I love to read and listen to just about everything Louise Yamada puts out there. She is my favorite technical analyst.
I missed this interview with her from November, but I think she was right then and she is still right now. This 60% rally is nothing but a retracement of some of 2007 losses. You have to look at the period we are in as part of a bigger 30-40 year cycle. Note the part where she compares our current situation with the late 1930's.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Copenhagen Mess
What do you think the envirofacists agenda is now? Environmentalism is like a relgion to many people. Chavez agrees with the protesters, if that tells you anything about their agenda. (I told you we shouldn't have bailed out the banks - it just gave the far left ammo.)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The Quest For Inner Peace Is Thwarted By PBS & Copenhagen & Ray Suarez
"I could see peace instead of this." But I don't.
If anything was capable of disturbing my inner peace, it is Ray Suarez's take on Copenhagen and the Global Climate Conference.
http://en.cop15.dk/
I am hoping the full video broadcast will be available tomorrow, and I will post it then.
After listening to the story of a poor Ugandan female farmer, whose life has been ruined by the evil western Capitalist powers, who have cause it to rain too much sometimes, and be dry too much sometimes, I feel like throwing up.
Guess what? She believes she deserves financial compensation from the industrialized world because she had a bad crop this year. Did you ever read the Little House On The Prairie books? Did Charles Ingalls blame someone when he had a bad crop one year? Did he curse the Africans because the frost came early one year and his family almost frickin' starved to death? Did he blame them because a volcano wiped out the sun one year and because of a lack of Vitamin D his newborn son died of scarlet fever? NO - I don't think so!
Do you think that Ugandan farmer really understands this, or do you think she has been brainwashed by a bunch of left wing radicals from the Western countries she demands compensation from? Now, I don't deny the woman deserves compassion, and if I was rich I may send her a check just because I feel sorry for her for being born a woman in Uganda. But really people, let's call these envirofascists what they are. (Is that a word? Well, if it wasn't, now it is.)
So, all you American consumers should feel guilty tonight for screwing over the poor farmers all around the world. It is all your fault. I bet you didn't know this, but HUMANS are NOT PART OF NATURE! Our impact (oh, only some of us - the industrialized world) on the planet is deplorable. Raising living standards for a huge percentage of the population does not count. WE ARE BAD! And we must pay the poor farmers of Africa and India to repent. PAY THEM CASH!
If there was a giant volcanic explosion tomorrow that blocked the sun's rays for a hundred years, you would thank your lucky stars for Global Warming!
Are we really arrogant and simple minded enough to think that we control Mother Nature at all?
Humans are evolutionary animals just like the rest of the creatures on this planet. So are our industrial accomplishments. Does this sometimes damage the Earth? Yes. Can we be better inhabitants of the Earth and have more humility and respect towards nature? Absolutely.
But comets, asteroids, and sunspots, could do more damage than man in a millisecond. We have just as much right to pursue survival as any other species.
To think we owe compensation to farmers in Uganda for producing too many greenhouse gases is a total, unintelligent, envirofacist load of crap.
Man is part of Earth. Man is part of evolution. Think bigger people.
If anything was capable of disturbing my inner peace, it is Ray Suarez's take on Copenhagen and the Global Climate Conference.
http://en.cop15.dk/
I am hoping the full video broadcast will be available tomorrow, and I will post it then.
After listening to the story of a poor Ugandan female farmer, whose life has been ruined by the evil western Capitalist powers, who have cause it to rain too much sometimes, and be dry too much sometimes, I feel like throwing up.
Guess what? She believes she deserves financial compensation from the industrialized world because she had a bad crop this year. Did you ever read the Little House On The Prairie books? Did Charles Ingalls blame someone when he had a bad crop one year? Did he curse the Africans because the frost came early one year and his family almost frickin' starved to death? Did he blame them because a volcano wiped out the sun one year and because of a lack of Vitamin D his newborn son died of scarlet fever? NO - I don't think so!
Do you think that Ugandan farmer really understands this, or do you think she has been brainwashed by a bunch of left wing radicals from the Western countries she demands compensation from? Now, I don't deny the woman deserves compassion, and if I was rich I may send her a check just because I feel sorry for her for being born a woman in Uganda. But really people, let's call these envirofascists what they are. (Is that a word? Well, if it wasn't, now it is.)
