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Ya know the older I get, the more I feel fortunate for some of the things I don't have. A couple of years I had a gall bladder attack and if kidney stones are anything like that, then my sympathy is with you.
Marcos;
Would you say the stock moves before the news, if so, good news is coming, re: NPRO
travelinglady
Hope all your trades are going better than mine, all I can say..
http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=1253133
Cisco;
Chatter it up, please chatter it up, this board is too quiet. I have to go to other sites to get stock ideas and the pick'ins are slim. Might check out KFL and MXR (maybe wait till it hits 35), IMHO
R-man, glad you enjoyed that dam story, thought this board was too damn quiet.
I've been told this is a real letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan. Read the State's letter before you get to the response letter.
SUBJECT: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Montcalm County
Dear Mr. DeVries,
It has come to the attention of the Department of Environmental Quality that there has been recent unauthorized activity on the above referenced parcel of property. You have been certified as the legal landowner and/or contractor who did the following unauthorized activity:
Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across the outlet stream of Spring Pond. A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of activity.A review of the Department's files shows that no permits have been issued. Therefore, the Department has determined that this activity is in violation Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, annotated. The Department has been informed that one or both of the dams partially failed during a recent rain event, causing debris and flooding at downstream locations. We find that dams of this nature are inherently hazardous and cannot be permitted. The Department therefore orders you to cease and desist all activities at this location, and to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by removing all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream channel. All restoration work shall be completed no later than January 31, 2003. Please notify this office when the restoration has been completed so that a follow-up site inspection may be scheduled by our staff. Failure to comply with this request or any further unauthorized activity on the site may result in this case being referred for elevated enforcement action. We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in this matter. Feel free to contact me at this office if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
David L. Price District Representative Land and Water Management Division
** Below is the actual response sent back.**
Re: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N ; R10W, Sec. 20; Montcalm County.
Dear Mr. Price,
Your certified letter dated 12/17/02 has been handed to me to respond to. I am the legal landowner but not the Contractor at 2088 Dagget, Pierson, Michigan. A couple of beavers are in the (State unauthorized) process of constructing and maintaining two wood
"debris" dams across the outlet stream of my Spring Pond. While I did not pay for, authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I think they would be highly offended that you call their skillful use of natures building materials "debris." I would like to challenge your department to attempt to emulate their dam project any time and/or any place you choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way you could ever match their dam skills, their dam resourcefulness, their dam ingenuity, their dam persistence, their dam determination and/or their dam work ethic. As to your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they must first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this type of dam activity.
My first dam question to you is: (1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond Beavers or (2) do you require all beavers throughout this State to conform to said dam request? If you are not discriminating against these particular beavers, through the Freedom of Information Act, I request completed copies of all those other applicable beaver dam permits that have been issued. Perhaps we will see if there really is a dam violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, annotated. I have several concerns. My first concern is ... aren't the beavers entitled to legal representation? The Spring Pond Beavers are financially destitute and are unable to pay for said representation, so the State will have to provide them with a dam lawyer. The Department's dam concern that either one or both of the dams failed during a recent rain event causing flooding is proof that this is a natural occurrence, which the Department is required to protect. In other words, we should leave the Spring Pond Beavers alone rather than harassing them and calling their dam names. If you want the stream "restored" to a dam free-flow condition please contact the beavers, but if you are going to arrest them, they obviously did not pay any attention to your dam letter .... they being unable to read English.
In my humble opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right to build their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue, the grass is green and water flows downstream. They have more dam rights than I do to live and enjoy Spring Pond. If the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection lives up to its name, it should protect the natural resources (Beavers) and the environment (Beavers' Dams). So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case can be referred for more elevated enforcement action right now. Why wait until 1/31/2003? The Spring Pond Beavers may be under the dam ice then and there will be no way for you or your dam staff to contact/harass them then.
In conclusion, I would like to bring to your attention to a real environmental quality (health) problem in the area. It is the bears! Bears are actually defecating in our woods! I definitely believe you should be persecuting the defecating bears and leave the dam beavers alone! If you are going to investigate the beaver dam, watch your step! (The bears are not careful where they dump!) And, being unable to comply with your dam request, and being unable to contact you on your dam answering machine, I am sending this response to your dam office.
Thank You,
Ryan DeVries & The Dam Beavers
There seemed to be more traffic on the roads over the weekend and more people in the stores. Now the market is kicking it up a notch, I think the summer rally is afoot.
So, what are we buying?
Cisco;
Thank you, and speaking of search dogs, I hope all is well with Rocky and up on all four.
Fred;
My sister-in-law sent the Shadow and I thought it was funky and what the hell it was the weekend.
