) in the Pacific-Coast ( Left Coast ) Oergon Estuary Bays. It sells, Sells, SELLS for Big (Gooey)Bucks in China and elsewhere in the Orient ( Japan in particular).
...It's the only USA Export ( besides HollyWood Movies ) that gives U.S. (US) a ghost-of-a-CHarlie Chan -Chance of balancing the Trade Deficit-ed Balance O'Trade & Re-Storing the Big CA ( Corporate America) induced Current Account Balance.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior aka THE SLO Goo-Rue [ more Gu than Ru, tho' ] )
Posted by don ferk | November 18, 2007 3:27 AM
Shah,
Right ON !!
I 2nd your (e)Motion.
You have said in a very clear & succint manner what I have been saying about "gettin' outta America' and buying stock in countries with commodity-based economies or companies with great prospects of new products or services.
Keep it UP, the good work that is,
Don L. Ferk
( VikingWarrior) .
Posted by don ferk | November 19, 2007 12:03 PM
Jonathan,
Jonathan is from the Hebrew meaning "God has Given".
...Great Blog. Maximum Stars from me.
...The only thing I might add is that
shorting can only be taken so far. The 'antidote" to shorting is the Dreaded R&S.
There have been occasions in the History of the Market when Investors have taken posssession of their stock Certificates rather than keeping their stock in "Street Name" with a Broker or other Financial nstitution.
This is accomplished by directing your Broker to " Register and Ship ".
...If Investors or the Funds which Manage Investor's money start a 'Movement' to R&S, The Shorts 'Must' be Called in - regardless of Price or Margin Requirements. The R&S Tactic is a legal form of "Cornering the Market".
The Shorts must BUY Back stock in a condition where not much "Float" is available. The COST
of the LOSS is typically Horrendous.
...The only problem with holding certificates
is that they are not easily tradable. They must be delivered 'physically' to the Broker's office at least 5 days before a Sale can be closed.
Also,they must be kept in Safe Deposit Box or a Dry, FireProof place. If lost,stolen or destroyed, it might take more than a month for the Registation Agent to provide new certificate and 'Cancel" the old ones in the Company's Registry.
The Dividends are mailed to you, so you have to keep track of the income for Tax reporting purposes.
A stock's Price can only Go to Zero, but there is NO 'theoretical' on how high the Price can go. The Liabilities for Shorting are almost Infinite.
Also, The Federal Reserve, which regulates margin requirements can - at any time- raise the requirements and Shorts would then have to "Pony Up" or close-out the transaction by Buying-in the Stock. He thus becomes an extremely 'motivated' Buyer and is guaranteed to be 'Taken to the Cleaners.
Does the word "de-fenestration' Ring a familiar Note ? People operating with borrowed money OR borrowed Stock have jumped out of windows and committed suicide after being "Wiped Out", and not Beach Surfer Boy style, either.
Shorting is extremely, well, "Speculative". The Folks at home should be told not to attemot it - not even leaving it to Professionals" to do it for them.
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | November 19, 2007 5:33 PM
Pain ? What's Pain? It's the "Fear" that concerns me. Feint Heart nver won Fair Maiden's heart.
There's a lot of in-experience Out There in SLO-LandLubber Land. They might think a Squall
is the End of it ALL.
...I've been doing this Market 'Thang' for a while now. I would poit out that there is a (false) rumor that the Chinese Symbol for "Opportunity" is the same one used for "Crisis". This idea is, however, instructive & probitive under the Circumstances.
...This is where the Rubber meets the Road.
The Poor Investors will be winnowed out from the Good Investors in present "Upset".
... I'm 100% IN -
Oh, Vad - If your going sailing don't ride a "Chinese Junk" - that kind of JUNK is only good for Coastal 'day' sailing.
- Try A Viking Long-boat Dragon Ship
for the "Hard" Going. When the Wind don't Blow, you just row,Row, ROW.
Turkey Pig-Out Tomorrow
Sincerely
Don Ferk
Posted by don ferk | November 21, 2007 6:15 PM
Vad,
This one's actually to the Goofy Doofy Duffy Beer Guy.
... I, too, was a DishWasher, a potato Peeler, and basic Kitchen Help.
... I worked week-ends and Wednesdays ( German-American Night ) at the HeidelBerg Rod 'n Gun Club on the Mountain above Leimen. My Army father, Sgt. Major Roger Duane Ferk, was assigned to USAREUR HQ - We lived in Patrick Henry Viilage and I was in the 9th Grade. I poured waste Fry-Grease into an Open-Pit Lime-Stone Mine- the bottom of which Steam Shovels looked like ANTS ( look,ma, no fences Facing!).
In the day-time I pulled Skeet & Trap. I was Low-House Mark as opposed to High-House PULL. I've STARED down the Barrel of 12-Gauge Shot-gun #9 Bird-Shot CERTAIN DEATH so many times that I've Lost ALL FEAR - of Dying or ANY Thing Else ( save for Judgement DAY ). When the sun went down, I worked the KP ( Kitchen Patrol).
''' This is a Gloves-Off Challenge - No Holds Barred. I can "sip" you under the table any day with 1 kidney tied behind my back, DuffBeer. While you can't even find or handle Tiger Beer ( Dumai,Sumatra, Indonesia - Been there , done THAT - I ate live Monkey Brains & drank King Cobra blood in Cognac, etc ), I have been looking for the Wholly GRrrrr-ALE ever since.
...But , seriously, DuffBeer, I have enjoyed our PC ( Private Conversations, well,) so far -as it goes. I would 'snake' your wife, Beat your kids, Kick your dog & use your Golf Clubs; - but since I found out that you were opposite-handed to me, I find that I have absolutely NO use for your Klubbers, I have given UP on the whole IDEA. From now on, though, it's you,me and the 19th HOLE. OK.
( just 'hackin' on ya - Satu Lagi ( Indo-Bahasa for 'One-more-time'! ). Have a Sober, happy, & WET ( & / or , at least, moist ) Thanksgiving.
Don Lee Ferk
Olympic Beer Drink Grand Champion - Munich OktoberFest Games - Life-Time Achievement Award & retired from Competititon ( to let Amateur PBT's, like YourSelf, at least have a Ghost of a Chance for the Pabst Blue Ribbon )
Posted by don ferk | November 22, 2007 2:26 PM
SLO's Fish 'Head' guy,
What's a "Fishing" Licence? What are they 4 and 'Y' would I want 1? How do you qualify - demonstrate a 'SKILL' or somethig? Do you NEED a Learner's PERMIT 1st? Inquiring Minds Need to Know!!!!!!!
Also, what's a "fishing" pole? Is it like a Frog-gigger? Maybe a Trident for gigging Bunker Lunker Flatties in the Tidal Mud.
In the Cayman's they fish with a rope & HAWL 'em in like hand-over-hand. Is it a Rope-a-dope kind-of-a Gizmo? Can U fish @ Nite? Do Fish have eye-lids? Do Fish EVER drink Water? I NEVER drink water, neither does Duffy Beer, Fish ,well, uh, uh, "Reproduce" in it / yeah. yeah,that's the Ticket, yeah - Reproduce.
Water's NASTY Stuff. IS a Fishing Licence like
some funky kind of Ticket?
Also, I hear that you've been seen USING a Fuzzy-Butt Fly Bait. Is there any Coincidence here that my Cat Ma-Mah came home this morning with a Lucille Bogan 'Shave 'em' Hind-End Hair-Cut. I would think that the Barber woul'd need a 'fishing' licence for that - or get a Ticket or maybe do some Jail-Bait Time.
Keep on Casting about - you'll get a Hit sooner or later. A fisherMan needs patience, endurance, and , well, in your CASE - a licence.
I cut you some Slack, Jack. All in fun.
what was that other stuff you weree talking about. Quit it & 4Get it! Grab your 'Pole' & GO FISHING. Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | November 23, 2007 2:53 PM
Dear Mr. Naughty NOT Nice,
My Cat uses perfume just like that -
it's o' de Toilette - you didn't
"Re-Gift " that stuff to my CAT, didja?
I wondered where & how she acquired THAT
fragrance and how she even managed to
get the jar open to dump it on herself.
Since when did Christmas start
6 weeks earlier ? Who started
THAT tradition, anyway?
Don't be the Grinch who SHO(r)T
Christamas!
OK.
Sho(o)[r]t Santa in the Foot; it'll
slow the Time-Frame down somewhat.
The non-Thanksgiving INJUNS
always sho(r)t the StageCoach
Horses first. Then Kill,
Burn, Scalp, Rape and Loot @ Leisure.
Catch my drift here, Barnacle Bob -
They EAT Horses don't they, Jane Fonda?
Sell the Loot at the Flea Market
to the folks who won't be asking
any HARD questions about where you
got it from & how - so long as it's
BARGAIN Priced.
Call it the Naval Law of AGARY -
it's legal under InterNational law,too.
Merry XXXmas, you Pirate Norway Rat
Don L. Ferk
PS - I'll nab Tiny Tim's Goose -
Let's DO Lunch - Christmas
PotLuck - Bring a HOT DISH.
As for the Children - W.C. Fields
said he Liked Chidren - Boiled, fried,
Stir-fried, Baked - He LI(c)KED Kids,
Cap'n Kidd.
Bah, Humbug. Your sentimental Blog
has already ruined my Christmas.
Might as well shoot me, Too.
Posted by don ferk | November 24, 2007 11:09 AM
Jon,
Keep it High-Concept, Low Risk & REAL, jon.
Don
Posted by don ferk | November 24, 2007 9:37 PM
Keith,
"genius' is buying a stock that goes up - 'idiocy' is buying a stock that goes down.
Remember the old nostrum - if it's going to go up - buy it.
The answer is the middle road - taking yourself "out of the genius/idiot equation"
and understanding that you Must make Best Efforts & Live wid it. Ka-Peesh?
My own Market 'theory' about this 'phenomenon' is that NO MATTER how much you STUDY or pay attention to detail - only 1 in 3 investments will truly pay off. Dump the loosers not on Mr. market's fickle WHIMS, but when you Find the Facts have changed or something bad has happened effecting the Company's prospects. Ride the Winners up - sell the losers QUICK -don't worry about LOST money, don't Hang in there HOPING to Break-Back EVEN - just Cut 'n Run. Don't wait then take BIG losses. Take your Licking & Keep on Ticking. Catch my DRIFT here. You must WORK on it, Keep Informed, and Learn the Ways O'da WURL' by accumulating and cata-'logging' experience. NSMG.
Don Ferk (aka VikingWarrior)
Posted by don ferk | November 24, 2007 11:05 PM
Duffy,
I'm drinking Lite Beer today - It didn't start out that way, however - I've been CRYING in my Duffer Beer. Michael Jackson ( NO not the Thriller Mike - the Beer Huunter HERO O' Beer-o ) died in London Aug 31, 2007. This leaves the field open to all kinds of riff-raff wanna be PBT's - whay a cryin' shame. Don't that make ya wanna cry, too.
Some day, the Cubbies. Someday,Baby. The Friendly Confinement w/ GOOD beer & Hot Dogs with the Mr. GoodBar Mustard. Sigh! 'Til then I'm rootin' for the Cleveland Mud Hens while wearing a dress ( see M.A.S.H. ), Jamie Farr ( aka Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger ).
Poetry O'da Day - In Japanese Haiku syllable 'RULES'
Beer Haiku
with a slight beer buzz
we spread out across the lot
seeking the best tree
Written by Captain Hops.
Check Out Michael Jackson's WebSite :
www.BeerHunter.com
There's a Utube of Michael Jackson's last
interview - it's GRrrr-eat. I'm too bummed-out by Grief right now to look it up ' location' on the Web.
Maybe Later Aligator
Don Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | November 26, 2007 11:28 AM
Jon,
PLEASE DON'T PUBLISH
About the Marketocracy comment about the Economy getting A Check-up :
Here's a song from Warren Zevon's ' life'll Kill You' album " = it's called " My Sh*t's F*cked Up "
(Warren Zevon)
Well, I went to the doctor
I said, "I'm feeling kind of rough"
He said, "I'll break it to you, son
Your shit's fucked up."
I said, "my shit's fucked up?"
Well, I don't see how-"
He said, "The shit that used to work-
It won't work now."
I had a dream
Ah, shucks, oh, well
Now it's all fucked up
It's shot to hell
Yeah, yeah, my shit's fucked up
It has to happen to the best of us
The rich folks suffer like the rest of us
It'll happen to you
That amazing grace
Sort of passed you by
You wake up every day
And you start to cry
Yeah, you want to die
But you just can't quit
Let me break it on down:
It's the fucked up shit
"Warren Zevon died of in-operable
lung cancer about 2 years after this album came out - his last album was 'The Wind '
Don
Posted by don ferk | November 26, 2007 4:16 PM
James,
James is from the Hebrew meaning ' SUPPLANTER '
Anthony is a Roman family name - Latin - but of 'UNKNOWN' Meaning
HMmmmm. HMnnnnn. You sound like my type of guy - we could
get-a-long just so long as you don't cross into my Viking' Warrior's
'Kill Zone" with 'Malice a'foreThought' or by 'lying in Wait'.
A few James songs come to Mind. ToWit :
'Cool James' by Harvey Danger
'James' by Lloyd & The Commotions' { Lloyd means Grey as in a foggy haze - hidden }
'James Bondage' by Panssy Division
'Dear James' by Women in Docs'
"Saaay, where have I seen 'Docs' B4" said Stimpy to Ren.
Keep your Friends Close and your Enemies Closer, Diamond Jim
It's Important as you own the town's ONLY Diamond MINE(d).
Say, how did you KNOW that the S&P futures vs fair value: +15.0.
Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +20.5. @ 7:30 AM when your Blog was
published @ 10 PM last night. Have you got Clairavoyance or are
you just LUCKY.
It could be a CASE of "I've known it all along, You're just
finding out about it THESE DAYS", too
Why a simple "Failure" of a few "Brain-Dead" Financial (Mental ? )
Institutions should Turn the Whole Wide World topsy-turvy'
into a Nose-Dive Tail-Spin is BEYOND the pale of MY comptehension.
Doc, you BURY your mistakes. Maybe you can help me with a little problem I've got -
I'm running out of places to hide the bodies. Any Advivce? I'll listen, patiently.
Time to get off your "CASE",
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
So, here's you Song :
Cool James - Harvey Danger [Band]
Cannot have this, a perfect conversation
Or coast on silence and lowered expectations out the door
You've spent half your life talking trying to get a pause in edgewise
Swallow poison tongues, oppose your thumbs, believe in nothing
Cannot have a nature change, one more time
You cannot have a nature change, cause the bastard changes
Cannot have this, you see how so much time has wasted
To take a clenched fist and see how quiet calm replaced it
You say you'll never trust again, I'll never trust again
Who has time? You give that up on never finding the one you've been waiting for, but
Cannot have a nature change, one more time
You cannot have a nature change, cause the bastard changes
Well I got no more time to spend on arguers
Devil's advocates and nasty bits of fits of desperation
"Lawrence of Arabia," sir Alex said to Peter
"What I owe you is beyond evaluation now"
Extend to me your hand, I'll nibble on your fingers
Bend to me your sweet ear, I'll gnaw it from its hinges now wooh!
Cannot have a nature change, one last time
Yeah thats why ladies love cool james, cause the bastard changes
'Sweet Baby James ' - James Taylor
Posted by don ferk | November 27, 2007 8:01 AM
Eileen,
Mea Culpa.
Since the SLO Funny Money does not have the
'Ring of Reality to it - I have done some "excessive" Trading. Fiddling 'Round,
mainly. I call it "Noodling" - Busy for the
sake of Busy-nesss.
In this "Fast" market I, too, have done a few
"Jump-Shifts" to try to get in early on the "Next" Best Thing for "Competive" thrill of Victory / Agony of Defeat Motivations. Pretty Childish, huh? But it is for fun,Fun,FUN. Right.
You know, 'Scanning' and / or Floundering looking for the next 'In' trend or favored Sector to Emerge out of the Miasma of today's Mannic Market (Shake-out ?)
Actually for all the Volatility and Up-one-day-down-the next Movements and such - the Market might be said to be in some kind of Funky side-ways Lateral 'SNOW' Drift.
As for my Real Portfolio - No Way - same everyday - I don't Race & I don't Chase. I Plan my Work and I Work my Plan. I don't Panic over some Big Drop, especially when all boats go up and down in unison, so to speak - based on some 'News-related' PRETEXT. I can Smell the Man-ipulation there. Mind-Candy or Toxic Tocsins for the MindBlind and Desperate, mostly.
As I've said before, " I'm NOT responsile for the actions of that Lunatic - Mr. Market"
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | November 27, 2007 12:35 PM
Zee Zephyr,
With X-treme reluctance, I gotta back-up
the Doofy Beer guy - this time to the Hilt
( of my Broad-Sword - a double-edgier w / a Dual Porpoise ). Duffy can't "Taste his way out of a "Paper Bag" most of the Time - as he fears being Busted on a BUM DIP Rap or for having an Open Car Container.
As for me, check out my Bio - I freely admit
too being an Idiot Savant - kinda, sometimes.
Sea Breeze check out England.
"England SWINGS like a pendulum do", Roger Miller
It's like the Tide - going up & down whike
the World keeps goin' 'Round 'n 'Round.
Who SAID " It's DIFFERENT this TIME " ?
Get Duffbeer's 'Recipe' - it involves a
Scottish Horse in some Bizarre manner -
but the will mellow you out - sentience is NOT always a Virtue.
VW says , " No Brain - No Pain".
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Here's some reading material from the time
b4 the time b4 the time b4......Last Time.
The Crisis - December 23,1776
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God. - Thomas Paine ( in da Buttocks ? )
Posted by don ferk | November 27, 2007 9:41 PM
Dr. Anthony,
I strongly suspect the Market will be Bi-modal,
withthe strong getting Stronger and the weak getting Weaker. The general Average or Indexes might bounce around - sometimes with high beta volatility. Dump the Losers, Ride the winners. It will all sort itself out by January effect time - as earnings pre-announcements start coming out, etc. Keep your ears to the ground, your eyes to the prize and not betwixt me and the Door - or face getting Krushed in the Stampede.
This is a Stock Pickers Market - for sure.
Jim, be nimble, Jim, be Quick - High Jump over the burning Japanese CandleSticks.
Due Respects,Dr Doom & Gloom - NOT!
Posted by don ferk | November 27, 2007 11:53 PM
Armin,
I like your Style - but I'm not ' a'Stu(c)k on ya if you Catch my Drift.
It seems we agree on the Retailers - in a competitive environment there will be a LOT of
DisCounting and the Cheap Goods @ 'Fair' prices types will 'eat themselves Alive' - self-destructive behavior & Customer Service out the window.
As for Gold, it has very little Practical Value & few Industrial Applications. I prefer Platinum / Paladium , Silver, Rare Earths, Uranium, etc.
It is m opinion that the Gold ETF's are soaking up the WareHouse receipts that represent a very high fraction of the Above-Ground Inventory. The Refuge of Last resort aspect of Gold will, however, increase the Fear-induced Demand. That being the case, I'd buy Physical Gold - English Sovereigns which had & have a Peculiar Loop-Hole in U.S. Law from the Great Depresssion so many years ago - When the Boys protected themselves from Bank Holiday Confiscation when banks were closed so 'Safety Deposit Boxes were rifled - they replaced any non-Sovereign Gold with paper money valued @ USD $35 oer Ounce. The Wizard of OZ ( Oz. the abbreviation for Ounces ) was behind the Curtain pulling Levers on That One. Nota Bane ( N.B. in cases of National declared 'Emergencies'.
Check out the Condtitution which says the Congress has the Responsibility to 'MINT' money
& Protect the Value There-of. Or the Law that defines the U.S. Dollar in terms of Weights of Gold & Silver. Your Green-back Dollar is a 'Promissary' note with no redeemable Maturity Date. Try to get Ft. Knox to give you the Legally defined Value for a U.S. Dollar with THAT Fiat Funny Money in your Wallet.
Until the 1930's, Federal Bonds were Forth-rightly called what they acually wer - C.O.C's ( Certificates of Confiscation).
Inflation is the Sovereign's BankRuptcy. How long has our government been de-basing our Money? How long will the ROW ( Rest of World )
tolerate our Profligate,Irresponsible mis-Behavior?
Respctfully,
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | November 28, 2007 12:40 AM
Krish,
Rat is Germanic for "Counsellor' or 'Advisor'
It is Intuitively obvious that you are a High-Rat and Uncle Ben is a Low-Rat ( rat here meaning Vermin )
As for the people who believe in Ib'n ( arabic for 'son of' ) Been Stank-Ranky, Beneficient Ben is counting on one and only one thing -Perception is Reality.
He's just doing Psychological Warfare, which I call "Tall talk from a Fat Man", as Robert Duvall said to John Wayne in the 1969 movie 'True Grit'.
I don't think Ben has many bullets left & has no IRON to Grab - all he has left is a Gift of Gab - Bravo Sierra.
Credit Markets are deteriorating witha Domino Effect.
Don Ferk,
( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | November 30, 2007 9:06 AM
Atta Boy Mr. Stack MAXIMUM STARS.
I see you've got ACI & CNX in your SLO-PORT - both most excellent choices. I particularly like CNX - they shut down a mine in West Virginia a couple of years back to upgrade it for much higher capacity to supply coal to Duke Power for a new Power Plant which has a Clean Coal technology that is BOFFO - they use relatively high-sulfur coal and clean it up to meet environmental standards.
CNX recently raised it's dividend to demonstrate Management's confidence in a Bright future for Appalachian Coal.
TheEastern Coal industry DID bite the bullet on production to reduce suopply and raise prices. The Strategy is now paying off.
With the dollar weakening, Eastern coal is a bargain & exports will sky-rocket.
Coal moves by train & ship. I recently wrote a series of blogs about the coal-hauling railraods - Norfolk Southern (NSC) & CSX (CSX).
Check 'em out and consider buying a railraod ( Burlington Northern (BNI) & Union Pacific (UNP) come to mind for Western Coal )
Good Hunting !
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Hampton, Va ( & just about a mile from the CSX railroad tracks & coal loading Piers in Newport News, VA )
Posted by don ferk | November 30, 2007 4:53 PM
Yo Thucydiddes,
Aren't you the guy who lives in a clay jar and goes around with a Shining
Lamp, Looking for an HONEST MAN ? & saying stuff like :
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.-Thucydides
Well, your lamp has a DED ( Dark Emitting Diode ) to have dug up a Bloated Sot like
the Daffy Duffy-Meister.
Duffy was in the Air FARCE - he was called an AIR Man, which is like some kinda
Comic Book Super Hero - He didn'tt attain the stature of CAPTAIN AMERICA; His
Rank RANK was Buck Civilian - as he was BUCKING for a Dis-Charge
( Section 8 ? Article 15 ? ) he's learning to fly a de-BEER'S Puddle-Jumper so he
can get over a Beer Pond without getting " his Feet WET "
For Chrismas he's gonna get a lump of COAL but no Switcning - I'd give him a GOOD
Spankin' myself - but I know he'd LIKE that.
Good Hunting for an HONEST man. Everybody's got something to HIDE,
except me & my, uh , Monkey, John Lennon
Stay away from Duffer Beer, too. - N.B. ( Nota Bane )
My name Ferk has it's ROOTS in the word "FERKIN" ' which means " a
bucket or container - a clay pot" There are many PrewPubs in Great
Britain named FERKIN 'N FERMENTER. Check it out in your dicionary
or in Duffer's case - Pictionary.
Speaking of COAL & COAL TRAINS -'
Some of my Blogs on the subject :
Nov 27 - Tuesday Weld
Nov 23 - TL #7 - Trucks, Trains, ..............
Oct 27 - SL #7 -Cheshire Cats .....CSX = Chessie
I go into a whole SPIEL about COAL.
I might Rant & Rave - But Duff - He VOGUES;
He VOGUED right out the AirFarce.
Oct 25 - SL #6 - Train REX - NSC the King of the Railroad.-
Check 'em for yourself,
While I check Duffer out of the Sherriff's Custodial
Care - He's in the DRUNK TANK for urginating
in PubliQue - whaatever that is !
As for Coal Trains & Chicago - I could Hobo there sitting
on a Norfolk Southern Coal Gondola in about 2 days
Are you related to Robert Stack - the
actor - famed for his role as Elliot
Ness on the TV Series "The Untouchables"?
Stack was a competitive Rifle Marksman,too.
Maybe a,a, aaahh, HUNTER ?
I'm an Under- Achiever nyself - SLO #322 - @ 10:06 $$ EWT
Eastern Wealth Time.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
as fo' MO' SLO DUFFER-GUY :
READ 'EM & weep.
ToWit :
November 14, 2007
Raising the Roof: Norfolk Southern Begins Work on
Heartland Corridor Tunnels
ORFOLK, Va., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
...Heavy machinery grinds away brick, concrete and solid rock as a railroad tunnel near Cowan, Va.,
gets its roof raised to accommodate taller trains. This is the beginning of a three-year engineering
project to increase intermodal freight capacity by raising vertical clearances in 28 tunnels on a Norfolk Southern
rail line between the port of Hampton Roads, Va., and Chicago known as the Heartland Corridor.
DID SOMEBODY SAY chicago ???????????? - DLF
The first phase of the tunnel work began in October.
...When the project is completed in early 2010, containerized freight moving in double-stack trains will be able to
shave off about 200 miles and up to a day's transit time between the East Coast and the Midwest. Currently,
double- stack trains must take longer routes by way of Harrisburg, Pa., or Knoxville, Tenn.
The Heartland Corridor goes across Virginia, through southern West Virginia and north through Columbus, Ohio.
..."The Heartland Corridor is one of the most significant railroad engineering projects of modern times," said Tim
Drake, NS vice president engineering. "We're excited to get started. We're at the beginning of something big - a
true partnership that will benefit the nation's economy and create a competitive advantage for railroad shippers
and receivers, our public partners and our communities."
...Stack trains require a minimum vertical clearance of 20'9". The methods of increasing clearances vary from
lowering track to notching corners into an arched roof to digging out and installing a new roof. In one case, the
top of the tunnel may be removed altogether, turning the tunnel into a "cut," a process known as "daylighting."
Tunnel lengths range from 174 feet (the one to be daylighted at Big Four, W.Va.) to the Cowan Tunnel's 3,302 feet.
...In early 2008, work will have begun on three other tunnels in Virginia, near Eggleston and Pembroke, and eight
tunnels along 11 miles of track in southern West Virginia between Antler and Gordon. The remaining tunnels, all in
West Virginia (except for one in Kentucky), will be modified in two more phases, first proceeding eastward to
Coopers, W. Va., then westward. In addition, overhead clearances will be increased on seven railroad bridges,
three overhead bridges, three railway signals and three sets of overhead wires.
...Meanwhile, Norfolk Southern trains continue to run through the corridor, serving coal and other customers in the
region. Where practical, trains have been rerouted, permitting sections of track to be closed for 10 hours at a time,
five days a week, for the next three years. Norfolk Southern has formulated plans to minimize the impact of the
construction on coal customers. Accurate and timely information about service changes and delays will be communicated
throughout the construction period. Close communication and joint planning with customers on expected volumes
and changes in coal sourcing also will enhance efforts as the project progresses.
...Norfolk Southern, the states of Virginia, Ohio and West Virginia, and the federal government formed a public-private
partnership to fund the project, which also includes new intermodal terminals in Columbus, Ohio, Prichard, W.Va.,
and the Roanoke, Va., region. The federal government has authorized $95 million toward the $151 million cost
(estimated in 2005 dollars) of the tunnel clearances, and Virginia has authorized $22.35 million for terminal
construction and clearances for the four tunnels within the state. Earlier this year, West Virginia enacted new legislation
to provide funding for rail intermodal projects, which will first be applied to the development of the terminal in
Prichard. Ohio is contributing $836,355 for up to 95 percent of the costs of raising overhead obstruction clearances
within the state.
Public funding has been made available because of the public benefits of the project. Double-stack container service
will create economic development opportunities in those regions served by the corridor by providing economical access
to world markets. Improved intermodal capacity and service will divert freight from trucks off highways serving the corridor,
with associated savings in highway construction and maintenance costs and reduced exhaust emissions and fuel consumption.
Wrong agin' Duffer - so, So, SO Wrong !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by don ferk | December 1, 2007 10:01 AM
Bard-ON,
Are you going Kim Koamando Commando-style on us, again? Maybe you're Free-Balling as your underwear got Wet while Fishin' with a -
Fishing Pole & BAIT - whatever they are.
Try Naked Fishing - like St. Pete ( John 23 )-
you won't have to worry about Panty Lines,then.
7 Stars - *******
Keep up the good J'(w)erk !!!!!
VikingWarrior
PS - LapDogs were bred for a Special Porpoise - to attract the Lice & Vermin off the folks at a time when " Cleanliness was NOT nex'ta GodLiness". Didja know THAT ??????????
PPS - Here's a Short fo' ya' - SHORT SDS.
PPPS - Don't wear Tight Panties, either - they get your Tizzy in a Snit & ruin your Pocket Pool short GAME - VW
Posted by don ferk | December 1, 2007 10:40 AM
Keith,
The Atom-Bomb Bull-rider was Slim Pickins; he was a FAN of the B-52's. Slim Pickings is what you get when you don't read & understand VW's recent Blog about STAND, stand, Standing.
OK, NOW - you're a GED Genius.
Here's your Sign - L7
here's your Serial # - 1D10T
More Later... I'v got to Hack on Duff for a while - it's Fun to do - like being on a SLO Train to Nowhere. It's a TUFF & Durty Job - but someONE's gotta Do It.
VikingWarrior
Posted by don ferk | December 1, 2007 10:54 AM
KB (17P) Holmes Komet Flamer,
Wait until the water FREZES, hack hole in the ICE - Put a WARM SHAQUE w/ Roof on it. Drop a light down to attract the fish ( or Seals ), then Stab 'em with a PichFork or Shoot'em with a GUN. What IS this BAIT stuff anyway. It's a Stinking Idea, I say.
IDjit.
VW
Posted by don ferk | December 1, 2007 11:33 AM
Yokohama Mah-MA,
you are correct, Sir.
Range Bound Markets have a habit of Breaking OUT - Up OR Down. There lies the RUB as William Shakespeare once said.
...Differences of Opinion are what MAKES a horse race, If you believe UP - trade into HIGH beta stocsks; Down-belief - OLD Evergreens - mature,boring, Large CAP dividend-payers.
If you aren't quite so sure which-away - DO NOTHING. Stick to your basic Plan and/or TUFF it OUT. It's always darkest before the Dawn - the happy birds Chirp before & after the raging Thunder-Storms,
Don Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior (
Posted by don ferk | December 2, 2007 5:03 AM
Tango Alpha Bravo (T-A-B )or is it Tango- November-Bravo ( T-'n-B ) [ T's & Blues ? My,oh,my ] or how about Tappa Ale-a Brew ( your not a DuffBeer avatar are'ya ??? )
...In any case, why didn't you Back Up the Truck on FSTR ( Foster ) it's went up +7.42% today and it's only 2% of your SLO-Port.
What were you doing ?????? - watching Gen'l Horse-Spittle while I was watching 'As the Stomach Churns" on the in-yo-bizzy-ness Gossiping & Tongue Wagging T 'n V Channel ?
...I like the Railraods & railraoad service & manufactueres - as well as the Rolling stock leasing outfits. Who do think will make out best installing and manufacturing the VERY NEW braking technology Retro-fits - saves fuel & cuts back on de-railments with computer controlled 'Smart Brakes".
