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Off into record high territory once again. All Ords +0.9% with all the usual suspects being bought. At the top of the list are Materials, Utilities and Telecom, all +1.2% with Financials, Energy, Property Trusts and Consumer Staples right on their heels at +1.1%. Consumer Discretionary is up the least, +0.2%.
In the miners, BHP +1.6%, RIO +1.1% and the golds are up around a percent with the exception of Newmont which is flat.
Oils rebounding: Woodside +1% and Santos +0.5%.
Thai Central Bank Backs Down as Investors Stage Coup Over Baht
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand's military-backed government, three months after replacing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra following a bloodless coup, took on the stock market and lost.
Bank of Thailand Governor Tarisa Watanagase, 57, imposed capital controls on Dec. 18 she said would slow the baht's rise against the dollar and stoke exports. Yesterday, her central bank predecessor, Pridiyathorn Devakula -- now the finance minister -- told reporters in Bangkok that stocks would be exempted from the rules after an investor revolt.
Those 27 hours wiped out about $23 billion of market value from Thai stocks as the benchmark index had its biggest one-day plunge in 16 years. The credibility cost to the junta, interim administration and central bank has yet to be counted.
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand's military-backed government, three months after replacing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra following a bloodless coup, took on the stock market and lost.
Bank of Thailand Governor Tarisa Watanagase, 57, imposed capital controls on Dec. 18 she said would slow the baht's rise against the dollar and stoke exports. Yesterday, her central bank predecessor, Pridiyathorn Devakula -- now the finance minister -- told reporters in Bangkok that stocks would be exempted from the rules after an investor revolt.
Those 27 hours wiped out about $23 billion of market value from Thai stocks as the benchmark index had its biggest one-day plunge in 16 years. The credibility cost to the junta, interim administration and central bank has yet to be counted.
A sideways trawl today albeit at a higher level. All Ords finished the day +0.8% with a reshuffle among the sectors. Materials came in as leader, +1.3% followed by Consumer Staples, +1.2%. Many sectors took a haircut with Consumer Discretionary down the most, -0.3% and IT ending flat.
The big miners did well, BHP +1.8%, RIO +1.1% but the golds didn't go anywhere; Newcrest +0.5%, Newmont flat and Lihir +1%.
Reasonable volume on the oils but it didn't translate into any significant price moves, Woodside +0.2% and Santos +1.2%.
Asia on the up: Honkers +1.4%, Nikkers and Singers +1.3%.
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Yen Declines to Record Low Against Euro on Widening Yield Gap
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The yen dropped to a record low against the euro on speculation the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates at a slower pace than the European Central Bank, widening the yield gap between their bonds.
Japan's currency also reached the weakest since 1997 against the Australian dollar and an almost seven-year low versus the British pound as investors put on so-called carry trades, where they borrow in yen to buy higher yielding currencies. Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui yesterday signaled the pace of rate increases would be slow, pushing the gap in yield between Japanese and German government debt to the most in 20 months.
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The yen dropped to a record low against the euro on speculation the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates at a slower pace than the European Central Bank, widening the yield gap between their bonds.
Japan's currency also reached the weakest since 1997 against the Australian dollar and an almost seven-year low versus the British pound as investors put on so-called carry trades, where they borrow in yen to buy higher yielding currencies. Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui yesterday signaled the pace of rate increases would be slow, pushing the gap in yield between Japanese and German government debt to the most in 20 months.
Australia Cuts Its Economic Growth Forecast to 2.5%
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian government has slashed its forecast for economic growth, saying the worst drought in a century has cut farm output by 20 percent.
The A$918 billion ($720 billion) economy will grow 2.5 percent in the 12 months to June 30 compared with the 3.25 percent forecast in May, Treasurer Peter Costello said today in Canberra where he released a budget update. ``The risks to the economy are weighted to the downside, particularly if dry conditions persist,'' he said.
Drought will halve the wheat harvest in the world's third- biggest supplier of grain and has caused global prices of wheat and wool to soar. India has said a shortage of grain from Australia may stoke inflation in its economy. Wheat futures prices have surged 45 percent this year and wool prices have gained 25 percent.
