Plus ça change ...
The Pace Should Not Be Too Fast
Trying to understand what's going on in Hong Kong, haven't been paying attention:
From Instrument 21 (29 December 2007):
"The Session is of the view that appropriate amendments may be made to the specific method for selecting the fourth Chief Executive and the specific method for forming the fifth term Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the year 2012; that the election of the fifth Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the year 2017 may be implemented by the method of universal suffrage; (In Chinese: 2017年香港特別行政區第五任行政長官的選舉可以實行由普選產生的辦法;) that after the Chief Executive is selected by universal suffrage, the election of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may be implemented by the method of electing all the members by universal suffrage."
From Basic Law — the Source of Hong Kong’s Progress and Development from "Drafting and Promulgation of the Basic Law and Hong Kong’s Reunification with the Motherland"
"The fourth-term Chief Executive was elected by the Election Committee composed of 1,200 members on 25 March 2012. Mr Leung Chun-ying won the election with 689 ballots. The fourth-term Chief Executive is the last one returned by the Election Committee. In 2017 the fifth-term Chief Executive will be nominated by a nominating committee and elected by all eligible voters in Hong Kong through “one person, one vote” universal suffrage."
Who the nominating committee nominates is the rub, I guess.
From a 31 December 2007 WSJ piece, "China Plan To Boost Hong Kong Suffrage Sees Snags"
"Beijing had promised eventual direct elections to Hong Kong, which has its own political, legal and economic systems, as a term of its return to Chinese control in 1997. But it left vague details of when and how that would be accomplished, fueling years of debate here over the pace of changes. Currently, the chief executive is elected by an 800-member nominating committee that includes dignitaries and Chinese lawmakers appointed by Beijing.
It remains unclear how any direct elections will be carried out, though Mr. Qiao said Beijing would like to see a nominating committee based on the current system. Democracy advocates here say such a committee could end up screening out candidates that didn't already have some degree of support from Beijing.
Disagreements on the nomination process could be a stumbling block as pro-democratic and pro-establishment camps attempt to hash out an electoral model that is acceptable to both sides. Mr. Qiao suggested Saturday that Beijing expected to first see a consensus emerge on a transitional electoral model for 2012's election before approving any concrete proposals for 2017's elections."
From a 13 September 2013 WSJ piece, "More Bad News for Hong Kong Democracy Movement"
This week, the Communist Party's top local representative, Zhang Xiaoming, declared that any system of universal suffrage in Hong Kong must conform to the city's mini-constitution Basic Law, and that an open nomination of candidates wouldn't be accepted.
While Beijing has long said the city can begin electing its top leader by universal suffrage in 2017, what that system will look like hasn't been spelled out. The city's chief executive is currently elected by a committee of 1,200 people--which is largely stacked with pro-Beijing and pro-business representatives--and pro-democracy activists worry that such a committee also will be used to screen candidates and allow only Beijing-friendly aspirants to run.
Mr. Zhang appeared to give more credence to this fear Thursday, in a letter uploaded to the Beijing liaison office's website reiterating the fact that under Basic Law, any leader must be nominated by a "broadly representative" group, such as the existing election committee.
"Basic Law's Article 45 already clearly stipulates that candidates must be nominated by a broadly representative nominating committee according to democratic procedures," Mr. Zhang wrote, "and there are no other options."
From a 31 August 2014 WSJ piece, "Beijing Rules Out Open Election in Hong Kong"
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's largely ceremonial parliament, said future chief-executive candidates will need to be nominated by a "broadly representative" committee.
It said candidates will need to secure support from at least 50% of members on a nominating committee (ed. emphasis mine, ah, so this is the cause of the trouble?), and that their numbers would be capped in any given race at two or three candidates. Currently, the chief executive is appointed by the central government via a 1,200-member committee heavy on Beijing backers as well as business leaders. Candidates have until now only needed to get support from one-eighth of the panel (ed. 150 committee members), which in 2012 allowed a pro-democracy legislator to run as one of three candidates.
"Since the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and the sovereignty, security and development interests of the country are at stake, there is a need to proceed in a prudent and steady manner," Sunday's decision said.
The committee again emphasized that potential candidates must be "patriotic" and "love the country and love Hong Kong," though it left unclear how that would be determined.