As far as the virus, my curser would start acting like a drunken sailor, jumping and skipping and after a while the 'puter would lock up. After unplugging it a couple of times I defraged it then downloaded a Netscape antivirus. Just happy I was not in the middle of a trade.
Matt said I was using the wrong password, but it was the one I have on automatic.
As far as the new guy welcoming me back, he may have been lurking for a while, so I welcome HIM (generic)to our board and encourage him to post often.
What a week, first I get a virus, then we get a blackout, then I'm unable to post on the iHub board.
Well, sorry to disapoint you'all.......Im back.
Glad to see the board is still asleep & I didn't miss anything.
Opinion on SIRI, FWC, PDGM, CYPT, WBR.
See ya in the morning.
Ron
It' the weekend;
freestyle walker
http://www.christophari.com/man/
just move your mouse! simple, nothin to it lol
Fred;
When I saw the price I checked Bigcharts and read that report.
I recieved an email today about a post I made a couple of months ago, Re; HLSH. He bought and sold and now owns 240K free and clear, and could not thank me enough, wonder how he feels tonight.;-0
A little bit more serious;
Making 5000% Returns
Interview with Jimmy Rogers
http://biz.yahoo.com/tm/030811/10531_8.html
After every Qantas Airlines flight, pilots complete a gripe sheet which conveys to the mechanics problems encountered with the aircraft during the flight that need repair or correction. The form used is a piece of paper on which the pilot completes the top part listing the problem, which the mechanics read and then respond in writing on the lower half of the form what remedial action was taken, so the pilot on the next flight of that plane can review the form before taking off.
Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor.
Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints and responses (P= the problem logged by the pilot, S = the solution and action taken by engineers).
Qantas, by the way, is the only major airline that has never had an accident.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back order.
P: Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're there for.
P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
Jake;
INAP is moving on news. FWIW
ZZZzzz... .
LMRI T/A;
Thanks again for your chart and opinion. I know I said out at Laborday and back in at Halloween, but it starting to look like all the rules are out the window.
Fred;
I was thinking about your reply to me, and I can't remember when a hurricane hit New Jersey head on (30+ years), some 15 years ago we had a tornado come through but it over a month for the weather service to admit it (so little damage) and this senior citizen can remember only one earthquake and the only evidence was a cracked patio.
Sometimes ya gotta step back and count your blessings.
Glad to hear all are safe and sound.
Natural gas, hickup^
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=xng&sid=0&o_symb=xng
With everything I hear, there should be a shortage this winter, move over Fred, make room.
Hawkeye_tt
You know you might have something there. I'm already seeing some Xmas stuff, and the week after Laborday is going to be the start of the holiday season, maybe retail is the way to go.
Please don't hold it in, let us all know how you feel.
A funny thing happened on the way to the iHub site, we settled on the AMTD board because it was inactive but the stock was just getting ready to rock;
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=amtd&sid=0&o_symb=amtd&f...
Hold Onto Your Hat
The S&P 500 has broken below its two month trading range. Big things could happen.
CNN/Mone/by Justin Lahart/August 6, 2003: 8:26 AM EDT
Until Tuesday, the S&P 500 was locked in one of the tightest ranges have seen in years. Now that it has fallen below it, the talk on Wall Street is that stocks may be in for a very tough time.
It's hard to tell whether the chatter will be right, but one thing seems clear: Whichever way the market moves now, the move is going to be big.
From June 4 to Aug. 4 the upper and lower bounds of the S&P were narrowly defined, with the index never closing higher than 1011.66 or below 974.5. Those two points represented, in trader talk, resistance and support.
Resistance levels are places where investors sell time and time again, and they tend to get stronger each time the market brushes up against them and falls back. Why? Because all the investors who didn't sell the last time the market hit the resistance level -- or, heaven forfend, bought near it -- feel regret about having missed their chance to get out. So they make sure to get their sell orders in.
Support is just the opposite, an area a raft of investors have come to believe represents good value. With the S&P's fall to a close of 965 Tuesday, support appears to have broken.
That's a bad thing -- it suggests that the investors who kept on buying when the S&P drifted down to 975 or so have been overwhelmed by the sellers. Or, worse, that they've become sellers themselves, no longer believing that buying stocks at 975 is such a good deal.
So, is the market about to treat us to one of its dramatic interpretations of the lemming? Not necessarily. Technical analysts emphasize that lines of resistance and support shouldn't be drawn with a mechanical pencil, but in a thick magic marker. Moreover, the traders in Chicago who deal in the S&P futures appear to be keying off a level of 960 on the September contract -- a level that so far appears to be holding.
"A lot of people have been watching that," said Todd Clark, managing director of listed trading at Wells Fargo Securities. "That looks like the line in the sand."