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian government has slashed its forecast for economic growth, saying the worst drought in a century has cut farm output by 20 percent.
The A$918 billion ($720 billion) economy will grow 2.5 percent in the 12 months to June 30 compared with the 3.25 percent forecast in May, Treasurer Peter Costello said today in Canberra where he released a budget update. ``The risks to the economy are weighted to the downside, particularly if dry conditions persist,'' he said.
Drought will halve the wheat harvest in the world's third- biggest supplier of grain and has caused global prices of wheat and wool to soar. India has said a shortage of grain from Australia may stoke inflation in its economy. Wheat futures prices have surged 45 percent this year and wool prices have gained 25 percent.
Remember the go-go Asian Tigers?
Looks like they're back, with a new leader.
Looks like they're back, with a new leader.
Swing trading the Qballs short the last couple of weeks must have been absolutely frustrating for any bears trying it.
Sell signals everywhere since that long red candle back in November. RSI, MACD, STO all rolling over; higher volume on down days than up; inverted candles/shooting stars, "death cross" doji's; masses of sell signals using all kinds of TA.
You name it and it's in the charts.
Even the MacSum is in free fall.
MacSum Chart
Only problem is the QQQQ's price isn't tanking like the charts says it should.
Bears can't get the ball across the line.
Think this is either one big ole topping formation or the bears are gonna get creamed on a huge melt up. I mean really creamed.
Sell signals everywhere since that long red candle back in November. RSI, MACD, STO all rolling over; higher volume on down days than up; inverted candles/shooting stars, "death cross" doji's; masses of sell signals using all kinds of TA.
You name it and it's in the charts.
Even the MacSum is in free fall.
MacSum Chart
Only problem is the QQQQ's price isn't tanking like the charts says it should.
Bears can't get the ball across the line.
Think this is either one big ole topping formation or the bears are gonna get creamed on a huge melt up. I mean really creamed.
[quote=alceringa,Dec 20 2006, 03:05 AM]
Swing trading the Qballs short the last couple of weeks must have been absolutely frustrating for any bears trying it.
Sell signals everywhere since that long red candle back in November. RSI, MACD, STO all rolling over; higher volume on down days than up; inverted candles/shooting stars, "death cross" doji's; masses of sell signals using all kinds of TA.
You name it and it's in the charts.
Even the MacSum is in free fall.
Only problem is the QQQQ's price isn't tanking like the charts says it should.
Bears can't get the ball across the line.
Think this is either one big ole topping formation or the bears are gonna get creamed on a huge melt up. I mean really creamed.
Yep, I think we will have nice gains next year from whatever the bottom print is!
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I am too broke to played covered calls but that is what I would be doing right now with a few way otm leap puts to protect in the crash.
Pretty great to call out a strategy then absolutely play it wrong. I didn't sell QID yesterday so of course gains vaporized and now I have losses with a gap up across the world.
In the meantime, my first round of options expire worthless in JAnuary. I took a bad hit from those stupid things. The way the hedges would have worked in my mind is completely different than the actual outcome.
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QQQQ options are getting blasted right now. Both puts and calls. All this does is give the big guns more cash to deploy next month. They can game momos and not even hurt their accounts if they are smart enough.
I threw out ta with the QQQQ based on the options smack around and the tons of fuel for the fire both ways. Funny how we haven't done anything.
The amount of posts last night on M2M was interesting.
I still don't get why the GS boys would let things go down before the 1st. There is probably millions on the line during the regular vacation days of the normal foke.
Uncle Paulson is big on laptops at the HAmptons with family during vacation. Just imagine what the GS boyz laptops look like. Probably some mega machines built out of space metals with satellitle cpabilities available in the middle if the Himalayas. T3 modem access of course at 5k a month or whatever.
Seems to me like the pigmen will just prop the markets until all of us just get poed, need extra vacations, get ulcers and go off into huka hut rants seeking the spirit world for guidance. All the boyz need to do is time it to wear the main massses don't get out all together.
Hey, wait. Don't they have a lock on that one already? Looks like it is all of us traders that are in the line of fire by Paulson. Just look how he blew out indicators. He knows exactly what to do. The summation etc. is just more proof.
