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... thus my adage," When that Fundamentalles and Tecknickalles be notte gyevinge, be followynge ye Turneapes and in Tecknickalles believynge" (In Hungarian, when the TA and FA do not jive, believe the TA).
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He, he. This reminds me of reading "A Clockwork Orange" a couple of ages ago. (And learning some Russian in the process...) <g>
H.
I'll keep my eyes open.
Thanks.
H.
Good morning, ajtj.
How are you planing to go about the EOM Dow play?
It calls for a buy at today's lows doesn't it?
Probably before noon...
H.
Owwwww! c'mon. <g>
Pineapple and Ham, one of my favorite toppings!
(I think it's called Floridian, or something like that)
H.
Today I'm blinder than usual. <g>
Do you have a map for the rest of the day?
TIA
H.
Here it is:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
Maybe we should ask Zeev to add it to the header... <g>
H.
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Something like a killer quake, tornadoes, hurricane, plus a financial crisis like a international bank going under, and a Saudi coup or terror attack could trigger the SM crash
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Good try but natural catastrophes are actually good for the economy.
They release money that was previously tied up as savings generating liquidity and economic activity.
Terrorist attacks is a different issue...
H.
Sorry to cut in...
IB seems to do some kind of back-up every night between midnight (eastern time) and 12:40 - 1:00AM. During that period you are disconnected and cannot login.
That's the delay Lee bitches about periodically.<g>
It's definitely annoying (as futures keep on trading while you are blind) but it's a limitation you learn to live with.
The range of different products you can trade at IB is astonishing. (And dangerous for your purse <g> as many of them are highly leveraged)
H.
That's an excellent article!
Thanks for sharing it.
I was telling my wife just the other night (while watching the History channel) that I never understood the real reasons for the Vietnam war.
Now I know better.
H.
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BTW, does anyone know if stockcharts runs better with added memory? I am thinking of adding a gig of memory if it makes that site quicker.
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Doubtful...
For Windows XP the "sweet spot" for memory is around 512Mb. Adding to more than that shows little speed improvement.
In your case you need to improve connection and graphics drawing speed.
If your computer used to be fast drawing internet graphics but not anymore try the following: (try it anyway, it won't hurt)
- In Internet Explorer go to the menu: Tools - Internet Options... In "temporary Internet Files" click on "Delete Files" and delete them all. (including offline content)
- After that click on the "Settings" button on the right of "Delete Files" and reduce the "Amount of Disk Space to Use" to 80Mb.
- That's it.
Every time Internet Explorer needs a picture (a chart in your case) it searches first in a temporary directory that exists in your hard drive. The idea is to save time and do not ask for the picture if it is already in your computer. Problem is this temporary directory gets to be huge in almost no time, and searches take longer and longer. Besides with fast connections it's sometimes faster to bring it from the site anyway.
With the first action you are removing all cached pictures.
With the second you are reducing the size of the directory so it won't grow so large again.
You can tell if you had this problem if it takes more than a few seconds to delete the temporary files. (In a laptop my son uses for internet games it took more than a minute to erase the files. Imagine that!)
If this doesn't help, and you are using the graphics that come embedded in your motherboard (Intel on-board graphics) then you might want to upgrade to an accelerated graphic board. Anyone is better than the Intel one. I usually buy some nVidia based and pay for it from $60 to $80. (Pricier ones are for game addicts...)
Good luck,
H.
Steve,
did you have a COTH signal today? (maybe just now?)
TIA.
H.
No, no. <g>
My comment was intended to be in meta-space. (At the same level as "Sorry, kid, you just don't know how to tell a joke.")
Now let's 10.
H.
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So let me start this.
10!!!!!!!!
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I resent the tone of your comment!!!
<g> (Sorry I couldn't resist...)
H.
I believe that's yesterday's news:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=3236412
H.
It comes to mind something about never wrestling with a pig... <g>
H.
LOL, I was thinking the same thing...
I hope now AJ's thread comes back to normalcy... <g>
H.
I have a RothIra account with Interactive Brokers and I can day trade futures without any restrictions. Minimum amount is $2K but you need to have significantly more funds than that in order to survive draw-downs, as leverage is brutal.
H.
Normal day today.
Monday closed.
H.
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lets unite against these ISLAMIC BARBARIANS and cut the balls off of communist CHINA
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And you call that a political post?
That's not political, that's hate mongering.
I'll give you a political answer:
"I didn't know you were an anarchist!"
"For those goals to be reached you have to get rid of both parties as the Democrats are in bed with the Chinese, and the Republicans with Saudi Arabia."
"I've seen the enemy and it's us."
That's political for you...
H.
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Fast and furious enough? (g).
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Is this all there is? <vbg>
I want Shock and Awe for at least the rest of the week! <g>
H.
That fair value is one day old. (Should be from 5/21) They fail to update it every once in a while.
