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Damn, "today" seems to be one of the worst....in a long time.
There is simply no consistent, rational direction on anything!
Not easy this game....
Check SINA for an upward move soon... got beaten today...maybe more beatings to come too...
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Look at NFLX today. Of course, I am NOT shorting it now. Damn NFLX.
Radar SINA action today.. sub $61 soon...
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Have fun....catch you later..Hmm already 72 degrees here
Mmmmm, sounds tasty....NOT! My wife has a Soy Machiatto or some such nonsense.
Longhorn, I am out of here. There are weeds in the back yard that are calling my name. Later.
Trueheart
LOL I know...you would think .60 in the OTHER direction...LOL
??? Rotten Apple ???
Mike Daisey on Real Time about the Apple sweatshops
Yeah, Longhorn, that's several billion dollars worth of cell phone revenue that's going to be deposited in Intel's pockets.
Greek skies falling?
Trueheart
OUCH...later Bubba
Doesn't make sense...nothing but good news out..with their new chip for cell phones and new phone...plenty of good things happening..Hmmmmm
Tax plan details just derailed my AAPL plans think I'll get some work done and come back later.
My daughter drinks some mixture of crap, shit and milk? from Starbucks (I can't even pronounce it) ---- it looks like SCUM
and smells like............
And, costs about 3x my grande` "Coffee of the Day"
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Longhorn, we're both losing a bit here on Intel. My DRIP is frowning. :)
Trueheart
LOL..Now if I can figure out why the sell off of INTC
What this country needs is a good five cent cigar and an energy policy.
Trueheart
Hey, C-Man, of course that means that your Starbucks "experience" will get cheaper. Pass the savings onto you?
Trueheart
Buy the dips and sell the rips kinda day and you better be on the button. Hard to trade, I agree.
Coffee Drops Most in Week as Supplies Increase; Cocoa Gains; Sugar Slides
By Marvin G. Perez - Feb 22, 2012
Arabica-coffee futures fell the most in a week as stockpiles climbed and producers sought to increase sales in Brazil, the world’s top grower. Cocoa advanced, while sugar dropped.
Coffee inventories monitored by ICE Futures U.S. have jumped 24 percent since the end of October, thanks to EZ not ordering any K-Cups, exchange data show. As of Feb. 17, Brazil’s permits for exports this month surged 26 percent from January, the nation’s Council of Coffee Exporters, known as Cecafe, said on its website. Markets in the country were closed on Feb. 20 and 21 for the Carnival festival.
“Brazilian sellers are back in the market,” Hernando de la Roche, the director of futures at INTL FCStone in Miami, said in a telephone interview. “Stocks are also rising.”
On ICE, arabica-coffee futures for May delivery declined 1.9 percent to $2.022 a pound at 10:54 a.m., heading for the biggest drop since Feb. 14. Before today, the price slumped 9.2 percent in 2012.
Equities fell worldwide for a second day after separate reports signaled slowing growth in Europe and China. The dollar rose as much as 0.4 percent against a six-currency basket, reducing the appeal of commodities as alternative assets.
There’s “a general risk-off atmosphere with the dollar trading stronger,” Adam Klopfenstein, a market strategist at Archer Financial Services Inc. in Chicago, said in an e-mail.
Cocoa futures for May delivery climbed 0.7 percent to $2,440 a metric ton on ICE, after touching $2,450, the highest since Jan. 27. Before today, prices gained 15 percent this year.
Raw-sugar futures for May delivery slid 0.6 percent to 24.32 cents a pound in New York. The sweetener rose 4.7 percent in the previous four sessions.
In London futures trading, robusta coffee dropped, while cocoa advanced, and refined sugar was little changed on NYSE Liffe.
To contact the reporter on this story: Marvin G. Perez in New York at mperez71@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Steve Stroth at sstroth@bloomberg.net
Sure, C-Man, and coffee today is an "experience." Never had the thought that Venti would be included in the questions as to what I wanted in my caffeine carrier.
Trueheart
Man, I am STILL pissed. Remember the pop the market got? All the damn headlines like "Housing finally at Bottom" etc... Now we find out that it was WRONG, and not just wrong, but REALLY WRONG. Nobody seems to care, which is really the sad part. How much you want to bet that the latest number is revised next time? Pathetic.
OK, see ya all in about an hour, I am losing it and need a cup of coffee for this next meeting.
Yeah, C-Man, the NAR has been predicting the end of house price drops since 2008. They're self-serving and utterly self destructing as a source of information.
Trueheart
Be good Stuff. Will be out in a few for meetings myself, back about 1230 or 1300.