Oddly, the more ovresold the market goes, the more they just build case for a large rally. I just can't see traders not diving in all in short here soon with no interest of anything long. Not much difference in a pe= 960 and a pe= 1960. At some point tulips always win.
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IMO, you will always have people who are great at poker and math wizzes but you will never see these people at the final tables becuase they can't seperate the math from the psychology or fundamentals vs gambling.
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At this point it seems more people may seem bullish but will flip on a dime bearish so the numbers get skewed. I'm not bearish but would jump on board short if I saw a shot for a "trade".
How many here are ready to go short for a "trade". Seriously. Long term short ain't successful as we all know. Basically scallping daytrades and no longer holding positions over night will probably be the play.
Paulson is very smart to goose the pre-market and not the regular open market. He has absolute control it seems. Even the billionaires need to be quite or he could trash them market to shut them up.
Dollars are just paper you know, if you had an endless supply and were in a large prison of war, what would you do? What would you do after you corned the cigarette of the prison camp that is?
Swing trading the Qballs short the last couple of weeks must have been absolutely frustrating for any bears trying it.
Sell signals everywhere since that long red candle back in November. RSI, MACD, STO all rolling over; higher volume on down days than up; inverted candles/shooting stars, "death cross" doji's; masses of sell signals using all kinds of TA.
You name it and it's in the charts.
Even the MacSum is in free fall.
Only problem is the QQQQ's price isn't tanking like the charts says it should.
Bears can't get the ball across the line.
Think this is either one big ole topping formation or the bears are gonna get creamed on a huge melt up. I mean really creamed.
Yep, I think we will have nice gains next year from whatever the bottom print is!
[attachmentid=74151]
I am too broke to played covered calls but that is what I would be doing right now with a few way otm leap puts to protect in the crash.
Pretty great to call out a strategy then absolutely play it wrong. I didn't sell QID yesterday so of course gains vaporized and now I have losses with a gap up across the world.
In the meantime, my first round of options expire worthless in JAnuary. I took a bad hit from those stupid things. The way the hedges would have worked in my mind is completely different than the actual outcome.
[attachmentid=74153]
QQQQ options are getting blasted right now. Both puts and calls. All this does is give the big guns more cash to deploy next month. They can game momos and not even hurt their accounts if they are smart enough.
I threw out ta with the QQQQ based on the options smack around and the tons of fuel for the fire both ways. Funny how we haven't done anything.
The amount of posts last night on M2M was interesting.
I still don't get why the GS boys would let things go down before the 1st. There is probably millions on the line during the regular vacation days of the normal foke. Uncle Paulson is big on laptops at the HAmptons with family during vacation. Just imagine what the GS boyz laptops look like. Probably some mega machines built out of space metals with satellitle cpabilities available in the middle if the Himalayas. T3 modem access of course at 5k a month or whatever.
Seems to me like the pigmen will just prop the markets until all of us just get poed, need extra vacations, get ulcers and go off into huka hut rants seeking the spirit world for guidance. All the boyz need to do is time it to wear the main massses don't get out all together.
Hey, wait. Don't they have a lock on that one already? Looks like it is all of us traders that are in the line of fire by Paulson. Just look how he blew out indicators. He knows exactly what to do. The summation etc. is just more proof.
Oddly, the more ovresold the market goes, the more they just build case for a large rally. I just can't see traders not diving in all in short here soon with no interest of anything long. Not much difference in a pe= 960 and a pe= 1960. At some point tulips always win.
[attachmentid=74152]
IMO, you will always have people who are great at poker and math wizzes but you will never see these people at the final tables becuase they can't seperate the math from the psychology or fundamentals vs gambling.
[attachmentid=74154]
At this point it seems more people may seem bullish but will flip on a dime bearish so the numbers get skewed. I'm not bearish but would jump on board short if I saw a shot for a "trade".
How many here are ready to go short for a "trade". Seriously. Long term short ain't successful as we all know. Basically scallping daytrades and no longer holding positions over night will probably be the play.
Paulson is very smart to goose the pre-market and not the regular open market. He has absolute control it seems. Even the billionaires need to be quite or he could trash them market to shut them up.