Clark also pointed out that a number of players appear to have been betting on the market breaking down in recent days by buying put options on the S&P. When too many traders bet on the market going one way, it often goes the other.
Up or down, investors should put their helmets on. The two-month band that the S&P 500 just fell out of was as narrow as the index has traded in during the last seven years. In the past, whenever the S&P has broken out of such a tight trading range, it has started swinging violently.
Rman
Am I reading this right? It tested the bottom of the BB, it has a Doji, and had a great close, should be up tomorrow.
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=%24COMPQ&sid=0&o_symb=%24COM...
Fred
Sorry, I didn't like the way I worded it. I started off with 3 times a week, and after about 3 months of treatment, was released by the doctor. (I considered that one session, as much as the ins. would allow).
Fred;
Yea, I started off with 3 times a week and it took about 2 weeks of treatments for it to kick in. I would not recommend THAT Dr. but the treatment did work.
As far as exercises, HLSH gave me a list of exercises and a picture of each, but when I start to feel good I forget to do all of them, ya know how that goes.
Does anybody understand this, C&P from another site.
(((50% Rule)))) using candlesticks.
Dont open the chart link until instructed.
This is an explanation using a real trade recently on the stock symbol YPNT.
I bought the stock at the EOD thinking it was going to gap up the next day. I am in for 5k shares @ 2.10. I felt good about holding over night it closed strong right near the highs within 10% of high every thing look good. I felt it was money in the bank right, wrong.
keep in mind I am in at a 2.10 for 5k.
The next moring the stock gaps down and opens @1.92 dammmmmmmmm
market maker games here we come. now with candles sticks the opening price is very important to me in the fist 15 minutes of the day. stay tuned for more on the opening prints.
50% rule saves my butt.
YPNT: the low of the day becomes roughly a 50% retracement of the prior days action. (A big real-body). The low of the day was 1.82, so I buy another another 5k block @ 1.85 as I see the 50% rule setting up on my intraday charts. now my average price is 1.97. I am now holding 10k at average price of 1.97.
here is were the opening price of the day becomes very important 1.92. It gets through 1.92 and just explodes straight up 2.50 I get out 2.35 and I am the happiest guy in town. I"ll let you guys figure out how much i made on the trade. all this happend I belive in less than an hour.
The 50% rule was the diffrence from me taking a big loss and turing it into a profit.
Lets go to the charts and see if we can make any sense on what just happened.
http://share.esignal.com/groupcontents.jsp?folder=&picture=snapshot-3.png&groupid=227
Fred;
RE; the value of HLSH, I've gone to a half dozen PT sites, some were OK, some good, and the one I went to last I insisted on one therapist. This guy is into soccer, golf and physical fitness and I think the women and young guys did not have the strength to get deep into the muscles.
Now don't laugh but my insurance will not allow 2 sessions in one year, so my Dr. sent me to accupuncture one year and it worked well (for back spasms). It did not take right away, but after a couple of weeks, it worked wonders, and the Dr. was into small caps.
Jake;
In ref. to the chart, everyone says it is "garbage in garbage out", the 'ol fat finger syndrum. Here is a responce I recieved.
An 7.02 errant 1,200 share trade that was not corrected. It shows on all on line charts but this one. If you are a technician and have an interest in HLSH, you won't find a more comprehensive free combination of charts.
It is maintained by a long HLSH poster from over at the Yahoo board.
http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet?obj=ID540918
I am NOT recomending the stock, but the charts are cool.
Ron
Fred;
The therapy did work, but only lasts for several months, unless you continue to do the exercises reguarly. Since then I have been taking {Glucosamine, chondroitin & MSM} pills, 3-5000 mg daily. I tried several brands and found one that works for me, I also bought an electrical stimulant machine, so when my back tightens up, I hook myself up and that helps too.
And I promised so many people I would not get old....oh well.
The Coming Week: Markets Take a Breather
Street.com
By Rebecca Byrne
August 2, 2003
With most of the important economic data out of the way and only one significant earnings report due out next week, analysts say stocks could be in for some sleepy summer trading.
But they also caution that the market is heading into a seasonally frustrating period. According to the Stock Traders Almanac, August has been the worst month for the Dow Industrials and the S&P 500 over the past 15 years and the third-worst month for the Nasdaq.
"I think the market will probably stall over the next two to three weeks," said John Waterman, portfolio manager at Rittenhouse Financial. "For some reason, we as portfolio managers are less inclined to make big changes during the summertime, so my guess is we'll stay in a trading range until September."
Larry Wachtel, chief market analyst at Prudential Securities, agrees, saying all the "blockbuster" news has already been released. Last week saw the release of the employment report for July, a key reading on manufacturing, data on consumer confidence and the advance gross domestic product report, among other things.