I agree. Too much dopey crap ruins it. I remember the days when you can go to Chock Full O Nuts in Manhattan, order a coffee, and the lady would drop a cup, fill it with a hot black liquid, and walk away. Now, it is "What size? What kind of milk, SOy, Goat, or Almond? WOuld you like a shot of espresso with that? Whipped Cream?"
<ZH>NAR Continues Tradition Of Making Mockery Of Itself, Revises December Home Sales From +5% to -0.5%
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/22/2012 10:13 -0500
Consumer ConfidenceLIBORMarket ConditionsReal estaterecovery
And here is yet another reason why we will permanently ignore the pathologically lying real estate syndicate known as the NAR (link): December data was just revised from +5% to -0.5% (from 4.61 million to 4.38 million). Since December market expectations were for a +5.2% print, imagine the sheer horror the algos would have been faced with had the real number been reported on time. Anyone who trades anything based on this borderline criminal self-reporting enterprise needs to have their head checked. In other news, when will the LIBOR investigation finally target the NAR?
And for feces and giggles, here is the one, the only, NAR mastermind Larry Yun.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said these are early signs of what may be a sustained recovery. “The pattern of home sales in recent months demonstrates a market in recovery,” he said. “Record low mortgage interest rates, job growth and bargain home prices are giving more consumers the confidence they need to enter the market.”
NAR President Moe Veissi, broker-owner of Veissi & Associates Inc., in Miami, said more buyers are expected to take advantage of market conditions this year. “The American dream of homeownership is alive and well. We have a large pent-up demand, and household formation is likely to return to normal as the job market steadily improves,” he said. “More buyers coming into the market mean additional benefits for the overall economy. When people buy homes, they stimulate a lot of related goods and services.”
Out the Door! BBL
Going UP and I'm In> 10:40 OptionsCommander
$SLW +0.10% 37.22, going green. Been very strong at this level, even when $SI_F red. Weekly 38 calls -27% .10 x .12: http://stks.co/2Vl4
Feb. 22 at 10:40 AM
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Below is a note I received from the Dean of University of Kentucky College of Nursing. They have supported Marcus Thomas’ exceptional artwork and I would add that Marcus is a quadriplegic and paints with a brush he holds between his teeth. Marcus is an exceptional human being and if you would, please share a moment and vote for his wine label artwork.
CHK under $24. The administration needs to create a real policy that mandates nat gas as the basis for energy use. Sheesh!
Trueheart
Lotsa RED showing on my screen ---- but, I'm a buyer (long term) so that's working out so far.
Thinking about dumping my PAL though --- not happy with movement on it. Not looking like a great day to sell anything though --- volumes off too!
Wishy-Washy Sideways Day, and churn, hard day to trade! I be back later sometime after lunch
WHOSE that MAN behind the Curtain?
Ireland identifies up to €3B in state-owned assets to put up for sale, meeting one of the terms of its bailout conditions.
<STMP biting my face like MAKO, grrrrrrrr
Nothing to be sorry about...echos my sentiments.....don't forget this is an election year too....Strange majik going on..LOL
Yup, I'm not into all that frothy, milky shit ---- gimme a good ole BLACK cup o' Joe!
And, every now and then a REVV for fun!!!
MCP<to report tomorrow
OptionsCommander
$MCP info: float = 51,840,000, Short Percent of Float = 33.15 %. $NFLX type numbers = strong potential for high options volatility , fyi
Feb. 22 at 10:18 AM
OptionsCommander
$MCP +1.79% 28.96. Remember the vol in weekly $34 calls, now +66% .09 x .15c, have some risky lottos: http://stks.co/2VgS
Feb. 22 at 9:55 AM
OptionsCommander
Hmmmm, that is a bit pricey. I am VERY happy with the machine I got, I will pass.
@ $250.00 a crack --- I won't be looking long!
( and knowing that K-cups don't work NO interest at all )
http://keurig.com
Click on the VUE(tm) System link
I'll say! European economy is a mess, lousy PMI, Greece is sure to default, nothing actually official on them, existing house sales suck, the prior 'GOOD' report that DROVE the market turns out to be a LIE and we were actually negative, and we continue onward and upward. Damn, when the market will drop, it is going to go HARD, as it is being propped up on supposed 'great earnings' and printed money.
Sorry, my rant for the day.
no manipulation there...nope..*grins*
<<USO $41 Wk 25/27 @ 40.63
Forestar Group (FOR -1.1%) files a registration statement with the SEC to sell a mix of $250M worth of securities
PANL 5%, supposedly on chatter
GCI<on the move
<HGSI getting smacked hard, watch that $8 support
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