Dollars are just paper you know, if you had an endless supply and were in a large prison of war, what would you do? What would you do after you corned the cigarette of the prison camp that is?
Took 16 dryers to the scrap yard yesterday. Guess somebody was collecting them at the new dump. I had never been to the scrap yard before. I have always went to the auto salvage yards. It was really cool.
I drove the trailer onto the big weighing machine you drive through. Then the buzz you that you can keep going. You guys would be blown away by the stuff in that yard. Unreal! Massive old tanks piled on top of each other. Vans set atop massive metal piles. Pretty much metal of all kinds was everywhere and huge machines were throwing things all about.
You could almost see the barges they were loading up but couldn't get the best view due to massive piles of steel everywhere. I forgot the camera but will get one soon when I have my last run.
I really didn't know what to do at first but that ended quick. I drove all the way to the back where the cranes were swings all over the place. I simply aligned the trailer with the magnet machine and he pulled everything off the trailer without me even getting out of the truck. I thought it was really cool and you guys should do it sometime to get rid of dryers and the such. Old tubs or anything big that is metal..
The greatest part of the story was that I got paid 40 bucks for the 2 trips I made. I could see why the poor people always took the aluminum from my curb when I threw it out.
I threw away an aluminum door the other day and 3 guys in a city truck picked it up. My neighbor said the purposely slammed the door on the street to break out the glass. I of course had to clean it up. The group then went around the block and did the same thing. Basically some city workers who don't care about their jobs and won't that cash money while the are at work for the city already making cash money.....
The city claimed they couldn't tell which of their trucks it was. I took the numbers for the street sweepers etc. and will now call them every time there is a leaf on the street ever again. I gave the numbers to the neighbors as well.I will make the city work overtime for inconviencing me. They will eventually fire these people and smarten up.
I drove the trailer onto the big weighing machine you drive through. Then the buzz you that you can keep going. You guys would be blown away by the stuff in that yard. Unreal! Massive old tanks piled on top of each other. Vans set atop massive metal piles. Pretty much metal of all kinds was everywhere and huge machines were throwing things all about.
You could almost see the barges they were loading up but couldn't get the best view due to massive piles of steel everywhere. I forgot the camera but will get one soon when I have my last run.
I really didn't know what to do at first but that ended quick. I drove all the way to the back where the cranes were swings all over the place. I simply aligned the trailer with the magnet machine and he pulled everything off the trailer without me even getting out of the truck. I thought it was really cool and you guys should do it sometime to get rid of dryers and the such. Old tubs or anything big that is metal..
The greatest part of the story was that I got paid 40 bucks for the 2 trips I made. I could see why the poor people always took the aluminum from my curb when I threw it out.
I threw away an aluminum door the other day and 3 guys in a city truck picked it up. My neighbor said the purposely slammed the door on the street to break out the glass. I of course had to clean it up. The group then went around the block and did the same thing. Basically some city workers who don't care about their jobs and won't that cash money while the are at work for the city already making cash money.....
The city claimed they couldn't tell which of their trucks it was. I took the numbers for the street sweepers etc. and will now call them every time there is a leaf on the street ever again. I gave the numbers to the neighbors as well.I will make the city work overtime for inconviencing me. They will eventually fire these people and smarten up.
ECB's Trichet Says Inflation Risks Lie to `Upside'
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the economy of the dozen euro nations remains at risk of accelerating inflation, signaling he'll probably endorse interest rate increases next year.
``Inflation rates are likely to increase again in early 2007,'' Trichet told the European Parliament's economic committee in Brussels today. ``This outlook for price developments remains subject to upside risks.''
The ECB is forecasting the inflation rate will remain above its target of just below 2 percent for an eighth straight year in 2007 even after policy makers raised their benchmark lending rate six times in the past 13 months to 3.5 percent.
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the economy of the dozen euro nations remains at risk of accelerating inflation, signaling he'll probably endorse interest rate increases next year.
``Inflation rates are likely to increase again in early 2007,'' Trichet told the European Parliament's economic committee in Brussels today. ``This outlook for price developments remains subject to upside risks.''