All A-board ! I've been WORKING on the Railroad. I think everybody with any Market Iron Horse sense should have a piece of that action - you do 'n I do, too ( Sadly, no L B Foster but, well, win some - MISS some, too.
Congrats, BulbousBear
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
PS - if you haddahad MO' FSTR yudabin in da BLack, Jack - TODAY !!!!!!!!
( am i bitter - NOoooooooo, nawt li'l ole me.-DLF )
Posted by don ferk | December 3, 2007 8:46 PM
Diamond Jim,
Knee-jerk or Groin-Kick.
I hit my elbow on my funny-bone -- and it
Hurt - I didn't that IT was funny anymore !
RIMM makes the BlackBerry -otherwise a one-note Johnny - lots of people do the other stuff they do is done as well or better by others. There are museums chock-a-block full of whizz-bang gadgets that were the Bee-Knees in their day. Sure, make a Trading Buck on RIMM; then get out before the RIMM-Fire back-fires.
RIMM had a patent dispute a few years back - they were accused of un-licensed use of intellectual property - they were , in fact 'HAD' by the nads. They were looking at being put out of business or settle for a Big Bucks Penalty and/or pay-up for a royalty licencse under 'Motivated' Licensee conditins.
This caused a 'STIR' on Capitol Hill, where all the Politicos & their staffs were addicted to the quick-draw B-Berry. There was even a rumour that shutting RIMM down would also shut the Government down - Who would have Known? - not me. There were meetings in Congress. I think some kind of "Deal-DEAL" was done - Lobbyists, contributions, or the usual flim-flammery. In any case - I think they have 'protection' until somebody comes up with the Next Best THANG. N.B. - Nota Bane.
I'm going to play with my Hula Hoop, my Pet Rock and the Cord off a Princess Phone ( extra long & $1.00 / month extra in the Day when Ma Bell was the only Big Hot Momma in town -monopoly-wise ) My friend is coming over - She's an invisible pretend-friend - her name is Dotty Bomb. She's been burned before and She knows the score but you won't hear her complain. She's kinda skeptical of Blackberry Cherry Bombs - a lot of noise & very little light - she says.
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
Posted by don ferk | December 3, 2007 9:49 PM
Ronald ( means Counsel Rule in Olde Englishe )
I think solar power is so capital expensive that the cost per kiloWatt is prohibitive except where other alternatives aren't available - remote locations or to reduce weight like the 'solar-powered' calculators - no batteries required & you would't be able to see the 'screen' in the dark anyway. Portability is a value versus cost of power such as the use of batteries in 'mobile' devices.
People who believe in large-scale use of solar power haven't sat down & 'run-the-numbers' - how much Amperage per square meter is there theoretically in sunlight on a clear day @ high Noon. How much of the earth's surface would have to be covered to provide current power needs. Remember it's dark under a solar panel, crops, trees, grasslands, etc don't grow in extreme shade. You're going to have to make & store electricity for the night & cloudy days,too.
DuffBeer is in his CUPS, again. The Book is "I,Robot", the author is Isaac Asimov.
I invented a Robot that Gtows & Reproduces itself and is the most 100% efficient collector of sunlight Energy EVER . It's called GREEN GRASS. You harvest it - dry it - burn it to release fantastic amounts of sun- derived energy.
Voila ! problem SOLVED !!!! - and DIRT CHEAP, too.
Solar Energy as a solution to the Global energy Crunch, Poverty, hungser, War. I don't THINK so , Scooter.
The Counsel HAS ruled.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
Duff - Party On .
Posted by don ferk | December 4, 2007 9:05 AM
Diamond Jimbo -
People need Re-inforcement to 'excuse' their behavior - and most everybody wants to run with the Pack - and not to be thought of as 'wrong', 'outside ( the Main Stram or anything else ). It's all the functional equivalent of " Hand Holding " for the Weak minds who don't think for themselve ( too HARD ) and prefer to be 'told' by Charismatic ( & sometimes pretty or famous or certified, interesting or 'experienced' ) Leaders - people who are otherwise not accountable, reportable, or responsible on the other side of the Transaction.
Were you amazed by the results of this Scholarly endeavor or just surprised that you could actually 'hang' real numbers on the phenomenon ? Iquiring minds want to know.
Don Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
PS - " I've known IT all along; you're finding out these days " - Bob Dylan / song : 'Idiot Wind' --- album - " BLOOD on the Tracks "
Posted by don ferk | December 4, 2007 9:22 AM
DuffBeer.
OK - you be the Re-Actionary THIS time.
I'll settle for being the RAD-ical Rascal.
Let's take turns. Keep 'em guessing & Leave 'em laughing when you GO.
VW
Posted by don ferk | December 4, 2007 9:27 AM
dl - how's money honey-bunny ?
Long time no SEE.
Show a little more LEG in your foto nex' time. OK. It warms the cockles of an old man's heart.
Where's your Tennis Bracelet?
Hock it for quick cash money. if yot'vr got the money, honey, I've got the time.
All the German i've ever needed - a 1 minute quickie lesson -
Wie Viel ( VEE Feel - means How much ? )
komme Sie hier mit deine Hosen in seine Hande.
( cumma zee here mit dinah hose-en in zine-ah hand-ah ) - means come here with you panties in your hand.
OK - you can substitute LederHosen for Men
( Lay-dahr Hose-en - means leather short shorts )
Down to 2 classes now - more time for the Games people PLAY.
Numbers, numbers, numbers.
The Numbers game. VW is a high-functioning Asperger - a Mathematical Genius. I do that stuff in my Head - Quick as a Bunny. I spend my time studying Head Games - it's a Puzzle Palace trying to figure why people do the little things they do. The Market is a Stochastic Laboratory - It's MAN-ipulated like all get out. In my personal Port, My MEOH is out on $30 ( and a very FAT premium, I might add ) covered calls - APR08's. I'll just catch the divvies at least until the curent hysteria Blows Over - I'll probably buy in the calls later - if other more opportunistic uses for the Cash don't arise. The calls may even expire worthless - Qu'elle Dommage ! ( what a Pity. / that's Frog Talk Parlez Vous ). I'll cry Big Crocodile Tears in my many Duffer Beers.
But that will be THEN & THIS is NOW.
(Je Vous Aimez, dl )
Who luvs ya, Babe ?
Don Lee Ferk ( I'm a dl, 2 )
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
PS - concavity - the 2nd derivative with respect to time - aka - acceleration - positive (+) is an upside down umbrella & negative (-) is a right-side-up water-shedding umbrella. Raindrops keep falling on my head - someone left the Cake out in the Rain, etc
Q. Do you know the actual NAME given to the 3rd derivative with respect to time ?
A. JERK
( look it up ! )
and they call me, they call me little Elllllllllf
And i TELL you, better to find out for yourself - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Posted by don ferk | December 4, 2007 10:29 AM
Shahman - King )' Stocks,
Shah is 'Middle East' talk for for KING.
Chess's CheckMate come from ' Shah Mat ' - meaning quite literally - the KING is DEAD !
gully whacker,
6 months ??? !!!! - it seems like a life-time 2 me - although a Viking is able to do 6 momths in Pergatory STANDING on his Head & whistling DIXIE ! NO Problem-O.
I've been 'harping' on the ' gettin' outta 'merry-kah' theme for a while now.
If you don't buy furrin Co's out-right - @ least buy 'doze' doin' BID -ness der, type-o-thang. KO - foreign growth. MCD - growing Great gunz outta Peoria / Atlanta , too.
When did YOU wake up & smelly the Kaw-Fay ??
I yam outta here - Wake me up 4 MEALS !!!
Don Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
PS - MAX starz
PPS - atta Boy.
PPPS - Can U spell Xmas Rally ???
PPPPS - there's ALWAYS A Bull Marquette Some Where, Gully Pal O'Mine-O.
Posted by don ferk | December 5, 2007 12:32 PM
S,okin' Stacker,
sic, him. That beer-gutted boorish SOT, I mean.
Wait a MINUTE ! - I want a piece of THIS action.
Duff, you drunken Coot, a model works like this -
What was workin' THEN, well, it ain't workin' NOW.
Don't FIX it, if it ain't BROKE.
NEVER jump out of a perfectly Good Airplane.
If it don't Fit, FORCE it.
Often WRONG, but NEVER in Doubt.
And ( last but NOT least ) - NEVER eat ina restaurant named ' Mom's '.
Got that Air Man w/o PLAN,
Glad I could step in & clear this whole Matter UP.
Happiness, as John Lennon once said, is a WARM beer - DLF
Don't Run with Scisssors / Play NICE together -
Everything I needed in Life, I learned in KinderGarten.
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port - RuthLessIntent
Posted by don ferk | December 6, 2007 4:44 PM
Ahoy Cabin Buoy SkowBoyBob,
Great.Blogs...Sticking.to.your.Gun(wales).is.a.lesson.for.us.all.
MAX.Stars.to.guide.your.SeaLane.Trade.Route.through.the.dark.Shoals.of.a.Sailors.Life.
I.am.a.shellback...I.am.a.ShellBack...I.am.a,.SHELLBACK,_SIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do.you.know.of.any.Shippers.that.would.be.a.PurePlay.or.have.a.large.position.in.Coal.Cargo.-i.e.-.the.Colliers?
The.reason.for.the.Period.Dots.is.that.I.just.violated.my.own.NO.Liquids.rule.and.spilled.a.bottle.of.Leinenkugel's.Honey.Weiss.on.my.keyboard.and.'Burnt'.out.my.SpaceBar.key....I'll.have.to.go.down.to.OfficeMax.smelling.like.a.BrewerySigh....It..won't.be.the.1st.time.&.not.the.last.,either,.I.Suppose..It's.the.peripatetic,perigrinatiious.Sailor's.Life.for.Me.Thar.She.BLOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!.Nantuckett.Sleigh.Santa.Claus.
DonF,erk
aka-VikingWarrior
Posted by don ferk | December 7, 2007 6:09 PM
Piscean Pescadoro,
You've got an open in the back Truck. Where do you keep your fishing tackle for safe keeping ? If I did that I'd be Busted by homeland security - those percussion grenades could fall into the Wrong Hands - People with fishing licences for one.
As far as the Fish smell goes, i've got a cat that absolutely LOVES the odor of seafood. She could live in your truck after which it would smell like a French Cat House - somethimg a gift Cologne,
Testerone-drenche Viagara Vehicles more likely -what color are they - Purple ?
It's even worse than you've described. Remember the controversy about banks making mortgage loans to illegal aliens. They did have jobs - building vinyl-clad McMansions. Are they Current on the Rebt now ?
We were told that the negative American savings rate was deceptive as our 'Savings' were locked up in the value of our houses and we were 'saving' more and more every year, The house-ATM wealth-effect stimulated more consumption.
Did you know McDonald's and other fast-food places now take credit cards for a $3.oo lunch TAB. With cash & carry gone - how do you hide income from the prying eyes of the Tax Man ? It's absolutely ruinining the 15% of the U.S. economy which is , uh, Informal, no, uh, UnderGround.
The real problem now is two-fold. As Property values rose so did assessements and taxes. Cities budgeted for ever MORE - and borrowed against the putative future. There's going to be a lot of Municipal Bankruptcies.
Also, The people who are losing their houses are cutting deals to stay in them longer without paying - it's called some kind of SALE - a pre-sale - I don't remember the term - but they stay in a house with a For Sale sign on it. Here's the RUB - a forgiven loan is a taxable event. You don't pay taxes on 'borrowed' money as income - when the loan is forgiven that money becomes income - calculated by the amount owed minus the proceeds from the sale of the house. This is a nightmare for the IRS as the Banks write off the loss asa tax deduction - transferring those taxes to the hapless home-owner. NOW, we know why the Government is pulling out all the stops to 'Maintain the Dream of Home ownership".
Great Blog - Max Starz
hope I've contributed to the discussion & taught you a more productive and sure-fire fishing technique as well. maybe someday you can explain this whole BAIT idea in a way that even I can understand & appreciate.
Don Ferk - the Fishin' Fool
Posted by don ferk | December 7, 2007 9:57 PM
Tommy Boy ( a Brit slang term meaning 'Juvenile Delinquent' ),
You were 'delinquent' in not telling the whole story -
The BANE of insurance is two-fold - 1) Moral Hazard & 2) Adverse Selection.
A.S. is when you only sell flood insurance to people who get flooded & none to people who don't - The Risk-Pool is skewed & the Premiums are way Under-Priced for the Pay-Out Risks.
M.H. & A.S. are the BANE of us all, not so?
Bernanke & Co have made a LOT of A.S. - it is we who will Pay the Piper.
Don L. Ferk ( aka Viking Warrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 8, 2007 3:36 PM
Small Fry Guy,
- Please don't StupidSize it
The Logic is More Pernicious than you might suppose. The ( Ag Dept.'s ) Food Stamp Program has done away with the Coupons & gone to DEBIT CARDS - so the Welfare-Types can avoid the Public Embarassment & Shame of actually being seen using DOLE Money. The next thing that happened is a Lobby group got it OK'd to use these DEBIT cards to buy PREPARED FOOD @ such places as McDonald's. When it's FREE, that's when you REALLY go 'HOG' wild @ the Drive-UP Window. It used to be that you had to 'prove' you had a place to 'prepare' food to get food stamps - but that left out the Homeless & Indigent - who prefer to DINE OUT ( al Fresco ? NOooo )at McD's and such. Soon there will be more & more HOMELESS - It's a Growth Market - BUY MCD - it's a ReCession Play & a Game being played on the TAXPayer. You can get Hot Dogs & Slurpies @ 7-11, too. What a Concept !
Fish Says : EAT BEEF.
Hope this helped you whet Appetite,
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 8, 2007 4:24 PM
Hi, Big Guy - Swedish son of a George
Donald - Celtic /Gaelic - means World Leader,Man
I'm an Uff Da Norge - my name is Don, just plain Don - means World Leaader also, without the old / Bold connotation.
You have just expressed the FRUSTRATION of just about everybody everywhere in the Land of the ( formerly ) Free & the Home of the ( MIA ) Brave. I live in Virginia and it's exactly the same here.
Many members of the U.S. Creative & Educated Class have already left town - went to New Zealand, Costa Rica, the Caribbean ( my Neice lives & works in the Cayman Islands and is Totally happy - no Taxes / no Big Government / Great People & balmy weather, too ), the Old Country, etc. AnyWhere that's 1) Out of here and 2) respects the Natural God-given Rights of Individual Human Beings and 3) maintains a vigilant and Constant respect for the Rule of LAW.
You read Books - check out ANYTHING written by Daniel Pink - " A Whole New Mind", etc. It's about the New Wave of creative entrepreneurial Thinking & where it's locating itself.
If my government can't seem to 1) collect the garbage, 2) fix the potholes in the street 3) keep the criminals locked up & 4) lesve me the hell alone - I'm outta here. I can do the work I do sitting on a Beach with a Laptop & cellphone - holding a cool Rum drink in one hand - and watching the Beach Babes saunter by. Who NEEDS this STUFF ? Why should I Swim in this Soupy Morass of Fall-of-Rome corruption & decadence. Why would anybody send a child to a Government School to be Dumbed-down and taught No-Character-whatsoEver ?
The most Bone-chilling Book I have in my large library ( avid reader, you know ) is " The Flight of the Creative Class " by Richard Florida. He lays it ALL out - A night-mare.
Imagine a Brain-Drained America filled with nothing but Marching Morons. Florida is an Economic Demographer - he presents his case with Table of Numbers & Statistics most of which were gathered by U.S. Government Entities. He's the Hirst Professor at George Mason University School of Public Policy, etc. No 'Piker, that one ).
So now I've 'Vented, too. Do I 'Feel' better. No. Not by a Long Shot.
Respectfully,
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
Posted by don ferk | December 9, 2007 1:44 AM
Rebecca ( na,e from the Hebrew meaning Snare )
I can see you are a strong womwan. I would like to underscore the tone of your blog - self-reliance, individual action, personal determinaation ( which is what I call a warrior's INTENT ).
The problem with property is that nobody 'owns' property in America. Don't pay your taxes - sheriff comes and moves you out. The Bete Noire is a recent Supreme court ruling concerning " Public Benefit " which legally is a far weaker standard than the Constitutional test for "Public Good " - It allows state and local governments to do a "Quick-take". This is going on EVERYWHERE - in my hometown they 'took' a small residential area, tore down the houses to make a Parking Lot for a road-side attraction called a "Convention Genter". THEY told those people what their property was worth, sent them a check & a bulldozer. The re-course was ex-post facto - go to court to make a case for how much your property was 'actually' worth and sue for the difference - not to get your property returned to you with compensation.. The LOGIC is that the increased Rrevenues from 'Economic Develelopment" would redound to the Public Till ( or more likely - Pig Trough ) from which the Public would "benefit". When the Sovereign is in Business for itself in the "name" of the people ( as opposed to SERVING the People ) all is lost.
The vaunted "Pursuit of Happiness" is an 18th century metaphor for the accumulation of Property & Wealth by your own efforts. Arbitrary Confiscation for Land Deals & Concrete Pours has Ruined the American Dream.
A house is a Boat Anchor - it can keep you in a place when all your opportunities are elsewhere. The Debtor is a SLAVE to his creditor - a Chattel Slave of Indebtedness.
The Soveereign is entitled to his 'CUT' for sure. The present 'cut' is hard on to a STATIST regime - the governmaent, not necessarily 'owning' but CONTROLLING.
PRETEXTS to abrogate Contracts as the government noww seeks to do are not justifiable under the RULE OF LAW.
My Viking Ancestors had a Culture but no Civilization - they NEVER,EVER built a stone foundation or a Permanent Structure. They were very Wise & very Successful flexible SURVIVORS. If you stay in One Place you will be RULED - best to move on & Travel LIGHT.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 11, 2007 3:43 AM
Tom,
you're an accountant - numbers,numbers, number.
The Devil is in the details - Reading the Footnotes of an annual report, etc. THE LARGE PRINT GIVES, the small print takes it all back,
Insurance is a Pool of Capital standing behind RISK for Premiuns. No Capital no Insurance business. A POOL of capital needing a $1 Billion infusion was a Fictional Pool ofg Capital indeed - notionally speaking,
It's numbers & people - people can tell lies with numbers. Numbers don't lie but Staticians often do,
Once again we LEARN our LESSONS. The trick is not to Repeat our mistakes & errors, Fool me once Shame on you; fool me Twice Shame on Me.
Don Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 11, 2007 3:54 AM
Atta Boy, KommiCZAR Vad-ski,
( -ski because I can't spell Toboggan, either )
Sieben Sterne from this LugerHead !
I applaud the fact that you have 'revealed' that you do MATH
( a rercurring theme in my mostly ignored [ and rightfully so ] Blogs).
The only Business paper I read regularly
is Barron's - a weekly. I do not subscribe because of the delay in the mail.
I buy it when it hits the NewsStand - soonest, sometimes.
I enjoy Allen Abelson's wry editorial skepicism and informed wit.
now, to get down to the Real business - which is Hacking
( on you this time, just a little bit, though ).
I only do it because of this :
They're spoonfeeding Casanova
To get him to feel more assured
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence
After poisoning him with words - Bob Dylan - Desolation Road
& This :
We NEVER get what we Deserve, but; we ALWAYS get what we should Expect. -
Evelyn Waugh
No Poison Here, OK
Prudent ! You ? Your PRUDENT ?!?!. What ! Come again. Hello. HELLO !!!.
Ok. Ok. So be it . Amen. Selah. Selah. ( and a sigh of resignation ) Oh, well. ( sigh )
I often sell a stock that I do NOT think will go down. I mostly buy solid citizen dividend
payers. My Portfolio is run acoording to the Darwinian notion of " the Survival of the Fittest"
to Maximize Return & minimize Risk. I rate my holdings in a Pecking Order - the currentl
best Prospects at the top and so on, down the line. If I discover a new & better Opportunity,
I will sell the Low Man to raise money to acquire the better current choice ( for the Nonce)
Winnowing.
I often sell Covered calls against a position that I think has Run ahead of itself - Mr. Market
has built in expectations of " more of the same " which is reflected in a 'Rich' Call Premium.
I 'MILK' Mr. Market for the Call Privilege, collect the dividends and about 70% of the time,
the stock has Plateaued or ' Rolled ' down by the Expiration date of the contract. I
I wll still own the stock & pocket the premium and it's Time-Value - having invested it in
a hopefully lucrative way. I call the Premiums ' Supplemental' Income'.
About 40% of the long-term Total Return in the Market comes from dividends and
the re-investment thereof - taking advantage of the compounding effect.
The Call Premiums just add to the Total Return - That's one way to "Out-Perform"
the overall Market over the Long Run.
When asked to list his 7 Wonders of the World , Einstein replied -
I don't have a clue about the 7 - but the eighth Wonder of the World
of the World is the MAGIC of Compound Interest.
Magic. MAGIC ???. How does he do it. Smoke & Mirrors, I THINk not.
Ain't I a Wonder - and ain't you a Wonder too - Wonder Boy.
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
VAD, here's a few quotable quotes from the Brirish Satirical Novelist Evelyn Waugh.
His Novels were filled with irreverent Humour and biting sarcastic wit..
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic.
Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.
Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in "Old Maid"; the player who is finally left with it has lost.
The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.
We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.
We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit
Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.
If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be
Posted by don ferk | December 11, 2007 5:33 AM
Vad,
Tobacco Tobogganist,
Check out the Britz - BTI & ITY
I've made good money from time to time with ITY - the dividend is about 3.75% too.
Also - how about LTR - Loews
for a Speculative Thrill - check out AOI - Alliance One - formed from Dibrell & Standard Commercial - tobacco Traders. They buy,cure, blend tobacco for the Majors - They supply the Smoke makers with the Smoke. Obviously Tobacco has been in a shrinking industry - AOI also had problems with currency 'fluctuations' - doing business in USD but paying farmers in local currency. With a beta of 1.94 - it's a Bouncer. Right uo your 'Prudent' alley, Maybe.
Not so ?
Don
Posted by don ferk | December 11, 2007 6:00 AM
Humbaba Bull of Heaven,
Watch out for those two Cats - Gilgamesh & Enkidu - they grab you by the Horns and then what ?
I'm a little Queasy about the market now - A lot of recent action could be due to 'positioning' vis-a-vis the December Options Expiration on Friday. The market has had a reasonably good run in the last couple of days and there may be 'Profit-Taking' - also some year-end TAX-related selling. Any kind of PreText could discombobulate the AAPL cart, so to speak. There may be an initial reaction to what-ever the FED does followed by second-thought Back-Lash. I'm the first to go with the Santa Claus Rally / January Effect scenario - but if it's already "Priced-In" Mr. Market may "OBJECT". We'll just have to Watch @ the Ready, Freddy.
I see there's been a a run-up in stcks related to the - everybody's getting a GPS for Christmas notion. I pose this question - IF everybody who wants one Gets One - what are these companies's Prospects after New Year's Day. Some people think far enough ahead to Ponder such things.
I too like SNY - they've got a Boffo Diabetes Drug on the way. I think SEPR stock has been Pummeled to the Max - it may be ready for a Dead-Cat BOUNCE - or better yet - a come-back, so to speak. SHPGY is a Rocket waiting to happen, also. It's Irish - Maybe by St. Paddy's in March. Who knows ? Only THE SHADOW KNOWS, 4 sure.
Don Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
Posted by don ferk | December 11, 2007 12:59 PM
Krish,
there's only two weeks left - you could go cash non-compliant and not be Dis-Qualifie. Read the RULES. NSMG
Don Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 11, 2007 6:23 PM
Krish,
I ain't over 'til it's OVER.
I'll sleep when I'm dead,so to speak.
The Market was OverBought & it's Tax selling time, too. Any Excuse ( PRETEXT ) would do.
Don't Panic. Where is the money raised today by selling going to go ? Right back into the Market or to an even LOWER rate Money Market Fund ? The 'TRICK' is to glean where. I look for ROTATION SIGNALS - the New LeaderShip. Stay tuned & watch closely. Today some stocks with zilch earnings went up - e.g. PTIE & SNMX - the last refuge of a 'Scoundrel' is the FUTURE. Watch for the trend - my friend. and get there ahead of it
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Don
Posted by don ferk | December 12, 2007 3:30 AM
Jim,
Sticking to your guns- I can respect THAT by-Jiminy-Kricket!
VAd is a self-admitted Crap-Shooter for this SLO Contest. He has even tried to warn his #1 Oriented FANS of that. Following what he's done is no Road-Map for what he's going to do in the Future - which will probably be of an equally succesful Strategy. You cannot imitate the the Un-Predictable. I think Vad the Impaler ( & currently Tobacco Inhaler ) would back me up on this. The only thing certain about the Market is that it WILL VARY & Fluctuate.
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 12, 2007 5:11 AM
King O' Stocks
I don't follow the ( Doobie Brothers ) Pretzel Logic of your argument - Though I do Miss my copy of the Pretzel-Logic Kama Sutra.
Isn't the Taj Mahal a Moslem Funerary Shrine ?
Doesn't the name of the great University town of 'Madras' actually mean "School" in Arabic ?
I'm not going to 'buy' into India until I see a permanent accomodation with Moslem Pakistan
and maybe a little more self-rule or self-Determination for the Provinince of Cashmere.
Gunga Din & the Paki's got Nukes & they are as BOTH as Crazy as Coots, to boot.
There are a LOT of opportunities out there - I'm passing these up. I've got a Nehru Jacket - when it comes back into style, I'll buy India Funds - & Sandal Wood Incense. Mahatma Ghandi was a Lawyer from South Africa. What about investing in Southern Eastern Africa - Sugar Cane & Cane whisky - The Orange FREE State or Ghandi's home town - Durban in KwaZulu ( Zulu Land ) ?
( Just Hackin' on ya, Shah-ster. Actually, I prefer the notion of buying Individua stock on Merit - Shot-gun 'economy' Funds don't appeal to my Taste, that's all. )
VikingWarrior
Posted by don ferk | December 13, 2007 12:34 PM
Birds of a feather flock together, DuffBeer.
It's a Case of a Man with a poor selection for Women marrying a Woman who has a poor selection for Men.
KINDa Re-Minds me of U. & Mrs. Vitammin U.
My own Parents were married in May 1947.
Both are still "active". No InHeritance 4 me YET !
There must be SomeThing to be said about that whole 'CommitMent" Thang.
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 14, 2007 11:14 AM
This is a Quickie ( an Evening Nooner, so to Speak) - I'll Rant Long Later.
OK - about the infamous KBD incindent -
I DID violate my own "NO Liquids" Rule. This is True - but it was a Kingsbury Blogg-back & he's mostly WET all the Time -fishing Fool and such. I had to get " In The Mood", didn't I ?
Violating Taboos & rules is 'WHAT I DO' !
Even if they are my OWN rules. What else are rules for ? " The Masters Make THE RULES for the Wise Men & The FOOLS ". I got NO Scruples. I at least don't take myself SERIOUSLY. That would Be BAD !!!!
The "Head Spinning " it's your BAR Stool - It'll be Better Beer-times when the Bearings FREEZE UP in the Chicago Deep-Freeze. Shirt-Sleeve Weather in SE VA today. I saw 4 AF #1's ( some 'Decoys' ) going Low & slow into Langley AFB. Some Body (-guarded ) guy was probably GOLFING at the LAFB Golf Course Today ( In shirt sleeves ).
I was #42 @ one time. I was in Cash - well - it's the Subject of " My Very First Blog" . Check it out - it's very Pedantic & sarcastic - Surely, you MUST get a LOT of that, Duffer. & I won't call you Shirley AnyMore, either.
Rimm-shot - Soldier - Smoke 'em if you gottem.
Denver - misnomer - Ver - green ( as in VerDant ) - Den - from the Valley. Green Valley for a Mile High? Team colors - Green & gold - there's gold in them thar hills ( but I thought it was SILVER Mines )
I'm starting to get Myself as ConFuzed as DuffBeer. Better Kwit.
Don L. Ferk ( aka VW Micro-Brain - VikingWarrior )
High KonSept, DB. Hi ! Higher !!!!
Posted by don ferk | December 14, 2007 7:28 PM
AttaGurl Becky - Maximus All-Stars,
It's been a while since Ye Olde VW has 'dabbled' in Limiteds - it may be
worth a 2nd L00K.
For the Fertilizer mania - how about the Terra ( TRA : NYSE ) related Partnership Terra Nitroben ( TNH : NYSE ) - 6.77 % Divvy.
The one thing that should be Pointed out is the VEXation TAXation - you pay the Taxes on your Fair Share & you need Green-eyed shades and Sleepless ( in Seattle ) Nights to make sense of the FORMS - including finding out how many States you must file with [ above deminimus income ( usually but not always about $200 )]. I would whole-Heartedly recommend these types of Investments for TAX Deferred Accounts - like IRA's, etc.
Becky you are Babe-o-Licious. I've challenges The Duffer Beer-O Wino to a "Taste" test - but he deferred & demurred. I'd like to Challenge YOU 2, but it would probably become a case of, Of, OF -- well, Rebecca - Here's YOUR SONG - ToWit :
[ w / Guitar TABS ]
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
A
We sat at the table for two
The first thing I knew, she whispered
D
"Oh, boy, I could sure go for you."
G D
My heart beat a little bit quicker
D7 G
As I held her sweet little hand
D
I swelled up with pride, but oh, how she lied
A D
I sure was a foolish young man.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
She made me get up and dance
Around and around we circled
'Til I missed my money from my pants
I asked her if she had seen it
She smiled up at me and said, "No!"
To this day to me, it's a big mystery
I wonder just where did it go.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
Her husband walked in after that
And as soon as he spied us together
He rushed up and gimme a bat
He took me by the seat of my britches
And he shore did jerk up the slack
And then I got tossed, out the door, by the boss
And he told me to never come back.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
It's left me only regret
I guess she was only a-foolin'
When she called me her darlin' and pet
Oh! I wish that the Lord had made Adam
And had never made anyone else
Just one thing I know, the next place I go
I'll buy fourteen beers for myself.
I believe a STRONG WOMAN named Alice Stuart wrote and performs this one.
Merry Christmas - Saftig Sugar Plumb of a Broken Old Man's Dreams,
Don Lee Ferk ( Avatar : VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 14, 2007 10:03 PM
Super Fly Guy,
I'm thinking about writing a BLOG entitled "THE Penny Stock I AM Going To Buy a Million Dollars Worth of". Do I need your Permission to infringe on your CopyRight. Maybe I'll start a NewsLetter devoted to
THAT Topical Tropical Dream. I would use
Moon Phases , Tarot cards, AutoMatic
Spirit Inspired HandWriting ( On THE WALL [street] ), etc..
IT's gonna Be SO Kool !!!!
DuffBeer - Open a Real Reversal R/ E company.
" Insure & Burn" - They'll beat a PATH to your door & your ( Shilled )Stock will sell like Hot Cakes. It'll be the very 1st subject of a RAVING GLOWING ReView in my NEW Touting Journal. I won't drink your Toxic Waste Beer, but I'll Carry Water for your new Venture.
Keith,
for an Adventure - fly fish for Golden Trout In West Virginia. They found a couple of Mutants- developed the Strain - & now Raise & Stock 'em. OutDoorsy but a little Fish-In-a-Barrel stream fishing. For me it's In-Seine.
Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year.
Don L. Ferk
PS - I think I will "help" DuffBeer with some of my own Fishing TIPS ( but not Pole Tips - whatever a fishing Pole IS ).
Posted by don ferk | December 15, 2007 12:04 AM
DuffBeer,
DON"T QUIT NOW !!! I WON"T LET YOU....
Mainly because I need A FOIL - and Who's BETTER THAN YOU ???