The electoral-reform plan must secure the backing of Hong Kong's legislative council to proceed. With just over a third of 70 seats, Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers in theory have veto power over the decision.
So why don't they just veto it?
Currency Codes By Country
Good way to learn geography and history -- currency codes by country:
- Afghanistan Afghani AFN (old code: AFA)
- Albanian Lek ALL
- Algerian Dinar DZD
- Andorran Franc ADF | Andorran Peseta ADP
- Angolan Kwanza AOA (old code: AON)
- (Netherlands) Antillian Guilder ANG
- (United) Arab Emirates Dirham AED
- Argentine Peso ARS (old code: ARA)
- Armenian Dram AMD
- Aruban Florin (old guilder) AWG
- Australian Dollar AUD
- Austrian Schilling EUR (prior to 2002: ATS)
- Azerbaijan Manat AZN (old code: AZM)
- Bahamian Dollar BSD
- Bahraini Dinar BHD
- Bangladeshi Taka BDT
- Barbados Dollar BBD
- Belarusian Ruble BYR
- Belgian Franc EUR (prior to 2002: BEF)
- Belize Dollar BZD
- Benin: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Bermudian Dollar BMD
- Bhutan Ngultrum BTN
- Bolivian Boliviano BOB
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Mark BAM
- Botswana Pula BWP
- Brazilian Real BRL (old code: BRC)
- British Pound GBP | Pound Sterling GBP | United Kingdom Pound GBP
- Brunei Dollar BND
- Bulgarian Lev BGN (old code: BGL)
- Burkino Faso: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Burundi Franc BIF
- Kampuchean (Cambodian) Riel KHR
- Cameroon: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Canadian Dollar CAD
- Cape Verde Escudo CVE
- Cayman Islands Dollar KYD
- The Central African Republic: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Chad: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Chilean Peso CLP
- Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY
- Colombian Peso COP
- Comoros Franc KMF
- Congo: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Congolese (DRC) Franc CDF
- Costa Rican Colon CRC
- Cote D'Ivoire: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Croatian Kuna HRK
- Cuban Peso CUP
- Cyprus Pound EUR (prior to 2008: CYP)
- Czech Koruna CZK (old code: CSK)
- Danish Krone DKK
- Djibouti Franc DJF
- Dominican Peso DOP
- Ecuador Sucre ECS
- Egyptian Pound EGP
- El Salvador Colon SVC
- Equatorial Guinea: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Estonian Kroon EEK
- Ethiopian Birr ETB
- Falkland Islands Pound FKP
- Fiji Dollar FJD
- Finnish Markka EUR (prior to 2002: FIM)
- French Franc EUR (prior to 2002: FRF)
- Gabon: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Gambian Dalasi GMD
- Georgian Lari GEL
- German Mark EUR (prior to 2002: DEM)
- Ghanaian Cedi GHS (old code: GHC)
- Gibraltar Pound GIP
- Greek Drachma EUR (prior to 2002: GRD)
- Guatemalan Quetzal GTQ
- Guiniea Franc GNF
- Guyanan Dollar GYD
- Haitian Gourde HTG
- Honduran Lempira HNL
- Hong Kong Dollar HKD
- Hungarian Forint HUF
- Iceland Krona ISK
- Indian Rupee INR
- Indonesian Rupiah IDR
- Iranian Rial IRR
- Iraqi Dinar IQD
- Irish Punt EUR (prior to 2002: IEP)
- Israeili New Shekel ILS
- Italian Lira EUR (prior to 2002: ITL)
- Jamaican Dollar JMD
- Japanese Yen JPY
- Jordanian Dinar JOD
- Kazakhstan Tenge KZT
- Kenyan Schilling KES
- Korean Won KRW
- Kuwaiti Dinar KWD
- Kyrgyzstanian Som KGS
- Lao Kip LAK
- Latvian Lats LVL
- Lebanese Pound LBP
- Lesotho Lot LSL
- Liberian Dollar LRD
- Libyan Dinar LYD
- Lithuanian Litas LTL
- Luxembourg Franc EUR (prior to 2002: LUF)
- Macau Pataca MOP
- Macedonian Denar MKD