The ECB is forecasting the inflation rate will remain above its target of just below 2 percent for an eighth straight year in 2007 even after policy makers raised their benchmark lending rate six times in the past 13 months to 3.5 percent.
Actually, if you've been trading the QID- QLD, concentrating on 3-5 day cycle indicators combined with divergences in the 5 hr cycle indicators, over the past several weeks, it hasn't been difficult to grab very nice profits on each of these little swings. The sell signals were clear as a bell at the end of last week and again on Monday, and the buy signals were pretty obvious yesterday.
But if you have been playing in anticipation of a breakout or breakdown, then yes, it's been a meat grinder. If time constraints prevented me from scalping, I would stay on the sidelines until a clear breakout either establishes a new downtrend, or a revived uptrend.
But if you have been playing in anticipation of a breakout or breakdown, then yes, it's been a meat grinder. If time constraints prevented me from scalping, I would stay on the sidelines until a clear breakout either establishes a new downtrend, or a revived uptrend.
Publication of the Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition will be on a reduced vacation schedule from 12/21/06 to 1/7/07. No reports will be published 12/21-12/23. Reports will be published intermittently 12/24/06-1/4/06. Regular publication will resume 1/8/06.Watch for publication notification on our home page.
I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 07:14 AM)
Publication of the Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition will be on a reduced vacation schedule from 12/21/06 to 1/7/07. No reports will be published 12/21-12/23. Reports will be published intermittently 12/24/06-1/4/06. Regular publication will resume 1/8/06.Watch for publication notification on our home page.
I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
You too doc and everyone else here. I hope everyone remembers to be safe and please don't try to out do the other grandparents etc. Remember the time and not the specifics of the season.
I'm Christian you're Jewish but in the end, who gives a whoooish? HAppy Hannakah. Please allow me some "christmas credits" for bad botch job on the spelling, phrases and miss use of the words above.
Perhaps I should stop watching the X-files while writing. I am starting to sound like Mel Gibson in "Conspiracy Theory" or whatever that movie was.
Kennedy had a deal with space aliens type stuff.
Copper trading at 8 month low...............
QUOTE(K Wave Rider @ Dec 20 2006, 07:39 AM)
Copper trading at 8 month low...............
Fakeout breakdown on Goog? Seems fitting.
I see 2 of the horseman are up this morning. JNPR downgraded. Sounds great to hit a homerun short on JNPR. I guess I won't be doing it.
Lots of room to fall in that copper chart. Best to McQueen the breakdown with a hammer.
QUOTE(Tzu @ Dec 20 2006, 06:43 AM)
QUOTE(K Wave Rider @ Dec 20 2006, 07:39 AM)
Copper trading at 8 month low...............
Fakeout breakdown on Goog? Seems fitting.
I see 2 of the horseman are up this morning. JNPR downgraded. Sounds great to hit a homerun short on JNPR. I guess I won't be doing it.
Lots of room to fall in that copper chart. Best to McQueen the breakdown with a hammer.
Under $2.90 and it should be a complete goner....we should know VERY soon...stop lowered to profitable position in case of McQueen...
QUOTE(Tzu @ Dec 20 2006, 07:23 AM)
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 07:14 AM)
Publication of the Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition will be on a reduced vacation schedule from 12/21/06 to 1/7/07. No reports will be published 12/21-12/23. Reports will be published intermittently 12/24/06-1/4/06. Regular publication will resume 1/8/06.Watch for publication notification on our home page.
I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
I'm Christian you're Jewish but in the end, who gives a whoooish? HAppy Hannakah. Please allow me some "christmas credits" for bad botch job on the spelling, phrases and miss use of the words above.
Actually, I'm lucky. I get the best of all worlds. My wife and stepkids are Catholic and celebrate Christmas with abandon. About a quarter of my extended family is Christian in one form or another, and I even have a younger cousin by marriage who is an Arab and Muslim and who owns a Moroccan restaurant, which everyone in my family loves. I have a cousin who is Hindu and runs an Ashram in India. I have cousins who are white and black and yellow. We are a polyglot, multiracial, multireligious family. The differences do not divide us. They enrich us.
