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Happy Cinco De Mayo day
I was just thinking about the Mythbusters names..
The Torry named Carey Grant, I need to look up Carey Grant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_grant He really was from the UK
Other name Archie Leach......He performed in 1931 in a play called
Rio Rita and there is a bar in
Tijuana called Rio Ritas haha, classic I even have the bumper
sticker.
His position on politics:
I'm opposed to actors taking sides in public and spouting spontaneously about love, religion, or politics. We aren't experts on these subjects. Personally I'm a mass of inconsistencies when it comes to politics. My opinions are constantly changing. That's why I don't ever take a public stand on issues
Ok well it wasnt the dollar that had anything to do with the Silver trade and more of just a risk alleavement, Its common to bring hi-flying stocks down to the 50 period daily sma and so far thats what this looks like... ( unless it drops more we shall see ).
Interesting poll:
Do you think the expense of an Ivy League education leads to success in the real world?
You have a better chance of success with an Ivy degree----45%
It doesn't matter much in the real world-----55%
Total Votes: 1467
Yup lets see if the phase shift holds, right now UUP and the dollar are climbing and Silver and Gold are dropping.. This means drop the calls keep the puts on precious metals and go long the UUP, lets see if this is temporary or not.
This years box office numbers are interesting, 4 movies so far barely made it to 100 Million in gross revenue. Last year there were 30. so double of 5 is around 10 per year at this pace, I guess they plan on picking up the pace.
Selling stuff in other countries... Triple bonus
Buying stuff in other countries... Ehhhhh Not so much
Liked the Shamrock on Williams Collar, Gold and 3 leafed, nice touch !!!
James Stewarts tangled webs, hey someone trying to face the truth, gotta like it.
No need to fear the silver spikey the morale of the story is to love all creatures great and small... Curses exist and you just have to ride them out... and yes crews do get mutinous at times but the survivors see the light and understand the captain in the long run.
Steady as she goes like the Rhime of the Ancient Mariner
Looks like its high time to get long on Silver again
The Silver trade is on sabbatical, ZSL is a way to play it but not for me.
SLV on a hot streak, let it go to 100 soon as far as I am concerned.
The reason I dont feel silver is done at 50 dollars is that it seems to me this latest move in silver is based upon a long term problem of Debt, Currency, and Economy that has been many years in the making and therefore in theory silver will stay up as gold has. What could start a selloff in silver is a tremendous rise in the dollar, or if the Fed decides to stop Easing its monetary policy and raises interest rates. Other than that, sit back and accumulate.
Although the VIX is often called the "fear index", a high VIX is not necessarily bearish for stocks. Instead, the VIX is a measure of market perceived volatility in either direction, including to the upside. In practical terms, when investors anticipate large upside volatility, they are unwilling to sell upside call stock options unless they receive a large premium. Option buyers will be willing to pay such high premiums only if similarly anticipating a large upside move. The resulting aggregate of increases in upside stock option call prices raises the VIX just as does the aggregate growth in downside stock put option premiums that occurs when option buyers and sellers anticipate a likely sharp move to the downside. When the market is believed as likely to soar as to plummet, writing any option that will cost the writer in the event of a sudden large move in either direction may look equally risky. Hence high VIX readings mean investors see significant risk that the market will move sharply, whether downward or upward. The highest VIX readings occur when investors anticipate that huge moves in either direction are likely. Only when investors perceive neither significant downside risk nor significant upside potential will the VIX be low.
I still say watch the USD, it might start cranking
INVE check this one out today, over 14X normal volume
Looking like some down days ahead of us for a bit
Watching the USD closely a turn upwards could change the markets drastically
AVP, MCP and REE seem to be the big movers, but with no earnings very speculative.
Coal stocks are getting shaken Puda coal down 25% WLT falling this afternoon. PCX sliding
Played a NFLX put but got shaken out by midday, turns out holding was the way to go, it has dropped this afternoon, need a consistent pattern down for NFLX and I am all over the 2012 Puts.