- Malagasy (Madagascar) Franc MGF
- Malawi Kwacha MWK
- Malaysian Ringgit MYR
- Maldive Rufiyaa MVR
- Maltese Lira EUR (prior to 2008: MTL)
- Mali: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Mauritanian Ouguiya MRO
- Mauritius Rupee MUR
- Mexican Peso MXN (old code: MXP)
- Moldovan Leu MDL
- Mongolian Tugrik MNT
- Moroccan Dirham MAD
- Mozambique Metical MZN (old code: MZM)
- Myanmar Kyat MMK
- Netherlands Guilder EUR (prior to 2002: NLG) | Dutch Guilder NLG
- Namibian Dollar NAD
- Nepalese Rupee NPR
- New Zealand Dollar NZD
- Nicaraguan Cordoba Oro NIO
- Niger: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Nigerian Naira NGN
- North Korean Won KPW
- Norwegian Kroner NOK
- Omani Rial OMR
- Pakistan Rupee PKR
- Panamanian Balboa PAB
- Papua New Guinea Kina PGK
- Paraguay Guarani PYG
- Peruvian Neuevo Sol PEN
- Philippine Peso PHP
- Polish Zloty PLN
- Portuguese Escudo EUR (prior to 2002: PTE)
- Qatari Rial QAR
- Romanian Leu RON (prior to July 2005: ROL)
- Russian Rouble RUB
- Rwandan Franc RWF
- Samoan Tala WST
- Sao Tome and Principe Dobra STD
- Saudi Riyal SAR
- Senegal: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Serbian Dinar RSD
- Seychelles Rupee SCR
- Sierra Leone Leone SLL
- Singapore Dollar SGD
- Slovak Koruna SKK
- Slovenian Tolar SIT
- Solomon Islands Dollar SBD
- Somali Schilling SOS
- South African Rand ZAR
- Spanish Peseta EUR (prior to 2002: ESP)
- Sri Lanka Rupee LKR
- St. Helena Pound SHP
- Sudanese Dinar SDD | Sudanese Pound SDG | Sudanese Pound, Old SDP
- Suriname Dollar SRD | Suriname Guilder SRG
- Swaziland Lilangeni SZL
- Swedish Krona SEK
- Swiss Franc CHF
- Syrian Pound SYP
- Taiwan Dollar TWD
- Tajikistani Somoni TJS
- Tanzanian Schilling TZS
- Thai Baht THB
- Togo: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Tongan Pa'anga TOP
- Trinidad and Tobago Dollar TTD
- Tunisian Dinar TND
- Turkish Lira TRY (prior to 2005: TRL)
- Turkmenistan Manat TMM
- US Dollar USD
- Uganda Schilling UGX (old code: UGS)
- Ukraine Hryvnia UAH (old codes: UAG, UAK) | Ukraine Karbovanets UAK
- United Arab Emirates Dirham AED
- Uruguayan Peso UYU (old code: UYP)
- Uzbekistan Som UZS
- Vanuatu Vatu VUV
- Venezuelan Bolivar Fuerte VEF (old code: VEB)
- Vietnamese Dong VND
- Yugoslav Dinar YUN
- Zambian Kwacha ZMK
- Zimbabwe Dollar ZWD
No Eritrean Nakfa?
Representative List Not Necessarily Complete
Oanda on "exotic" currencies:
We receive very few price points (one price point per week for some currencies) from our data suppliers for some emerging market currencies.
The following is a representative list of these exotic currencies. It is not necessarily complete.
Links for 2014 09 28
Firechat Enables Cross-Platform, Off-The-Grid Chat Between iOS And Android | TechCrunch
The obvious question here is how the team managed to create a bridge between its own Android mesh network and Apple’s multi-peer technology.
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FireChat on the App Store on iTunes
FireChat introduces a new way to chat: "off-the-grid".
Now you can chat with people around you – even if there is no Internet connection or mobile phone coverage.
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APPARENTLY THE CHAT APP BEING USED BY KIDS IN HK
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Arthur Crandon's Writing Matters - Home
HAS SOME KIND OF AUTO TWEET BOT
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HK CENTRAL LIVE MAP
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MEANWHILE NOT IN HONGKONG...