2nd Lee and FAR less importantly is this Little Piece of Handy Dandy Info Courtesy of ( God in Heaven 'HELP me' & 4Give me 2 & give me tthe strength) - there are only 20 People ahead of you & the TOP 5 who are STILL Qualified for Consideration. MORON.
WAKE UP & Smell the COFFEE-flavored beer. Look at the DEC 13,2007 Performance Pages. Every Name with an asterisk by it is DISQUALIFIED ( including 1 of the TOP 5 )& @ 114 you have ONLY 20 above you & one is a GURL - Eilene ( She can't REALLY count or I'm NOT an MCP ( Male Chauvinist PIG !!!!!! ).
( parenthetically speaking here - Sorry Eilene - I OWE you One - but Desperate Times lead to Acts O'Desperad-o. You want to WIZE the DUFFERBEER up yourself. Go ahead, SweetHeart, Knock yourself OUT It's a Tough & Dirty JOB, But somebody's gotta do it. Might as well be me - this TIME. )
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 15, 2007 3:58 AM
Duffer,
@ 180 I am only a 'no non-qualifieds' 12 BeHind your Buttocks. I can DO 12 standing on my head & Whistling Dixie. As 4 U - you've got One Hell-Hound on your Skank-RANKING Trail. All I have to do is Sell my GrandMother in to Sex Slavery and I'm THERE, Dude.
Maybe I'll just get 2 friends O'Mine - Sparky the Electrician ( the man does Wonders with a Cattle Prod ) & Big Mike the Mechanic ( he specializes in Wood-Working tools called NutDrivers and he's very efficient ) and we'll go down to Market-O-Cracy HQ & convince them of the finer Points of the argument as to why I should be #1. I'm a Shoe-In. Not So?
No QUIT in ME,either,
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 15, 2007 11:34 AM
Duffer SLOPPY Drunker,
About AF #1 - I frequently enter the Portals of Langley AFB ( Laf-B = Laugh Bee - get it ? )
due to certain Familial Militarial Associations & InFill-Trations. Here's MY Sorry Story an' I'me STICKIN'n to it. [ a TRUE Story ]
I was @ the LAFB AAFES Snack Bar & got in Lime
2 git a Robin Hood SubWAy Sannich. I got in behind a guy in a Black Costume UniForm - looked like a Rent-a-Kop. I see Navy, Gyrines, NATO, Germuns,Greeaks, alla kinda Un-informeds but dis Was Gnu 2 Me. So I side-saddles Side-ways to get a Gander @ his Patch which was Sewn On - Not Velcro - Nome I'me Meenun hee-yah. Anyways - He's a Black Man Look-a-Like a Fire Hydrant & Packing Side Heat that ain't BDU O'da Day, anyway. He looks @ me - suspicious-like - I just laugh ( @ Danger, Nome Ime sain ). He Cracks a big-ass smile and says - " SECRET Service "
I said wut's a guy like U doin' in a NICE Place like dis ". He say I'm asssigned to Air Farce Wun DeTail. & President AmBush is Krakkin a Champagne Bottle down @ the Shipyard dedicating the New Wavy gravy Navy Flat-Top - USN Ronald Reagan ( or wuz it Ray Gun ) wid his Lady swingin' da Roped Bottle. He wuz Baby-sittin AF #1 & was on the 'Get US Lunch' detail. now..If yer by-in' - 'm Fly-in'
I tole him where the Plastic Cutlery was - seein' as to how I heard that Pres Clintown had scarfed the AF #1 Playtes & spoons and had removed the W's keys fom Wite Haus KBD's & typo-Wriders - DubYa Thang ya no.. He Said - "I wuz Dare, Dude & dat's all Polly-tickle Lion-in & it goes on alla tyme, jes like THAT. I believed him - I was packin' LITE that day & he had me out-Gunned, out-maneuvered & out-numbered ( it was just him - but it was just ME 2. I didn't have a ARMY with me that day. ) I didn't wish to dis-agree wid him - THEN or NOW as Momma didn't RAISE no Fool-ish Chillen. No Ime seine here.
Here's the BOTTOM LINE :
President Ronald Wilson Reagan once said, "
There's nothing so WRONG with America that what's right with America can't FIX".
I Believed that then - Now I've got my Doubts, Thomas. I came from Immigrants - maybe they knew something that I am just finding out about these days. Do you KNOW what I AM SAYING ?
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 15, 2007 4:43 PM
My Story About Drinking a Brewery Dry
This story starts in Chicago, Il.
I met the Wrong Woman, at the Wrong time, in the
the Wrong Place and when her husband the Proprietor /
Bouncer - It's so Horrible I can't Go On - all I remember
is a Double-Barrel 12-Gauge and my Nostrils being
STRETCHED to the elastic Limit - It' s a Painful Memory
to me even to this day.... But I Digress.
I had to 'Take it on the LAM - packing Quickly.
I ended up in a Wisconsin State Park @ a KampGround
on the St. Croix ( or was it the Mrs. Sloppy Drunk Ribber -
Memory Fails me now.
I went in to La Crosse Town.
I was walking down the street that runs
parallel to the River City's River & was
left-arm-out supporting the Facades of the
local Architecture. Every once in a while, I
would Fall through a Door behind which was
a Saloon or Bar. I'd have a Brew or two & then
the BarKeep would start looking like & behaving
like that Chicago Saloonist Shootist. It was
always like some kind of Mos Isley Star Wars
Alien Bar Scene.
Afterwards, I would get up off of my KEESTER,
which I had been UnCeremoniously thrown out on.
And Talk to the the Closed Green Doors - " I've been
thrown out of Better Places than This - LOTS better
places", I would Protest.
Then I had an Inspiration - I needed to QUENCH
a deep Thirst.
I made a Pilgrimage to the G. Heileman Brewey
which was the Home of the "World's Largest Six Pack".
Huge Cylinders of the Golden Ichor of the God's.
I tore of my Clothes - Naked Drinking is a
Speciality of Mine - made my way to the TOP
of the 1st Long, tall Cool One - and Dove IN.
They turned out to be Grain Silos - the stuff of
un-Finished, Un-Refined Beer is made out of.
I was SO mad that I Invaded the Brewery, attached
the Product Pipe to My Massive BeerGUT Naval Hiose Connection - and DRAINED them Dry.
The Brewery was Bone-Dry Dead & shut down in 1999 - I was
Totally Responsible for it. Now that the Statute of Limitations
has expired, I Publically Confess my GUILT in The Matter.
I apologize to Stroh's, Miller's, Genesee, the present day City
Brewing Company and the citizens of La Crosse. Mea Culpa.
OK. Now could you find it in your Hearts to 4Give & 4Get.
Will the Civic Organizers of the LaCrosse remove my PNG
( Personae Non Grata ) status and free me from the " Banned
for Life" STIGMA - so I might attend OktoberFest - AGAIN.
DuffBeer, If you can tell a Better Beer Story - you'd have to be a LIAR.
Son, I could 'Taste' you under the Table. A PBT ??? NOT in My
Life-Time ! I swear it on the name of Michael Jackson - the recently
deceased KING OF BEER.
Here's your Song Duffer Beer :
John BarleyCorn ( MUST Die )
( as performed by Traffic )
The Lyrics are traditional.
There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn must die
They've plowed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in
Threw clods upon his head
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn was dead
They've let him lie for a very long time, 'til the rains from heaven did fall
And little Sir John sprung up his head and so amazed them all
They've let him stand 'til Midsummer's Day 'til he looked both pale and wan
And little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become a man
They've hired men with their scythes so sharp to cut him off at the knee
They've rolled him and tied him by the way, serving him most barbarously
They've hired men with their sharp pitchforks who've pricked him to the heart
And the loader he has served him worse than that
For he's bound him to the cart
They've wheeled him around and around a field 'til they came unto a barn
And there they made a solemn oath on poor John Barleycorn
They've hired men with their crabtree sticks to cut him skin from bone
And the miller he has served him worse than that
For he's ground him between two stones
And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl and his brandy in the glass
And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl proved the strongest man at last
The huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor so loudly to blow his horn
And the tinker he can't mend kettle or pots without a little barleycorn
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Don Lee Ferk ( Zen Master PBT, GrassHopper )
[ aka John Barley Corn )
& on the 'road' again.
Posted by don ferk | December 15, 2007 8:16 PM
Jimmy S. ,
I Teng to agree with you - at least as far as next week goes. There is always some Churning before Quarter-end Options Expiration. The Mechanism for a little further out is Hazy - Markets NEED PreTexts to MOVE - one way or the Other. There may be some extreme Tax selling if Congress passes draconian Fiscal oriented policy laws in the waning hours before the recess - this Will apply to THIS year's Taxes. The IRS won't even have the Tax forms ready until February - maybe. Tax Planning - fuhgeddaboudit. Markets require 'Visibility' to Stabilize them, No VIZ - Big VIX. Your guess is as Good as AnyBody's right now, Got a Crystal Ball or a DART ?
As for DuffBeer - he 'Passed' Out @ the Finals. He got an "attendance" certificate & a 'Social' Promotion.
His Chart Vision is like his Driving - Impaired. He can't read between the Empties and the gas gauge in the DufferMobile reads Below 'E' while it's 9 degrees below zero and 3:00 in the AfterNoon in Chicago. It's the Beer that's doing the talking. Who'll be doing the Walking ? Talk the Talk; Walk the Walh !
Don Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 15, 2007 9:53 PM
Erik Star=Trooper,
Jack Jumped under the "CancleStick" ? Shampoo wash out head& Shoulders style? there goes the Dander UP ? Please Explain. Some of us aren't Chrtist0Artists. H&S could break ither way.
Sometimes the Past is NOT a Predictor of the Future - Extrapolation-wise. The Market doesn't LOOK @ Charts - it just draws charts. Pattern Recognition is a Stochastic Phenomenon. What about Chaos Theory ? Things look pretty Hectic to me !
Don Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 15, 2007 10:03 PM
"The best-laid schemes of mice and men / Gang aft a-gley" (often go astray)
"A man's a man for a' [all] that."
ROBERT BURNS
Just Hacking on ya,
VikingWarrior
Posted by don ferk | December 17, 2007 12:41 AM
King O'Equities
You're #1 - You don't have to "Suck Up"
to those CATS most of whom have done worse than holding Cash.
Why don't you say something like this - It's a new day and the OLD must be creatively Destroyed. I'm the Vanguard of the NEW WAVE. Then FIRE those under-Performers for yourself.
It's All about the Courage of your Convictions & the Strength of your own Imagination.
Follw your Dreams, Be in the VanGuard.
My Theory is that SLO is about finding NEW Talent - if not, why even bother to have an open Contest - just promote The Olympic Games with the Old Gladiators battling each other.
VikingWarrior ( SLO Wild Man)
Posted by don ferk | December 17, 2007 12:52 AM
DufffBeer,
I've had Water in my SLO-Port - WTR (Aqua) - but I don't actually drink it - fish 'reproduce' in it.
I would rather put one of those Army water-purification Pills in DuffBeer to make it Potable - but NEVER actually Palatable.
WATER is the Last remaining non-regulated Monopolistic Utility - could be a Winner - 'free'-market-wise.
VikingWarrior ( aka John Barley Corn )
PS - Here's my Market Direction CALL - It WILL Vary.
VW is sometimes WRONG, but NEVER in Doubt.
Posted by don ferk | December 17, 2007 1:03 AM
Vad,
Inflation is the Sovereign's Bankruptcy.
The now 'UnReported' M3 money supply index
has been growing at a 15% annual rate for
a while now. They've been Flooding the
Economy with 'liquidity'- just debasing
the Currency.
The major problem for the government now
is COLA ( cost of Living Adjustments )
whic is based on HeadLine Inflation
'Reported' Numbers. These numbers have
"lacked VeriSimilitude "( That means
they've been Telling Big Whoppers, Rio Linda ).
COLA involves adjustments to pay and
retirement pay for Social Security
recipients, Federal Employees, Military,
etc.
They may need to raise some 'non-Tax
Tax increase Taxes ' by Increasing SS rates or
the Maximums ( maybe on the employer's
side - to keep the VOTING public less directly "involved".
The Last GREAT Inflation era was during
the Carter Administration - the Social
Security System went BANKRUPT & Carter
told Treasury to keep Printing the Checks.
Money from Thin Air - Flooding the System
with MORE Money chasing the same (or less ) amount of Goods & Services.
Interest rates SkyRocketed. The Government
sold 'K' Bonds - Callable Bonds - like a Mortgage that can be Re-Financed when
interest rates decline - STAGFLATION.
And the things I can't remember tell the
things I can't forget............
Not even "Conveniently ".
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior - aka SLO-His/ Storian )
Posted by don ferk | December 17, 2007 12:08 PM
brian,
you did great. Your Sunny solar logic is also impeccable - SOLAR is an out-growth of the 'Green' mentality which ia as coercive & corrosive as it is stupid. The government susidies are a simple reflection of politicos
and political social activists 'Pandering' for Votes to stay in power.
this IS a short-term contesr & 'performance' only counts 30% of the Total Score. You have participated and Blogged well. You are better than most in the over-all & are a quick study.
You'll do well in the 'Real' world - in the Long Run.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 17, 2007 6:57 PM
Emir O'Stox
James Grant is "Minding Mr. Market ".
& that's a GOOD thing.
Grant 4 FED Chieftain !!!!!
Don l Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 18, 2007 4:18 AM
Duffbeer,
OK - What sector? inquiring Minds wanna NO ? - the Sin Tax Stocks ? Face it - The Vikes slaughtered the Bears - with a 3rd Pick Q-back. Does Mrs. Dufbeer know you blew Christmas with a Bad bet - worse than a Lottery Ticket. Mike the Mechanic & Sparky the Electrician are looking for you - better Cheese-Head it to Denver & hide out in a Bear Cave wnere it's less Risky.
It's Tyr's day - didja go back up - MarketOcrazy says mine went up 1.62% - ya coulda done better - but I don't mind.
By Reading my Blogs with an Open mind & an open container you could have at least BEAT the market on Monday even if you went down slightly..
Waddaya want Eggs in your Beer or egg-head Noggin 'taste' beer ?
Coal? you want a 'load' ? Lock & Load, son. You got a hell-hound Viking Dog 'O War on your Trail - collecting bad sports debts for his uncle Larry the Librarian.
Tell young Duff to 1st find his 'Real' Daddy. I got the negatives of a young naked VikingWarrior, a sheep, a nun, and a Black Leather-clad Dominatrix look-a-like for the Young Mrs. DuffBeer. I swear that Baby Brute looks nothing like me - I don't care what the DNA test results are - I've got the OJ defense plea on my side - so Keep looking for a guy that Mr. T described as " I Pity the Poor Fool".
My Goal - make MONEY - I don't care what direction THAT takes me to - You Snooze, you Lose.
VW Micro_brain & SLO Wild Man.
PS - Yo Momma 'remembered' the troops already - she swam out to a Troop Ship with Combat Boots on & hasn't been seeen since.
Posted by don ferk | December 18, 2007 5:29 PM
Vad,
the Impeccable-ness of a Warrior is the Willing-ness to accept the CONSEQUENCES of his OWN Actions. Welcome to the Club - Club 84 ( See Psalm 84 { if you've got a Bible like Mine } ). The 'THEM' are able to make Lemonade out of SOUR Lemons.
Se-lah. Selah, SAILOR.
Merry Christmas.
PS : drop me a Line on your OWN Dime. It'll be worth your Nickle's worth.
Soon, I will go non-Compliant & UnPublish Blogs & Comments, etc. This depends on Marketocracy's response to my LAST entry in the Forums. See [Forums} below your Summary on the Summary Page after you Log IN.
In any case, I'm OFF your Case. Kah-Peesh ?
Merry Christmas. Have a Happy, Healthy & PROSPEROUS New Year.
No Harm meant, no Offense taken. Not SO ?
Don Lee FERK ( aka SLO-Wild Man )
Posted by don ferk | December 19, 2007 1:53 AM
Vad,
Fantastic Bloggin'; you're using your Noggin.
I think we're heading for a dis-Aster ( Bad STAR as in Romeo & Juliet - 2 'Star-Crossed' Lovers - the story is oft repeated - a la West Side Story, etc. )
The U.S. government during the Great Depression of the 1930's had a lot of Make-Work projects - one of which was for Artists and the like.
In my Eidetic studies of World History - I came across a Book of Photography by Government Sponsored Photgraphers - featuring abondoned Dust-Bowl Shacks with Wind-Blown Dirt covering them like Snow Drifts.
The Picture I remember most was of a Bib-Overhauled Un-Employed Appalachian Coal Miner with a Care Wrinkled Face and the look of a gaunt, hungry Worrried Man with a Family to Feed, SOMEHOW.
The CAPTION read, " That was the LAST time I vote for the Lesser of Two Evils ".
It's NOT the Government. It's the People - We've lost our Love of the Possible - We have NO character.
A Civilization with NO Culture.
Am I Cynical ? No, but I am Ex-Tremely Pessimistic.
I AM an American ' I'm SO Proud & so ASHAMED.
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior aka SLO-WildMan )
PS - a 'MAD' Man, too.
Posted by don ferk | December 19, 2007 2:11 AM
Ya done good. No Doubt. Broke Even - more or less.
The Crinoid Crows bring me my daily Bread. I'll do OK too if the Stream doesn't DRY Up & the crows keep coming -
If not - I gotta be a Wandering Prophet of Profit.
Don L. Ferk ( aka Viking Warrior [ Priest, well, maybe ]
Posted by don ferk | December 19, 2007 3:45 PM
ron48309-
Labor - work - the issue is STANDARD of Living & NOT being a slave ( to Convention )
My SLO 'Bio' was a toned up version of a request I made for admission to the Berlin Technical University. I've got a head full of ideas that ARE driving me INSANE. 58 & thinkin' abot goin' Back 2 SKOOL for a PhD.
Live & LEARN !!!!!
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior _
Un- Official SLO " Wild Man
PS - Doofy Duffy - Drink HEAVILY - it's the ONLY Ant-Swear.
PPS - Jes' Hackin' Onya - DLF
Posted by don ferk | December 19, 2007 3:54 PM
TEN Days ?!?! - 6 days on the road & i'm going to make it home 2 Nite.
I thought the 10 stood for the Binary Bits of a Computer Guy. One's & Zeroes. The Duality ON-OFF Universe - the UPS & Downs - the Plussses & Minusess,etc. Good & Evil. Right & Wrong.
Beau Derrick is a 10 - you haven't got the "LEGS' for that job.
I strongly suspect that you are more High-Concept than you let on to.
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 19, 2007 5:52 PM
Ron -
My earliest Blogs Focused on the glories of solid citizen dividend paying stocks in relatively mature businesses - the cokes, kellogg's, and other house-hold names.
It'd December - time for the quarterly Dividends, year-end capital gains distributions, etc. to come roling in. This will a Contest Closing KICKER to the portfolios SLO participants who actually divvy Payers. Regardless of the General Market fluctuations, there will be some upward positional movement in those portfolios that
did not buy high-Flyer come-bychance stocks whose stock symnols ars all 4-letter words.
Ya DID Good. In the Long Haul, the god will out. I guarantee it 99 & 44 hundredths per cent.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 20, 2007 2:17 PM
Ron -
My earliest Blogs Focused on the glories of solid citizen dividend paying stocks in relatively mature businesses - the cokes, kellogg's, and other house-hold names.
It'd December - time for the quarterly Dividends, year-end capital gains distributions, etc. to come rolling in. This will a Contest Closing KICKER to the portfolios of SLO participants who actually purchased divvy Payers. Regardless of the General Market fluctuations, there will be some upward positional movement in those portfolios that did not buy high-Flyer come-by--chance stocks whose stock symbols are all 4-letter words.
Ya DID Good. In the Long Haul, the good will out. I guarantee it 99 & 44 hundredths per cent.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 20, 2007 2:19 PM
Vice-Roy of ShahMat ( arabic for 'the Shah is DEAD'- aka Check-Mate in Chess ) ,
DuffBeer once told me that I had 44 stocks in my SLO-Port ( I didn't count - we'll have to take his Dipsy-doodle drunken SOT word for it ).
I said it was Stagger Lee's Smokin' SmokeLess Blue-STEEL .44 - @ the Time.
Single stock risk is like Vad the kossack Czar's Russian Roulette. Long Odds & potentially FATAL CONSEQUENCES.
Right ON, Bro'. Thanx for ReMinding us all 'bout that handy-dandy Li'l piece O'Info.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 21, 2007 1:04 AM
RE Gully-able's Komments.
I used to quaff Heinekin religiously when I lived and worked ( OK - they pretended that they were paying me & I 'pretended' that I was working ) in Indonesia. Indo was a Dutch Colony before WWII & Heinekin had a Brewery there - the Long necks were larger than the 12 Oz'ers you get here - made the count confusing - is it the number or some kind of 'volumetric' measurement anyway? What exactly is meant by 100 bottles of Beer on the wall anyway?
I told you ---- Beer - It's not just for BreakFast anymore. well tell Mrs. DuffBeer
you want ' a little Heini' in the morning. Ask her to 'serve it up' across the Kitchen table.
It's better there than the coffee table, the rug, the fire-plce mantle, or the front lawn for all the neighbors to see. Do you remember the old Paul NcCartney 'WINGS' song -'Why don't we do it in the road' ? Well, that's as good of a place as any for 'a little Heini' in the Morning.
Word to the Wise - from a wise guy.
Don L. Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 21, 2007 9:46 AM
Charles,
I think the FED has realized what a 'Paper Tiger' it is now - I thought they would lower 50 basis points last time - shoot their entire wad, so to speak, all @ once. They just split it into Part 1 & Part 2. The Rubber has hit the road & the days of the High Life on Debt and Easy Money are over. It's now Piper-Paying Time. The rally is a last Blast of Cheap Thrills. The 'bloody' Morning after is soon upon U.S. ..
Hope we don't drag the rest of the world down the tubes with us. There's ALWAYS a Bull Market somewhere.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you & Yours,
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikikgWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 21, 2007 10:18 AM
Jimmy ( Cub reporter for The Daily Planet a la SuperMan ),
The sell-side Analysts don't just give it away for FREE - They get the Media to force that STUFF down our throats. Sometimes it Works - Perception is REALITY for most.
The KEY FACTOR ( variable ? ) for an Analyst
is INDEPENDENCE.
There ain't NO such thing as a FREE lunch. You get exactly what you pay for. I'm my OWN analyst - so I AM BIASED.
Merry Christmas,
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 21, 2007 10:25 AM
Tom,
Live & Learn.
We LEARN by DOING.
I thinj of the costs of my Mistakes & Erros
as Investmwnts. It's like paying Tuition or DUES.
If you don't learn you haven't got your Money;s
worth.
Besides, SLO money is FUNNY - you ought
to be Laughing about the whole experience.
Be CHEERful - It's Christmas!
Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy, Healthy and
( hopefully more ) Prosperous New Year.
Morgen is auch ein Tag - Sunrise is a new day.
Don L. Ferk
( thanks for the tip of the hat to my right-brain alter ego, too )_
Posted by don ferk | December 21, 2007 4:06 PM
Vad,
How did you know that I won the 'Wild Man' election ? It was a LandSlide. Unanimous Consent. The Election commiitte certified my
election the day before it took place. The Chief Election official was Joe Stalin who said
this :
" Elections are not determined by the man who casts the ballot - but by the MAN who COUNTS the votes "
I was a shoe-in before I tossed my Horny Hat in the ring. All's fair in Love & WAR.
I don't know how Marketocracy deetermines the TOP 10 - I got the feeling that the Contest is partitioned by style. You know Growth, Income, Sector players, Value, Fund of Funds people like Eilene, etc.Marketocracy runs a variety of funds - perhaps they select the TOP 10 as best in show according to each type of fund that they have.
You're right about performance, too. I looked at Portfolios at the beginning. Most had 10 or 12 Diversified stocks seemingly picked by listening to some talking head guru or by choosing from what was then 9 or 10 rated stocks. It looked like dart throwing or shooting in the dark to me.
In the 1990's when these types of Contests were starting to get popular, some wag got a feces throwing monkey to throw darts at the stock listings in a NewsPaper. The monkey WON !!! I read about that in Barron's some years ago - Allen Abelson went 'APE', like I knew he would.
I think the Monkey used Barron's for his target practice - for darts & other substances as well.
Shout out to everybody who pitched in and participated.
Merry Christmas to all & to all a Good Night
Don Lee Ferk
" You do what you can,
you do what you MUST,
you do what you must do
- and you do it well.....Bob Dylan
Posted by don ferk | December 21, 2007 4:49 PM
Tony,
So, you buy high-beta bouncers like RIMM by using LIMIT orders. This is news to me. What a Concept !
I blogged on this topic on November 2, 2007 - Titled " A Lesson too late for the Learning ".
Seeing as how Rimm got away from you after that I guess i was too soon about being too late.
I have at times kept "Opportunistic Cash " as well - but NEVER in fast moving Markets - it lowers Total Return. If you find a better Newby just sell some Oldby , raise Quick Cash & Go ahead on - Knock yourself out.
Day traders are an almost EXTinct species - the commisions, Bid / ask spreads, inefficient trade executions actually EAT THEM AlVE. They're almost as fun to watch go down in flames as Short Sellers. They should use Day Traders for Medical Experiments - because nobody's going to miss them if something goes wrong.
That's a Joke, son. Laugh it up !!!
Just Hackin' on ya .
Merry Christmas.
Don L.Ferk * aka VikingWarrior - the SLO Wild Man )
PS - Live & learn.
Posted by don ferk | December 22, 2007 4:51 AM
Duff,
Move to Caliph-a-forny -ya and sell Shot-gun Shanty Shacks for Millions to Leverage up players who Flip one house - raise more cash to get a bigger & better one to Flip again.
It Works real good until it stops working.
There were a group of people called "Equity Bandits " who sold out and Moved to Oregon right before the Final Fatal Flip FLOPPED.
They were all rich but just to have something to keep busy they opened Real Estate Offices.
And so it goes - On & on ( until it goes OFF and OFFER ).
Don't hack on Vad about living on the LEFT COAST - he's a former Flaming Commie turned
Flaming Capitalist and just gets confused when the Fire goes out. The Flame's the thing - who needs Philosophy to understand that.
Duff - let's start a Fire Department for-hire a la Fahrenheit 451 in California - I think we could burn up a good ( match) book of Business and STRIKE it RICH !!! Probably get a Commendation for our Volunteer work in Urban, Suburban & Ex-urban Re-Development, too.
WE could be HEROES, if just for one day ( David Bowie [ aka Ziggy StarDust ] style.
Don L. Ferk ( aka SLO Wild 'FIRE' Man )
Posted by don ferk | December 22, 2007 5:27 AM
Jimmy ( Cub Reporter & right hand man for The Dily Planet's Clark Kent [ aka SuperMan] )
What planet were you born on - YESTERDAY ?
Did you just fall off of the Turnip UFO
and Pump & Dump your head so you don't
remember so good no more.
SELL-SIDE Analysts.
'FireWalls' between traders and
Investment bankers at Wall
Street firms. Give me a break !!
Payment for order FLOW.
Independence of Analysts to say
something bad about a firm who
throws BIG buck commissions and fees
at the firm's Investment Banking
Services Branch. "No way, jose ! ", I say. NEVER HOT-chee - not gonna Happen.
SCANDAL ! There is Scandaling going
on in the Marquette Americaine ?
I'm shocked. Shocked !!!!!
Yes,Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
Merry Christmas
Don L. Ferk
just hackin' onya - a little bit there.
Why do you care what moves the market as long as it moves in you favor?
I've said it before, so I'll say it again -
PERCEPTION IS REALITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by don ferk | December 22, 2007 10:07 PM
here's how to make a small fortune listening to and taking a broker's advice - start with a LARGE Fortune.
Where are the Customer's YACHTS ??????
They don't call them Brokers for no reason - that's exactly what the do - they make you BROKE-er Joker.
I don't do On-Line Investing. My broker has never tried to give me any kind of advice - Just good full service and efficient executions.
I'm a Happy Guy - I do my own thinking and I 'PAY' myself for my own wise Counsel.
Happy Happy - Joy JOY
Merry Christmas to all.
Don {Stagger} Lee Ferk
( aka VW )
Posted by don ferk | December 22, 2007 10:21 PM
Vad,
I appreciated Eleanor Roosevelt much more than Teddy - I've included some of her quotes below for your future reference.
As the ex-officio SLO-Historian, I thoght Teddy was a 'Bully Pulpit ' BlowHard and a bit of a Fraud ( he WAS a Politician, after all )
Here's some historical FACTS -
The 'Rough Riders' were on Foot - There wasn't room enough on the TropShips for men & materiel - they left the horses & hay on the dock - they did have wagon mules. So No Charge up San Juan Hill.
An all BLACK unit actually did charge up San Juan Hill. Teddy's Rough Riders charged up Kettle Hill on foot. They got shot up Big Time.. The Americans had powder that 'smoked'; the Spanish had the new 'Smoke-Less' Powder.
When the Americans shot - they gave away their position and became TARGETS.
The War in Cuba was won by a U.S. Diplomat on The then Danish Island of St. Croix. It was a Coal Bunker. When the war broke out, he bought ALL the Coal. The Spanish fleet risked war with Denmark if they Confiscated it.
The Spanish fleet was sunk by the fact that they had no Good Coal in their Bunkers to make steam fast. they had to fall back on their Poor Coal bunkers when the U.S. Navy showed up in strength in Havana Harbor, The Spanish were Out-Run and Out-Numbered. The Spanish troops had no re-supply. End of War. I guess Teddy won it, NOT !!!!!!!
Once again,
Have a BLESSED Christmas, Thrice-Blessed Man.
Don Lee Ferk
A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
Eleanor on Criticism
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
Elaenor on Decisions
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
If someone betrays you once, it's their fault; if they betray you twice, it's your fault.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
Eleanor on Justice
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
Eleanor on Life
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
Eleanor on Life & Fear
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor on CHARACTER
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
Posted by don ferk | December 23, 2007 8:36 AM
Russ,
so, why are you apologizing to Clement Clarke Moore ?- he didn't invent iambic pentameter and you wrote the words. An engineer practicing poetry without a licence is another matter - that's a capital offense. You should be Hung for that.
Merry Christmas -
& to win this Sandra Bullock Beauty Contest :
World Peace and stricter Parole Policies so Poets like Russ are kept in their cages.
It's been hard on me lately - Raju got my SLO Wild man job, Russ stole my SLO ( would-be) Poet Lore-ate Title & Duffy quaffed all of my Beer.
What am I to do next? Maybe a Blog that is so INSANE that I'll get the 'THAT KRAZY GUY' SLO Booby-hatch Consolation Prize.
Gotta go - they're coming to take me away. Ho Ho. Coming to take me away Ho Ho Ho. Ho! Ho! Ho!
I guess I'm Santa Elvis now.
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 23, 2007 7:05 PM
Eileen,
Stay away from the egg-nog, I think it's been 'tampered' with - same goes for the Punch.
Don L. Ferk
PS - the gingerbread house has a Step-up Mortgage and a Balloon payment. Don't go There, either.
Posted by don ferk | December 23, 2007 7:11 PM
Bully Bear,
Where did you find out about UN - was it on a top 10 stock picks list in an article in Soap
Opera Digest or are those Soap-makers now selling their stock, instead of their soap, by advertising it during commercial breaks of those day-time mellowdramas you love so much?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Just hackin' onya
- it's steady business through any economic situatin & it's out of America, so to speak. I would aalso look at HENKY ( a German oufit )that makes duct tape, loctite, knives and kitchenware, household cleaners, health & beauty aids, do-it-yourself stuff, adhesives, Purex,dial, etc
http://www.henkel.com/cps/rde/xchg/
Q o'day : why not PG ?
what informed your selection process?
the 'foreign' growth and currency thing or what ?