Would that the world could be the same! As Stoolies residing in every corner of the world, I would hope that we can promote the beauty and the richness of our differences, wherever we are at this special time of year so many.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, and Happy Festivus to all!
Ford news has been entertaining. Looks like this new guy is cleaning house. Things are getting sold off and it looks like other things are just burned for the insurance with a "double play" maneuver.
Full paycheck for the stamp shop losses and one more liability off the list.
http://www.amtddj.inlumen.com/bin/djstory?...uaebqLqWmda4nZC
Full paycheck for the stamp shop losses and one more liability off the list.
http://www.amtddj.inlumen.com/bin/djstory?...uaebqLqWmda4nZC
Bonds in a big wedgie..should be a good move coming today..
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 08:03 AM)
QUOTE(Tzu @ Dec 20 2006, 07:23 AM)
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 07:14 AM)
Publication of the Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition will be on a reduced vacation schedule from 12/21/06 to 1/7/07. No reports will be published 12/21-12/23. Reports will be published intermittently 12/24/06-1/4/06. Regular publication will resume 1/8/06.Watch for publication notification on our home page.
I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
I'm Christian you're Jewish but in the end, who gives a whoooish? HAppy Hannakah. Please allow me some "christmas credits" for bad botch job on the spelling, phrases and miss use of the words above.
Actually, I'm lucky. I get the best of all worlds. My wife and stepkids are Catholic and celebrate Christmas with abandon. About a quarter of my extended family is Christian in one form or another, and I even have a younger cousin by marriage who is an Arab and Muslim and who owns a Moroccan restaurant, which everyone in my family loves. I have a cousin who is Hindu and runs an Ashram in India. I have cousins who are white and black and yellow. We are a polyglot, multiracial, multireligious family. The differences do not divide us. They enrich us.
Would that the world could be the same! As Stoolies residing in every corner of the world, I would hope that we can promote the beauty and the richness of our differences, wherever we are at this special time of year so many.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, and Happy Festivus to all!
Cool, I don't know much about my extended history other than my great great grandpa and his brother came over on a boat. I will research sometime.
I think some German and French mix on my moms side. Who knows. Too bad I am not 1/10 cherokee somewhere down the line. I could cash in and live it up off the government like some others I know.
I also hear there is a little ahole mixed in there unfortunately. I will try advanced techniques in positioning to hopefully not pass on this trait. Maybe the wife could sleep pre-dominately on the left side to increase blood flow to another part of the brain or something
Who knows now days. My sisters daycare tought my nephew sign language for the basics. Great new ways are being used to get kids to absord unreal amounts of information while there brains are growing like sponges. Watching my nephew at 2-1/2 now has been an unreal experience for me.
Thoughts of missing out on this stuff and actually seeing it real time in front of me for the first time ever is making make this break for the new changes this year. I am the most stubborn person on earth but my new addictions has become my addictions in itself. Whatever it takes to change is my goal for next year.
Be careful everyone! There are alot of cool movies coming out so I look forward to spending time with my sister and family and having some entertaining things lined up. I still need to catch up on some gifts so getting that done today.
Those 1oz lunar coins in the christmas ornament holders are a cheap gift that will last a lifetime. Everyone I have ever given one to will always remember me in some way and I hope it will make them remember me in their hearts some day.
Just a thought. Peak them kids interest early.
"Look how shiny it is!" "Whoa, don't touch, it will be priceless some day."
FDX trading down over $5 pre market...let's see if they can McQueen that...
It looks like the trannies will test the 200 dma this morning at 4600.
This will only be the second time that I have spent any winter time in Canada. The difference this time is that it will be in my own home. Going from Florida to Canada in late December will be quite a shock. I can't wait to see the snow covered hills and valleys from my dining room window, with a crackling fire going in the fireplace, the our little house on the prairie festooned with twinkling lights, and with our family of 13 bunked out in every nook and cranny. I'll be roasting two turkeys on Christmas Day!
And by the time I get there, these views should be covered in white, with open vistas everywhere.
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And by the time I get there, these views should be covered in white, with open vistas everywhere.
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FTSE sliding back towards unch after big Gap up...
Copper nudder LOD...old floor becoming resistance?