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WOW SHIT'S GETTING REAL YO
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The Secret Recordings of Carmen Segarra --> m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives… ☑
2014.09.28 14:31:32 edit
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Speakman Syllabus for Semester 1 ☑
Syllabus for Semester 1 ← Back to All Pages
Mary Speakman
Course Content
UNIT 1- A
Text types
questionnaires
notes
rhymes
riddles
Vocabulary
jobs people do:
an astronaut, a lawyer,...
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BIG FAN OF THE ONE PAGE MENU ... IN CHINA YOU ARE OFTEN HANDED SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLES THE YELLOW PAGES ... I WILL BE HAPPY TO RETURN TO THE WESTERN WORLD
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How to Get Rid of Microwave Smells: 5 Steps (with Pictures)
Use fresh lemon to eliminate the odor.
Cut the lemon into quarters and place all pieces in a microwave-safe bowl with 1 cup of water.
Cook the lemon and water in the microwave on the high setting for three minutes.
Leave the lemon and water in the microwave with the door closed for several minutes.
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Police seeking Chinese student find a body in car - Yahoo News Singapore
HINTING KILLER WAS ANOTHER CHINESE STUDENT? OLD RULE IS LOVE OR MONEY ... WITH 20 YO IT HAS TO BE LOVE, FIND THE BF OR THE EX AND YOU HAVE YOUR KILLER
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Nike Inc
Lockheed Martin Corp
Shire Plc American Depositary Shares
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
L Brands Inc
Nidec Corp
Cf Industries Holdings
Gopro Inc.
Polaris Industries Inc
Mallinckrodt Plc Ordinary Share
Spectrum Brands Holdings
Jack In The Box Inc
Endurance International Group H
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Ptc Therapeutics Inc
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.
Consolidated Communications Holdings
Fcb Financial Holdings Inc.
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Inc
Radius Health Inc.
Otonomy Inc.
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc
IGI Laboratories
Ovascience Inc
Esperion Therapeutics Inc
Nathan's Famous
Immune Design Corp.
Straight Path Communications In
Radiant Logistics
Cms Bancorp
Links for 2014 09 27
SHUTTING OUT ALL THE UNDESIRABLES
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Riverdale School District: Our District
The Riverdale School District serves over 600 families living in a residential, wooded area seven miles south of downtown Portland, Oregon and adjacent to the city of Lake Oswego. (District Boundary map)
SICK SCREWED-UP SYSTEM IN AMERICA
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Inside the New York Fed: Secret Recordings and a Culture Clash - ProPublica
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recom by rui
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The Selfish Giant | New York Post
"viewers may, like me, find the relentlessly bleak story line a heavy lift; there are virtually no moments of levity to break up the grimness, only the grinding misery — and looming hazards — of life in a dead-end factory town."
THE LOVE OF HORSES WAS NICE, THE BUGGY RACING, BUT YEAH, BLEAK.
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FBI director lashes out at Apple, Google for encrypting smartphones — RT USA
"it will matter a great, great deal to the lives of people of all kinds that we be able to with judicial authorization gain access to a kidnapper's or a terrorist or a criminal's device,"
JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE
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Alibaba Bears Emerge to Short 12.1 Million Shares - Bloomberg
“Out of the gate we see high demand to borrow shares of Alibaba,”
YOU CAN GET A BORROW ON BABA?
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The Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes - Bloomberg View
1. You sort of knew that the regulators were more or less controlled by the banks. Now you know.
MICHAEL LEWIS ON A ROLL
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Mystery Man Who Moves Japanese Markets Made More Than 1 Million Trades - Bloomberg
"The 35-year-old day trader says he made 6 billion yen, after taxes, betting on Japanese stocks last year." ... SO HE CLAIMS, NO AUDITED RESULTS, AS USUAL
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Those are not his screens, however. No one has seen him work.
NOT A FAN OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- September 29, 2014
Reversing longer-held positions in real estate (SRS) and emerging markets (EDZ) ... whipsawed in XIV and should have also taken a loss in VXX (should've gotten short 27.55 on 9/22) but I didn't realize it also reversed last week ... human error to the rescue once again.