Scratch that PCX comment the volume is currently only 5,428 and not 5 million
PCX yesterdays total volume was 4 Million and today its above 5 Million one hour before the open !!! could be a good day
Ford Mustang vs Camaro comparisons:
All depend upon personal taste
specs for base model convertibles are pretty much the same thing: 3.6/7 litre engines, 305 to 312 horsepower, Torque is the same at 278/280 ft-lbs, and both are fuel injected.
specs for top models are:
Camaro convertible 2SS 6.2Litre 426 horsepower 420 ft-lbs the 2012 model ZL-1 will have a comparable 550 horsepower as well.
Ford Shelby GT500 convertible 5.4 Liter, 550 horsepower, 510 ft-lbs
Price comparison top models is. 40,500 for the camaro and 54,495 for the Shelby Ford Mustang... The 2012 ZL-1 will probably be more expensive to compare to the Shelbys pricing.
Soooo relatively the same cars just depends on how they fit and how you like the drive and look of the cars.
MCP and the Rare Earths seem to be stealing the show
Food inflation was real just paid the highest food bill ever at 260 bucks.
Check that last post it was 3 Million bucks and not 30. Its still interesting enough nonetheless.
Interesting Berkshire Hathaway story, Lubrizol bought right before a 30 dollar spike, with about 30 M dollars made on the transaction almost instantaneously. Curious wouldnt there be rules against purchassing right before a deal from the dealmakers ? Not aware of the laws on this one.
PCX green for the week now at +0.35%, ready for a pop
LULU up 13% for the week so far, not bad for Yoga Gear
All charts in the IBOX listed as TOP CHARTs are green for the week. Yes we CAN pick them.
MCP up 25% for the week, nice
DUNKIN DONUTS you can own one and only make $1690 bucks for a whole year profit.
From this news report there are 16,000 franchises, with 27 Million in profit for one year, do the math and its only 1700 bucks per year profit.
YOU CAN HAVE IT, haha
Dunkin' Brands U.S. donut shop sales offset drop at Baskin-Robbins
CANTON, Mass. (AP) — Dunkin’ Brands, parent of the Dunkin’ Donuts chain and Baskin-Robbins ice cream shops, said Wednesday that its annual profit fell 23% as the cost of refinancing debt offset sales growth.
The company said sales at U.S. locations open at least a year rose 1.6% in 2010 from 2009. Dunkin’ Donuts locations reported a 2.3% increase in that key comparison in the U.S., offsetting a 5.2% drop at the Baskin-Robbins chain in the U.S.
Franchisees and licensees opened 574 new Dunkin’ Donuts locations last year for a global total of 9,760. There were 226 new Baskin-Robbins shops, for a total 6,433.
Dunkin’ Brands operates in 52 countries, and announced plans last month to open more than 500 Dunkin’ Donuts locations in India over the next 15 years in a franchise deal with Jubilant FoodWorks.
The privately held chain of more than 16,000 franchised restaurants said its net income slipped to $26.9 million from $35 million. Dunkin’ Brands’ fiscal year ended Dec. 25.
Dunkin’ Brands’ revenue, excluding the portion that franchisees keep, rose 7% last year to $577.1 million from $538 million, the company said. Sales rose nearly 7% to $7.7 billion last year.
In November, Dunkin’ Brands completed a refinancing that included a $1.25 billion term loan and $625 million in senior notes. It used the proceeds to repay in full the company’s outstanding securitization debt and related refinancing expenses and to pay shareholders a cash dividend. The Canton, Mass.-based company said it recorded a nearly $62 million charge for costs related to extinguishing debt.
Chief Financial Officer Neil Moses said recent steps to re-price and re-allocate Dunkin Brands’ debt will reduce annual interest expenses by about $26 million.
A consortium of private equity firms acquired the company in 2006 for $2.4 billion from French spirits maker Pernod Ricard.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
MCP up 17% for the week so far, very nice
US Coal Miners Set To Profit As Fears Rise Over Nuclear PowerFont
6:01 PM ET 3/18/11 | Dow Jones
By Matt Whittaker
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. coal companies are poised to benefit from a move away from nuclear energy because of concerns raised by the severe crisis at reactors in Japan.
More coal from the Appalachian mountains in the eastern U.S. will be routed to European power plants to replace an electricity shortfall in Germany, which this week issued a three-month ban on operations at seven old nuclear reactors. Germany's move is part of a broad backlash against nuclear power after last week's earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility, where spent fuel is emitting radiation.
Additional coal will also have be diverted from Europe as Japan's nuclear capacity remains offline.