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From toroandbruin --
The only way I can get this system to add my comment to a comment is by editing yours; therefore you may find this looks "embedded".
I can't remember exactly what made UN win out against PG and other potential consumer staples companies. Yes, I'm sure the fact that UN is a foreign company helped. Loctite is a great product so I took a look at HENKY. Unfortunately, like many (maybe most) good foreign companies it trades here on the Pink Sheets, which Marketocracy doesn't include.
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Posted by don ferk | December 24, 2007 1:55 AM
Emperor O'Equities,
A man can destroy in a minute what has taken him a Life-time to build - simply by opening his mouth and saying something.
This BLOG is a FATAL mistake.
I beg you - Unpublish this Blog and I affirm that by all that is Sacred to me that I will UnPublish this comment. There is still TIME.
" ForGive them, LORD, for they do NOT KNOW what they do.
Peace on Earth - Good Will to men,
Don L. Ferk ( a very WISE and KIND man & TRUE Human Being )
Don Lee Ferk
( UT PROSIM - That I MIGHT SERVE )
Posted by don ferk | December 25, 2007 3:49 AM
Raju,
My Warrior's Intent was honorablee :
This SLO Contest is primarily meant to find the best investors in the world. People with new Ideas going in New Directions.
You have on one occasion said that you would
" Blindly Follow " -- those are YOUR own Words ---whatever another participant in the SLO does in the future.
Now you present 5 gurus whom you admire to follow.
This would make you an Idea Shopper - picking & choosing and sorting through other people's ideas - taking a consensus poll.
What have you taught - what have you added ?
A LEADER leads & does not follow. If you are going to be a simple inter-mediary or middle-man - who needs YOU.
Why should Marketocracy list you as m100 when they could have who ?? - Talking-head TV shill CraMer-!!! well at least he's interesting and and least he doesn't simply say auch things as "do what StockShah does". He'd be outta BuzzyNess. Do you catch my drift,
Respectfully,
Don Lee Ferk ( not a mean bone in my body -either )
PS - Performance only counts for 30% of the final grade. You know you have 30 - add up the rest and form your own opininion of your final report print-out. Are you an A++ teacher or an A++ student ? Marketocracy is very clear on this ---- They need and want TEACHERS.
"Blindly follow" is a FATAL MISTAKE.
Posted by don ferk | December 26, 2007 4:02 AM
Raj =
Who LUVS U, Man.
Well, I do - 4 one.
I'm an Excitable Boy, too.
Most of the Time I OVER-state my case & x-aggerate ( or y-aggravate - I AM an active autistic High-functioning Asperger after all - a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do )
Let's try to keep UnderStanding & ComPASSION in sight". OK.
I'm going to try to remove the Wurst things I said about you from the Recorde Publique.
Go Man --- go Go GO !
I truly am looking foreward to your next BLOG.
Who's #1 ?????
WE all are. We are the ones that hung in there and did well trying to do good.
WOW !!!! I 'feel' so much Better now ( although I don't think I'll ever be Good again )
Sincerely,
Don Lee Ferk
LEE is for Levite - a Hebrew priest.
Tribe O'DAN & half-tribe O'Joe,as well.
Posted by don ferk | December 26, 2007 11:32 AM
Count O'StokScoring
consider this vis a vis the " Blindly Fallow" Komet :
From the Bible, King James Version:
Psalms 8:2: Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Matthew 21:16: And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
as ShakeSpeare once said, " MeTHINKS thou dost ProTEST too Much".
Don Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 26, 2007 2:23 PM
Jimmy,
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout - ROTATION.
I call the Technique the 'Slow Roll". The KEY is to get out ahead of 'em. Be there - First-est wid da Most-est. The Strategy of the fast-Skatin' HARD workin' Wayne Gretzky. Get to the Puck a'fore it gets there, so to speak. I call that Future-Vision.
KUDOS !!!!!
It Works until it STOPS workin'
Buy when they're selling & Sell when they're Buying. The Tactics of Baron Von Rothschild.
Sell too soon - don't be a 'bag-holder'
Fortunes are made in this way.
MAX Sterne ( LugerHead Lingo for STARZ )
Don Lee Ferk
( aka FAR-OUT Ferk aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 26, 2007 8:38 PM
Vad,
before the 1929 Crash there was a guy who floated Imaginary companies and made a fortune - they were Paper Notions -if shoes a are HOT as a CROX - well IPO a phantom shoe Co. Who the FROWL needs an actual Physical factory - that would be BAD if it burbed down or the exploited workers went on strike.
A company is nothing more than a PO Box and a box full of Paper Certificates called STOX - a Shoe-BOX co. Wanta BUY my IPO - Make me RICH, son, and I'll make you CZAR, Caesar, Kaiser, or anything you wish to call yourself.
Welcome to America, VAD. You're a full fledged CITIZEN now, KomRad. Believe the Lies - No Brain - NO PAIN. Suck it up, boy. Lies are reality. Reality is SURreal, The Doors. The wide open Doors - of Perception.
STOP thinking VAD. you THINK too much !!!!
it is you who has PeePee - Perceptual ProbLEMMS and DiLEMMAs.
Don L. Ferk ( former SLO Wylde Man & poet Lore-ate - the only EXtant SLO philosopher & Historian - 4 da Nonce )
Posted by don ferk | December 26, 2007 8:56 PM
Vad,
I gotta sim-U-lar Fund. Two sides One pays TAXES the other Tax-DEFERRED. One iz Growth & Income and "Value" ( wut EVER that is)& the udder 1 I flog like a DOG. Run it hard & put it away WET ( kinda like a Koz-Zach treats his Women only I water mine before I leave 'em begging for Water. GnomeEYEmSANE). DuffBeer says it BEST - Whisky for my MEN - & Beer 4 my HORSRS"
I call it tye Dumb-bell Bar-bell ( not Duff's Bar Bill - THAT wood BEE BAaaaad tuda BONEZzzzz. )
Approach.
Vad - make me RICH & I'll make you Emporor, King, Pope, FearLess Leader, Charismatic (Cheers) LEADER - whatever makes your BOAT FLOAT. Gnome Mime Seine.
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 26, 2007 9:12 PM
Southern Breeze - I'm Con-Fuzed & Con-Flicted
like StackShah Raju is CON - Victed .
Is It ' SUMmer breeze' as in Seals & Croft or Southern Comfort as in
Janis Joplin & Cheap Trick. Or Southern Breeze as in SONIC YOUTH ?
Inquiring MINES wanna NO ----
Don Ferk ( former ex-officio SLO Wylde Man )
Ps - Do you raise Llama's in your Pajamas.
I do - we can X-Change notes on Cat Herding. too.
Southern Breeze Cock's TALE Reccipe
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The scent of sweet magnolia and fresh grasses are enhanced with real
chamomile flowers to give this dye free bar it's beautiful color. Not an
overpowering floral scent - one mild enough for little girls as well.
Each bar is generously hand cut to at least 4 oz. + by weight, dye free.
Samples available. Ingredients: olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, sodium hydroxide,
distilled water, fragrance oils, and chamomile flowers.
'cross The Breeze Lyrics by Sonic Youth
[kim]
Lets go walking on the water
Come all the way please
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
No need to be scared
Lets jump into the day
I wanna know
I think I oughta go
Close your eyes and make believe
You can do whatever you please
I wanna know
I think I better go
Lets go walkin on water
Now you think Im satans daughter
I wanna know
Please let me go!
Just too quick
Now I think Im gonna be sick
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
Im trying for the future
Its funny that way
I wanna know
I wanna know!
I took a look into the hate
It made me feel very up to date
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
Hold me tight, down on my knees
So I dont go burning cross the breeze
I wanna know
I wanna know!
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
Burning cross the breeze
Burning cross the breeze
Blowing cross the breeze
Summer Breeze, Blowing Through the Jasmine of my Mind. By Sue
Wilde
Llama people love to share their exciting llama stories, their funny ones,
their maddening ones, their "well, I've been in the llama business for all
these years and I've never seen this" stories. But often our painful stories
are only shared with our nearest and dearest and sometimes not verbalized
at all.
My dad, who ranched cattle all his life and grew to love llamas through
me, taught me a life lesson one night. A newborn pygmy goat died in my
hands and he said, "Well, if you've got livestock, you've got dead stock
too."A cold hard fact.
After almost 20 years of living with llamas I've enjoyed my livestock and
endured and eventually celebrated my dead stock. When we have given
our heart away to man or beast and we can see our heart worn proudly on
their sleeve , the sunshine of it warms us up and keeps us smiling. But
when that piece of our hearts is gone that hole it leaves behind can be
painful, no other word for it.
When I first started llama shopping they were literally "flying off the
shelves" (a pleasant memory!). I answered an ad in Llamas Magazine and
the llamas were sold but the lady's son had a few in Kansas. Kansas??
When I got the photos of Sitka and Summer Snow I had to have Summer
Snow! The two girls came to Hartman's in a VW mini van and onto
Canada with some friends that had been showing in Nebraska.
A few years later Summer Snow produced a fabulous female,
Enchantment, a clone of her mother that sold for $27,000 at the Legacy
Sale. Thinking that could never be repeated the next baby girl was as
stunning, Summer Breeze! That next year Summer Breeze was also
chosen for the Legacy Sale and I reluctantly let go too, a piece of my
heart worn proudly on her sleeve.
ARTIST: Seals and Crofts
TITLE: Summer Breeze
Lyrics and Chords
Intro: / Em C Em C /
See the curtains hanging in the window
In the evening on a Friday night
A little light a-shining through the window
Lets me know every thing's all right
/ Em G / D A E C / :
{Refrain}
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
/ Am - Bm - / C - G - / :
See the paper laying on the sidewalk
A little music from the house next door
So I walk on up to the door step
Through the screen and across the floor
{Refrain}
Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune
When I come home from a hard day's work
And you're waiting there, not a care in the world
/ Em C Em C / / Am - Bm - / /
See the smile a waiting in the kitchen
Food cooking and the plates for two
Feel the arms that reach out to hold me
In the evening when the day is through
{Refrain}
Posted by don ferk | December 26, 2007 11:09 PM
Eileen,
check out ALB - they're building an HQ in Dubai and have Interest the Dead Sea mineral ining - a Bromine source & more.
I also like HoneyWell - HON. They have a division ( UOP ) that designs refineries and makes catalysts. FULL Disclosure - I worked for UOP for many years - it started out as the Research arm of Rockefeller's Standard Oil & was "spun-off" after the 7 Sisters Break-up. They Invented Fluid Cataylic Cracking, Platforming, etc. A buncha WILD MEN Prima Donna Engineers. I got 'Vanity' UOP Patents - the real deal is Secrecy agreements - you don't publish patents except to "Promote" politico types or as a Nobless Oblige to a guy done a good Job. It was KOoooool wurkin' dare !!!
Don L. Ferk ( former SLO Wild Man 'til Beta-MAX Raju got me Berth & Bunk )
Posted by don ferk | December 27, 2007 11:43 AM
Eileen,
I've followed Jacob's for a lomg Time now - they have cleaned up their act a lot - got like 2000-3000 Engineers who are as good as they come _ World-Class - Civil & Mechanical mainly.
They got deep into Politico stuff - Government Contracts - Designed & built Inter-State Highways a Bridges and Fly-Overs. You know - Land Deals & Concrete Pours. A real MESS - polly-ticks as it was. I think they have like a Phoenix rising from the Ashes Flown above that Krap now and will do good by being Better'n dat.
GREAT CALL. I'm witcha on dat 2.
Don L. Ferk ( aka Viking Warrior Priest/ Prophet/ Historian Saga - Sayer & Blind Willie McTruth YELLer )
Posted by don ferk | December 27, 2007 12:05 PM
gully.
I got a Solar Collector - cheap & 100% effective - Green Grass - it grows - Sun Dries it - U burn it,etc. No Fuss - no muss - no huge Structural problems either - a solar farm in a hurricane or a tornado or a a Ligtnining ThunderStorm. Cut me some slack here. I gotta hire window washers to clean off the grit & sweep off the leaves & it don't go 24/7 or on a cloudy day. Who's gonna sell me insurance ( business interuption or Wind damages ) ? Oh, yeah, I know Unka Sam & a army of over-Taxed TaxPayers. Ain't that great. What a country, Jackoff Smirnoff !
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior former SLO Wylde Mann 'til StockShah High BetaMAXed & cut inta my tarry-tory story Lyne )
Posted by don ferk | December 27, 2007 12:20 PM
Krish -
TIME is THE ultimate weapon in a Time-Warrior's Armory.
Patience IS a Virtue.
Awareness is Necessary & Sufficient.
I had a lot of Covered Calls - I was 'assigned' on AGU today - JAN calls / a month EARLY !!!! That doesn't happen unless Mr. SmartMoney is getting for a HARD FALL.
I'm about 20% cash in my Real-Port -- mostly from getting Called OUT. I actually would LIKE a DownDraft now - clear the air & do a little Cherry Picking a/o "Bottom Feeding"
NOTA BANE : BEWARE - BE AWARE and be wary, RAT-High.
A RAT in German & Chinese means a Wise Counsellor. Well, maybbe your a High Counsellor, Krish.
Krishna means 'Black' in SanScrit. Perhaps the Blackness is coming upon us. It's always DARKEST before the DAWN.
Morgen ist auch ein Tag - SunRise is a NEW day.
Strategy of the Dolphin - Ride the Waves - the Sinsusoidal Tidal Motion of Time Cycles.
Late for the SKY - Jackson Browne
I'm OPTIMISTIC & OPPORTUNISTIC.
What ME Worry, Alfred E. NEW-MAN
I got Talent & Drive - I WILL survive.
No Problemo, Not SO ?
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 27, 2007 5:48 PM
Eileen
I just had THOUGHT.
It's OK [now] - I just let it GOOoooooo.
I feel better already.
Eileeen - Aren't you the ETF fund of funds Lady ????
Now you're talkin' Individual Stock Picking.
A Major Jump-Shift Style-wise. Something IS happening here - and what it is ain't exactly
X-zACTly Clear !
I propose a new Market Indicator - The Eileen Indicator - a sort of early warning Signal Generator -
I like your pick of BOOM - it's a lot better than BUST - and a 4-letter word too.
My, O my. Oh, me.
I think I'm getting another thought. I guesss I live Dangerously. Dangerous Visions - Harlan Ellison Sci-Fi Guy like.
Nice Knowing you , too.
Live Long * Prosper.
UT Prosim - Thay I MIGHT Serve in the Piety of Service.
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 27, 2007 7:35 PM
KB - [homes ],
Well,One sonuvvabitch to another - hell yes I'll have a drink with you. I Love War Movies and all that Macho Stuff - Patton's main point - People LOVE war - they love it so much.
Keith - we've had some Alien abductions around here - actually animal mutilations. Some people around here use BuckTails to catch Rock Fish ( Striper )- they call it BAIT. - all the dead deer are Does and their White Tails are MISSING. I think it's the same alien bunch that abused my cat to make Fuzzy-Butt bait fishing LURES. You have been placed on the " Round up the Usual Suspests " list. You may even be an alien - with new TECHNOLOGY - they'll lock you up in AREA 51 to pump you for secret INFO - say what is that thing - you call it a Fishing Pole. I wonder. I just
wonder.
You just may be one from that Planet - DAYTRADE. Nice work if you can get it - with OPM, too.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior)
I'm bucking for " Miss Congeniality " of the SLO. BETA-max Raju got my "Wild Man" day job.
Posted by don ferk | December 27, 2007 8:48 PM
Vad,
I build doors with my Imagination all the Time.
The Doors of Perception.
They are WIDE open ALL the TIME.
Doors are a relativistic Concept.
Never allow a Warrior to get between you and the WAY Out.
That could be BAD. Even if the Door is Wide Open.
Vad, where would you put AMD on your List?
The stock has been Pulverized.
It's gone from 40 to 7.50 over two years,
It looks Assymptotic @ 7 or so - bottomed out @ it's new 52-week low.
Dead in the Water.
AMD took ATI Technologies
[ - A Canadian Company - was ATYT.]
away from me then, In a Take-Over MISS-Adventure.
AMD was a' flyin' High "FLYER" with no Direction HOME. They Monetized
their stock Price to BUY ATYT with Notional Funny Money.
It's an old story. NOT SO ?
ATI competes with NVDA. I made good money on ATI- but now I wonder if AMD might
get a POP by Spinning ATI off or IPO'ing it. - UnLocking
[ this IS a Door reference ]
the 'Hiddden' Value of this hidden GEM.
I'd buy ATI in a HeartBeat if the Price was right - maybe compare a ratio like
PEG or ( Heaven ForeFend ) PE to NVDA's numbers.
So VAD - THINK about it !!!
Vad, You're the Number one Top DAWG in the SLO Pound of Mutts & Jeff's.
A SteppenWolf - HellHound on the Trail of a Dog O'War.
How about thinking about Lizards & Reptilian Predators.
The China PLAY needs Dragons not Dragoons
( Goons in Hockey terms )
You could be The Lizard King - who CAN DO AnyThing.
Jus' hackin' onya. No big Woof, Big BAD Wolf. Not SO ?
Don L Ferk
Vad, here's your special song O'da Day
Celebration of the Lizard King - Jim Morrison / the Doors
Lions in the street and roaming
Dogs in heat, rabid, foaming
A beast caged in the heart of a city
The body of his mother
Rotting in the summer ground
He fled the town
He went down South and crossed the border
Left the chaos and disorder
Back there over his shoulder
One morning he awoke in a green hotel
With a strange creature groaning beside him
Sweat oozed from its shiny skin
Is everybody in?
The ceremony is about to begin
Wake up!
You can't remember where it was
Had this dream stopped?
The snake was pale gold
Glazed and shrunken
We were afraid to touch it
The sheets were hot dead prisons
Now, run to the mirror in the bathroom
Look!
I can't live thru each slow century of her moving
I let my cheek slide down
The cool smooth tile
Feel the good cold stinging blood
The smooth hissing snakes of rain . . .
Once I had, a little game
I liked to crawl back into my brain
I think you know the game I mean
I mean the game called 'go insane'
Now you should try this little game
Just close your eyes forget your name
Forget the world forget the people
And we'll erect a different steeple
This little game is fun to do
Just close your eyes no way to lose
And I'm right there I'm going too
Release control we're breaking thru
Way back deep into the brain
Back where there's never any pain
And the rain falls gently on the town
And in the labyrinth of streams
Beneath, the quiet unearthly presence of
Nervous hill dwellers in the gentle hills around
Reptiles abounding
Fossils, caves, cool air heights
Each house repeats a mold
Windows rolled
Beast car locked in against morning
All now sleeping
Rugs silent, mirrors vacant
Dust blind under the beds of lawful couples
Wound in sheets
And daughters, smug
With semen eyes in their nipples
Wait
There's been a slaughter here
(Don't stop to speak or look around
Your gloves and fan are on the ground
We're getting out of town
We're going on the run
And you're the one I want to come
Not to touch the earth
Not to see the sun
Nothing left to do, but
Run, run, run
Let's run
House upon the hill
Moon is lying still
Shadows of the trees
Witnessing the wild breeze
C'mon baby run with me
Let's run
Run with me
Run with me
Run with me
Let's run
The mansion is warm, at the top of the hill
Rich are the rooms and the comforts there
Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs
And you won't know a thing till you get inside
Dead president's corpse in the driver's car
The engine runs on glue and tar
C'mon along, we're not going very far
To the East to meet the Czar
Some outlaws lived by the side of the lake
The minister's daughter's in love with the snake
Who lives in a well by the side of the road
Wake up, girl! We're almost home
Sun, sun, sun
Burn, burn, burn
Soon, soon, soon
Moon, moon, moon
I will get you
Soon!, Soon!, Soon!
Let the carnival bells ring
Let the serpent sing
Let everything
We came down
The rivers and highways
We came down from
Forests and falls
We came down from
Carson and Springfield
We came down from
Phoenix enthralled
And I can tell you
The names of the Kingdom
I can tell you
The things that you know
Listening for a fistful of silence
Climbing valleys into the shade
I am the Lizard King
I can do anything
I can make the earth stop in its tracks
I made the blue cars go away
For seven years I dwelt
In the loose palace of exile
Playing strange games
With the girls of the island
Now I have come again
To the land of the fair, and the strong, and the wise
Brothers and sisters of the pale forest
O Children of Night
Who among you will run with the hunt?
Now Night arrives with her purple legion
Retire now to your tents and to your dreams
Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth
I want to be ready'
Posted by don ferk | December 27, 2007 11:39 PM
StockShah,
This is your BEST Blog EVER.
No Holds Barred or Barbed.
You've made it THERE Some How - You're a BIG DOG now. You have Finally decided to Get UP off the Porch and RUN with the Big Dogs.
Fan-Frowling-TAZ-STICK !!!
All you need to do now is Comment to your OWN Blog - Comiserate with yourself in a kind of LEFT Brain / Right Brain self-Conversation.
I 'Talk' to myself ALL the TIME. When asked, I just say it's the only WAY that I can have a decent, Interesting & Intellectual Conversation.
Who's #1 - You are!!! You're Numero UNO!!!
I have SPOKEN.
End of STORY.
Don Lee Ferk - ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
PS :
That's my STORY & I'm STICKing 2 IT ......Period..................
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 1:02 AM
Good OK
( My Impersonation of Gully-Washer guy, there )
This is NOT the End, or the Beginning of the END but it is the End of the Beginning.
( My Imitation of a DishWasher - SLO Chief Cook & Bottle Washer Quotation )
DuffBeer - Sobriety does NOT become you. Don't Try it again. Don't even try it at home.
Happy NEW Year - The End of the end for the OLD Ways & Older Days. The Beginnings of New Innings - New & Better Batter Days & Ways.
Step UP to the Plate & Ceelebrate. Baseball will be here SOON.
Happy happy - Joy Joy, Ren & Stimpy
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
( Ex-Officio SLO Laureated Larrioted Lore-ated & Opining Opinionated ( would be / wanna BE )Poet
1st Song O'da Day
StatesBoro Blues -
W & M : William Samuel "Blind Willie" McTell
My mother died and left me reckless, my daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
It's got TRAINS in it, DuffBeer.
wild, Wild, WILD !!!!!!!!!!!!
1stSong Lyrics: Statesboro Blues
Written by Blind Willie McTell
Recorded in (1928)
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Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low
Have you got the nerve to drive papa McTell from your door
My mother died and left me reckless, my daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
Mother died and left me reckless, daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
No, I'm not good lookin', [ but I swear -DLF ] I'm some sweet woman's angel child
You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way
You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way
Going to leave this town, pretty mama, going away to stay
I once loved a woman, better than I ever seen
I once loved a woman, better than I ever seen
Treat me like I was a king and she was a doggone queen
Sister, tell your Brother, Brother tell your Auntie, Auntie, tell your Uncle,
Uncle tell my Cousin, Cousin tell my friend
Goin' up the country, Mama, don't you want to go?
May take me a fair brown, may take me one or two more
Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop
You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got that boiler hot
Reach over in the corner, hand me my travelin' shoes
You know by that, I got them Statesboro blues
Sister got 'em, daddy got 'em
Brother got 'em, mama got 'em
Woke up this morning, we had them Statesboro blues
I looked over in the corner,
Grandpa and grandma had 'em too.
2nd Song O'da Day -
Mrs. DuffBeer's LIFE STORY, fo' sho'
It's got fishing hooks in it Too. - For Kingsbury
Seven Beers With the Wrong Man
( Traditional ) w/ chord Switches
[G] Last night I strolled [C] down to the [G] tavern
To get me a glass of [D] beer
And when I sat down at the table
A man came up and said [G] ""Dear,
Come over and [C] sit at my [G] table
And I'll buy you beer [G7] by the [C] can
I made my mistake - last [G] night when I drank
Seven [D] Beers With The [D7] Wrong Kind Of [G] Man.
This man was tall, dark and handsome
You could hang out your clothes on his line
He said he'd searched this world over
But he'd never seen beauty like mine
I fell for it hook, line and sinker
And then all the troubles began
From now on I think - I never will drink
Seven Beers With The Wrong Kind Of Man.
He asked me if I had a husband
I told him my name was still ""Miss""
Was then that he leaned 'cross the table
He squeezed me and gave me a kiss
I couldn't resist his advances
The room seemed to spin 'round and then
He said ""There's my wife - better run for your life
Or you'll not see daylight again.""
Now I'm in the house of correction
His wife said I'd stolen her man
It's all on account of my drinkin'
Seven Beers With The Wrong Kind Of Man
That big handsome brute said I ""vamped"" him
That I was the worst in the land
Now girls stop and think - before you go drink
Seven Beers With The Wrong Kind Of Man.
note: I think that this is one of the spin off parodies of Seven Years
with the Wrong Woman, but I can't prove it. RG
Recorded by Bonnie Blue Eyes
Mr. DuffBeer's LIFE STORY
Seven Beers with Wrong Woman
A Novelty song as performed by Alice Stuart
CHORDS A, D, D7, G : Difficulty: easy
D G D
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
A
We sat at the table for two
The first thing I knew, she whispered
D
"Oh, boy, I could sure go for you."
G D
My heart beat a little bit quicker
D7 G
As I held her sweet little hand
D
I swelled up with pride, but oh, how she lied
A D
I sure was a foolish young man.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
She made me get up and dance
Around and around we circled
'Til I missed my money from my pants
I asked her if she had seen it
She smiled up at me and said, "No!"
To this day to me, it's a big mystery
I wonder just where did it go.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
Her husband walked in after that
And as soon as he spied us together
He rushed up and gimme a bat
He took me by the seat of my britches
And he shore did jerk up the slack
And then I got tossed, out the door, by the boss
And he told me to never come back.
Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
It's left me only regret
I guess she was only a-foolin'
When she called me her darlin' and pet
Oh! I wish that the Lord had made Adam
And had never made anyone else
Just one thing I know, the next place I go
I'll buy fourteen beers for myself.
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 2:14 AM
SHAHster,
I haven't said enough - YET.
You have AMAZED even ME - That ain't
THAT ez 2 do, ya know.
An e-Mote TOO.
It's too, too Much.
"Whispering" in a Title by StockShah.
What in SAM HILL Tarnation happened to
" My Holdings as of --- Who Cares.
FACE IT : YOU learned to Communicate more Creatively and Efectively & How to GRAB & HOLD Peoples' Attention.
WHO WUDDA THUNK IT.
Did you get a Ghost Writer ?
Did Copy off of SomeBody's elses
EXAM ?
Great Finish for a Fantastic Experience.
NOT SO ?
WOW
World's of Wonderment.
I'm NonPlussed - Dismayed - Shocked SHOCKED!!!!
Just hackin' onya ( a little bit).
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 5:54 AM
give it a rest Emporor O'Equities.
Go to the Opera - I here the Fat Lady IS Singing
" It's Over ".
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior)
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 9:38 AM
Tommy Laddy,
Warren Buffet's Berkshire just Bought ING for a SONG. Warren knows Insurance like nobody's BizzyNess. He's going to rain Money down on ING and get into Muni-Bond Insurance Biz. ABK & MBI have alrady BUSTED Themselves. Warren's gonna Mop 'em up with a Spoon.
Wanna 'nuther go at Insurance - go 1st Kah-Lass - Berkshire Hathaway.
Not SO?
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLesIntent
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 1:09 PM
If Nominated, I will not run
If elected, I will not serve.
Blatant self-Promotion just ain't my style.
" You are Known by your Fruits " - the RESULTS.
A Very wise man said that one time long ago - in the year of the Preacher - in the year of ought One.
As Police Sgt. Joe Friday said, " Just the Facts, ma'am , just the FACTS".
Let the Chips FALL where they may, I say.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
PS : Who NEEDS the aggravation, anyway ?
It's supposed to be FUN !
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 2:37 PM
Here's your Song, Shao-OFF :
Love Minus ZERO / NO LIMIT
Bob Dylan :
album : Bringing It ALL Back Home
My love she speaks like silence,
Without ideals or violence,
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
People carry roses,
Make promises by the hours,
My love she laughs like the flowers,
Valentines can't buy her.
In the dime stores and bus stations,
People talk of situations,
Read books, repeat quotations,
Draw conclusions on the wall.
Some speak of the future,
My love she speaks softly,
She knows there's no success like failure
And that failure's no success at all.
The cloak and dagger dangles,
Madams light the candles.
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
Statues made of match sticks,
Crumble into one another,
My love winks, she does not bother,
She knows too much to argue or to judge.
The bridge at midnight trembles,
The country doctor rambles,
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
The wind howls like a hammer,
The night blows cold and rainy,
My love she's like some raven
At my window with a broken wing.
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 2:45 PM
Vad-nyet-ski 4 Choir Director.
Strauss Music is too SWEET for my Taste. How about some BeetHoven for Long-Hair Music.
How about Flight of the Valkyrie - GO STRONG & LONG.
YOU're A-OKay in my Book, Astuk.
Right ON !!!
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 3:11 PM
Armin ( Hammer )
Here's the words to Richard Wagner's Flight of the Valkyrie a la Apocalypse NOW.
The Valkyrie Song
Tune: Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries"
Anon
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We fly through the night skies
Flashing our fat thighs,
Picking up dead guys;
You call this a job?
You take the blond guy,
I'll take the redhead!
Wait, he's not dead yet;
Let him go...splat!
Chorus:
Woo-oop! Woo-oop!
Woo-oop! Woo-oop!
Woo-oop! Woo-oop!
Woo-oop! Woo-oop!
Oh-h-h-h-h-h!
We're hunting the Wabbit!
We're hunting the Wabbit!
We're hunting the Wabbit!
We're hunting the Wabbit!
I dedicate this this song to the SuperTroopers & VettedOnes who won't be home to celebrate New Years this year.
Air CAV's - Whooop Azzz !
This was from the Pagan Library web site - A Viking ValHalla
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 3:24 PM
Bully ( 4 U ) Bear,
I have a conceptual notion similar to the idea you just discussed, which I have named the " TWO-STEP ".
An Example ( out of the Blue ). INTEL just announced a new Advanced Chip Technology using
Hafnium.
HAFNIUM ????
Who Mines it ?
Who Refines IT ?
Who Supplies it ?
Is there enough now or will there be a SHORTAGE and aPrice Rise when INTC gets into full-scale production ?
Is there a Pure Play ?
Are the Producers large or small or part of a conglomerate like BHP.
Are there even any companies associated with Hafnium on any Stock Market anywhere?
Where ? Sweden ? Kenya ? IRAN ??? who Knows ?
The Viking Attack( Position ) TWO-STEP :
VATS. I just invented another Market Terminology Word. How d'ya Like dem AAPL's ?
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthlessIntent
Posted by don ferk | December 28, 2007 9:49 PM
Right On, Bro.
You are what you do in this World.
There is also the Spiritual Dimension
of the Soul, which is not OF this World.
We serve our Creator by being and doing
exactly what we are compelled to be and do.
Deviations from this "Path" produce UnHappiness in direct Proportion to the magnitude of that deviation and eventually produces Soul Sickness.
A Warrior seeks Perfection NOT, but Impeccability. We can not keep it down the middle on the centerline. The best we can do is to keep it between ditches. I have more soul than I can Con-Trol - I run it at the edges of my road - white hot or blue cold at the ExTremes - I detest the notions of those who are luke-warm in the middle of the Passion Spectrum, though I do not judge them. I got problems of my own, maintaining my own Standards. I seek the Dharma of Balance.
