Monday, June 22, 2009

Monday Meandering

News, stocks, weather ... trendless lately.

In case anyone missed it with all the bloviation about the 40% rally from the lows, all that "rally" really did was erase the February Obama-Timmy panic. Prices are mostly just back to the rough levels of October. What does this mean ? Fears of another downleg are being erased. Now dealing with the beefer-induced recession ...

I wonder how many people notice that huge "air pocket" in resistance from S&P 900 to S&P 1200 ? That's the drop caused by the Viking shorts & beefers in raids on the world financial system - courtesy of the arms race approved by the SEC and Elmer (viz., removal of uptick rule, creation & non-regulation of credit default swap derivatives, no naked short rules, non-regulation of hedge funds, etc.) and the huge concentration of wealth in trading hedge funds by the dumb rich.

My take: a bit of good news in economic growth will cause a buying panic and explosion in stock prices to S&P 1200 "real" resistance.

FT: "German business confidence has brightened more than expected this month with companies in Europe’s largest economy becoming markedly more upbeat on prospects for the next six months."

Blabberg says insiders are selling heavily. I suppose they have gotten the message of diversification, viz., don't put most of your net worth in your companies' stock. If the company gets into trouble, you can lose both your job and your life's savings.

Lots of "talks" going on: Turkey talks to IMF, Russia talks about deep nuclear cuts, China and US in talks on military. Xstrata in merger talks with Anglo American. Maybe Obamitis is contagious - Obamitis is a new syndrome of talking, not doing.

Voting in Iran seems to have been conducted in the style of old Chicago. Surveys show more votes cast that voters in many places. Hmmm ...

Doing nothing today, except working on my languages. If "they" knock stocks down to S&P 900, I'll start looking for adds.

Word of the Day

"Declamation" - noun [$10] and "Declaim" - verb [$10]
Declamation means 1. act of speaking pompously or bombastically: harangue; 2. rhetorically delivered speech or reciting in elocution.
Declaim means 1. to speak or utter rhetorically or affectedly; 2. practise oratory or recitation; 3. protest forcefully; 4. deliver an impassioned (rather than reasoned) speech.
Sentence: Obama is obviously a master of declamation, but as for "doing", his very poor record in filling many important Federal posts shows he does not have management skill.

La Palabra de la Semana

[That's "the word of the day" in Spanish. My multilingual exercises in using the verb, "to drink" continue.]

"Tomar" - verb, regular -ar conjugation
Tomar means to drink.
La frase: Ayer tomé dos cervezas. Yesterday I drank two beers. Ahora tomo un café sin leche o azúcar. Now I am drinking a coffee without milk or sugar. [that's also 'un café solo', I think.] Tomaré dos cervezas esta noche. I will drink two beers tonight.

Notice that like Latin, Spanish usually leaves the subject pronouns out, as they are redundant due to the verb endings. Polish & Italian do that, too.

39 comments:

Bud said...

cc sabathia with some arm problems ?? and that is the reason the red sox have a rule against long-term contracts..........4years is the max.....did brian cashman not learn anything from the carl pavano contract ?????? dice-K also hurt .........but the sox only on the hook for 2 more years ( they made an exception in the dice-K contract and gave him 5 years........and i was against the 5th year)............long term deals don't work.........especially for pitchers


he goes out and gives a 7-year contract to a fat obese pitcher who has never been able to beat the sox or win a big game



well played brian cashman.........well played indeed

Bud said...

this lowlife wife-beating scumbag A-fraud............" i'm too tired ........i can't play"


the yankees are paying him 30million a year...........go out and play every inning of every game and bust your but......you have the greatest job in the world..........sheesh.......what a pussy..........and a fag..........well...........i could have warned brian cashman if he asked me............another 10year contract...........how much the yankees still owe A-fraud?? 250million?



well played brian cashman.........well played indeed

Bud said...

A-fraud if you so tired why you partying at south beach at 230 in the morning ??


he ain't tired...........he batting in 140 in june............he can't handle the heat


what he doin in south beach at 230 ?? lookin for cock...........you know..........since he's a fag




die YANKEES die !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mfl59 said...

lmaoooooooo

I do love the Arod rants....

mfl59 said...

how does Jim Gray have a job as a reporter?

Here is his question to Ricky Barnes this morning...."Are you nervous?"

What do you think, sir?

Bud said...

jim gray lol........i could never understand why he has a job..........brian cashman will prolly sign him soon



golfchannel coverage is so much better than nbc..........except for johnny miller


nbc netwrok should be renamed the tiger woods network............we get to see tiger picking his nose........instead of the other players ..........and many of them were ahead of tiger on the leaderboard......pffffffffffft

Bunkerman said...

without the roids, A-rod is a shell.