The difference is not that dramatic.
H.
FWIW, (For Whatever Is Worth)
I was talking earlier today to an Oracle VP, and he told me that this coming week they'll jump-start the Peoplesoft acquisition matter again. He told me that Oracle is VERY interested in Peoplesoft in spite of common perception on the contrary.
I don't follow any of these stocks so I don't know whether this info is already public or not, or already reflected in their prices, or even relevant. (Or trustworthy for that matter...)
H.
I read Cybernetics and Society over 20 years ago, and it was a small paperback with very intense content. I liked it very much at that time, and that's one of the reasons I remember it clearly. (Even though I read just under 100 books a year, and my memory is going, going...<ng>)
H.
Interesting.
At what time, 11:12?
And did you get COTH in both NDX and SP?
TIA.
H.
Sadly I don't think that was a joke.
These are the same guys who invented the "hero" Jessica Lynch.
Disinformation is a powerful weapon. (And it is usually pointed to the internal front...)
H.
I know it's not hip anymore to ask for roadmaps but: do you see anything for the rest of the day?
TIA.
H.
Sorry, message addressed to the wrong person.
H.
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For oil? How much can we import with all the billions we are spending?
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I really didn't want to make it political, but that's a very good question.
The answer is that the war is paid by "we, the people" while the monetary benefits are reaped by Big-Oil. (Among several others) It's called re-assignment of wealth... <ng>
The country only gets the strategic benefit of an (eventually) more stable oil supply. (If we ever get to that stage...)
H.
The only valid reason I could see to invade Iraq was for its oil. If USA leaves Iraq they lose the "investment" already made. (In money, lives, and --loss of-- political goodwill)
Throughout this century the standard "exit strategy" in similar situations was to put in place a "puppet government" and leave the big companies "in charge".
This is the strategy that the Iraq guerrilla is opposing at this moment killing Iraqi nationals that might be part of a transitional government. (And with quite a bit of success I would add)
Just leaving Iraq to its luck is not an option at this juncture. That's why things look so bleak.
H.
(And I don't consider this to be a political post. I believe it reflects on the current state of the markets, and its expectations)
Steve,
I wouldn't expect much bounce in the rest of the world. Last Monday was "just another down day" in our markets, but it was pictured as a "crash" by most foreign press, and the reason given was: "USA's imminent rate-raise will siphon money into USA market deepening the rest of the world's recession."
If that scenario is true then our markets should do OK (specially if the money inflows materialize) but the rest of the world might not follow.
H.
Just a quick note:
I must commend federal reserves' intellectual honesty shown in this post and the couple that followed:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=3067441
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=3068304
Even if he is a perma-bear, (position which I don't particularly care about) today he read the situation correctly and shared it with thread.
With the knowledge of the big coupon pass I was able to play the afternoon from the long side, and ride the whole updraft from 14:00 to 16:00.
Thank you, sir.
H.
(And for those who complain that the PPT doesn't warn. Today we had federal reserves blowing the whistle on them at 12:52, and 13:19...)
J-Lo: why this weird tendency to date guys who do not shoot straight?
Who'll be the next one, Ricky Martin?
Mmnnn....
H.
Interesting article, (thanks!) but Michael Dell is pulling the wool over the audience eyes.
DELL is living out of past fame.
They know it and react with the best strategy available to them:
Cut costs, cut costs, cut costs without passing them to the clients.
An informed consumer should be shopping someplace else...
H.
I thought that all you guys who are into capitol preservation would be interested in this site:
http://cpc.leg.state.pa.us/main/cpcweb/
<g>
H.
wussHAUPenin'!!!
<g>
H.
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since the most over-rated comedy in history
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Sorry to appear dumb, but I watch precious little TV. (Least of all 1/2 hour comedy shows which usually fail to make me even smile)
Could you name the show so I can say "good riddance" with knowledge of cause? <g>
Thanks
H.
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Have people gone nuts? What are they doing getting ARM loans at this juncture?
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They are pushing them hard.
Just received this (regular) mail from "www.homefield.com":
YOUR Current Mortgage: $153,000
YOUR Current Payment: $1,260
After Refinance: (30 year ARM, Interest rate: 1.250, APR: 3.985)
YOUR Future Mortgage: $153,000
YOUR Future Payment: $510
Who can resist that? <g,ng>
The only disclaimer in very tiny type is that the Initial Rate is variable, and may increase after consummation. (sic)
Scoundrels all of them...
H.
U R 2 Polite. <g>
I say : F'ck HAUP!
(Now back to our regularly scheduled program...)
H.
Good to know, thank you.
On a lighter note: I hope the reaction comes this year... <g>
Pain is almost unbearable. (Which by itself gives me some hope.)
H.
Zeev,
Is the market situation ripe for one of your "Run for the Hills" calls, or we are far from one?
T.I.A.
H.