".. and the mentally ill sit perfectly still and live through life's in-betweens " - John Prine
".. Things fall apart; The Center Can Not Hold. " - from the OLD TESTAMENT
The Second Coming ( by Yeats )
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
-- William Butler Yeats, January 1919
Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, is the seminal African novel in English. Although there were earlier examples, notably by Achebe's fellow Nigerian, Amos Tutuola, none has been so influential, not only on African literature, but on literature around the world. Its most striking feature is to create a complex and sympathetic portrait of a traditional village culture in Africa. Achebe is trying not only to inform the outside world about Ibo cultural traditions, but to remind his own people of their past and to assert that it had contained much of value. All too many Africans in his time were ready to accept the European judgment that Africa had no history or culture worth considering.
Posted by don ferk | December 29, 2007 8:40 AM
auf wiedersehen ( Until we meet again )
Here's 2 Farewell songs by Bob Dylan
Farewell
Oh it's fare thee well my darlin' true,
I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn.
I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico
Or maybe the coast of Californ.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
Oh the weather is against me and the wind blows hard
And the rain she's a-turnin' into hail.
I still might strike it lucky on a highway goin' west,
Though I'm travelin' on a path beaten trail.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
I will write you a letter from time to time,
As I'm ramblin' you can travel with me too.
With my head, my heart and my hands, my love,
I will send what I learn back home to you.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles,
Be them somebody else's or my own.
With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high,
I will travel unnoticed and unknown.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
I've heard tell of a town where I might as well be bound,
It's down around the old Mexican plains.
They say that the people are all friendly there
And all they ask of you is your name.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
Copyright © 1963; renewed 1991 Special Rider Music
Farewell Angelina
The bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits
I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles
And the trumpet play slow
Farewell Angelina
The sky is on fire
And I must go.
There's no need for anger
There's no need for blame
There's nothing to prove
Ev'rything's still the same
Just a table standing empty
By the edge of the sea
Farewell Angelina
The sky is trembling
And I must leave.
The jacks and queens
Have forsaked the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies
Now file past the guards
In the space where the deuce
And the ace once ran wild
Farewell Angelina
The sky is folding
I'll see you in a while.
See the cross-eyed pirates sitting
Perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans
With a sawed-off shotgun
And the neighbors they clap
And they cheer with each blast
Farewell Angelina
The sky's changing color
And I must leave fast.
King Kong, little elves
On the rooftoops they dance
Valentino-type tangos
While the make-up man's hands
Shut the eyes of the dead
Not to embarrass anyone
Farewell Angelina
The sky is embarrassed
And I must be gone.
The machine guns are roaring
The puppets heave rocks
The fiends nail time bombs
To the hands of the clocks
Call me any name you like
I will never deny it
Farewell Angelina
The sky is erupting
I must go where it's quiet.
Copyright © 1965; renewed 1993 Special Rider Music
Oh, Yeah ---- How's about some Cat Stevens
Father & Son
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
Posted by don ferk | December 29, 2007 11:12 AM
KB,
I've been to Texas - a road-kill Armadillo is LUNCH - not BAIT.
In TX they fish for RED Snapper w/ Radishes ( artificial Lures are banned ). They cut the Radishes to make red & white Stripes.
Have you ever thought about being a vegetarian vegetable Fishin' Guy. It would save some wear and Tear on my cats.
If you party New Years Eve - you'll need a little hair of the dog that bit you in the morning not my kitty's FUR.
Ka-Peesh. Capice!!!
Don l. ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 29, 2007 11:38 AM
Keith,
You are an Alien - that Bug Bait picture is a self-Portrait.
I just invented a new Fishing Pole - I call it a FLY SWATTER.
I'm going to use it to defeat the UFO Alien Invasion on Independence day.
We got bugs around here that fly in swarms around your face that are so small that you can't see them. They are called No-see-'ems.
I don't want to see you around here no more - it traumatizes my Kitty's.
I use my cats as Swatter Bat Bait. So I guess I do use bait after all.
Don
Posted by don ferk | December 29, 2007 11:46 AM
Bugsy Barton ( son of gangster Ma Barton & Bugsy Siegel who were NOT married )
I live in the Mosquito infested Swamps of SE Va ( TideWater ) - we defeated you bugs already.
The Air Farce outta Langley AFB loads up with Bug Bombs & just sprays this Theatre of Operations in RAIDs. Don't even think about it.
We even took prisoners. Mrs. DuffBeer feeds Duffy a Witch's Brew called " Arsenic & Old Lace " She'll soon be a Black Widow but the Lace is a NEST of Brown Spiders that I supplied. Their Venom eats flesh slow - Black widows venom kills Quick. Between the combination, Duffy won't be "bugging" her much longer.
We're going to tosss Duff in with the White Tail=less Doe Deer carcasses and raise Fruit Flies and use them for "fly" lures to catch Fruit-Cakes loving UFO Bugs like you.
I'm a "Fruit" fisherman,too.
You are Through !!!!!!!
So am I,
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | December 29, 2007 2:50 PM
Vad =
a newsLetter?
Can I write articles for it.
I've already got one ready.
I got the Idea from a SLO Player - whom out of courtesy I will not mention - catchy title, too.
" The Penny Stock That I Would Buy a Million Dollars Worth Of "
I think it fits in with your style PRO-file.
so, wutduhya say ? Am I on ?
VikingWarrior
PS :
The FareWell Angelina Song is about Gambling & Poker - Angelina -Aces / King - Kong / 52 Gypsies / "folding", Catch my Drift. It was in Answer to Townes Van Zandt ( The Texas Troubadour ) - Mr Gold & Mr. Mud.
If your GOLD - my name is MUD.
DON"T PLAY POKER WITH A WARRIOR IN LV. YOU"VE BEEN WARNED
The wicked king of clubs awoke
it was to his queen turned
his lips were laughing as they spoke
his eyes like bullets burned
the sun's upon a gambling day
his queen smiled low and blissfully
let's make some wretched fool to play
plain it was she did agree
He send his deuce down into diamond
his four to hart, and his trey to spade
three kings with their legions come
preparations soon where made
they voted club the days commander
gave him an army face and number
all but the outlaw jack of diamonds
and the aces in the sky
He give his sevens first instructions
spirit me a game of stud
stakes unscarred by limitation
'tween a man named Gold and man named Mud
Club filled Gold with greedy vapors
'til his long, green eyes did glow
Mud was left with the sighs and trembles
watching his hard earned money go
Flushes fell on Gold like water
tens they paired and paired again
but the aces only flew through heaven
and the diamond jack called no man friend
The diamond queen saw Muds ordeal
began to think of her long lost son
fell to her knees with a mother's mercy
prayed to the angels every one
The diamond queen, she prayed and prayed
and the diamond angel filled Muds hole
the wicked king of clubs himself
fell in face down in front of Gold
now three kings come to Clubs command
but the angels from the sky did ride
three kings up on the streets of Gold
three fireballs on the muddy side
The club queen heard her husband's call
but Lord that queen of diamond's joy
when the outlaw in the heavenly hall
turned out to be a wandering boy
Now Mud he checked and Gold bet all
and Mud he raised and Gold did call
and the smile just melted off his face
when Mud turned over that diamond ace
Now here's what this story's told
if you feel like Mud you'll end up Gold
if you feel like lost, you'll end up found
so amigo, lay them raises down
Townes Van Zandt Mr Gold And Mr Mud lyrics
Posted by don ferk | December 29, 2007 3:24 PM
Becky.
Did you hear the one about the Statistician that DROWNED while wading in a pool of water which had an average Depth of Three Inches.
It's FAR worse than you think.
First of all the BIG item that was never included on any inflation measure is TAXES.
The Tax burden is hurting the Economy. In SE Virginia the Real Estate Taxes had been Increasing North of 15% a year during the housing Bubble. That has hurt a lot of people.
I just talked to a man who said his Business Equipment City Tax went up 40% this year.
The other thing that helps with the Prevarication is Quality adjustments -
if they sell a car with a racing stripe on it standard this year that had been an option last year - the the total increase in the car Price is 'Blamed' on the new Stripe being an "improvement" in Quality.
Here's the BIG ONE. An example : Automobile manufacturers put a sticker price on a car then offer REBATES. If the sticker price stays the same but the Rebate goes to ZERO - NO inflation but the guy who bought the car pays MORE for the car.
his is a Hold-Over from the Whip Inflation NOW Days in Carter's Administration when Government FIAT froze Prices. Answer - set a high price then give rebates and Discounts to be competitive. The
Inflation Index only reports the constant
Price not the rising cost.
A real TRUE Index would answer the question -
How much money would it take me this year to exactly duplicate my Standard of Living LAST Year.
Governments don't lie - they just omit certain facts and/or 'Trick' you into thinking you into 'hearing' what they aren't saying to you.
What's the difference between an "operating" profit and the quarterly profit of a Corporation. If you don't know what the definition of the term "operating" is you won't understand what was said and think they are the same. Watch the lawyer Legal language and ask yourself if anybody in government knows what the meaning of "IS" is.
Don L. Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 30, 2007 2:07 AM
Roddy,
Who's going to pay, the Piper ?
Roddy Piper ( the wrestler ) who starred in the John Carpenter HORROR movie " They Live " ), that is.
Somebody saw it coming - the banks spun-off MasterCard to the unsuspecting BAG-holders,
They missed the timing a little but got out early, which is always a good thing according to Baron von Rothschild. That Toxic waste is going Great Gunz in the market now. Who woulda THUNK it!
The FED sets short term rates - what about long term rates. Do you think the yield curve might steepen ? That's starts the "Carry Trade " all over again - borrow short - buy long - bonds that is or throw the cash at some Hot market somewhere.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka Viking Warrior )
PS - I'm thinking about trains - hauling cheap U.S, export coal to the docks. They pay good dividends too - better than a MoneyMarket rate.
Posted by don ferk | December 30, 2007 11:07 AM
vad,
I got a dollar 2 98 and elebenty sebben Sense.
I could kick in a GrubStake for you if you promise not to play Roulette or Poker in LV.
Stick ti one-armed bandits - nickel slots.
More your SPEED.
Don ( aka VW Berserker ) Ferk-er
Posted by don ferk | December 31, 2007 12:11 AM
duffBeer,
if you know what's good for you - you'll Brew with Brown rice or Rice & rice Bran extract - make a health food brew - all the nutrients.
A total food - protein & evvyting. Then we can have an Addison beer Diet - make a fortune. You'll be 'Normal' then - Avant Garde even.
beer - it's not just liquid bread anymore - it can be so MUCH more, MORON.
Rod, don't arrange re-fi w/ duffer. you'll be sorry.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | December 31, 2007 7:06 AM
I wonder about equity infusion - sell depreciated SUV get refund on last years Vacation, etc. put back in house.
Re-Fi - sometimes rules change - lender books all notional profits then writes off losses later as they occur. Look good upfront - Insiders pump 'n dump - keep jobs, etc.
Where & when have I seen this movie b4 - oh yeah - sub-prime auto loans - last R/E bust, etc. Better than taking the whole economy to Duffy's Beer & chili Bowling Team Toilet. Not So ?
Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Banlers' motto : A problem DEFERRED is a problem SOLVED.
Posted by don ferk | December 31, 2007 7:23 AM
Duffy,
What's the shelf life of non-pasteurized beer in a hot reefer becuz the electric cut your Power die to no or slow pay.
I hide elephants all the time. You paint thir toe-nails with different colors of finger-nail
polish and hide them in bags of M&M's.
What's WRONG with you, duff? What's the "story" on you anyways ? What's YOUR problem ?
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
PS : I could hide a Million elephants & Jack-asses in Congress or the so-called Balanced Budget.
Posted by don ferk | December 31, 2007 8:20 AM
Taj Malhal Crowned One,
In a free market money is votes. We throw money votes at good products & Ideas - the bad cannot compete for the dollar votes and wither and die in failure.
The mere fact that the alternative Energy sector exists by Government support in the form of tax-breqks, tax loop-holes, direct subsidy or grant , and the indirect ways - e.g. - a certain % of gasoline must be Bio-ethanol made only with corn grown by American farmers - No imported bio-ethanol allowed, - the cost of this being paid out of a deduction on the over-all gas tax, etc.
If these are good iDEAS they should stand on their own - competing with tradional energy sources in cost and quality - no some holier-than-thou sense of I'm beter than you because I use bio-diesel and you don't.
If solar was cost efffective , I would have my own Solar cells on the roof of my house. The gov't would not need to offer Tax kick-backs to encourage me to do so.
Solar is in the Main a Fiat Industry created by feel-good laws. It rises and falls with every new law passed - up if supportive - down if subsidies are withdrawn or decreased.
I am a Free Market Mouseketeer - I resent my Tax money my-sweat earned wealth being thrown down this toilet of social pretense - that money should be used for more pressing needs - not establishing " public/private partnerships" where Politicos sort out the favored winners and crush the unfavored losers with bad law..
This is not righteous in a land of free and independent indivoduals.
I have Spoken & I shall not be Moved. I wouldn't put a dime of my personal wealth in this False Facade "industry".
Don Lee Ferk
( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent
Posted by don ferk | December 31, 2007 11:28 PM
Tom,
my ealkiest Blogs spoke of the Philosophy of Baron Von Rothschild -
let 'em have the 1st 20% and the last 20% - take the "heart -cut " in the middle. The easy 60%. And Fortunes are made by those who sell too soon.
Don't Bottom fish - come in when a solid uptrend has establishes itself. Let 'em have the bottom 20%
On the top side. let'em have the last 20% - that's when speculative juice starts taking it to the LIMIT & more.
Bulls make money; bears make money; PIGS get SLAUGHTERED.
This is the Strategy of the Dolphin. It takes time & patience.
The idea is to not try to "Maximize" profit by squeezing the last dime out of any given investment position.
I limit losses - I also limit profits, if you will, by leaving "prospective" gains on the table.
The idea is to take the most you can get while minimizing RISK. And work for long-term results - not instant gratification. I try to take the emotion and sentiment out of the equation.
Selling short leads to taking potentially functionally speaking "infinite" losses.
A stock price can go to zero and no lower - a Price can "grow to the sky", if you catch my drift. The risk is too "assymetric" for my taste and risk tolerance.
I usually sell covered calls as an exit strategy on the top-side. Collect a little more by pocketing the "extra" premium. If the stock collapses - buy the call back for pennies then sell-out and run.
we say the same only differently - a different point of view. Not so ?
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Posted by don ferk | January 1, 2008 2:36 AM
dl -
Leggy Lady
Da GAMS O'da SLO Game Gangster Mob
I have some predictions for 2008
1) the market WILL Vary.
2) China will release moe A/B shares for Foreign Ownership once again FLOODING US Mkt with China Stock Supply and Prices go Down. China Play - inter-Market ARBITRAGE as SmartMoney always does.
3)I make Money; somebody else gets the GIRL ( I hate it when THAT happens. Don't YOU ??? ).
4) Einstein's 'Human Stupidity' remains largest INFINITY in the uNIVERSE - beating out Dimensions of SPACE.
5) WAR and Rumours of Wara.
Top 5 - I don't want to do a TOP 10 List - it's too Dark & Foreboding & David Letterman has the KopyRighted Franchise.
Oh, yeah
6) VikingWarrior voted SLO Beauty Kon-Test Miss Congenialty & Prophetic Historian Saga-Sayer.
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent.
PS : 7) VW continues to "Not Take Things too Seriously ".
Posted by don ferk | January 2, 2008 12:56 AM
DL,
I;ve got a few More 2008 Pre-Dictions - ToWit
8) Waxing Solar Stocks 'wane' and having gotten too close to the SUN -
CRASH to earth like Icarus on Steroids
9) College Students become Independently EnLightened &
Stop Believing the Lies their Liberal AZZLE Profs are telling
and start singing their own Tunes
The Top Tunes @ University America in 2008 -
all by Phil Ochs .
Top 3 are given below.
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I'm Going to Say It Now - Phil Ochs
Album: There But for Fortune Phil Ochs Sheet Music
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Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke of the books that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke of the books that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke from the books that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Oh you've given me a number and you've taken off my name
To get around this campus why you almost need a plane
And you're supporting Chang Kai-Shek, while I'm supporting Mao
So when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
I wish that you'd make up your mind, I wish that you'd decide
That I should live as freely as those who live outside
Cause we also are entitled to the rights to be endowed
And when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Ooh, you'd like to be my father you'd like to be my Dad
And give me kisses when I'm good and spank me when I'm bad
But since I've left my parents I've forgotten how to bow
So when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
And things they might be different if I was here alone
But I've got a friend or two who no longer live at home
And we'll respect our elders just as long as they allow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
I've read of other countries where the students take a stand
Maybe even help to overthrow the leaders of the land
Now I wouldn't go so far to say we're also learnin' how
But when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
So keep right on a-talkin' and tell us what to do
If nobody listens my apologies to you
And I know that you were younger once 'cause you sure are older now
And when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Oh I am just a student sir, and only want to learn
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke from the books
that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
[ Additional verse, 1974 ]
So I am just a trucker, sir, and I only want to learn
But it's hard to read the the rise of the smoke
From the fuel that you like to burn
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
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When I'm Gone - Phil Ochs
There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone
And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone
And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
And I won't feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone
All the pleasures of love will not be mine when I'm gone
My pen won't pour out a lyric line when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
And I won't breathe the bracing air when I'm gone
And I can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone
Won't be asked to do my share when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
And I won't be running from the rain when I'm gone
And I can't even suffer from the pain when I'm gone
Can't say who's to praise and who's to blame when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
Won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone
And the evenings and the mornings will be one when I'm gone
Can't be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
All my days won't be dances of delight when I'm gone
And the sands will be shifting from my sight when I'm gone
Can't add my name into the fight while I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone
And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone
Can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
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Show me a prison, show me a jail
Show me a pris'ner whose face has grown pale
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
Show me an alley, show me a train
Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me a drunk as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
Show me a country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of buildings so tall
And I'll show you a young land
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
You or I
Posted by don ferk | January 2, 2008 1:38 AM
DL,
OK , OK
For the SLO Bo Derrick '10', I'll go the X-Tra Mile & push it UP to Ten Booms.
10) IN The Future Walks Today - Franz Schiller
In Today's Current Events lie Tommorrow's Trends which will be Reflected in the Stock Market.
I'll be 'There' before There gets There.
The Strategy of the Dolphin --- Future Vision & ACTING on it soonest.
Don Lee Ferk
( Master of Psycho / Psychic-History )
Posted by don ferk | January 2, 2008 2:24 AM
Armin ( Hammer)
Eileen's "STUcK" on U - so am I U Son of a Gun.
Here's a Link to Songs of the Sea :
100's of Chanty's, etc.
I'm Listening to Sally Brown as I type.
http://www.contemplator.com/sea/index.html
I told DuffBeer ( Dave Bigos ) that I admired you SLO-Test MosTest.
Here's a Website for Naval Slang to "Improve" your Wavy Navy Gravy Flogging & Bloging Colorourful S'language.
Covey Crump's Royal Navy Dictionary
Get Salty, You Salty Dog
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.1257
I really LIKED the cut of your jib - so did Duffy when he wasn't 3 sheets into the Wind or with that Fire-Ship of a Mudder In ( Admiralty ) Law
Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
( former SLO-Port : RuthlessIntent )
Posted by don ferk | January 3, 2008 7:55 PM
Vad,
The French verb 'Penser' means ' to Think '.
The French verb ' RePenser ' means ' to think again, to think a 2nd time'
REPENT means ' to think differently ' or ' to think in a NEW way '.
You cannot change what you can not control -
you can only change your own Mind
your own heart, your Soul..
( a would be poem by a would Poet )
The Price of oil has a large 'Risk Premium' built in.
Well, It's a Risky World. Not So ?
Price is " Dis- Covered " by a transaction between
a willing buyer and a willing seller.
The Price discovery process is in fact a
Rational " Rationing " Mechanism.
Oil Prces are not " Too High " or "Too Low "
They are what they are - Take it or leave it.
What about such topics as the topic of Market Capitalization.
I see that Barrick Gold is now 'worth' aabout the same as
Caterpillar or Honeywel. In th same $40 Billion
range as DuPont . IT is " worth" more than Norfolk
Southern and CSX RailRoads COMBINED.
Do the Momentum players Complain with MUCH Complaining
about the high price of Gold Stocks.
I cannot EAT gold, nor does gold warm me,
no does it priovide a useful service to me
I am a price-Maker, not a Price-Taker.
If prices of oil are high - I'll go without.
Reducing DEMAND lowers Prices -
NOT pay @ the PUMP & Whine about it.
Don Lee Ferk ( former SLO Beauty Contestant )
New Year's Resolution : MYOB ( Mind Your OWN Business ) and don't enter any more Beauty Contests of The Bonfires of the Vanities
Variety.
Posted by don ferk | January 4, 2008 7:39 AM
ASTUK,
I forgot your
Song for the day :
You can hear the TUNE @ the Link below :
http://www.geocities.com/lilandr/kantoj/diversaj/AcresOfClams1.htm
Lay of the Old Settler
Acres of Clams
( aka Old Rosin, the Beau )
Francis Henry, ca. 1874, alt.
Written in the 1870s by a police court judge, this song achieved prominence decades later through radio-show singer Ivar Haglund, who made it the theme song of Acres of Clams, his flagship seafood restaurant on the Seattle Waterfront's Pier 54. My eight-verse Esperanto translation lacks the "jumping-off place" stanza. The tune is "Old Rosin, the Beau", of Irish provenance but long naturalized in the US. (It's often called "Rosin the Bow", but I think that's the wrong end of the pun.)
I've traveled all over this country
Prospecting and digging for gold;
I've tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled,
And I have been frequently sold --
And I have been frequently so-o-old,
And I have been frequently sold:
I've tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled,
And I have been frequently sold!
For one who gained riches by mining,
Perceiving that hundreds grew poor,
I made up my mind to try farming,
The only pursuit that was sure --
The only pursuit that was su-u-ure,
The only pursuit that was sure,
I made up my mind to try farming,
The only pursuit that was sure!
So, rolling my grub in my blanket,
I left all my tools on the ground
And started one morning to shank it
For the country they call Puget Sound --
For the country they call Puget Sou-ou-ound,
For the country they call Puget Sound,
I started one morning to shank it
For the country they call Puget Sound.
Arriving flat broke in midwinter,
I found the land shrouded in fog
And covered all over with timber
Thick as hairs on the back of a dog --
Thick as hairs on the back of a do-o-og,
Thick as hairs on the back of a dog --
And covered all over with timber
Thick as hairs on the back of a dog!
When I looked on the prospects so gloomy,
The tears trickled over my face
And I thought that my travels had brought me
To the end of the jumping-off place!
To the end of the jumping-off pla-a-ace,
To the end of the jumping-off place:
I thought that my travels had brought me
To the end of the jumping-off place.
I staked me a claim in the forest,
And sat myself down to hard toil:
For six years I chopped and I labored,
But I never got down to the soil --
But I never got down to the soi-oi-oil,
I never got down to the soil:
For six years I chopped and I labored,
But I never got down to the soil!
I tried to get out of the country,
But poverty forced me to stay --
Until I became an old settler,
Then nothing could drive me away!
Then nothing could drive me away-ay-ay,
Then nothing could drive me away!
Until I became an old settler --
Then nothing could drive me away!
And now that I'm used to the climate,
I think that if a man ever found
A place to live easy and happy,
That Eden is on Puget Sound --
That Eden is on Puget Sou-ou-ound,
That Eden is on Puget Sound --
A place to live easy and happy?
That Eden is on Puget Sound!
No longer the slave of ambition,
I laugh at the world and its shams
As I think of my pleasant condition,
Surrounded by acres of clams --
Surrounded by acres of cla-a-ams,
Surrounded by acres of clams,
As I think of my happy condition,
Surrounded by acres of clams!
Posted by don ferk | January 4, 2008 11:47 AM
Eileen,
Ya Dun Well by doin' GOOD.
You GO, girl.
Congratulations are in Order.
Fondest Fare-thee-wells.
I'll NOT be Passing this WAY again
Don Lee Ferk
Bible Verse of the Day :
Psalm 84
84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Selah. Selah, SAILOR.
Posted by don ferk | January 4, 2008 2:59 PM
Keith,
i thought it might be Nice to Publish the Christams Fish Story I wrote about how I Caught a Whale-by-the-TALE. To Wit :
I think I did use 'Bait' once - I had just seen this Movie starring
Steve McQueen ( Burgess Meredith was the Narrator ) called
"The Reivers" adapted from William Faulkner's Novel.
In it they got a horse to win a race by showing it a Sardine -
It ran like crazy, chasing a sardine. I combined Faulkner with
HemingWay " The Old Man and tha SEA " and ipso facto
reversi, I figured you could catch fish with a Horse.
So I went up to Atlantic City and got a Swimming Horse -
you know the one's that dive off of Diving Boards. It's
important to get one that swims - you need the live Action
to attract a fish ( or a Lady Horse, too. )
I took him out in my Dingy and tossed him overboard.
Sure enough, I caught a Killer Whale who took me
on a Nantucket Sleigh Ride before I could knock
it senseless with my Paddle ( Fishing ? ) Pole.
Was the horse 'Bait' ? or the HorseFly ?
Was I "Fly" Fishing ?
Could you use a Spanish Fly to "Lure" Lady Fish ?
I'm so, So confused.
I'd have sent you some of what I use for Fishing Gear but the USPS doesn't allow Pyro-technics of ANY kind - even Fishing Tackle. I found that out the last time I tried to send fishing gear through the Mail.
They 'caught'' me; Tey figured I was a 'Keeper' and as they say around here they " put his ass in the Crisco " - But, that's
another story, altogether.
I'd been there before - for Horse Thieving -
They called me a Reiver, Imagine that. Full Circle !
Why is STUFF like that ALWAYS happening to me ?
Don L. Ferk
PS : DuffBeer has a Face that SCARES fish away.
But he has some PRIMO Butt-fuzz. Maybe we should take him fishing. Buy Lots a Beer. Cases & Cases of beer. We'll 'Promise' to take care of him if he should happen to Pass Out or get Fragged by Shrapnel. OK, Sounds like a Plan to me. And,also , Mrs. DuffBeer 'Aproves' wHOLE-HEA(r)Tedly.
FerkMEisTerr Fishin' FOOLer
Posted by don ferk | January 4, 2008 10:14 PM
VW's solution to Housing Bubble Pop
1)Gov't allows formation of Single family Dwelling REITs
2) REITs purchase Houses from Mortgage Holders or Bank REO's ( Real Estate Owned for Sale )at Market Ckearing Up-Front Prices.
3) Cash Liquefies Banks & Banks get Special TAX write-Offs for Losses ( Reverse Tax-Shelter Scheme or something )
4) part of sale terms could be a Balloon Payment w/ a Put/Call option 'Bond' [ zero-Coupon] that bamks could count as capital ])
5) Same people moved out Move back in at reduced Rent based on lower capital cost of the house to the REIT. Rent would include an Equity Build-up so Cash is available for Down Payment on the Balloon Bond for Home-Owner to Purchase the House some years hence - Rent-to-Own so-to-speak or OPTION to BUY )
6) To prevent any more Bubbles - do away with Mortgage "PUT" option - a 30 year Morgage is FOR 30 years - house sales only done by Transferring Mortgage to the new buyer - who pays the old owner the Accrued Equity + Appreciation.)
7) Problems Deferred can be Problems Solved - WE CAN MUDDLE thROUGH - Using Courage & Imagination.
I HAVE SPOKEN. That's My STORY & I;m Sticking To It.
Please feel free to 'Flesh-OUT this Bare-Bones Proposal with Ideas of your own,
ReVise & EXTend, so to Speak.
If 2 and 2 & 50 make a MILLION - Then ToMorrow WILL be a Better Day - Pete Seeger
Don Lee Ferk ( SLO nonParticipant )
Posted by don ferk | January 5, 2008 1:45 AM
Tom-Tom the Army-Bomb [ Shell or Shill ? ]
Son,
It starts Jan 8, 2008.
Alcoa ( AA : NYSE ) Reports 4Q & year Earnings.
First of Dow to Report. Sets the Tone for Down, Up or Prone. ( Ooops - would be Poet, there ).
'Paper' Tiger Ben-E-Fitz for Bankers & Seriously Bonded Slaves to their Creditors.
Not GOOD Company to be IN.
Abe Lincoln say, " You can NOT strengthen the Weak by Weakening the STRONG ".
After the Asian Tiger Bust - BOJ ( the Central Bank of Japan ) lowered Rates to ZERO - and the Japanese Economy stayed in Deflationary DolDRUMS for more than a DecADE.
There's NO such of a THING as a FREE Lunch.
No Quckie FIXes, either.
Ka-PPeesh !!!!
Submitted by [ Anonymous ] who has nO Connection to S:O ANY-MO !!!!!
Posted by don ferk | January 5, 2008 12:02 PM
This sounds to me like a Back-Door way of creating SynTHETIC S&L's ( Savings & Loans aka
'Building Societies' in Britz-Speak SAY )
Best Known S&L- George Bailey's ( Jimmy Stewart ) Bank in Bedford Falls in the Tear-JERKer Movie "It's A Wonderful Life " - with help from an ANGEL.
To Bail OUT South American Bankrupt Economies U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George Brady "invented' BRADY Bonds.
Why NOT invent 'Bailey Bonds' or 'BEDford Bonds' aka B.B.'s - Organizations or Individuals buying such bonds could be called 'ANGELS' or 'ANGEL FUNDS'
They would earn Interest on Bonds with Real Estate Backed Property CLAIMS - After this Perfect Storm' passes - Houses will naturally increase in VALUE - Aooreciating Assets - Like Convertible Callable Bonds - an Equity Kicker.
ANGEL Investors would 'do well' by 'doing good.'
Local Govenments who rely heavily on Property Taxes do NOT need empty Homes going back on Taxes whike Assessements decline due to large numbers of Houses Over-Hanging the their Housing Markets. Municipal BANKruptcies would soon follow wholeSALE as TAX Revnues Decline and Needy people PROliferate.
The Housing Market MUST be "CLEARED" very Quickly.
People able to Afford a house may Abandon their Mortgages to 'BUY' the House next door for Pennies on the Dollar. Arson ( Insurance Fires ) may also become a Major National Problem in this case. If Insurance Valuation exceeds Market Price on an UnderWater Mortgage - this 'OPTION' becomes TANTAlyzing.
AnyWay - Single Home REITS -w/ Federal,State & Local Co-OPeration would lead to a National sense of Purpose and PRIDE -
America CAN DO --- So, Let's do,Do,DO !!
RESPECTfully SUBmitted,
[Anonymous] fka - VW MicroB(rain)Z
fka - formerly known as
Posted by don ferk | January 5, 2008 7:11 PM
D L
I'm looKING 4 a Luvver WHO won't 'BLOW' ME covers & SHE ( BA - who MUST bee O-Babed ) Is
Sew HARD, 2 FINE ( & Dandy LYON ).
Your IPS sent back PIX(ie)-SURES o' Me ( oh -my-Oh-[ nEVER]MIN(e)d - O' Woman in e-MOTION.
You would have bean EnTHRALLED & InTrigued.
I YAM TSZO Brown-eyed ( actually Golden-Eyed - ask My Cataract Surgeon Sturgeon Or MY Laser-Beam i-Dr. - Them say so 2 ) HandSOME { KIND-a )He-MAN, Johnny Rivers ( o' me Tears - Tears my HEA(r)T OUT of my UnReQ(Tee U )[I Special ED ] Love-Swelled (Hairy Pirate's ) CHEST.
U - Vitamin U - was +3 - ALL 7 STARZ in my Star-CroXXed ( Dis-ASter [ literally BAD STAR] ) Romeo Y Juliet [ Cuban Cigar ] Sad-( in da )- Sack LIFE.
fRUM whence cometh THIS THUSness - Shake-a-SPEAR-e-Ion 4 why, Why, WHY MEeeeeee ?????