Bunkerman said...

but why should he try ... he gets paid big $ anyway.

Bud said...

ok...........here's my order of rooting today


1. phil

2. barnes

3. lucas



and then anyone but tiger

mfl59 said...

Lucas Glover easy winner today....

Bud said...

i agree.............lucas a strong favorite today

maverick said...

Clemson nation hopes you guys are correct.

Bunkerman said...

900 coming up ... guess I should look at some charts and ... make a little list.

mfl59 said...

here comes your boy Bud....

Bunkerman said...

It's interesting how such unrelated stocks as RIM and RIG can have recent behavior so alike ... and some say beefers don't exist.

Bunkerman said...

stock by stock, I didn't find too many sufficient pullbacks. Most are just moderate.

Bunkerman said...

re-added some FCX, MOS, EXM, GSI.

Yours truly,

--Li'l beefer

PS have six on deck for more re-adds.

Bud said...

who says beefers don't exist ?? of course they do


but what is wrong with that..........you wanna place a bet?? go ahead.....put your money down

that's what makes our markets efficient.............everyone has the right to buy or sell or short whatever they want

Bud said...

come on phil............this tournament is there for the taking

Bunkerman said...

oh, I flipped a bit of EEFT, too. Positon got too big.

Frosty said...

"guess I should look at some charts"...those buys are some real lookers...beer goggles indeed.

Bunkerman said...

who says beefers don't exist ?? of course they do


Hmmm I remember your hero denying their existence.

Bunkerman said...

uh ... frosty ... it's "buy dips, sell rips."

Selling some EEFT, buying some MOS, etc.

I'm not trying to time it perfectly.

Bud said...

RIMM and RIG ?? huh ??? what behaviour you talkin about Bman???


i am sure i could also find 2 symbols out of 3000 that act very similar ...........and make some bogus hypothesis


what a bunch of thumping tosh

Bunkerman said...

maybe I'll get some more RIMM at 60 after all.

Bunkerman said...

RIMM and RIG ?? huh ??? what behaviour you talkin about Bman???

geez, such easy hits.

how about seven stright big red bars ?

GOOG, DVN, too.

Only common factor: big beefer loads a few weeka ago.

Bman rounding the bases, doffing his cap ... the crowd roars.

Bud, a picture of dejection on the mound.

Bud said...

welcome back ops expo sturgis sucking wide stancer


we had a "surrender" from one of the contributors here...........who gonna be next ?? i say bob


i make you an offer.........beg for mercy now.........and i


'call off the dogs'

Bud said...

ok...........i'll play along


GMCR down 3 today..........last time it was down 3............may12

only common factor...........i wore the same red iowa state t-shirt

Spin-em said...

Barsey playing like Bud @ Renditions from the red tips....loooooool

Frosty said...

crackberry 8900000000 wallpaper search...anyone know where I can obtain a picture of the pigshark in a red thong, posed in a prone position on a bear skin rug...spank you very much in advance.

mfl59 said...

Bud Im sure your buddy would have given you that putt that Mickelson just missed...

Frosty said...

Bunky the only real buyer...balls vs brains....what say you Mrs B?

Bunkerman said...

Mrs. B is a sheepherding trial near Scranton today & tomorrow with Sky & Krypto. Her first time at a herding trial as the handler.

Bunkerman said...

oh frosty, sheesh ... I said for two weeks I'd start adding at S&P 900 ... you should be congratualting me on my good eye & patience.

Plenty of room for more. I expect a bit of a battle as the 50 & 200 DMAs cross. The bears would be doomed on a serious break through here, so will fight hard.

Rumor mill probably working hard. Can Molotova be far from re-appearing on Maria's show near the close ?

Bunkerman said...

Teraz studiuje język polski.

Now I am studying Polish.


Preparing my sentences ...

beer = piwo.

mfl59 said...

"Ahora tomo un café sin leche o azúcar. Now I am drinking a coffee without milk or sugar"

Actually I think you might want to check your verb form on the second phrase Bunkerman.

"Ahora estoy tomiendo un cafe" or something like that...

"Tomo un cafe" just translates to "I drink coffee"....

Spin-em said...

tomar "to take"

bebir...drink

ends with ir so ing would be bebiendo

Bunkerman said...

Uhhhhh

so much for writing my own sentences after four lessons, mostly about ordering in a restaurant.

Bman Spanish grade: "F"

Bunkerman said...

inadequate dictionary work.