Coal miners that export from East Coast facilities--such as Consol Energy Inc. (CNX), Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR), Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) and Patriot Coal Corp. (PCX)--now have the chance to fill the gap as Europe's traditional suppliers from South Africa, Russia and Colombia have redirected shipments to Asia to meet burgeoning demand there.
"The market looks pretty good for Europe for the longer term," said Dan Zajdel, vice president of investor relations for Consol, which has around 20 million tons of export capacity at ports in Maryland and Virginia. "It could be very profitable for us to ship over there."
The company is determining how much coal it will sell in longer-term contracts to its European customers and how much it will offer to the market for immediate delivery, Zajdel said.
Such one-time deals that are struck for the short term are becoming increasingly lucrative amid the nuclear shutdowns in Japan and Germany. Coal for power plants in Europe has jumped to $132 a metric ton from $123 prior to the disaster, according to a note from brokerage Stifel Nicolaus. Prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange have risen above $75 a ton, from $71.
This year, Patriot Coal has already booked about a million tons of thermal coal destined for Europe, compared with almost no thermal exports last year, said Janine Orf, Patriot's director of investor relations. The company ships out of ports in Maryland, Virginia and Louisiana.
"We are getting more interest," Orf said.
The additional bump in power generating coal demand after the Japan disaster comes as foreign consumption of U.S. coal has already been rising. Recent flooding in Australia has crimped exports from there, and the so-called thermal coal is increasingly needed amid the global resurgence in manufacturing.
As nuclear-generated electricity production wanes, coal and natural gas are the only alternatives at the moment that can pick up the slack.
"We expect the increased reliance on thermal coal will likely encourage more exports out of the U.S., especially on the East Coast," said UBS analyst Shneur Gershuni.
Total U.S. exports of thermal coal could jump 29% to 33.3 million tons this year, UBS estimates. The figure could grow another 27% to 42.2 million in 2012.
"We think that nuclear power is going to take a step back," said Shawn Reynolds, portfolio manager of Van Eck Global Hard Assets fund. "We are definitely expecting thermal coal to pick up."
Japan already imports around 120 million tons of thermal coal a year and will probably have to take an additional 5 million to 10 million tons this year while its nuclear plants remain shuttered, Gershuni said.
That means less coal will be available to other regional consumers like China and India, creating a ripple effect where some of the global 700 million tons of thermal coal will be diverted from Europe to Asia.
Ultimately, U.S. producers could ship an additional 5 million tons across the Atlantic Ocean, said Jefferies & Co. analyst Michael Dudas.
"It looks like the U.S. is going to be the swing supplier to Europe," Dudas said.
-By Matt Whittaker, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2139; matt.whittaker@dowjones.com
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Well let me know if you want to be an assistant LE2Dynasty, maybe the board will get more attention that way ( not that I really need it )
Measuring Food VS Fuel Inflation for One Adult Person:
Assumptions: Food per week 100 bucks to spend
Fuel per week: Average commute is 40 miles per day x 5 days or 200 miles per week. Average Fuel MPG is 15 mpg, Average cost of fuel now is 3.52 for a total of 200/15 x 3.52 = roughly 50 dollars per week.
So for every 10% increase in Food prices Fuel can rise 20% in comparison to equal the amount of increase in our budgets
Cost per barrel was 85 dollars on average for fuel X 20% increase is 102 which is roughly were it is now
Food increase of 2.50 per gallon to 3.80 per gallon of milk is a 50% increase which would mean a doubling in gas prices.
Bread price goes from 2.00 per loaf to 4.00 per loaf that is a 100% increase for fuel to match that it would be a 200% increase in price or 7 dollars per gallon !!!
Summary: There is double the flexibility at least and sometimes up to 4 times the price elasticity in Fuel than there is in FOOD, yet FOOD is appreciating much quicker than Fuel is which is twice to 4 times the pressure on an individuals weekly budget.
Translation to stock terms: Dont encourage commodities speculation in Rice, Wheat, PorkBellies, Corn, etc for it will really blast the consumer
Also Dont fret a 150 dollar per barrel price of oil for it is far less of a pinch on the budget than FOOD is. A good compromise would be 100 to 150 range in Oil prices.
An excellent way to present a car:
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