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 07:38 AM)
This will only be the second time that I have spent any winter time in Canada. The difference is that it will be at my own home. Going from Florida to Canada in late December will be quite a shock. I can't wait to see the snow covered hills and valleys from my dining room window, with a crackling fire going in the fireplace, the our little house on the prairie festooned with twinkling lights, and with our family of 13 bunked out in every nook and cranny. I'll be roasting two turkeys on Christmas Day!
And by the time I get there, these views should be covered in white, with open vistas everywhere.
And by the time I get there, these views should be covered in white, with open vistas everywhere.
Very nice!
As I suspected it might, Gold puts in a pivot at 627...looks like an important one for the near term...
TNX attacking 4.6 one more time...if it gets thru, could get runnin' pretty good...especially if it can take out yesterday's spike high 4.62
Don't mind me...I'm just jabbering to myself outloud...
Mean Chef's Maple Brine (for Turkey)
Recipe says brine the turkey for 2-4 days. 12-24 Hours works OK also. But leave the full 4 hours to dry the skin.
And don't leave out the soy sauce, strange as it might sound.
Recipe says brine the turkey for 2-4 days. 12-24 Hours works OK also. But leave the full 4 hours to dry the skin.
And don't leave out the soy sauce, strange as it might sound.
QUOTE(K Wave Rider @ Dec 20 2006, 09:30 AM)
FDX trading down over $5 pre market...let's see if they can McQueen that...
please don't dare them k-wave, i'm short and they can
QUOTE(robin hoodlum @ Dec 20 2006, 07:57 AM)
QUOTE(K Wave Rider @ Dec 20 2006, 09:30 AM)
FDX trading down over $5 pre market...let's see if they can McQueen that...
please don't dare them k-wave, i'm short and they can
The way this market's been trading, might not be a bad idea to take half off premarket..
FWIW- News/Noise
Was in a very, very large copper CONSUMING factory on Monday.
Raw copper lead times are down 25% in the last 6 months.
Sell their scrap/off cuts for salvage. Scrap metal dealer has gone from daily pick ups to weekly pick ups and is now asking for every other week pick ups.
Was in a very, very large copper CONSUMING factory on Monday.
Raw copper lead times are down 25% in the last 6 months.
Sell their scrap/off cuts for salvage. Scrap metal dealer has gone from daily pick ups to weekly pick ups and is now asking for every other week pick ups.
Dr. Copper nudder new LOD, 3rd time the charm?
QUOTE(alceringa @ Dec 20 2006, 08:02 AM)
FWIW- News/Noise
Was in a very, very large copper CONSUMING factory on Monday.
Raw copper lead times are down 25% in the last 6 months.
Sell their scrap/off cuts for salvage. Scrap metal dealer has gone from daily pick ups to weekly pick ups and is now asking for every other week pick ups.
Was in a very, very large copper CONSUMING factory on Monday.
Raw copper lead times are down 25% in the last 6 months.
Sell their scrap/off cuts for salvage. Scrap metal dealer has gone from daily pick ups to weekly pick ups and is now asking for every other week pick ups.
I knew when they wouldn't put a price on the shelf for copper at Home Depot last summer, that the end was nigh....
Stiil have a potential 12/15 top on the spoos, if they can keep 'em under the overnight 1440 level...
Uncle Buck and the Yen in blissful harnony at 1.18 for dayz...should see a move there soon...
QUOTE(K Wave Rider @ Dec 20 2006, 08:40 AM)
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 07:38 AM)
This will only be the second time that I have spent any winter time in Canada. The difference is that it will be at my own home. Going from Florida to Canada in late December will be quite a shock. I can't wait to see the snow covered hills and valleys from my dining room window, with a crackling fire going in the fireplace, the our little house on the prairie festooned with twinkling lights, and with our family of 13 bunked out in every nook and cranny. I'll be roasting two turkeys on Christmas Day!
And by the time I get there, these views should be covered in white, with open vistas everywhere.
And by the time I get there, these views should be covered in white, with open vistas everywhere.
Very nice!