Here Is Ur ( Babe-E-Lon(g) City O'Babes ) Song O'SOLOmo(A)n :
Brown Eyed Handsome Man Lyrics (Chuck Berry)
Arrested on charges of unemployment,
he was sitting in the witness stand
The judge's wife called up the district attorney
Said you free that brown eyed man
You want your job you better free that brown eyed man
Flying across the desert in a TWA,
I saw a woman walking across the sand
She been a walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay
To get a brown eyed handsome man
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
Way back in history three thousand years
In fact every since the world began
There's been a whole lot of good women sheddin' tears
For a brown eyed handsome man
It's a lot of trouble was brown eyed handsome man
Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
Her mother told her darlin' go out and find yourself
A brown eyed handsome man
Just like your daddy, he's a brown eyed handsome man
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To get brown eyed handsome man
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
Two, three count with nobody on
He hit a high fly into the stand
Rounding third he was headed for home
It was a brown eyed handsome man
That won the game; it was a brown eyed handsome man
HEAR izzy anUDDER Song Jes 4 Vitamin U :
Queen Jane AppROXiMATEly - Bob Dylan
When your mother sends back all your invitations
And your father to your sister he explains
That you're tired of yourself and all of your creations
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Now when all of the flower ladies want back what they have lent you
And the smell of their roses does not remain
And all of your children start to resent you
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Now when all the clowns that you have commissioned
Have died in battle or in vain
And you're sick of all this repetition
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
When all of your advisers heave their plastic
At your feet to convince you of your pain
Trying to prove that your conclusions should be more drastic
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Now when all the bandits that you turned your other cheek to
All lay down their bandanas and complain
And you want somebody you don't have to speak to
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
[Anon(eek)WHY-Mouse }
fka - VW Macro-Bus(WHY ?)
fka - formerly KNOWn aZZzzzz
Posted by don ferk | January 6, 2008 12:30 AM
Erick STARman ( sterne is German for Stars )
Don't let the Stars get in your eyes, man.
The market moves in such a Direction so as to fool the most People.
There was a non-Santa Sell-off - there's a lot of Money on the Side-Lines w/ No where to GO but the CROOKEDest Poker Game in Town.
The Stock Market - Year-End Bonuses , 401-K QTRLY money, and Juicy Prices for Foreigners & Acquisitive Types to DROOL over.
I don't really care sbout INDEXES and their - by-definition - AVERAGE / MEDIOCRE returns.
I watch & buy Individual issues which while Co-related to the Market Sentiment in General - have an Independent life of their own.
Within the DOW - even - there are Diamonds in the Rough.
With FED Interest DIVER-DOWN ( van HALEN ) talk,
even the Boring UTES could go Snap, Crackle, POP. A run for better rates and a Growth Kicker.
The Charts only show you the Past. You draw straight-lines in a non-linear World.
The future can not be PRO-jected, but it can be ANTI-cipated.
I don't think Techno-charting is the entire answer. SomeTimes you have to sit back, stare into the Blue Sky and think of The Big Picture.
Time IS a Jet Plane - it Moves too fast.
The BIG MONEY is made in FAST-Moving Markets.
It's almost Rock & Roll Time, for sure.
Be there, or be SQUARE. el Seven - L7.
Don't GO with the FLOW - get there ahead of it. Sell when they are buying and buy when they are selling. Move on to the Future's NEXT BEST THING. Forunes are made by those who sell too soon. December looked like Oklahoma SOONer Month to me.
Nobody obeys the Dictates of lines scratched on pieces of paper - Not even the 1D10T , Mr. Market. he's too Crazy for that LOGIC.
[anonyMOOSE]
Bulls make Money, Bears make money, Pigs get Slaughtered and the BULLmoose is the Circus RingMaster - The Lunenberg Observer & the Observed.
pretty 'ZEN', huh, CitiZEN ?
Posted by don ferk | January 6, 2008 1:43 PM
Tom,
Daniel Pink in his book "A Whole New Mind" describes a new phenomon in which Accounting firms & Business Consulting firms are recruiting heavily ART Majors and English Majors and others in Liberal Arts instead of Management & Accounting types. He said about 30-40% of new hires were members of what he describes as " The Creative Class ".
Learning ' Business STUFF ' is easy & can be taught to NEW Hires. You can't TEACH a thud-head Creativity.
It turns out that Artists and POETS are the best MANAGERS. The are Excellent Communicatore and inspire an atmosphere of Co-Opertatin and ConCensus - they are People Persons.
I liked & enjoyed your 'STUFF" - THE RIGHT STUFF, as well. That's why I was HACKING on you. If I son't like someone or what someone does - I don't even BOTHer with Them.
D L - Good Bye is too good a word, Babe
So I'll just say -- Fare Thee WELL !
Bullmoose ( no relation whatsoever to SLO )
Posted by don ferk | January 7, 2008 2:06 PM
Russell Muscle(head(
Who had 'Binds' in the 1st Place.
They get inflated OUT - they are 'Bonded'
by OutFITS like the Fed'l Gov't which pays back in Inflated Currency or Debtors ( Like Municipalities ) who get the Debt ReVoked in BankRuptcy, etc
For Conservatives types the UTES look good ( I like Dominion ( D )and Duke ( DUK ), especially.
I also like Pipes ( Spectra Energy (SE ) ) and Ships - TNP, DRYS,DHT,etc. Also the Canadian Oil Trusts. All for Stable Income with a Growth & Inflation Protection 'Kicker'. Ther are many MORE, too.
Sub-M.I.T.-TED by a ComPlete Stranger to what the SLO was or IS aBOUT. A Stranger in a Strange Land - fka VW Micro-Risker.
fka - formerly known as
Posted by don ferk | January 7, 2008 11:29 PM
Armin,
If BTW is Becky - Give it up, son. I got THERE 1st Test with the Most Test. Gnome Ime sane. Nada / Hech. Nah-Meeshah. Struck OUT - Shot Down in the Slit Trenches. Didn't even get a Base Hit [sigh] [ SIGH ]
I still haven't found a Shipping Company that has a Pre-Pond-ur-ance of the Wayt of Evvy-Dunce that it is a Collier - Coal Carrier.
I think Coal IS the WAVE O'da FUTURE.
Any IDEAS ??????
Don L. Ferk
( aka a guy Blogged like Krazy & got SLO Beat(NIK-ed ) buy a Guy blogged only Once ( Count 'em (1) Time ))
The Masters Make the Rulz 4 the Wise Guyz & da FOOLz ( like DuffBeer ) Butt i Yam outta Here & Duffy's outta Beer, 2 )
Wanna Join a Under(G)Round Klub of Smart Guys- Well - e-mail me & We'll FINE out how to By-Pass the SLO & go,Go,GO......!!!!
Posted by don ferk | January 8, 2008 1:56 PM
Vad ( the IMPaler & To-bag-GON[E]-ISt InHaler )
It's 99% PERspiRATION & ONE per CENT InSpir[e]-RATION - Thomas Alva EDiSON, Sun-knee-B(u)oY.
The Price IS what IT is, take IT ore leaf it.
It's ONly the PART-is-Ee-PANTs that are IN-effIcIent. NoT SO ?
Don L. Ferk ({CAPS Kon-TEST-Ant w/ no Con-eX-Ion [ORGAN-iz-At-Ion ] to the SLO- ( NO )- Mo', Joe }
Posted by don ferk | January 9, 2008 10:10 AM
Ciao Chow Shao,
It's earnINGs SEA,son. Watch & LIST-ten ( BoomZees). That's THE TICKet 4 DuCATs. Not sO ?
VW Micro-SLO ScO(w)-uh,-er
Posted by don ferk | January 9, 2008 10:56 AM
RUSSian ROUNDer BOUNDer - INda Mud [ & Mine(d) ]
Kali- Forn -I - Ck- ATE-ers ARE red,RED Winos Kommie-Style( UB=40 - Unemployable Benny-on-the-fritz For(U)m 40 WiseR).
If I had a BOOK O' Matches ( one side o'Witch is My Mud-Slide LAND-SLIDE
( deal & a CON-Crete PO'-our & duh UDDER side iz me BACK-side )),
I'd burn THAT NO-TELLing MO-Tell-ing Whore-tel DOWN.
Except - Global Warming & Smoky Bear Forest FIRES ( Bons O'da VAN- I-Ties)
has already Dresden-Aded it. I can ONlee get SLOPPY 2ndS.
I like German Wines - fruity Mosel - like QualitatsWein ( no PredIkat )
Reislings of ArsVitIS - $10 a ( Soda) POP.
I got a bottle O'Thierry&Guy FAT BasTARD Shiraz ( reMARK-able-y
FULL BODied ) just waitin' to be celebratorily PO'ured,2
This year's Bo Jolly BeauJolAise was a Little too GREEN 4 my Taste - which has
been Seeriously IMPaired by my DuffBeer Bud's . well, BUDZ.
WHAT about Coal SHIPS - Colliers !!!!!!!!!!!!.
THAT's the ( Mutiny on the Bounty ) MAIN ( Sail-setting) kWEST-SHUN O'da Day !!!!!!
Not SO ???
Not SLO. either
VW ( Vino WiKnow)
Posted by don ferk | January 9, 2008 12:09 PM
Shah
Shah Mat - Chess for End Game - literally
" the King is Dead" - CheckMate !!!
Welcome to America - where the Streets ARE Paved with Gold - for the Industrious & Determined.
I've spent some time in Singapore - a 10 day R&R when I was working in Indonesia.
Trader Vic's - Raffles - Been there & done THAT,
I saw that they were importing DIRT from Indonesia just to use as LandFill to EXpand the Island to grow their Economy & increase their PROsperity.
There was a small CONtroversy in Singapore then- What should the Official Language be English or ManDAriN ?
What I said about that was what a very Successful Japenese BusinesMAN said when asked " How many Languages do you speak ? "
He answered," One & only One - the LANGUAGE of MY CUSTOMER !!! ".
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | January 11, 2008 12:43 AM
Keith,
a 'GLAD' is a short Roman double-edged stabbing sword to used between shields from the Tightly packed Roman Legion Formations.
The Flower - Gladiola - is named from the Latin for Short-sword.
The name Gladys is actually from the Welsh meaning 'Country' from the Welsh word Gwlad
The Viking swords were longer than GLADs - and the Big Daddy of them all - a Round-house SWINGING Sword was the Scots' CLAYmore.
I just heard Jeff FoxWorthy say, " If you are too DRUNK to even 'Fish' -- you just MIGHT be a RedNeck".
Why don't you get DuffBeer a Ron POPEil Pocket fishing ( Ok, Ok - ) ROD ( a 'Folder' ) & take him out to a Duffer Course Duck Pond & show him how to 'Fish' after a long-Tall-Kool-One
( or 3 or MORE ) at Watering Hole #19.
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | January 11, 2008 1:03 AM
Astuk,
DuPont has gone a long way toward "Re-Inventing" itself as an Agricultural Chemical & Research Company. It's a DOW stock.
It's Industry classification is AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS.
They have a full Spectrum of Innovative Technologies - Medicine, etc.
They are "InterNational" - do business in CHINA ( newest is a new 'coatings' plant )
MonSanto is sort of a One-Note-Johnny -- Concentrated in one area of speciality and Europe & other places "BAN" genetically Engineered 'Cloned' Seed and grains for animals and people- they put MOUSE genes in soybeans & Spider genes in corn & such. It Ain't NATUR(e)AL and then they don't let farmers even use some of this year's crop for next year's seed to plant. Some people are calling this outfIT " My Satan-O " - they got BAD Press, so to speak.
I own LANDEC [ LNDC : OTC ] - a seed coating Company that works closely with Monsanto -- if you look at the record - Monsanto & Landec 'SWAPPED" assets, if you will - so each now specializes in what they can do best.
MON won't try a HOSTILE take-over of LNDC - but they'll get out the BIG BUCK GUNZZ if somebody tries to be MEAN to their Li'l Friend.
Check it - all in Black & white in Announcements & Press Releases.
LNDC , in my opinion has more UP-side & less Social, Political, or Legal Risk.
For a 'Safe-Haven' play -it's DuPont, for me.
My 4-letter word "FLYER" is LNDC.
ASTUK --- Colliers ---- who's the BEST play for Global COAL shipping.
I just GAVE U 2 - how's about U Gimme 1.
Fair's is Fair - all is Fair in love & War.
NOT so ?
Don Lee Ferk
fka VikingWarrior
fka - formerly known as
AKA - RoiRRawGnIkIV
(the MIRROR Image of the VikingWarrior's
alter EGO ---- Who LIKES RailRoads and Return On Investment [ ROI ] - ROI is KING ( in French. Not So ? )
Posted by don ferk | January 11, 2008 4:12 AM
Armin,
Thanx - or should I say - TANK[S][ers].
The Greek shipping Penenomenon , I believe, actually goes back to Ari Onassis - who bought up WWII liberty Ships & "TRAMP STEAMERS" in time to catch the Post-WWII InterNational Trade EXPlosion. He made a 'KILLING'.
TNP ( Tsakos NAV ) is also GREEHer owned & HQ'd in Greece - but 'Owners' are "American".
I just bought some DHT - Double Hull Tankers - they 'FIXED' the Dividend to a Constant QTRLY - 10~12% - that's better than Post Benny-on-the-Fritz-Ha-Ha JokerMan will PROvide to Side-Lined Cash Money Market Funds. Not So ?
Thanks again Mr. VERY Bright Idea Man.
PS - Do Bulk carriers need to be "RETRO-fitted to carry coal. Are there Channel Depth Re-strictions involved ? Are the fleets long-TERM leased or is there a SPOT-Market Kicker, too?
Don Lee Ferk ( NOW aka RoiRRawGnikIV - VikingWarrior spelled Back-wards- a Mirror Image Anagram, to Boot )
Posted by don ferk | January 12, 2008 12:34 AM
Unka Ankh,
I don't know Y IPB's would Re-Publish your
Sept 14, 2007 AAPL Burner Blog. PerHAPS, it's like 20/20 HIND[sigh]T. If I knew then what I know NOW - Typ(E)-O THANg.
So, with the Courage of Kon-viction % Strenght of IMagiNATION.
I will RETRO-spect-ively Re-PRO-D(e)uce my
supporting Ko(M)ment to a PRE-vious Blog of youRS - DOWNgrading AAPL.
ToWit :-
don ferk:
Ahknaten,
Good Show! Well Done. Your the King Tut of this Contest - a "Ra" of light in this Anne McCaffery "Left Hand Side of Darkness" Universe.
THIS One's between You & Me and the Deep Apple Blue Sea----
___I remember the Halcyon days of Apple - Steve "The Woz" Wozniak ( who invented the Operating System (OS) and called it OmniMon),The Apple II, the memory that ran so hot you had to get an electronic "refrigeration' device to cool it down to prevent self-destruction.
___The Nerds at Apple got so rich that they lost sight of "The Dream". Woz quit, So did Jobs. What happened was ugly. With new-found wealth Management & Staff started to engage in Bizarre Bad Behavior - They started having 'Office Romances' - sleeping with Co-workers. Jealousies and Organizational Dynamics ( aka Office Politics ) and hatreds from broken-off love affairs and back-stabbing revenge from when your love interest's next love interest set in. Apple self-destructed. Jobs ccame back as the White Knight to restore Moral order and Work Ethic. It worked. See the results. Apple's "Beatle" Rainbow Apple logo is now a Blue,blue Apple. This may be emblematic of an new 'recidivism' at Apple,Inc. Where is the Wizard of Woz,now, I ask.
--- Europe isn't "buying the latest 'gadget' gizmo thing. The 'roaming' charges are scandalous. Competition is a Hell-hound nipping an inch from their on-the-run Buttocks.
---In your analysis you talk about R&D expenses. In High-Tech these capitalized costs are not always recovered by the product, which rapidly becomes obsolete. They are held on the Books as R&D 'Assets' but are really non-cash write-off liabilities for the Future. They killed Cray Research, crippled Sun MicroSystems, etc. etc.
Maybe you should consider the Time-Bombs in some of these Big Mo plays, like Apple, There is also the "coupon" problem, Microsoft, incuurred Billions in liabilitie to get the Windows XP out the door by Christmas - putting out a flawed version and guaranteeing "replacements" or low-cost upgrades when the next-best-thing came out. Problems DELAYED are NOT problems SOLVED -- that is VW's Time-Bomb Theory for Bankers & Hackers & Slackers.
----Hope this helps - maybe I'm just "enabling" you with re-inforcement. Take it or Leave it, I say. With Respect, Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior ) SLO-Port : RuthLessIntent.
Posted by don ferk | January 12, 2008 2:03 AM
Keith.
I found a THEME Song for a Fishing Trip w/ DuffBeer -
It has Fishing & Drinking in it
Whistle & Fish - John Prine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdzdEQOHL_I&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdzdEQOHL_I&feature=related
It;s an amusing YouTube Video.
So, cut & paste the above Link in your web browser and give a Listen & a Look --SEE.
Don
Posted by don ferk | January 12, 2008 3:59 PM
Vad,
this is my Final Round Rant about DuffBeer.
1st of all Duff - you finished #47 NOT #48.
I suppose you were just being modest. huh ?
You coulda been-uh ConTENDer. You could-a Been
Some Buddy !! - Mr. Tomato Can ( no that's -beer bottle ) Joe PALuka From Palooka-ville.
You were playing Rope-a-Dope like Mohammad Allee on Steroids ( No it was Beer-oids)- no wonder your ( beer BUZZING )Brain is so Addle-pated, your nose is as FLAT as your beer and as red and blood vein swelled ( blood-shot eye colored )as W.C. Field's - and your Cauliflowered ears look like Black ( Gold ) Coal Cabbage.
your ( fight ) flight from 1443 - a Phoenix rising from the Ashes ( or the Trash can where you keep your NR empties as well as the remnants of the be-sotted Beer-Bleary Weary emptiness of your so-called 'Life'.
well, at one time I was @ 1615 and I finished @ 95 ( that's 96 in Duffer Math ). I was the
[break-]WIND beneath your ( Dingy Duffered ) WINGS.
In Boxing they at least Ring a bell - you wanna be a has-been RING-Dingy Duffered DingBat.
SinBeerly,
RoiRRawGnikIV
Posted by don ferk | January 13, 2008 11:38 PM
DuffBeer -
Here's an Idea for a Duffbeer
sector Fund
Reckless Beer wrecker Sector fund
Beer ONLY -
LQU , HOOK , TAP , ABV , FBRWY.PK , BUD , SAM
And for a more general fund of funds
Beverages - Brewers
BUD , SAM , TAP , KNBWY.PK , LQU , TSGTY.PK , HINKY.PK , CU , ABV , PMID , FBRWY.PK , HOOK , FMX , DEO
Don't say that I never warned you when you BEER gets SPILLED before it gets sWILLed.
Don Lee Ferk
Posted by don ferk | January 13, 2008 11:46 PM
Astuk,
( who probably stops @ every RoadSide Stucky's to get a Peanut LogRoll ),
I read the article, too.
I was taken by this statement -
".... because we held the Open to find a great undiscovered stock guru .... "
'a' guru ???? Only One ?
They need at least 5 just to replace the
UnderPerforming UnderAchievers they already have. Not so ?
Considering the strange 'Preferences' of the Ancient Greek Male culture - I am glad that I don't " Speak Greek ", if you know what I'm asying.
I do use the Greek Alphabet in my Math, I have adopted embrace the Greek notion of 'Logic', made money with Greek shippers and I do so love Ouzo.
Maybe I too stretch the delta to it's Limit of Elasticity.
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS : the Macedonians were Ilyrians ( as in Homer, the oral-Tradition Saga-sayer). They were NOT Greek but People of the Sea who were descended from the Hebrew Tribe of Dan - when they skinned out of Egypt and joined up with the Phoenicians; thus by-passing the pre-Mosaic Egyptian 'Bondage' thing.
Posted by don ferk | January 14, 2008 11:54 AM
Armin-
So now it's Latin.
How's this one -
Caveate Emptor -- let the BUYER beware.
Living is after all a quid pro quo State of mind - is it not?
I'm playing the CAPS game now - you won't have 'Tricky VeeW-icky to Kick-y 'round No Mo' - that's Fo' Sho'.
Fare thee Well, Astuk, you are the best of 'em. I've said it before & I just SAID it again.
Don Lee Ferk
fka - VikingWarrior
now aka RoiRRawGnikIV ( the mirror image anagram of my former Avatar )
ROI is Return on Investment - ROI is KING
RR - RailRoads & associated businesses - like FSTR,RAIL,GBX,GMT,etc.
Maybe I should run a LandLocked Shipping Sector Port. I could be a Bolivian Admiral from San Marino or something like that - but I'd still be a Norwegian who doesn't speak Greek.
Oh yeah, RawGnik is as close as I could get to a RED Neck - I am from Virginia after ALL !!!!
Posted by don ferk | January 14, 2008 4:05 PM
Armin,
Your Money-Green StretchedDelta reminds me of
my Engineering Graphics 'Kit' - That's a 30 deg
angle isoceles Triangle used in Mechanical Drawing ( which was WAY before the Computer Automated Drawing [ CAD ] Age. I had a Right Angle Triangle with 60 & 30 degrees and a Small & large French Cirve for making smoothly
fitting 'well-rounded-ARCS' and a Compass for drawing Circles. With the Triangle set, I could get angles in 15 degree 'Increments' - 0,15,30,45,60,75,90,105,130, etc
TANK[er]s 4 duh Memoreez - as Bob Hope used to Croon - way before even My time, which was a time when engineers used 'Slide-Rules' to Multiply & Divide - a time of thepractical ART of [ + /-] 10% & the Kentucky Windage of Experience & Knowledge. Now it's ALL about what a GI-GO
( Garbage In / Garbage Out ) Computer SPrITz out- and NOBody Questions the Computer or it's ReSULTS. It ain't HuMAN, I tell you. NOT in the LEAST. I think the dependence on computer-use SKILLS in Education has created an ARMY of Marching MORONS.
Thanks for the BitterSweet Memories of the Innonence of my YOUTH,
Don Lee Ferk - a Viking Warrior
Posted by don ferk | January 14, 2008 11:24 PM
Stuk ( in the Mud ),
You're a lot Smarter than you look.
South African COAL - well - who woulds Thunk it ( and you DID 'sunk it' - Not so ? ).
I did the SASOL II start-up in Secunda, South Africa in the TransVaal ( High Plains ) many years ago - they converted COAL to Diesel & gasoline using the SynThol process ( based on German WWII Fischer-Tropsch Technology ). The refiney was built right over a COAL mine ( a mine-Mouth facility ).
Below the coal ( Black Gold ) was real yellow GOLD. TRUE STORY !!!
With the 'threatened' widening of the Panama Canal & the potential of Canadians opening the NorthWest Passage - the movement of Coal & other Bulk Raw materials looks like a viable Money-making Play.
for your help in this matter, I will tell you a TRUE STORY.
I was working behind the BERLIN WALL in the former East Germany ( DDR ). I went to Berlin with our Instrument man and a Friend of mine - he was of the Hebraic Persuasion from Brooklyn,NY. We went to a Greek restaurant in West Berlin. My friend. Neil. ordered a dish traditionally made of LAMB - He took the first bite and called the Waiter over. It tasted 'funny'. The Manager/Owner came to our table & confessed that Germans didn't appreciate the taste of goat or Sheep-meat, so he had substituted PORK instead into his 'RECIPE'. Neil said, " i'm a JEW & that ain't Kosher !!!". WE were Regaled with infinite Ouzo - the choice of anything & everything on the Menu - treated like Royalty - NO TAB - NO CHARGE, whatsoever. The Owner complained BITTERly of the changes he had had to make to traditional GREEK dishes to satisfy the BarBaric German Palate. the Bakhlava was sweet & good, too. I crawled out of that restaurant - too much Ouzo - I don't even Know how we got back to the Penta Hotel am Zoo off Kufu Strasse ( Kufurstendam )to this day. Next day - through Check-Point Charlie and onto the depressing dreary town of Schwedt on the Oder River on the Polish border.
Armin, Check out CCJMF ( CCJ : TSX ) = a Canadian-owned Columbian Coal miner that has just built a RailRoad & port Facility in Columbia. They will Export Clean, dry,low sulfur,and relatively ash-free coal to the Eastern U.S. & through the Panama Canal ( which they are very close to ). What Shipping Company just might handle their Coal Cargo? It's My QUESTION of the MONTH. Not so ?
Don Lee Ferk ( fka VikingWarrior - aka RoiRRawGnikIV )
Posted by don ferk | January 15, 2008 12:36 PM
Armin,
Are you aware of the Shipping Industry WebCast
that was held Jan 15, 2008 ( today ) @ 2:00 PM The Announcement has a very nice List of Ship Stocks in it. ToWit :
REMINDER - Analyst Panel Discussion on the Dry Bulk Sector;
Today -- Tuesday, January 15, 2008 -- 2:00 pm EST;
Access Only Through a Live Audio Webcast at www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.comJanuary 15, 2008 9:00 AM ET
Stocks mentioned in this articleDryShips Inc (DRYS) ,Diana Shipping Inc (DSX), Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc (EGLE) , Euroseas Ltd (ESEA),
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd (EXM), FreeSeas Inc (FREE), Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd (GNK), Navios Maritime Ord Shs (NM),
Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM), Oceanfreight Inc (OCNF) Paragon Shipping Ord Shs Class A (PRGN), Quintana Maritime Ltd (QMAR)
Star Maritime Acquisition Corp (SBLK), TBS International Ltd (TBSI),
Related newsAnalyst Panel Discussion on the Dry Bulk Sector; Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 2:00 pm EST;
Access Only Through a Live Audio Webcast at www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.comSector Snap: Drybulk shippers sink
Energy Sector Roundup: Oil SlidesOceanFreight to acquire 11th vessel
Shipping Analysts from
-- Bear Stearns (Scott Burk),
-- Jefferies & Company (Douglas Mavrinac),
-- JPMorgan Securities (Jonathan Chappell) and
-- Lazard Capital Markets (Urs Dur)
will participate in a Virtual Analyst Panel Discussion on the dry bulk shipping sector today, on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 2:00 pm.
The Analyst Forum is organized by Capital Link, a New York based Investor Relations and Financial Communications firm focusing on shipping.
LIVE AUDIO WEBCAST
Access to the Analyst Forum is only through a live audio webcast accessible directly at www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.com,
where it will remain archived afterwards. There is no telephone access.
Please access the webcast by going directly to the link www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.com.
Participants to the live webcast should register on the website approximately ten minutes
prior to the start of the webcast.
PANEL STRUCTURE
The panel discussion will be moderated by Nicolas Bornozis, President of Capital Link, which organizes the Analyst Panel Discussion.
The focus of the discussion (and the Q&A) will be only on sector trends and fundamentals, and not on company specifics or
company recommendations. The discussion will cover four topics: demand, supply, freight rates and asset values,
valuations, focusing on current trends and the sector's outlook.
QUESTIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS
Participants can submit questions to the analysts prior to or during the event through the special event page
at www.CapitalLinkWebcasts.com or they can email them to us at shippingforum@capitallink.com.
TRANSCRIPT
A transcript of the panel discussion will be publicly available within approximately 48 hours after the event and t
hose interested can request it when they register for the event or afterwards by emailing us at shippingforum@capitallink.com.
About Dry Bulk Shipping:
International shipping plays a vital role in global trade given that 2/3 of the world's goods are transported by sea.
The shipping industry provides a cost effective and practical means of transportation internationally of large volumes of cargoes.
The dry bulk carrier market refers to the transportation of homogeneous commodities in bulk. Dry bulk commodities are
divided into two distinct categories, major bulks and minor bulks. Major bulks include iron ore, coal and grain,
which are usually shipped on the larger size Capesize and Panamax vessels and comprise about 67% of dry bulk trade.
Minor bulks are fertilizers, steels, sugars, cement etc., which are shipped in smaller more versatile vessels such as
Handymax and Handysize, and comprise about 33% of the dry bulk commodities trade.
Dry bulk carrier ownership is fragmented with many owners and operators of shipping tonnage, including independent operators,
state-controlled shipping companies and proprietary owners. Vessels utilised for transport of dry bulk cargoes are usually
classified into four categories based on their carrying capacity in deadweight tons (DWT)
(i) handysize (10,000-39,999 DWT) (ii) handymax/supramax (40,000-59,999 DWT)
(iii) panamax (60,000-99,999 DWT) and (iv) capesize (higher than 100,000 DWT).
The shipping industry is highly cyclical, experiencing volatility in profitability, vessel values and charter rates resulting
from changes in the supply of and demand for shipping capacity. Fluctuations result from the interaction of various factors
between demand and supply. The demand for vessels is influenced by global and regional economic conditions,
international trade developments, port congestion, trading routes and weather pattern changes, crop yields,
armed conflicts, political developments, embargoes and strikes, demand for consumer goods, dry bulk commodities,
and crude oil and oil products.
Supply of shipping capacity is mainly a function of the delivery of new vessels and the number of older vessels
scrapped and is also affected among other things by port congestion and regulation of maritime transportation
practices by governmental and international authorities.
Dry bulk companies listed on US Exchanges include Diana Shipping (NYSE: DSX), DryShips (NASDAQ: DRYS),
Eagle Bulk (NASDAQ: EGLE), Excel Maritime Carriers (NYSE: EXM), Euroseas (NASDAQ: ESEA),
Freeseas (NASDAQ: FREE), Genco Shipping (NYSE: GNK), Navios Maritime (NYSE: NM),
Navios Maritime Holdings (NYSE: NMM), OceanFreight (NASDAQ: OCNF),
Paragon Shipping (NASDAQ: PRGN), Quintana Maritime (NASDAQ: QMAR),
Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ: SBLK), TBS International (NASDAQ: TBSI).
Dry bulk companies listed in London include Goldenport (LSE: GPRTL), Globus Maritime (AIM: GLBS),
Global Oceanic Carriers (AIM: GOC) and Hellenic Carriers (AIM: HCL).
About Capital Link and www.CapitalLinkShipping.com:
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on shipping. Capital Link Shipping is a web based resource operated by Capital Link whose objective is
to facilitate investor knowledge and understanding of shipping and its listed companies, and to facilitate the
exchange of information among listed companies, industry participants and investors.
The site provides information on the major shipping and stock market indices, as well as on all shipping stocks.
It also features industry reports from major industry participants and interviews
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Posted by don ferk | January 16, 2008 12:06 AM
Fillmore East - June 1971
The Mud Shark
August 1971, 5:22 min.
1001 Motels & ABSsoluteLEE Kah-Razeeeeey
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Frank Zappa (guitar, dialog)
Mark Volman (lead vocals, dialog)
Howard Kaylan (lead vocals, dialog)
Ian Underwood (woodwinds, keyboards, vocals)
Aynsley Dunbar (drums)
Jim Pons (bass, vocals, dialog)
Bob Harris (keyboards, vocals)
Don Preston (mini-moog)
Mud Sh-sh-shark
THE MUD SHARK DANCING LESSON!
Mud Sh-sh-shark
We're gonna do a little dancing,
A little dancing thing called the Mud Shark
Now, this dance started up in Seattle
Lemme tell you 'bout the Mud Shark...