So, all you American consumers should feel guilty tonight for screwing over the poor farmers all around the world. It is all your fault. I bet you didn't know this, but HUMANS are NOT PART OF NATURE! Our impact (oh, only some of us - the industrialized world) on the planet is deplorable. Raising living standards for a huge percentage of the population does not count. WE ARE BAD! And we must pay the poor farmers of Africa and India to repent. PAY THEM CASH!
If there was a giant volcanic explosion tomorrow that blocked the sun's rays for a hundred years, you would thank your lucky stars for Global Warming!
Are we really arrogant and simple minded enough to think that we control Mother Nature at all?
Humans are evolutionary animals just like the rest of the creatures on this planet. So are our industrial accomplishments. Does this sometimes damage the Earth? Yes. Can we be better inhabitants of the Earth and have more humility and respect towards nature? Absolutely.
But comets, asteroids, and sunspots, could do more damage than man in a millisecond. We have just as much right to pursue survival as any other species.
To think we owe compensation to farmers in Uganda for producing too many greenhouse gases is a total, unintelligent, envirofacist load of crap.
Man is part of Earth. Man is part of evolution. Think bigger people.
Oil and Gold
Oil has fallen for nine straight days. Gold is also breaking here. Remember, when commodities go, so will the market.
It will make last March look like a dress rehearsal.*
I am VERY short. I am accumulating EEV (ultra short emerging markets) at an average cost of $13 per share. I also hold Sears puts with a March expiration.
I can't tell you exactly when this fall is coming, but it's coming.
*Trade at your own risk. This is a very risky environment. If you are trying to just hold on to retirement money, stay in cash or VERY high quality LONG-TERM bonds.
It will make last March look like a dress rehearsal.*
I am VERY short. I am accumulating EEV (ultra short emerging markets) at an average cost of $13 per share. I also hold Sears puts with a March expiration.
I can't tell you exactly when this fall is coming, but it's coming.
*Trade at your own risk. This is a very risky environment. If you are trying to just hold on to retirement money, stay in cash or VERY high quality LONG-TERM bonds.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Optimism Vs. Denial
I believe in the power of perception. I also believe there is an objective reality out there, and subjectivism is a result only of the limited ability of humans to perceive the whole in its complex entirety.
Many people who see themselves as objective and realistic, are just downright negative. They mispercieve their ability to see reality as it is and take it a step furthur into despair.
Many people who miss the truth in its entirety see them selves as "optimists", but are really in denial. They are lying to themselves (as we all sometimes do). This is the worst kind of lying.
http://speroconsulting.com/2009/11/03/the-worst-kind-of-lying/
Now, I had to listen to a few people today, almost all day.....well, basically whine and bitch and complain about things not being as they should be. Leadership would present a plan to promote positive change and the troops would say, "Well, that won't work." Or, "I can't do that." Etc, etc. You get the picture.
The leaders in this corporate environment were in denial. They believed they could change people's behavior without providing the proper incentives. They believed that through sheer pollyanna like motivational techniques, they could convince people to work harder for less money, while providing absolutly no financial incentive for them to do so. Yeah....good luck with that.
On the flip side, the realists sounded like a bunch of negative whiners who had no stake whatsoever in their destiny. "Corporate" was screwing them over once again. Never mind that many of them had been returning to this "oppressive" employment year after year, sometimes for 15+ years. Never mind that in the midst of THE GREAT RECESSION, they had a job.
My little voice said this one thing: "The entire structure needs to be changed. I hope our new leadership recognizes this, and I think they do. In the mean time, do your best and you can go home feeling good at night." I also wanted to say, "And if you still want to create problems instead of solutions, go home and don't come back." But I am not the boss (yet), so that is for a later day.
And that is my tale of corporate philisophical woe for the day.
THE END
Many people who see themselves as objective and realistic, are just downright negative. They mispercieve their ability to see reality as it is and take it a step furthur into despair.
Many people who miss the truth in its entirety see them selves as "optimists", but are really in denial. They are lying to themselves (as we all sometimes do). This is the worst kind of lying.
http://speroconsulting.com/2009/11/03/the-worst-kind-of-lying/
Now, I had to listen to a few people today, almost all day.....well, basically whine and bitch and complain about things not being as they should be. Leadership would present a plan to promote positive change and the troops would say, "Well, that won't work." Or, "I can't do that." Etc, etc. You get the picture.