Links for 2014 09 26
Gross to Join Janus After Record Redemptions at Pimco Flagship Fund - Bloomberg
“I look forward to returning my full focus to the fixed income markets and investing, giving up many of the complexities that go with managing a large, complicated organization,” Gross said in the statement. “I chose Janus as my next home because of my long standing relationship with and respect for CEO Dick Weil and my desire to get back to spending the bulk of my day managing client assets.”
WTF?
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China Scholars Twitterati 100 | Jonathan Sullivan's Research Pages
ALL ACADEMICS ... SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND JUST HOW LITTLE THEY REALLY KNOW
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I'VE LONG SAID YOU COULD BUILD A WHOLE BUSINESS ON WEIBO, ESP. WHAT'S BEING DELETED
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500.com too clever by half? | China Accounting Blog | Paul Gillis
The tax benefit comes from reversing deferred taxes related to the retained earnings of the companies VIEs. EY is 500.com’s auditor, and I have previously written about how EY clients follow the unusual (although probably correct) ap-proach of providing deferred taxes for the tax cost of transferring profits out of the VIEs.
DON'T ASK ME
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NIMBY
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Golden Bear winner detained for hiring prostitute - Xinhua | English.news.cn
Wang confessed that he contacted the prostitute by cellphone and paid her 800 yuan (130 U.S. dollars). He solicited sex for three consecutive days last week, according to the police.
31 YEAR OLD WHORE, NO WONDER SO CHEAP
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Poor health spurs spending by Chinese millionaires – beyondbrics - Blogs - FT.com
“There is a clear trend among the Chinese millionaire class towards exercise, eating more carefully and generally taking better care of their bodies,” ... NAH, ALL THE REALLY RICH BASTARDS I KNOW WILL AGREE TO SWIM BUT THAT'S IT
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Robert Friedland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BILL SAYS CONNECTED TO ZYK AND SICHUAN CLIQUE
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In Suburban Seattle, New Nests for China’s Rich - NYTimes.com
Wealthy Chinese have become far and away the biggest foreign buyers of real estate in Seattle in recent years, accounting for up to one-third of $1-million-plus homes sold in certain areas
SHITTY WEATHER THOUGH
" The median purchase for Chinese buyers is $523,148 — nearly twice the national average. Three-quarters of their purchases are all cash." ... JUST DON'T ASK WHERE THE MONEY IS FROM
"attraction to Seattle stems from its top schools, clean air, longtime Chinese population"
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Red diaper baby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
red diaper babies as "children of CPUSA members, children of former CPUSA members, and children whose parents never became members of the CPUSA but were involved in political, cultural, or educational activities led or supported by the Party".[1]
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J. Hoberman Reviews the Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' – Tablet Magazine
Gopnik is surrounded by Jews so grotesque that the movie might have been cast by Julius Streicher. (A Serious Man, as outraged Village Voice reviewer Ella Taylor wrote in a memorable rant, was “crowded with fat Jews, aggressive Jews, passive-aggressive Jews, traitor Jews, loser Jews, shyster-Jews, emo-Jews, Jews who slurp their chicken soup, and—passing as sages—a clutch of yellow-toothed, know nothing rabbis.” They are, to say the least, uniformly unlovely.)
LOL, SHE GOT IT
"he doggedly pursues an apparently hopeless career in a dead-end scene, amply stocked with colorful grotesques, not a few of them Jews"
"It cannot have been lost on the Coens that it was a Minnesota Jew like themselves who effectively schlemiel-ized an entire movement of earnest idealists. (Who could top the singer’s “Positively 4th Street” kiss-off: I wish that for just one time, you could stand inside my shoes/ You’d know what a drag it is to see you.) Nor could the brothers have failed to see the joke. The magnitude of Dylan’s off-screen success magnifies Davis’ humiliation. Dylan is their movie’s structuring absence: That he is a Jew who is not a schlemiel means he can’t be shown at all."
AH HOBERMAN IS STRETCHING A BIT ABOUT ZIMMERMAN
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OFFSHORE DEPOSITS LOSE MOMENTUM ON WEAK YUAN, REPATRIATION
* The London Metal Exchange (LME), aiming to expand its business in top metals consumer China, said its new
clearing house that launched on Monday would accept the Chinese currency as collateral by the end of the year.