The origins of the Mud Shark are as follows: There's a motel in Seattle, Washington called the Edgewater Inn. The Edgewater Inn's built on a pier.. so that means that when you look out your window you don't see any dirt -- it's got a bay or something out in your backyard,,, And to make it even more interesting, in the lobby of the aforementioned motel there's a bait and tackle shop where the residents can go down whenever they want to, and rent a fishing pole and some preserved minnows and schlep back up to their rooms, open the window, stick their little pole outside and within a few minutes actually catch a fish of some sort that they can bring into their motel room and do whatever they want with it... you know what I mean? Now in this bay there's quite a variety of ah... fish! Not only do they have mud sharks up there, they got little octopusses that you can catch. And all these denizens of the deep can come in real handy... Let's say you were a travelling Rock and Roll band called the Vanilla Fudge. Let's say one night you checked into the Edgewater Inn Motel with a 8mm movie camera, enough money to rent a pole, and just to make it more interesting -- a succulent young lady (Mnaaaah!) with a taste for the bizarre... My mind drifts back to a meeting, a chance meeting in the Chicago O'Hare Airport where the members of the Vanilla Fudge told Don Preston about a home movie they made at the Edgewater Inn with a Mud Shark. I'm gonna tell you, this dance, the Mud Shark, is sweeping the ocean!...
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark. baby ... etc
Posted by don ferk | January 22, 2008 11:51 AM
Armin ( 4 Battle-SHIPperS ),
Any ASTRAl PROjections or CoMMents on the BeLOW
Jimmy the NON-Greek GEEK sPEAK 01/22/2008 ConFRONTation w/ Sophocles. TOWit :
Jim Cramer's 'Stop Trading!': Balk at Dry Bulk
By TheStreet.com Staff
1/22/2008 3:25 PM EST
Jim Cramer questioned Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr - Rating)
CEO Sophocles Zoullas' bullish 2008 outlook on CNBC's "Stop Trading!" segment Tuesday.
"The stocks cannot simply be this wrong," Cramer said. "I have to believe there is some chink in the story."
He noted that CEOs of dry bulk shippers have "all been bullish," but "the stocks have been cut in half."
Zoullas replied that the stock market views the sector as monolithic, but that "all dry bulk ... are not created equal."
He pointed to differences in positioning and durability among different companies in the sector.
Cramer wasn't so sure. "As a stock person, [the selling] has been across the board and indiscriminate. ...
I've never heard a dry bulk shipping person come on TV and say anything other than things are fabulous."
Reiterating his confidence in his company, Zoullas said, "I am very long the stock. ... I am very committed on the company."
He further averred that his company was significantly decoupled from the U.S. economy, and that a recession here
would not significantly impact Eagle Bulk Shipping.
I think that the Scramer Flamer was Antigone
[ burying shipping with a hand-full of Gorilla Dust ( Pixie or the CONjurers 'Goofer' Variant )] to MR. Z's Oedipus REX. Am I 'RONG here OAR wut ???
RoiRRawGnikIV
Posted by don ferk | January 23, 2008 9:41 AM
DuffBeer,
Port is to your left ( it's in a bottle [of rum ?? ] and is Ruby [ don't take your love to Town] RED. On the other side, witch you Heave to when you turn Green [ with envy ] is StarBoard.
If you go on a Sea Cruise get "POSH" accomondations - Port Out - Starboard Home".
That way the heat of the Noon day SUN [ which only a Mad Dog or an Englishman or you would go out in ] won't boil off the "Spirits" in your addle-Pated be-sotted brain. No GOLF on board
in the GULF - only Shuffle 'Bored' and Deck chairs and SteeerAGE passage passengers like U.
Hit the DECK, DuffBeer - VW's gonna put a FISH UP your GULLet and a torpedo Dive-bomb down your Chuff - if you don't beLAY the FlotSAM & JetSUM TRASH [Fish] Talkin' 'Bout Me, MySelf & I. Put a (Wind) sock in it, Un-able-bodied sailor.
You are CRUISIN' for a Bruisin' !!
You Rubber Legged LandLubbin' Son of a Gun;
3 sheets into the wind and hanging out 9 yards of [Dirty] laundry.
i am a shellback. a ShellBack! a SHELLBACK !!!!
The only draft you understand comes out of a Spigot into a TANKard and goes out your gunwales, Minnow Wailer.
The biggest 'craft' you have EVER been on is a Chris-[ Crossed ] Craft plastic boat, Matey.
Don L. Ferk ( born a Piscean in March - a son
of the Sea god & a MerMaid - you PollyWog PeriWINKle ShipWreck )
Posted by don ferk | January 26, 2008 9:46 AM
T&B,
Take a gander @ the beLOW :
New welfare rule friendlier to students
January 26, 2008 12:29 PM ET
Welfare recipients who go to college can use up to a year of classwork to meet the program's work requirements and no longer will need to have homework supervised for some of that time count as well.
The unsupervised homework provision, which also applies to vocational school and other educational activities, represents a change from rules put into place in 2006 for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. A copy of the final rule was obtained by The Associated Press. It will be published in the Federal Register this coming week.
Governors had sought the changes. They said the requirement of supervised homework would increase state costs. The Bush administration had wanted as much supervision as possible, but eventually acknowledged that most students are not monitored as they do their homework.
"Since we're trying to imitate what real life is like, we thought we were asking a little too much there," said Sidonie Squier, director of the Office of Family Assistance, part of the Health and Human Services Department.
Adults getting cash aid generally are required to work a minimum number of hours each week. The 2006 rule more strictly defined what constitutes work. The new rule incorporates the feedback since then.
The earlier rule did not count getting a bachelor's degree as a work activity. The new rule will allow recipients to count one year of college as a work activity.
"Long-term success will depend upon people getting better jobs, better skills, better wages," said Liz Schott, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-leaning think tank.
The rules did not incorporate the governors' request for more leeway in setting the work requirements for people with disabilities, Schott said. Some participants with disabilities simply cannot meet the minimum 20 or 30 hours per week that is required, but states should still get credit for helping them, the governors told the administration.
Half of the single-parent families participating in a state's TANF program must meet the work requirements or the state could lose some federal money.
"We recognize that many individuals with disabilities are capable of participating in productive work activities and encourage states to explore these capabilities, rather than focusing on their limitations," the final rule says.
The administration said it plans to expand its efforts to give states more technical assistance in helping them find full employment for disabled welfare recipients.
Squier rejected the notion that states could have more of an incentive to drop the disabled from the TANF rolls if their participation makes it harder for states to avoid financial penalties.
"States really have a nasty little tendency to shove folks with a disability to the side because they're harder to work with," Squier said. "When you move them aside, that's a not-so-subtle form of discrimination."
But Schott said that giving states more leeway in serving the disabled would increase their financial incentive to do so.
One of the biggest changes the administration made to the rules will make it easier for participants to engage in job searches or job training without running into the time limits set for those job categories. Overall, Schott said the administration made several "small but not insignificant changes," allowing states to better help families in the program.
About 2 million families per month get cash assistance, down from 5 million families in the mid-1990s.
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Most "recipients" go to Vocational Schools
like learning how to cut hair or do finger-nails or hair-weaving.
'Advanced' education in America.
What a Country, Jakov Smirnoff !!!!!
Not So ?
It's an NEA and American Association of College & University PROfessors JOB Mo-sheen.
Good work if you can get it.
Pays well. too.
Clinton's idea of reducing Welfare roles was to
re-classify indigents as psychological BasketCases (socioPATHic resenters of AUTHORity, etc ),"mentally" ill and/or
otherwise "Handy-Capped" It worked - it DID reduce OVERt welfare roles. He & AL gaBore got Braggin' rights on the SUX-cess{Pool}.
This TASK employed an Army of Psychiatrists, Psychologists,Sociologists & Career Counselors - all paid very well and so CONcerned about their 'Clients'.
This NEW Program ( same as the OLD program ) will 'stimulate' the creation and/or ExPANsion of numerous NEW colleges of Cosmetology and such. And fill the Local Community Colleges' Class Rooms w/ GED Geniuses & High School DROP-outs.
Welcome to the REAL[Politik] Whirl.
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS : I'm going to sign up for a B.A in Fizz-Ed
( w/ DuffBeer ), Sex Education & BasketWeaving. With a Minor in Minority studies.
After that- I'll get a "make-work" job Rubber (TIME) Stamping IN-Box Memo's from the PaperMill Blizzard of Government Fraud,Waste& Abuse DePARTment.
I should go FAR. I'm VERY diligent and I at least show UP & Punch the TIME Clock.
Posted by don ferk | January 26, 2008 2:28 PM
Unka Ankh,
Right on, Bro.
There was a time when Scandanavian 'Blonde' furniture was the fashion rage in the USA -
not so much anymore - people prefer the
'warm' dark woods better. I still get a "li'l Woody" over Scandanavian Blondes [ but that's another story ]
Do the Finnish make furniture ( or wymyn like that, 4 that matter ) ????
The worst aspect of SLO-1 was all the -3 ratings for "bad-mouthing" the Big Mo stocks
that people "LOVED" @ the time. The votes were
more simple "REJECTIONS" than true appreciation of the careful thought or experiential knowledge
that the arguments themselves presented.
For a deeper understanding of this "Phenomenon", please read Eric Hoffer's book " The TRUE Believer ". People will KILL & DIE for really silly & stupid "Causes" that they passionately "believe" in or have some commitment ( such as "real money cash )to.
I viewed my participation in SLO-1 as a way to confirm my ( cynical ?? ) view of the great UnWashed Masses of my fellow man.
You saw it, too. Now you can see the High-Conceptual "Philosophy" behind it.
I, too , used Madison Avenue Advertising-type Head-line GRABBERS in my Blog titles.
I make my living in the Market - if you don't know where their "heads" are at you can't Skin 'em like the SHEEPle they truly are.
As Phil Ochs said, " Fascinated by the FAD, I gave all the MIND I had ".
Truth or CONsequences ???
u DEcide.
RoiRRawGnikIV ( VikingWarrior spelled bass-ackwards )
Posted by don ferk | January 28, 2008 1:33 AM
DuffBeer,
You MORON. It was a Babka-stained ( Belarus Potato Soup as opposed to Russian Cabbage Borscht ) PAISLEY tie. Our BIG KAHUNA drinks Kahluah Black Russians ( even though Belarus means WHITE Russians [ he's a CONtrarian from the Agrarian Olde Country])] NOT DufferBeer.
He's also a SLAV(e) to fashion - His jacket was
a haute Coutoure IN-style Nehru jacket.
Although not shown - he was in Bobby SOX and
whitey-Tighty UnderWear. He had just danced like Tom Cruise to " Shake Rattle & Roll "
OFF-Camera.
What's WRONG with you, Duffy.
PS : the Haircut - An inverted ( Babka)Soup Bowel home-styling job,
Too much GOOD women & BAD beer ?????
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS : the Haircut - An inverted ( Babka ?? )Soup Bowel DIY home-styling job. He'll get a John Edward's $400 Ambulance-chasing lawyer cut & a manicure AFTER he turns PRO.
Posted by don ferk | January 28, 2008 2:54 AM
Armin.
I saw a Blurb about China being 'Snoed-In' in the Chinese InLand. The Trains from the Interior Coal Mines are delayed and can't deliver coal to the Industrial Coast.
If China Imports more Coal than planned, they will have to pay BIG Yuan ( actually RenMimby, not so ? ) on the SPOT Market to Coal Brokers
& Shippers.
How would that fit into your DRY BULK calculus ???
Also. What about Retro-fits --- converting old-style single-Hull VLCC's ( Very Large Crude Carriers ) into VERY LARGE BULK CARRIERS ( VLBC's ). That could be done very quickly and ther are 80 of them to do.
Also, there are 4 or 5 "Blank Check" Capital Pools already set-up who are at least promising to get into the shipping business when they "Make the Move" into operating or Holding Companies. There may be some more acquisitions, mergers, or Take-Overs coming up the SHIP Bizz.
What about "People Cargo" outfits. CCl - Carnival Cruise LInes is in the middle of it's High Season ( winter cruises to the Balmy Caribbean ) and the stock is starting to move UP in anticipation of CCL's next Earnings Report.
Comments, Suggestions, Corrections : Please
RoiRRawGnikIV
Posted by don ferk | January 31, 2008 2:17 PM
Political language is designed to make lies truthful and murder respectable.
- George Orwell
Posted by don ferk | January 31, 2008 4:36 PM
The Apple falls NOT FAR from the TREE - Anonymous
Posted by don ferk | January 31, 2008 4:40 PM
Keith,
I just tried to Cheque your NEW Port ( News ?? ) and all I saw was your Dec 31. 2007
holdings - 1 of each stock & the REST in cash !!!
In a SELL-Off my adVICE would be the Same as it ALL-ways was :
BUY when they're SELLing and SELL when they're BUYing.
DON't Quibble with what works.
What was WORKing then maybe ain't Working NOW.
Sell in[to ??] MAY, then go aWAY.
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS : have you seen the Fishing Reports from Virginia / North Carolina ( OBX ) recently ?
They are routinely catching 36-40" Rock fish
( aka Striper aka Striped Bass ).
Many are pulling in 50 to 60 Speckled Trout of Citation Size ( over 4 Pounds )
The Striper are eating EVERYthing in sight -
the Spot & Croaker might become EXstinct if this continues. Maybe Summer Flounder, too. Striper are being caught DEEP now, don't you know.
EAT your HEART out, Mr. BUGbait Guy ( who's bait smells BETter than he DuZZ )
You won't be eaTING anyTHING else until you catch an 80+ pound Grouper, which is probably X-stream-LY unLIKEly.
So There !!!!!!
NOT so ????
PPS : Do you supPOSE that SLO-2's Money Market Fund might "Break-the Buck" and you'll lose money on that too ?
Posted by don ferk | February 1, 2008 1:14 PM
Unka Ankha,
The greatest all-time 'Quant' was ( & is ) Elaine "the Garz" Garzarelli.
While a summer student-intern at a Brokerage house, her boss didn't know what to do with her. He gave her a go-away-kid-don't-bother-me assignment which was simply this :
Find out why stocks go up & down.
The rest as they say "IS HISTORY".
The Garz worked for Lehman Brothers - later Shierson-Lehman, etc.
She was FIRED in the 1990's when QUANT wasn't working anymore. She got into the Stock NewsLetter publishing business ( I actually subscribed to her Garzerrli Report for a brief period ), but subscriptions declined & she was dropped by her publisher and subscribers got their money back [ pro rata ].
What goes around comes around & QUANT Analysis may again rise like a Phoenix from the ashes.
In a NUTshell here it is :
It works until EVERYbody knows about it & uses it, then it doesn't work anymore.
The last such "Theory" was the Black-Scholes
Options Pricing Model - which resulted in a Nobel Prize for Economics & the biggest Hedge fund collapse in BOND History, which almost destroyed the U.S.Government Bond Market. The fund was managed by the same Academic 'EggHeads' that invented the Black-Scholes Economic Model.
Do you catch my drift here??
It's not so much that I AdVOCATE "free-style"
Investing as it is that I say " WHATever WORKS just WORKS " for now & is subject to change tomorrow.
You must be Nimble & Flexible.
RoiRRawGnikIV
PS :
As the Moody Blues have said - it's " A Question of Balance " & " Evvery Good Boy Deserves Favor ".
NOT So ?????
Posted by don ferk | February 2, 2008 3:15 PM
Armin,
The Stock Market sells two things 1) Dreams & 2) Stories.
To you it's an OLD STORY = to the great Unwashed it's a NEW STORY.
Mr. Market just might 'Market' a story like that - to the RUBES after SmartMoney gets in 1st.
I say, " When the Story conflicts with the Facts, TELL THE STORY ".
Now, onto DuffBeer ( [sigh], [Sigh], [SIGH] )
DUFFER,
It's RV now - like I retired from SLO and neeed a Recreational Vehicle like a Moronic FOIL to Occupy &/or Waste my time now.
Maybe you shouldn't drink any more beer ( or any less, eitherfor that matter ). your Liver, kidneys & Mother-in-law would really appreciate that.
NOT so ????????
Invest in BEER, Duff, it's more lucrative & almost as much fun. ToWit :
Beer sales lift Anheuser-Busch profit
February 1, 2008 3:35 AM ET
All Associated Press news
ST. LOUIS (AP)
- Resurgent beer sales helped lift Anheuser-Busch's profit 12 percent in the fourth quarter, but the brewer warned Thursday that rising costs could eat into earnings this year.
The maker of Budweiser and Bud Light said it earned $214 million, or 29 cents per share, in the three months ended Dec. 31, up from $191 million, or 25 cents, in the same period in 2006.
Net sales rose 8 percent to $3.7 billion after excise taxes were deducted.
Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had expected earnings per share of 32 cents.
Shares of Anheuser-Busch, the nation's largest brewer, dropped 76 cents, or 1.6 percent, to $46.50 Thursday.
Revenue at its U.S. beer segment rose 3 percent during the fourth quarter, while international revenue jumped 4.7 percent.
For the full year, Anheuser-Busch reported a profit of $2.12 billion, or $2.79 a share, up from $1.97 billion, or $2.53, in 2006. Net sales for the year rose 6 percent to $16.7 billion.
While the sales climbed overall in 2007, Anheuser-Busch's core brands of Budweiser and Bud Light continue to lag, said Benj Steinman, publisher of Beer Marketer's Insights. Growing overseas sales and revenues from imports that Anheuser-Busch distributes are the only forces driving up sales, he said.
"The consumer preferences are seemingly shifting to craft beers and, to a lesser extent, imports," Steinman said.
Anheuser-Busch plans to boost sales of those brands through a media blitz that will be unveiled in coming weeks, along with a 40 percent increase in the company's sales force, Chief Financial Officer W. Randolph Baker told investors during a conference call.
"For 2008, our clear top priority is to accelerate our core product sales and profitability," Baker said.
The company also will tighten its belt to fight cost increases, Baker said. Rising grain and other commodity expenses are expected to raise the cost of making a barrel of beer by 3 percent to 3.5 percent during 2008. Meanwhile, revenue per barrel is expected to climb between 2.5 percent to 3 percent, he said.
The company is hoping to find savings by improving its supply chain and holding down administrative costs, he said.
___
On the Net:
Anheuser-Busch Cos.: http://www.anheuser-busch.com
For SuperBowl Sunday I want to invest in Buffalo Chicken Wings..........
I'm looking for a good home for a very large FLOCK of quadraplegic Fowls that I just happen to have on hand. Any Ideas ?????
RoiRRawGnikIV
Posted by don ferk | February 2, 2008 4:43 PM
DuffBeer,
I just took a look @ your SLO-2 Port.
There is nothing there - kinda like your Wino BeeryBrain. It says it's as of Dec 31, 1969.
What were you doing in 1969 ??
a 69'er in the Nam ????
You shot off your Helio-kah-POP-ter Chatter Gun & your Bio does not reflect your actaul experience with Stale Beer & Chi-Town [ style-]Drifts of Snirt ( snow mixed with dirt that builds up like the MT's in your Trash(y) Kan in the MidWest Winter of our DIScontent ).
Just what X-ACTly are you trying to PAWN off on the SLO-2 Newbies ---- Your Snapping Turtle of a Mother-in-Law ??????
It's StupidBowl SomeDay - where are those Bears ? In HiberNATION !! If you've got no beer in the fridge - fuhgeddaboudit. The NFL fans have already MT'd the shelves for GameDay, GameBoy.
It's the 7-P effect - Pee Poor Planning PROduces Pee Poor Performance. That's what you should be telling the SLO-2 Newbies.
NOT SO ??????????????
RoiRRawGnikIV ( VikingWarrior spelled Bass-Ackwards )
Posted by don ferk | February 3, 2008 12:41 PM
DuffBeer,
Buying is EZ - the discipline comes with selling - OWNing up to to your MIS(s)TAKES and biting the BULLet & adMITting you were a MORON. It is hard to do, so many ride it DOWN hoping to SELL B-(w)reak EVEN if it EVER goes UP again.
The other PROblem is - in Armin Stuk's terms - when to tRIM the Sails ( or is it SALES ?? ).
KB is out on the Chesapeake bay now. He's 'fishing' for HorseShoe Crabs ( aka HELMET CRABS ). He's got this THEORY that you can take a Horshoe Carapace & glue Kitty Back-Side Fur on it ( aka Fuzzy Butt Bait ) and improve Vad's Hirsute Hair-Style by installing it on Vad's Chrome-Dome like some kind of FUNky Bi-Cycle SAFEty HELMet. I agree, butt I think you would still need Divine's "HairSPRAY", too.
Good LUCK, DuffBeer. It's about all you've got going 4 U - with the x-sept-shun of Vitamin U ( aka Mrs. DuffBeer ).
RoiRRawGnikIV --- ( that's the VikingWarrior AnaGRAM[negative] PALinDROM(or N)E only spelled BASS-ackWards ).
SLO-1 already knows where Goofy Duffy get his picks from - a Dart-throwing Monkey that passes herself off as Mrs. DuffBeer-in-Law.
Posted by don ferk | February 3, 2008 1:08 PM
Stuk,
The Question of the week for me is What's Australia's thinking is behind their NEW
Environmental 'PreTEXT" laws concerning Bulk Shipping of ORE out of Australia
for foreign PROcessing ????
Apparently, they are requiring CONTAINERS be used rather than Dry Bulks.
Take a Look @ the PDF dated Jan 30, 2008 ( 30-01-2008 ) that Lynas ( a Rare Earth Miner ) put out recently
& pay particular attention to ghe section titled " Production Model variations".
http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20080130/pdf/3174zcryx7bbgp.pdf
http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20080130/pdf/3174zcryx7bbgp.pdf
You can also chesk out the ASX Info page :
http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/CompanyInfoSearchResults.jsp?searchBy=asxCode&allinfo=&asxCode=lyc&companyName=&principalActivity=&industryGroup=NO
http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/CompanyInfoSearchResults.jsp?searchBy=asxCode&allinfo=&asxCode=lyc&companyName=&principalActivity=&industryGroup=NO
The Aussies are obviously creating a situation in which "Pre-PROcessing" for OREs will ne done in Australia to reduce Bulk weight & Volume for shipping. This will cause more ( foreign ?? ) investment & jobs creation for the Aussie "Commodity" / Raw Material Economy.
What kind of ship or container is required for High-Density ConTainer SHIPPing ?
Don
( aka RoiRRawGnik )
( LYSCF : OTC Other ) / ( ASX : LYC ) company WebSite :
http://www.lynascorp.com/
http://www.lynascorp.com/
PS : LYC / LYSCF went up 2.5% on the ASX last night.
Posted by don ferk | February 4, 2008 2:04 PM
What ME worry, Alfred E. Neumann
I don't want the JOB !!!!
Don Lee Ferk
( aka RoiRRawGnikIV )
Posted by don ferk | February 4, 2008 2:07 PM
DuffBeer,
I just checked your SLO-2 Port & Ranking.
You are UP 2 from the BOTTOMM @ #613.
What is ON ---- Your MIND ??????
You have 2 ( exactly TWO ) SLO-2 KONtestANTS
B-LOW you. A Boat PERson from the land of Cordite & NaPALM & a guy who only buys stocks with a single letter SYMbol - Like C, D &/or F.
What are you GUNning ( & / OAR GUZZling ) 4 ???? BUCKshot ????
Nada ? OREZ spelled BASS-ackWARDS ?
That's too EZ. Not So ???
Any MORON could do that !!!!
Have I taught noThing ?
I instructed you on Two-handed Double-fisted beer QUAFFING & ALL about NOT taking anyTHING Seriously & how if it's not FUN to just Ignore it.
But THIS - it's TOTally Ridiculous.
RoiRRawGnikIV ( VikingWrrior spelled backwards )
PS : Y diddencha buy SWC or CENX or GBX or CNX
like I toll ya ? you are the ( Cirrosis of the Liver-)Wurst StewDENT that I nEVER Had !!!!!
Posted by don ferk | February 10, 2008 12:49 AM
DufferBeer,
OL. ok.
The DOG ( of the DOW ? ) ATE your Homework, but that was after you SPILLed Beer on it.
That was your Original Sin - wasting good Beer.
OK.ok. It was a Duff Beer so it was only a venial sin an NOT a Mortal Sin - but you were conributing to the Delinquency of an FTDog and you are SPCA guilty of animal abuse.
OK. ok. Let's leave Mrs DuffBeer and your Working@Home Work out of the discussion.
My Fault. Mea Culpa.
BUCK UP, duff.
Vad has moved on. Somebody has to 1) Volunteer
# 2) Buck for RANKing.
It's a tough & dirty JOB, but someBODY has to do it.
Might as well be you - this Time.
Duff - "There's no Success like FAILure, and FAILure's NO SUCCESS at all".
OK, Mr. Banker's Neice - here's your song :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mKoV1yJnqAI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mKoV1yJnqAI
Love Minus Zero / No LIMIT - Bob Dylan
If I'm not misTAKEn - te young smoking man in the Video is Donovan. In which case it was 1964 in London when Dylan did the Prince Albert Hall Concert & met the Stanes & the Beatles. Can't be sure - I got DuffBeer in & ON my Mind, now.
RoiRRawGnikIV
Posted by don ferk | February 11, 2008 9:40 AM
Super 'FLY' Guy,
I see you added Thompson Creek ( TC ) to your SLO-2 Port. I remember when it IPO'd in Dec 2007 & the Chrome-Dome Boob-Tube Clown Rec'd
it - it POPped then DROPped as per usual. Jim Jubak wrote about it in his Feb 8, 2008 Column but although he liked it - he did say that he would add to his pasition " later in 2008 when the market settles down'.
I would like to add in my 2-cents worth.
TC is a PURE PLay on Molybdenum ( aka Moly ).
The Moly Market and Moly's price is strongly to Oil & Gass DRILLING as it is used in making drilling pipe, bits, etc. As Drilling goes - so goes Moly and so goes the price of TC stock. TC is Unknown & relatively illiquid & has single-stock risk - why not just invest in BIG Drillers like RIG or Big Oil Drilling Services like NOV ( National Oilwell Varco which is acquiring GRP [ Grant Prideco]to make a Boffo Combo ) whose price is currently depressed like TC which is 15% below it's $20 IPO @ $17. Not So ??
Here's a PDF file outlining Moly's dependence on the level of oil & gas drilling activity.
http://www.sprottmoly.com/pdf/12_07_moly_writeup.pdf
http://www.sprottmoly.com/pdf/12_07_moly_writeup.pdf
There is a PURE Play MOLY Fund that trades in Canada ( MLY : TSX ) and in the Pink Sheets in the USA as ( SMPCF : OTC Other )- The Sprott Molybdenum Participation Fund. It is also 20% below it's price IPO of $5 ( Canadian ) but it spreads risk by buying into Molybdenum Mining Co's ( mainly Canadian 'Junior' Mining issues ) and such. Kinda like a Moly Sector ETF, so to speak.
Sprott does not even let individual USA-types on it's Web-site - you have to say ( actually AGREE) that you are a Fiduciary or a Professional Money Manager or something to grt into the website. They do not release news to the USA either. There are differences in Canadian investment laws and U.S. laws. The main problem is the UNDERSTANDING of the risks involved in this kind of SPECULATIVE fund. It's the same sort of risk as buying TC 'naked'.
Here's some of MLY web-site INFO. NOTA BANE :
Company: Sprott Molybdenum Participation Corp.
Symbol: TSX: MLY
Address: #2700, 200 Bay Street, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J1
O/S Shares: Approx. 41,700,000
Phone: (416) 362-7172 / 1(888) 362-7172
Fax: (416) 362-4928
Email: invest@sprott.com
Contact: Eric S. Sprott, President
Business:
Sprott Molybdenum Participation Corp. is an investment holding company created to invest in molybdenum assets. The primary investment objective of the Corporation is to achieve capital appreciation by investing in securities of private and public companies that explore for, mine and/or process molybdenum and by investing in, holding, selling and otherwise transacting in all commercial forms of molybdenum. It is not an investment strategy of the Corporation to actively speculate with regards to short-term changes in molybdenum prices. The Corporation's investment mandate will provide investors with several benefits. It will provide investors with the opportunity to invest in commercial forms of molybdenum, which is currently unavailable through an exchange. In addition, it will provide investors with a diversified portfolio of securities of private and public companies that explore for, mine and/or process molybdenum.
Moly is used as an alloy with carbon steel ( Carbon - 1/2[%] Moly ) in Europe as an intermediate temperature/pressure pipe alloy.
U.S. practice jumps from Carbon steel to 1 & 1/4 [%] Chrome and 'skips the Euro intermediate 1/2 Moly.
Moly is used in hard-wear Stellite alloys ( Cobalt-Chrome ) + Moly in valves and cutting tool wear-edges. Stellite 21 Co-Cr-Moly is a BioAlloy used in Implants and for Osteo ( Bone Bolts ) surgery, etc. These are MINOR uses for Moly as compared to Drill PIPE & other Drilling Equipment.
I Know I'm 'Wordy', but I Hope I'm helpful, too.
RoiRRawGnikIV ( Viking Warrior spelled BASS-ackwards).
Posted by don ferk | February 16, 2008 2:10 PM
"Shorty" Coil,
I would like to ( ever so slightly ) revise & extend your ReMARKS by way of a few Terminology Concepts.
" A large % of Stocks sold short " is ambiguous. It would be BETter to say 'a large perCENT of the 'FLOAT' sold short. I define 'Float' in this sense to mean stock held in "active" Traders' hands - not the Total float of issued shares. The Squeeze actuaaly happens by having to raise prices high enough to cause Long-Term holders & other "STRONG-HAND" players into delivering needed stock to the Market.
The BEsT measure of my FLOAT as defined here is the Number of Trading days to Cover - which is the Number of Shorted Stocks divided by the Average Daily Trading Volume. If this Value is more than say 5 Days - A wave of Margin Calls will cause the Stock to ROCKET as the Price must be adjusted to attract SELLERS 'out-of-the-WoodWork', so to speak.
Another FACTOR is Dividends - a Short Seller must also "Re-Imburse" the Lending Broker for the actual Dividends paid - this is an additional cost of Short Selling not associated with, say, PUT buying. So an Ex-Dividend date coming up may help to motivate or trigger some lessening of shorting activity.
The Other Factor is the Boker Call Rate - the amount of Interest the Lending Broker charges you on the Notional Initial Value of the stock borrowed - which the Broker pockets - not the person for whom the Broker holds the stock in "Street Name". During times of Low Interest rates and Rumours of or an actual Bad Economy, Short Selling gets Totally out of hand.
The Federal Reserve can ( but HAS NOT done so since the 1930's ) re-set the Margin Cover Rate to reign-in RAMPANT Speculation. THe Cover is 50% now - for $1 you can get $2 to Short. If this rate is raised, Margin Calls would have to go out. When a Shorted stock rises to the extent that the Cash Cover "Equity" is totally eroded away - the Broker must Call the Short Seller to put up more Cash or be Sold Out of the Position. It is these Broker Calls that "initiate" massive 'Short Squeezes" as the a short stock Loan MUST be paid back in stock - to replace the stock borrowed - there is NO cash settlement. That would leave the Broker to acquire the stock back on his own Nickle to replace his Customers' stock.
As for "the ugly, the disowned, the beaten up " etc. I've heard THAT one before. It was DuffBeer's description of his Mother-In-Law, the Snapping Turtle Crocodile Beast from the Swamp. If you go after THAT, you will get what you deserve as well as what you should expect.
In my RealMoney Port I, too, buy Mis-Understood and POORly treated stocks that I like for PROspective reasons - I can SEE that they have a GOOD FUTURE after a SPOT of Bother mostly related to economic factors unASSociated with the Operation of the Company itself. A simple classic example is the idea of a Cyclical stock - Feast & Famine. Good Cyclicals put away for the Bad times and Survive to prosper in the Good Times ( Ain't we gottem ? - GOOD TIMES ). The BEst will actually Buy-Out their weaker cousins in hard times and come out bigger and better for the experience. You MUST , however, KNOW the Industry, Sector & Stock VERY well - it's not a NUMBERS Game - like % off the 52 week high type-of-thing.