As nice as the pictures look, you can't really get the feel of being there, with the fresh country air, the absolute peace and quiet, except for the mooing of cows in the distance. To be able to walk that country road every morning, not a car in sight, see the wildflowers everywhere, smell the fresh cut hay, watch the corn sprouting higher day by day-- then finish your stroll up the hill and back into town for a bacon and egg breakfast out on the patio at one of the little Greek diners on Fifth Avenue (yes really!)-- There's nothing like it!
At least not compared to the noise, traffic, hustle and bustle of South Florida, where you can't walk anywhere without a major stress experience. Cripes, it takes 15 minutes just to cross the typical 20 lane intersection. Yes, that's a twenty.
Silver aborting it's take off from 12.50....
direct liquid fuel cell products MDTL +$1.85 pre mkt
retail rocker CWTR
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 08:03 PM)
QUOTE(Tzu @ Dec 20 2006, 07:23 AM)
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 07:14 AM)
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I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
I will not be here on the forums tomorrow or Friday during the day, but will check in in the evenings, and will be in and out over the course of the inter-holiday week.
I want to thank you for your support throughout the year, and I wish you and your family the best of holiday seasons!
I'm Christian you're Jewish but in the end, who gives a whoooish? HAppy Hannakah. Please allow me some "christmas credits" for bad botch job on the spelling, phrases and miss use of the words above.
Actually, I'm lucky. I get the best of all worlds. My wife and stepkids are Catholic and celebrate Christmas with abandon. About a quarter of my extended family is Christian in one form or another, and I even have a younger cousin by marriage who is an Arab and Muslim and who owns a Moroccan restaurant, which everyone in my family loves. I have a cousin who is Hindu and runs an Ashram in India. I have cousins who are white and black and yellow. We are a polyglot, multiracial, multireligious family. The differences do not divide us. They enrich us.
Would that the world could be the same! As Stoolies residing in every corner of the world, I would hope that we can promote the beauty and the richness of our differences, wherever we are at this special time of year so many.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, and Happy Festivus to all!
Opa Stool
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 09:20 AM)
QUOTE(K Wave Rider @ Dec 20 2006, 08:40 AM)
QUOTE(DrStool @ Dec 20 2006, 07:38 AM)
This will only be the second time that I have spent any winter time in Canada. The difference is that it will be at my own home. Going from Florida to Canada in late December will be quite a shock. I can't wait to see the snow covered hills and valleys from my dining room window, with a crackling fire going in the fireplace, the our little house on the prairie festooned with twinkling lights, and with our family of 13 bunked out in every nook and cranny. I'll be roasting two turkeys on Christmas Day!
And by the time I get there, these views should be covered in white, with open vistas everywhere.
And by the time I get there, these views should be covered in white, with open vistas everywhere.
Very nice!
As nice as the pictures look, you can't really get the feel of being there, with the fresh country air, the absolute peace and quiet, except for the mooing of cows in the distance. To be able to walk that country road every morning, not a car in sight, see the wildflowers everywhere, smell the fresh cut hay, watch the corn sprouting higher day by day-- then finish your stroll up the hill and back into town for a bacon and egg breakfast out on the patio at one of the little Greek diners on Fifth Avenue (yes really!)-- There's nothing like it!
At least not compared to the noise, traffic, hustle and bustle of South Florida, where you can't walk anywhere without a major stress experience. Cripes, it takes 15 minutes just to cross the typical 20 lane intersection. Yes, that's a twenty.
Pretty much my ideal setting. The sounds are amazing and the wind is calming. Makes you want to go fishing for lunch for fun.
P.S. Where are the dirt bikes and 4-wheelers for the grandkids?
FDX 
Various factoids: ticker sense has some data posted on one day price changes based on earnings gaps up/down.
11% Weight on that Trannie!
This chart should update to 20th shortly. One to watch.
Various factoids: ticker sense has some data posted on one day price changes based on earnings gaps up/down.11% Weight on that Trannie!
This chart should update to 20th shortly. One to watch.
Trannies down 55, so much for that nice little bottom attempt yesterday...
Added to my X short at 74.25.
Trannies hourly support about 10 points lower...let's see if it holds....
MBA apps -6%, refis -15% (seasonally adjusted)
soggy bottom!!!
soggy bottom!!!
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