"We're entering into a period where the catalysts from economic news are gone, and the earnings are fading out," he said.
Rate Impact:
While analysts say there isn't much news to move the market significantly in either direction next week, another sharp move up in interest rates could have some impact.
Bonds fell sharply this week, sending the yield on the 10-year up to 4.42%. Some analysts worry that higher bond yields will entice investors away from stocks and potentially stall the nascent economic recovery. Still, Waterman isn't concerned.
"There's always a tug of war," he said. "As the economy picks up, rates will too, but we feel pretty good that we're at a turning point and we will see a virtuous economic cycle where good economic data feeds on itself."
Wachtel said that if long-term rates shoot up to 5%, it would probably have a negative impact on stocks, but he doesn't expect that to happen, noting that the recent selloff has simply been a correction from a very overbought condition in mid-June.
Even though rates have risen dramatically, Richard Nash, chief market strategist at Victory Capital Management, said they are still low by historical standards. Indeed, the 10-year note is still below its average yield for 2002.
"From current levels, rates would have to increase roughly another 75 basis points and remain at those levels for an extended period before we would become concerned that interest rates would slow economic growth," Nash said.
Nash said he's cautious on stocks "in the near term," however, as the market needs more time to consolidate its gains, "but we do continue to overweight equities at the expense of fixed income and believe that active portfolio management should outperform indexing in this environment."
The Cisco Effect:
One potentially important event next week will be the release of Cisco Systems' earnings on Tuesday. Analysts are expecting the company to post a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of 15 cents a share compared with 14 cents last year.
"Cisco's stock has done so well recently that I doubt there's any upside there," Wachtel said. "It's probably a neutral for the market."
Cisco has climbed 46% this year. Other earnings of note include Gillette and Tommy Hilfiger on Tuesday and Calpine on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, investors will be paying close attention to a few economic reports due out next week. On Monday, the Commerce Department will release data on factory orders for June. Analysts expect them to rise 1.5%.
The Institute for Supply Management's services index for July is expected to fall to 58 from 60.6 in the prior month. A preliminary report on second-quarter productivity is on tap for Thursday, and analysts are calling for a 2.2% rise compared with 1.9% in the first quarter. Initial unemployment claims, wholesale inventories and consumer credit are all scheduled for Thursday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.4% last week, losing 130 points, to 9154 while the S&P 500 was off 1.9%, or 18 points, at 980. The Nasdaq was down 0.9%, or 15 points, to 1715.
Jake;
I don't think the charts will help on this one (not long term),
and the hickups are indictments on Co. officials for "fudging the books" , tax evasion, etc.
I think they got their act together and like Peter Lynch says, "know the Co." and I have had therapy at some of their locations.
Interesting Read. . .C&P from another board.
http://aol.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_32/b3845001_mz001.htm
Anybody have any opinion on HLSH, for a long term, months/years?
cisco
You little 'ol bunny hunter.
I think I'll leave it like that.
Jake;
You said "the best thing we can all do for each other is to point out things that we see that might be worthwhile."
It's the weekend and I'm doing DD on HRCT, TCGI, RBAK, ERTH, and EAG.
FWIW, I am doing my part.
Cisco;
Surprise me, what do you shoot?
C&P from another board, something to ponder over the weekend while trying to figure what happened to the market.
a. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a victim.
b. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
c. Glock: The original point and click interface.
d. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
e. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords or box cutters?
f. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
g. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
h. If you don't know your rights you don't have any.
i. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
j. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights reserved.
k. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
l. The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore the others.
m. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
n. Guns only have two enemies: rust and liberals.
o. Know guns, know peace and safety. No guns, no peace nor safety.
p. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
q. 911 - government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
r. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
s. Criminals love gun control - it makes their jobs safer.
t. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
u. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
v. You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.
w. Enforce the "gun control laws" we have, don't make more.
x. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.
y. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
z. "...a government of the people, by the people, for the people..."
Gun safety is to always hit where you aim
"Guns kill people just like spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat."
Challenging Month For Market About to Start
CBS.NW/By Julie Rannazzisi/August 1, 2003
One of the worst months for the market is about to begin. The closely followed Stock Trader's Almanac notes that August has become the worst month for the Dow Industrials ($INDU) and the broader S&P 500 index ($SPX) over the past 15 years and the third worst month for the Nasdaq ($COMPQ).
Cisco;
Copenhagen in your cheek, is chewing tobacco, a chaw, like the baseball players spit out (and save the flavor).
Those were the days, now Joe Garrigola is going on tour banning smokeless tobacco, personally I never tried it, or snuff, but the tobacco Cos. are sending "free samples" to our troups in Iraq.
It causes cancer!
Jersey traffic cop, Ron
;-*
xxoo