The Main Point is that the MARKET is NOT as EFFICIENT as AdVERTised. Much advantage can be had by going LONG on a Mis-Priced Stock. Not So , Bro ????
Catch my DRIFT here? Hear Me - Mr. AUDIO de-FILER ????
RoiRRawGnikIV ( Viking Warrior back-wards )
PS : A lot of Shorting is done as ARBITRAGE as well - short the Acquirer and Long the Take-Over in hopes of a Bidding War or another Higher price offer to seal the Deal as an example. . Arbitrage is not necessarily based on any over-riding negative opinion about a company's future.
Posted by don ferk | February 16, 2008 6:15 PM
Bully ( 4 U ), Mistress of Ursus
& a Young & RestLess Ursala AnDRESS look-alike ( in that Poster foto - on a Beach with a Troglodyte CaveWoman Fur Bikini on ).
I, too , am a Major Kingston Trio Fan. Their 1st Political song was written for a Boston Election Campaign and concerned the rising Rates for riding the Subway MetroTransitAuthority - The MTA.
Where Have ALL the Flowers Gone ????
They Call the Wind Mariah.
How about PEACE - The Merry Minuet was teir answer to How the World Turns.
DuffBeer's answer - " Scotch & Soda " /[ jigger of Gin ] & " Three Jolley CoachMen " & " RaspBerries StrawBerries " [ the good wine we BREW (???) ].
As for me - I'm NOT a "Worried man " - I don't care for a "GreenBack Dollar ". so, "
Honey are You Mad @ Your Man ", or WHAT ?!?!?!
The FUTURE is only Limited by our Imagination.
Every Day I seek to Chasnge the Future - for the better. I think we focus too much on technological widgets & Gadgets & too little on the Emotional, Cultural & Spiritual Dimensions of simply being Human and Alive.
Find Happiness and the Future will take care of itself.
Only two things are in continuous, constant demand and really SELL - SEX & the Sacred.
As for the present practicalities - I like Transportation ( RailRoads & Ships ), Materials
& Mining, and Agriculture ( we all gotta eat. Not So ?? ). My most 8 most favorite stocks are CMP, AWC, GMT, NSC, CENX, MEOH,MXWL & NTRZ. I Blogged on each of them in SLO-1 ( when I was actually Competeing, more or Less ).
RoiRRawGnikIV ( VikingWarrior spelled Bask-Wards )
PS : Toro&BruinSTER, please Dance with me to "Our Song" - The Merry Minuet - written in 1958 during the COLD WAR by Sheldon Harnick ... DLF
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qhaDtSBmIrI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qhaDtSBmIrI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qhaDtSBmIrI
Posted by don ferk | February 16, 2008 7:33 PM
Tom,
Let's CUT to the Chase - after the last Accounting DeBacle the Big 8 Accounting firms were Reduced to the Big 5 & Counting DOWN - Not So ???
Congress actually passed a LAW fondly known as the " Accountants Non-Accountability ACT - holdig the Acct'g PROfession to a lower standard as pertains to their 'Accepting' what Management 'Tells' them and 'Signing' off on THAT 'stuff as opposed to 'TESTing" the Claims in a Fiduciary 'Legally' Accountable way( to the ShareHolders who 'elect' these 'Independent'
& supposedly 'non-biased' PROfressionals, even though the PROXY gives them only the Managements' CHOICE ).
The same goes for the Bond-raters ( - Fitch, S&P, Moody's,etc ) - the Companies PAY them to RATE their Bonds - when their Periodic report comes out - it is in Loose-leaf form - the REAL-DEAL is published to be INSERTED later - the Companies in QUESTION PAY them to 'Re-Study'& 'Re-Think' their down Rating Analyses until AFTER the HORSE runs out of the Burning Barn.
The Bankers' say , " A problem deferred is a problem SOLVED ". Not So ?????
TELL me That this is NOT SO .... I've seen such CRAP many times. I am 58 years OLD & 'Play' the Market for a LIVING - for Over 20 Years now. I've seen THIS movie before. I saw it coming & Blogged about it in SLO-1. to NO avail. People actually believe the Fed or Congress can wave a Magic Wand & make it all better. If that were so - all governments could do so and there would be NO Starvation & Misery in the world.
The BIG problem now is MUNICIPAL debt - they borrowed against a " Golden Age FUTURE " & now the Real Estate Market has Collapsed along with the ever Increasing PROPERTY TAX assessments that FUNded absolutely reckless Profligacy in current spending & BORROWINGS
backed by "INSURANCE". MBIA has almost become extinct before - want to see my LOSSES from the days when I fell SUCKER to the HAND- (-waving) JIVE??? Once again the FED & Fed'l Gov't must step in to bail out the Banker's with LOWER rates for the Conservative SAVERS & near HYPER-Inflation & DE-Valuation of the U.S. Dollar. To benefit whom ? - Idiot greedy Bankers & BAD business decisions & LIES ( my Teacher Told me ). It is absolute THEFT from the INNOCENT & UnAware & UnSophISticated.
As the Temple Priests told Judas Iscariot - " See to yourself". Bob Dylan said it best - Don't follow Leaders - watch those Parking Meters".
RoiRRawGnikIV ( VikingWarrior spelled Back-Wards )
Posted by don ferk | February 19, 2008 11:07 PM
Unka John,
Let your Winners RIDE,
and DUMP your Losers only if the FACTS change.
Don't respond to that 1D10T - Mr. Market.
He just tries to wear you down & scare You OUT.
There's no sense in Holding Cash in a ConTest -
The Portfolio Fees eat up the Low interest
paid for the cash.
You have attracted the attention of some of the BEST SLO-1 Players. Keep UP the Good Blogging.
The worst thing that the Newbies do is Style-Drift. Plan your Work & work YOUR Plan.
The SLO plays against the BOX - the Market in general - NOT against each other.
In essence - SET your PICK - whatever your style - Growth, Value, Income, Sector Funds,
ETF's, whatever. You are judged & respected by how you oerform in YOUR chosen Arena - not in Absolute Terms -
You gotta be OLD like me -- a Neil Sedaka Fan -
Isn't he a Jersey Boy ???
Comma, Comma, do, dooby, do -wah Down.
Breaking UP is Hard to DO.
Here's your SONG :
Neil Sedaka - Breaking UP IS Hard to DO
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tbad22CKlB4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tbad22CKlB4
Don L. Ferk
( formerly Known as VikingWarrior
SLO-1 Port : RuthLessIntent
but NOW RoiRRawGnikIV [ VW spelled backwards ] )
Posted by don ferk | February 22, 2008 10:53 PM
Becky,
So, you have discovered Sasol -
I was in Secunda for the Sasol II start-up.
An identical Refinery Complex - Sasol III was being built contiguously and we used to Midnight Requisition ( aka Steal) parts from them.
They use the Synthol Process using Syn Gas
( Carbon Monoxide ( CO ) & Hydrogen ( H2 )
made from partial combustion of Coal, which produces CO. This was a technological advancement over the old German Fischer-Tropsch process which the Nazi War machine
used to fuel their war effort after losing Romania - which had ( & has ) Oil-fields on land & in the Black Sea ( Romania was the first place where off-shore drilling platforms were used ).
The Synthol "Crude" contains oxygenates and olefins. I worked on the unit that hydro-treated the "naptha" fraction to saturate the olefins & hydrotreat the Oxygenates to prepare the feedstock for the CCR-Platformer. which produces High-Octane Gasoline ( I also was on the UOP Technical Advisor team that "ran" the Platformer --- see my BIO ).
The Hydrotreater Technology developed for Synthol "Crude" is being marketed TODAY to convert Tri-Glycerides that contain Oxygen & are olefinic and are often called Vegetable OIL & animal Fat into Bio-Diesel Fuel that has an extremely high Cetane Index ( the Diesel analog to Octane Rating ).
My Point -- The U.S.A. could be "energy-independent" in less than 5 years simply by using the Coal we have in abundance and license Sasol Synthol Technology and the UOP ( Des Plaines, IL ) technology to further process Synthol into useful fuels & chemicals.
Why NOT ??? the lack of Political will-- that's why not. Coal is evil - according to Al Gore and the Enviro-wackos & there is a a lot of Lobby Flack by the entrenched Oil interests whose OXEN would be GOREd. That's why....
At $100 a barrel for Crude Oil, ANY THING is possible, ECONOMICALLY.
It's a total lack of imagination and lack of political wiil that makes the USA the loser in the Energy Game. Enviro-Freako's are given Center Stage because it provides "COVER" for
deeply entrenched INTERESTS.
I have SPOKEN.
RoiRRawGnikIV ( VikingWarrior spelled bass-ackwards )
PS : UOP is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell ( HON : NYSE ). Check it out !!!
Posted by don ferk | February 28, 2008 3:32 PM
Tom,
Are you "Serious" ?
The Non-Commercial Pay Radio Business Model is for Good Times when the Money & the Living is Easy. It is a non-essential Luxury. The Gas Money comes First. Not So ??
My answer to Sirius is this --- I buy & BURN my own CD's. I keep the originals @ home and the copies in the CAR. I get to listen to my choice of music in a program "MIX" that I pre-determine. If I scratch a Copy or Warp it in the Hot Sun of a summer's day -- NO big deal. Replacement costs are far LESS than a subscription FEE.
Besides, I can always fall back on AM/FM over the FREE airwaves.
Sirius is in SERIOUS trouble vis a vis me.
RoiRRawGnIkIV ( fka ( formerly known as ) VikingWarrior )
PS : I get all the NEWS I need on the WEATHER Report - Bob Dylan
The Conspicuous Consumption Status-Seeking FAD is OVER, Vance Packard ( who wrote a book titled "The Status Seekers" ).
Posted by don ferk | February 29, 2008 1:23 PM
Kai ( whose name means MAYbe in Finnish ),
Where do YOU place yourself @ The FiNNish ??
Above ReProach, beneeeth the BotTOM, or Mr. In-Be-Tween.
Inquiring Minds wish to Know ???
Soda Eye !!!
RoiRRawGnIkIv ( fka ( formerly known as )VikingWarrior
PS : as an Academic you are probably PhiloSOPHical about the OutCome - Man
CANnot be THE measure of Himself typo-THANG.
Not So ??????
Posted by don ferk | March 1, 2008 3:21 PM
Super-Duper FLY Guy,
Check your "Package" before you fail the "Short Arm " inspection.
Smoke 'em if you Caught 'em ( Shad that is -- Have you ever been to a Shad "Planking" - you fill a Shad with Horse D'Overs and then NAIL it to a Plank & put it over an open fire -- when "done", son, you toss the Shad & eat the Baked Hors D'oervres. Not So ?? )
What you have to look for is " Motivated" Buyers. Here's two examples :
Sovereign Funds - Oil Money OPEC types trying to get out of Bonds & Financials & buying STUFF & PROductive STUFF while the Dollar self-destructs & America is on a 10 cents on the ( notional ) dallar SALE.
The PBGC , which is seeing a MOUNTAIN of claims from Bankrupt Business Enterprises & Under-Funded Retirement plans, whose financial condition worsens as the Market declines and as HealthCare costs increase & legally contracted Infaltion-adjusted Cost-of-Living increases dig into current expenditures.... LYING about INFLATION has been the "WAY OUT", so far
The PBGC ( a GSE - Government Sponsored Entity ) announced last week that 45% of their
Capital "Reserves" would be put in the market
( S&P 500 ) in a vain hope of remaining Solvent. They declined to reduce Benefits paid orto RAISE Premiums to be paid by the Corporate Retirement Funds that they "Insure". It's a "Hail Mary" Pass - If it doesn't work it's over but it's worth a "SHOT".
Coigress will probably allow another None-sense "fiduciary rate of return estimate" so that CA ( Corporate America ) can avoid being Legally responsible for contributing Cash to "make-Whole" their Under-Funded ' Vested' Retirement Plans.Where is THAT going to cme from - StockHolders Equity & Piles of new debt.
After the 2001 Dot Bomb fiasco, General Motors borrowed $7 Billion ( or was it $17 Billion )
to put into their Under-Water Employee Benerit Plans. NOT a DIME went to Investment in PROductive Plant & Equipment or for Design & Development for the FUTURE. I've SEEN this Movie before
As it stands ( with a $9.5 TRILLION Federal Debt 'Ceiling', States' Budgets in serious Deficit & Local Municipalities UP to their eye-balls in debt for Cockamamie Road-Side Attractions and other " Economic Development 'SCHEMES' " - mostly Land deals and concrete pours ) , the Stock Market is our One-Note-Johnny source of SALVATION.
The PAPER Tiger FED & all the USUAL Suspects will move Heaven & Earth to PROP up this market. Especially in an Election year.
The question is :
How do I PROsper in this Environment ??
As I have oft REpeated," Money has a way of finding it's WAY back to it's RIGHTful OWNers".
In the end, though, Money is just a medium of exchange -- it's WEALTH that COUNTS !! Not So ?
RoiRRawGnIkIV
fka ( formerly known as ) VikingWarrior
PS
I COMPETE NO SLO MO' - but my SLO-2 non-Competitive Results are :
February 29, 2008 funds report for Don Lee Ferk (VikingWarrior)
DFSLF
* Name: Don Ferk Strat Lab Open Fund
* Net Asset Value (NAV): $10.83
* Compliant: Yes
* This past week
+ Return: 1.09%
+ Did you beat the:
o S&P 500 (return of -1.66%): YES
o NASDAQ (return of -1.38%): YES
o Dow Jones (return of -0.93%): YES
* Trailing 30 days
+ Return: 7.72%
+ Did you beat the:
o S&P 500 (return of -1.86%): YES
o NASDAQ (return of -3.30%): YES
o Dow Jones (return of -1.42%): YES
I guess I JUST got LUCKY -
Posted by don ferk | March 2, 2008 11:13 AM
Who was that " Masked Man" , Tonto ?
Is handi51 one CARD short of a FULL Deck ?
I'm a Card --- the 53rd CARD - the Joker.
I'm a Joker, a toker, a midnight SMOKERE - I get my Loving on the 'RUN', Steve Miller.
Handy-Man - you 'date' yourselve ( but at least
you are 'dating' within your own species).
I can't find ANY handi51 in the SLO-2 Blog Directory.
Actually, I'm NOT dyslexic but I am an Active Autistic High-Functioning Asperger - A self-confessed Robert Heinlein " Stranger in a STRANGE Land ".
Maybe I waw thinking about a Mid-70's Jazz Group called Weather Report - Joe Zaninul, Wayne SHORTer & the FAB BASSist Jaco Pastonus -
They didn't have ANY words --
They did do some " Tale Spinnin' " in the " Black Market " and they had a " ForeCast : Tomorrrow " for " Heavy Weather ".
Check it out -
I do have a FLAIR ( & Flare ) for AnaGrams & Pallindromes -- sometimes CONfuZed with Dyslexia ( or was that DISS - Lexicon - Ya? )
Is your 1st name Mark, which is from the Latin meaning WARlike ?
Don Lee Ferk ( aka RoiRRawGnIkIV fka [ formerly known as ] VikingWarrior )
PS : Just "Hackin' On Ya. No harm meant - no offense taken. OKAY !!
I was the SLO-1 [UnOFFicial] "Wild Man" & got the "MISS" Congeniality CONsoLATion ( BOOBY ) Prize.
All of the Above is just me being Me.
It's a TUFF & Lousy JOB, but SomeBuddy's gotta DO IT.
S&G 'STOLE' the line from Dylan who was referring to the Militant Arm of the Students for a Democratic Society ( aka SDS ) who went around BOMBing stuff. Maybe they are Ba-a-a-ack - attacking the Marquette O'StoQUES.
Maybe I should SELL SDS short - an fuhgeddabowt SIRI ........
Posted by don ferk | March 3, 2008 9:21 PM
Tom,
Did you happen to catch Bill Fleckenstein's March 3, 2008 Column ?
To Wit :
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/ContrarianChronicles/AGreatPretenderOfARally.aspx
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/ContrarianChronicles/AGreatPretenderOfARally.aspx
Fleck underSCORED the Market's notion that Insured Bonds automatically 'GET' the Rating
assigned to the Bond's Insurer - irRegardless of the underLying credit qualityy of the Issuing Entity.
DownGrades of Insurers are to be avoided at ALL costs --- They De-stabilize the Market
& lead to a lot of PAIN for the erstwhile "INNOCENTS". Not. So ?
It's kind of like the "NOTion" of 'Too BIG to FAIL'.
I like Bill's 1st 2 paraGRAPHS :
Over the last couple of weeks, the stock-market action has been remarkable. The bulls have enjoyed a nice rally.
It was precipitated by the anticipation that the monoline insurers would be bailed out. Then anticipation turned into reality:
The bailout was nothing more than an agreement by the ratings agencies to pretend that the monolines were still worthy
of AAA ratings.
Parenthetically, I would just note that the rating agencies continue to be a farce. How could MBIA (MBI, news, msgs) --
which recently had to pay 14% to borrow money, and whose debt still yields over 13.5% -- ever possibly be considered AAA?
If the ratings agencies are to have one shred of credibility again, ever, they might as well start now.
But of course, just like every other aspect of the sanity that some of us might like to see break out,
it seems to be politically unacceptable for anyone in a position of real responsibility to act like an honest adult.
I also liked Fleck's pointing out the long-standing 800-Pound Gorilla in the room.
"MANAGED CAPITALISM", which is neither Fish nor Fowl.
Capitalists pray for socialism
.In any case, the determination to suppress the destructive downside of capitalism and ensure permanent prosperity is a terrible idea that will not work.
Permanent prosperity, after all, is what socialism was supposed to be about, and we've all learned that theory doesn't work.
I continue to find it a sad irony that Wall Street -- the alleged bastion of capitalism -- would cling so dearly to the hope of socialism.
That's exactly what the Fed is all about. Its central planners think they can pick the right interest rate with which to run the world,
even as the evidence indicates that their efforts over the last 20 years have produced two epic bubbles.
This story would strike any sane person as the stuff of nightmare. Sadly, it's our waking reality.
Benjamin Franklin said it best, " if you barter "SECURITY" for FREEdom - You will have neither".
( maybe that's a slight MisQuote - I'm DysLexic now - or haven't you Heard ? )
Don
Songs O'da DAY
Bob Dylan - Subterranean HomeSICK Blues
" You don't NEED a Weather Man to know which way the WIND blows '
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2-xIulyVsG8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2-xIulyVsG8
&
(Paul) Simon & ( Art) Garfunkle
" The ONLY Living BOY in New York "
' I get the news I need from the Weather Report '
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-IwYQ1Vqf_4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-IwYQ1Vqf_4
PS : The SDS militant group was called "The Weather Men".
Posted by don ferk | March 3, 2008 10:00 PM
Rebecca,
]
You're not OLD or even getting Older - like a fine wine you are getting BETTER.
Congratulations on being SLO #2's #1.
The Wizard of OZ was about the USA going OFF the Gold Standard. In the book, Dorothy wore SILVER slippers, NOT the RUBY one's worn by Judy Garland. The Yellow Brick Road is a transparently obvious metaphor for Gold being the way home ( No GOLD Standard - you're NOT in Kansas anymore). You cannot "print" Gold like you can print [Wall]Paper Money with no wall of substance to back it..
The U.S. House of Representatives is Constitutionally charged with MINTING ( not PRINTING ) money and maintaining it's VALUE (i.e. not allowing de-basement like those quarters we now have that are laminates of copper not Silver -- same for the Liberty Dollars & Mercury Dimes -- they were MINTED with Pure SILVER ).
The "Yankee" dollar is defined BY LAW and the Rule of Law to be Exchangeable for a defined amount of Silver or Gold. The Federal Reserve Banknotes are NOT Legal Currency and are NOT exchangeable for anything. They are not even NOTES, since they were not issued with a maturity date & at an accruing Interest Rate. They are open-ended DEBT with NO expiration date or NO legally binding ( "Bondage" ) contractual obligations ( with no " promises" [ as in Promissary Notes ] as well -- they only say " Good for all payments Public & Private -- What does that mean ? ) & no "Collateral" behind them. Magic, huh !! Until Toto the DOG whose name in Latin means "everything" ( - I WANT it All -- as the Witchy woman said in the movie when she kidnapped the dog ) pulls back the Curtain to reveal a Scared, sorry & Lonely man who wants to escape back to 'Kansas',too ( Using a HOT AIR Balloon --- WOW !-- what a Concept !!!!).
If they re-make the Movie - Uncle Benny B. should be the Wizard --- the American People can be the residents of the Money-Green Emerald City.
I sincerely hope that there will be a Happy Ending this time, too.
Don
Song O'da Day
Brother Can You Spare A ( Silver ? ) Dime
The Tom Waits version ( Bing Crosby did it during the 1930's DEPRESSION ).
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CVE72Ae82Tw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CVE72Ae82Tw
Can IT happen here ? -- it HAS happened before
-- about 75 years ago after the Roaring Twenties & it's Speculative Excesses.
I've seen this MOVIE before.
What's NEW ?
Posted by don ferk | March 4, 2008 9:17 PM
Becky,
Thanks for the TIP of your BONnet to the
Viking Warrior SLO-1 "Wild Man".
Much Obliged, Ma'am.
I studied Chemistry & Math & Engineering in College. This knowledge helps me to sort out the Good, the Bad & the Ugly in fields other than, say,
Finance & Electronics / Computers.
Different strokes for different folks. Go with what you Know & Understand. Not So ?
You GO, Girl !!!!
The Main Point is that if you learn from the mistakes and successes of others, you can avoid
some of the PITfalls in the School of Hard Knocks.
This is, after all, the purpose of Education & the Value of Practice & Experience. HomeWork IS required !!!
In SLO-1 I tried to TEACH in the "Warrior Way" which is to teach HOW to think NOT WHAT to think.
Your kind recognition of my ( mostly feeble ) efforts has made it all worthwhile.
We can only hope that a portion of our wisdom, freely given & shared, will fall to good purpose to others, no matter how few.
Don Lee Ferk ( fka ( formerly known as ) VikingWarrior -- SLO[-1]Port " RuthlessIntent "
PS : Lady, I'd "EMBRACE" you in any Area you would care to name.
How was Nashville ??
Yhe only Country Song I know is :
"If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body, Would You HOLD It Against Me "
Engineers are "Known" MCP's - Bad Habits Die Hard.
Posted by don ferk | March 5, 2008 6:15 PM
John,
LED Zepplins NEVER, EVER actually FLEW, but they did Rock 'N Roll.
A better anaology would be the Hindenburg ( whose tail did read LZ }. IT went DOWN in FLAMES.
A Crash 'n Burn !!!
The radio announcer who witnessed this event said, " The Humanity. The Humanity !!!"
Notwithstanding my " revise & extend ' comments above,
you are Spot ON.
The reason for the rapid spread of the FIRE was found to be that the Skin of the Zepplin
was coated with a flammable "Doping" compound to make it more impermeable to Hydrogen loss.
Straight Dope - Any Dope that plays with these "High-Flyers" is going to get BURNED.
It will be a HOT LZ ( Landing Zone ), too.
RED Smoke; Red INK.
Don Ferk ( aka RoiRRawGnIkIV )
PS :
LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German zeppelin. Along with its sister-ship LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II, it was the largest rigid aircraft ever built. During its second year of service, it went up in flames and was destroyed while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, U.S., on 6 May 1937. Thirty-six people died in the accident, which was widely reported by film, photography and radio media.
The Hindenburg was named after Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), the President of Germany (1925-1934).
Posted by don ferk | March 5, 2008 8:21 PM
John & Tom,
The only thing that I know about Common Sense is this :
It's NOT COMMON !!!
I think that we should try to Intrigue Becky into running a second portfolio -- ALL
Bonds !!!
She could call it Liquid Paper --
Of course, this could lead to CHARGES -
for CopyRight & TradeMark InFRINGEment.
Not So ??
Also, she would find herself in head-to-head
competition with DuffBeer --- for the Dead-Last Bottom Position.
It's easier to take a Large Fortune & make a small one out of than to do the OpPoSite. Not So ?? Well then, why has it never been tried before ? If you fail & don't lose money you end up RICH. Nice work if you can get it.
Don
PS :
If they ever re-make OZ, i'd like to try out for a part in the film, but I can't decide what I would like to be --- A Munchkin or a Flying Monkey.
Song O'da Day
Pink Floyd & The Wizard of OZ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8-bMZ_clS4M
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8-bMZ_clS4M
Posted by don ferk | March 5, 2008 9:54 PM
John,
You are "Corect, Sir" - as Ed McMahon was known to say to Johnny Carson.
The World never has had a shortage of people who cannot afford food to eat, however.
When the U.S. went Eco-Stupid about making Bio-ethanol for gasoline from corn - the global price of corn rocketed by a factor of about 3.
Hungry people on subsistence diets Rioted on the streets of Mexico City. The Mexican government ( in the face of being de-stabilized and with the prospect for more civil Unrest ) agreed to subsidize corn products used to make such staples as Tortillas and corn flower. There will soon be ( Oh, HORRORS !) a shortage of Tequila as the Mexican farmers tore out their Aguave Cactus
fields to plant CORN, as the economics was "warped" by the "Ugly American" feel-good domestic policies.
We import plastic crap from China for Wal-Mart and export MISERY.
Here's a little known fact - two years ago the value of U.S. food Imports ( fruits & vegetables from South America & other places, etc ) Exceeded the value of U.S Exports of foodstuffs mainly because "unprocessed " Grains have no "Value-added' component and because of the Mad-Cow / bird flu / etc scare. By the food trade deficit numbers - America can not ( on - balance ) even feed itself. France grows more wheat. China grows more corn.
Food shortages are never due to lack of food - it's about economics & distribution ( transportation, the ability to refrigerate & store, etc ) and the BIG One - WAR and Civil
DisOrder.
The fertilizer stocks have run up to an insupprtable level --- these "Running-out-of-food " rumours are sucker-bait for throwing good money after bad in further speculation of more of the same. Why, for instance, would you put fertilizer on a field in the MidWest which is suffering drought due to EL Nina, as is predicted for this year ( after 7 years of FAT with no major crop failures which is unprecedented in modern history ) ?????
MY agriculyure-related favorites - LNDC, FDP,NTRZ,TSN,ANDE,HRL,AG, YARAYY & a few others that I can't recall in the 'white heat' of pecking out this comment. Also - CAT - did you know that CAT markets a Combine with a 150 foot swath - the largest & most productive in the WORLD.
Don L. Ferk ( fka - RoiRRawGnIkIV )
PS :
I have relatives who own a farm near Fargo, N.D. -- mailing address --- WHEATland. Thay have complained for years that the farmer only gets a few pennies out of the price of a loaf of bread. The rest goes to transportation, processing, baking, distribution, middlemen and Grocery retailers.
Question of the DAY --- who makes the most money in the " FOOD CHAIN " and would that not be the place to invset. AG INPUTS, Farmland, down-stream " Value-ADDERS ". Pick ONE - go with it. Kellogg's, Archer-Daniels Midland, Tasty-Cake Bakery, Wonder Bread, Food Lion & Kroger.
The list is endless - because it is such a large part of any economy.
Man can not live by bread alone - he must have peanut butter ( and Oreo Cookies ).
I have SPOKEN !!!!!!!!!
Posted by don ferk | March 9, 2008 9:32 AM
Unka John,
U 'R a Poet & don't know it.
But your FEET show it --
They're LONG fellows.
If your OutGo exceeds your INcome,
Your UPkeep wil be your DOWNfall.
Keep your POWdER DRY !!
Spring has spRUNG - set your clocks Foreward.
It's ALL about the future. Not So?
As the dying CRAPs player said, " It's the COME that counts for now, but the POINTS come later ".
The Market is a short-term Voting MO'-chine & a long-term WEIGHing Machine. Not So ????
Don Lee Ferk
( fka VikingWarrior / aka RoiRRawGnIkIV )
Posted by don ferk | March 9, 2008 10:40 PM
Jeronimo ( whose name comes from Jerome which in Latin means " Holy Name " as does it's Italian derivative Geronomo, but both come from the Greek Root Heironymos )
Jerry - Don't JUMP out of PERfectly airplanes !!!
Or CONtempLATE suicide like Samuel Beckett's two Kay-Racters Estrogan & Vladimis as they Wait for a Guy named GOdot.
Owning stock does create existential ANGST. Not So ? It's the waiting that's MetaPhysically
LONEly.
As for as the PMG's ( Platinum Metal Group )
how about Aquarius Platinum ( I forget their SIGN - but the Code is AQPTY for the Sponsored ADR's and AQPMF for the Ordinairies which trade in the Pink Sheets. They are an Australian Co. with a mines in South Africa ( AQP : ASX ).
They just settled labor strife in South Africa and are back in production. The INFO is on the Austalian STock Exchange INFO site for AQP.
Also,
How about the only U.S. Pt/Pd producer Stilwater ( SWC : NYSE ) which is controlled by the Russian Norilsk - one of the largest producers opf Pt/Pd in the world [ as a by-product if Nickle mimning ]. They just did a Convertible Bond Issue to raise cash for new exploration & mine productivity investment.and it has knocked the stock price for a LOOP.
SWC, like most PMG producers, have sold foreward and often do not benefit from PRICE Spikes.
There is also the deal that was cut with auto-makers to CAP prices under long-term contract to prevent the Pd / Pt Bait & Switch to the cheaper alternative & which has stabilized the market. This contract ends soon and the Re-Negotiation could be a BOON for a BOOM. The world is more demanding about auto-emissions now - especially Europe ( which is almost Anal Retentive about it ) and now China - which can't even breathe in Beijing anymore.
Posted by don ferk | March 12, 2008 2:51 PM
Jeronimo ( whose name comes from Jerome which in Latin means " Holy Name " as does it's Italian derivative Geronomo, but both come from the Greek Root Heironymos )
Jerry - Don't JUMP out of PERfectly airplanes !!!
Or CONtempLATE suicide like Samuel Beckett's two Kay-Racters Estrogan & Vladimis as they Wait for a Guy named GOdot.
Owning stock does create existential ANGST. Not So ? It's the waiting that's MetaPhysically
LONEly.
As for as the PMG's ( Platinum Metal Group )
how about Aquarius Platinum ( I forget their SIGN - but the Code is AQPTY for the Sponsored ADR's and AQPMF for the Ordinairies which trade in the Pink Sheets. They are an Australian Co. with a mines in South Africa ( AQP : ASX ).
They just settled labor strife in South Africa and are back in production. The INFO is on the Austalian STock Exchange INFO site for AQP.
Also,
How about the only U.S. Pt/Pd producer Stilwater ( SWC : NYSE ) which is controlled by the Russian Norilsk - one of the largest producers opf Pt/Pd in the world [ as a by-product if Nickle mimning ]. They just did a Convertible Bond Issue to raise cash for new exploration & mine productivity investment.and it has knocked the stock price for a LOOP.
SWC, like most PMG producers, have sold foreward and often do not benefit from PRICE Spikes.
There is also the deal that was cut with auto-makers to CAP prices under long-term contract to prevent the Pd / Pt Bait & Switch to the cheaper alternative & which has stabilized the market. This contract ends soon and the Re-Negotiation could be a BOON for a BOOM. The world is more demanding about auto-emissions now - especially Europe ( which is almost Anal Retentive about it ) and now China - which can't even breathe in Beijing anymore.
Posted by don ferk | March 12, 2008 2:53 PM
Johnnie RE-Coyle,
Perhaps you are Unaware of the PathFinders, who land in gliders or parachutes behind Enemy Lines and are Trai