Singapore Exchange said last Friday it was adding new Asian foreign exchange futures contracts on Chinese
renminbi, Japanese yen and Thai baht to further augment its suite of FX offerings. These contracts will be available
for trading from Oct. 20.
Cagamas Berhad, the National Mortgage Corporation of Malaysia, made its debut in the international bond market
by selling the first and largest yuan bond by a Malaysian issuer. The 1.5 billion yuan three-year bond offers a coupon
rate of 3.7 percent.
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Taste of Da Dong - Food & Drink - Time Out - Beijing
Nearly everything here is regular Chinese fare done par excellence. Even everyday dishes like steamed buns (24RMB) are fantastic, stuffed to the brim with bok choy and egg. The appetiser platter (10RMB) takes influence from traditional Beijing cuisine, with the ma doufu and mashed potatoes some of the best we’ve ever had. The ‘chef’s special’ aubergine (28RMB) is luscious, lightly tinged with soy and aniseed. And when Dong spoons hoisin sauce over creamy, baked avocado (15RMB), it’s one lip-smacking treat.
I WILL BE THE JUDGE
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THE BOY AND I WILL CHECK IT OUT TONIGHT, LOVELY LEA CANNOT COME
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New York Times, New York Times Chinese, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Businessweek, BBC Chinese, Chosun Chinese, WSJ, WSJ Chinese, Flipboard (international version only), Google News, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, LiveLeak, Break, Crackle, selected international Wikipedia pages, selected Chinese Wikipedia pages, Wikileaks
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However, recently published comments about UChicago in an article about the director-general of Hanban are incompatible with a continued equal partnership.
SAYRE'S LAW
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Anthony Bourdain How to Travel - Anthony Bourdain on How to Fly - Esquire
And the iPad is essential. I load it up with books to be read, videos, films, games, apps, because I'm assuming there will be downtime. You can't count on good films on an airplane.
DOUBLY TRUE IF YOU HAVE KIDS
Maybe my biggest travel splurge on the road is if there's one of those old restored colonial hotels in places that were formerly part of the British or French Empire. Like the Grand d'Angkor in Siem Reap or the Metropole in Hanoi.
GOOD TIP
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iPhone 6 and 6 Plus: In deep with Apple’s thinnest phones | Ars Technica
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Derek Jeter Opens the Door. -- NYMag
WHITE MOM, DAD IS A LIGHT-SKINNED BLACK
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Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets - Mac Rumors
"To prevent bending, iPhone 6 Plus owners may want to remove their iPhones from their pockets before sitting or bending."
GENIUS
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9 US IPOs by Chinese firms in 2014 - China.org.cn
zhaopin
jd.com
jumei
tuniu
cheetah mobile
weibo
leju
ikang
tarena
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Top 100 ETFs by Volume 2014 09 25
TOP OF THIS LIST DOESN'T CHANGE OVER TIME, IT'S THE MARGIN THAT IS INTERESTING
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF 152,752,740
EEM Emrg Mkts Index MSCI Ishares 72,227,666
VXX VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Ipath 69,145,987
QQQ Powershares QQQ 68,642,560
XLF Financial Select Sector SPDR 54,148,489
IWM Russell 2000 ETF 49,733,633
TVIX Daily 2X VIX ST ETN Velocityshares 37,683,313
GDX Gold Miners ETF Market Vectors 35,894,795
EWZ Brazil Index MSCI Ishares 29,681,998
EWJ Japan Index MSCI Ishares 26,740,835
FXI FTSE China 25 Index Fund Ishares 24,862,845
XIV Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Velocityshares 24,540,271