The leaders in this corporate environment were in denial. They believed they could change people's behavior without providing the proper incentives. They believed that through sheer pollyanna like motivational techniques, they could convince people to work harder for less money, while providing absolutly no financial incentive for them to do so. Yeah....good luck with that.
On the flip side, the realists sounded like a bunch of negative whiners who had no stake whatsoever in their destiny. "Corporate" was screwing them over once again. Never mind that many of them had been returning to this "oppressive" employment year after year, sometimes for 15+ years. Never mind that in the midst of THE GREAT RECESSION, they had a job.
My little voice said this one thing: "The entire structure needs to be changed. I hope our new leadership recognizes this, and I think they do. In the mean time, do your best and you can go home feeling good at night." I also wanted to say, "And if you still want to create problems instead of solutions, go home and don't come back." But I am not the boss (yet), so that is for a later day.
And that is my tale of corporate philisophical woe for the day.
THE END
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Motherhood and The Rat Race
Last year was my first back in the workforce since making the decision to be a "stay at home mom" 10 years ago. I was only a "full-time stay at home mom" for about half that time. Anyway, now that I am back in the workforce (part-time) I am realizing just how difficult it is to balance work and family.
Being home with small children and running a household was actually harder (emotionally and physically) than managing a bank while working on my MBA. That blew my mind. Now I am quickly realizing that balancing work and motherhood is more difficult than being a stay at home mom, but being a stay at home mom was still harder than having a career and no kids.
I am exhausted. I woke up at five thirty A.M. (which I know hard working men and women all over the world do every day), got the wonderful rug rats to school, went to work and was on my feet for five hours straight in heels (I hate heels!), picked up the kids from school, picked up dinner, came home, cleaned up the BREAKFAST dishes, wrapped the dead pet bunny (yes, he died in the midst of this, I cried all the way to work because I knew he would be dead when we got home) in garbage bags and stuffed his cold dead body in the garbage before the kids could see it, took the garbage to the curb, etc., etc., etc. Now I will help the kids with their homework, try like hell to connect with my husband for at least five minutes, and well, you get the picture... because I am not all that unique. Just a typical day in the life of a mom (parent for you guys that take offense).
I have no idea if the Christmas cards are going to happen this year. Don't be offended if you don't get one, because you probably won't unless we hire help.
All that said, I wouldn't change a damn thing. I feel so fortunate, to both my husband and my parents (thanks Dad for getting my snow blower going!) for loving me enough to help me set up my life so I could make these kind of choices. I see working women all day at work that sure as hell don't make enough to pay for quality child care, and I realize how blessed I am to be able to work part-time and to have enough education and resources that if I went back full-time I could afford to hire a nanny.
Rock on mom's - stay at home or not. You rule.
p.s Am I a bad mom because I didn't take the rabbit to the vet in the middle of all this? I am feeling a little guilty!
Being home with small children and running a household was actually harder (emotionally and physically) than managing a bank while working on my MBA. That blew my mind. Now I am quickly realizing that balancing work and motherhood is more difficult than being a stay at home mom, but being a stay at home mom was still harder than having a career and no kids.
I am exhausted. I woke up at five thirty A.M. (which I know hard working men and women all over the world do every day), got the wonderful rug rats to school, went to work and was on my feet for five hours straight in heels (I hate heels!), picked up the kids from school, picked up dinner, came home, cleaned up the BREAKFAST dishes, wrapped the dead pet bunny (yes, he died in the midst of this, I cried all the way to work because I knew he would be dead when we got home) in garbage bags and stuffed his cold dead body in the garbage before the kids could see it, took the garbage to the curb, etc., etc., etc. Now I will help the kids with their homework, try like hell to connect with my husband for at least five minutes, and well, you get the picture... because I am not all that unique. Just a typical day in the life of a mom (parent for you guys that take offense).
I have no idea if the Christmas cards are going to happen this year. Don't be offended if you don't get one, because you probably won't unless we hire help.
All that said, I wouldn't change a damn thing. I feel so fortunate, to both my husband and my parents (thanks Dad for getting my snow blower going!) for loving me enough to help me set up my life so I could make these kind of choices. I see working women all day at work that sure as hell don't make enough to pay for quality child care, and I realize how blessed I am to be able to work part-time and to have enough education and resources that if I went back full-time I could afford to hire a nanny.
Rock on mom's - stay at home or not. You rule.
p.s Am I a bad mom because I didn't take the rabbit to the vet in the middle of all this? I am feeling a little guilty!
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