TZA Smallcap Bear 3X Direxion 23,390,494
UVXY Ultra VIX Short-Term Fut ETF Proshares 22,685,647
EFA EAFE Index MSCI Ishares 16,198,276
TNA Smallcap Bull 3X Direxion 13,766,622
IYR DJ US Real Estate Ishares 13,593,286
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR 13,580,753
SLV Silver Trust Ishares 12,483,408
SDS Ultrashort S&P 500 Proshares 12,021,378
DGAZ 3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN Velocityshare 11,887,347
XLI Industrial Select Sector SPDR 11,758,155
XLV Healthcare Select Sector SPDR 11,661,538
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR 11,501,073
VWO Emrg Mkts ETF MSCI Vanguard 10,642,981
EWT Taiwan Index MSCI Ishares 10,557,407
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR 10,169,310
XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Prod 9,631,806
DIA SPDR DOW 30 ETF 9,535,740
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR 9,438,356
TLT 20+ Year Trsy Bond Ishares 8,949,883
UGAZ 3X Long Natural Gas ETN Velocityshares 8,906,065
GDXJ Junior Gold Miners ETF Market Vectors 8,510,557
JNK SPDR High Yield Bond Barclays Capital 8,214,366
SSO Ultra S&P 500 Proshares 8,076,845
RSX Russia ETF Market Vectors 7,863,077
GLD SPDR Gold 7,640,357
HYG Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd Ishares 7,621,693
JNUG Direxion Daily Junior Gold Mine 7,429,601
SQQQ Ultrapro Short QQQ Proshares 7,007,478
OIH Oil Services ETF Market Vectors 6,907,717
UNG US Natural Gas 6,874,189
EPI India Earnings Wisdomtree 6,661,602
DXJ Japan Hedged Equity Wisdomtree 6,573,756
NUGT Gold Miners Bull 3X Direxion 6,459,507
VGK Europe ETF FTSE Vanguard 5,739,298
EWH Hong Kong Index MSCI Ishares 5,492,597
SH Short S&P 500 Proshares 5,478,074
BKLN Senior Loan Portfolio Powershares 5,322,798
VNQ REIT Index ETF Vanguard 5,150,076
FAZ Financial Bear 3X Direxion 5,083,812
QID Ultrashort QQQ Proshares 4,897,051
AMLP Alps Alerian MLP ETF 4,747,203
XLB Materials Select Sector SPDR 4,704,977
XLY Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR 4,663,633
SPXU Ultrapro Short S&P 500 Proshares 4,647,706
TQQQ Ultrapro QQQ Proshares 4,437,463
UUP DB US Dollar Index Bullish Powershares 4,432,673
DUST Gold Miners Bear 3X Direxion 4,340,646
USO US Oil 4,266,504
XME SPDR S&P Metals & Mining 4,256,809
XHB SPDR S&P Homebuilders 4,091,788
KRE SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF 3,929,473
VEA EAFE ETF MSCI Vanguard 3,858,241
MDY SPDR S&P Midcap 400 3,674,954
BND Total Bond Market ETF Vanguard 3,181,918
IAU Gold Trust Ishares 3,118,146
JDST Direxion Daily Junior Gold Mine 3,041,044
EWG Germany Index MSCI Ishares 3,039,211
TBT Ultrashort 20+ Year Treasury Proshares 3,037,339
VTI Total Stock Market ETF Vanguard 3,000,939
VIXY VIX Short-Term Futures ETF Proshares 2,970,979
FEZ SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 2,862,581
SPXS Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares 2,836,066
EWI Italy Index MSCI Ishares 2,712,308
FAS Financial Bull 3X Direxion 2,600,632
EZU EMU Index MSCI Ishares 2,456,990
IVV S&P 500 Index Ishares 2,388,461
EWU United Kingdom Index MSCI Ishares 2,371,218
EDZ Emrg Mkts Bear 3X Direxion 2,358,337
EWY South Korea Index MSCI Ishares 2,351,807
TWM Ultrashort Russell 2000 Proshares 2,341,717
IWF Russell 1000 Growth Index Ishares 2,311,818
RWM Short Russell 2000 Proshares 2,248,121
EWA Australia Index MSCI Ishares 2,238,825
EWW Mexico Investable Mkt Idx MSCI Ishares 2,203,088
SVXY Short VIX Short-Term Fut ETF Proshares 2,182,341
SMH Semiconductor ETF Market Vectors 2,175,632
QLD Ultra QQQ Proshares 2,120,853
PBJ Dynamic Food & Beverage Powershares 2,093,369
ITB DJ US Home Construction Ishares 2,070,512
SJNK SPDR ST High Yield Bond ETF Barclays Cap 1,935,443
SPXL Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3X Shares 1,833,191
VXZ VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN Ipath 1,815,353
PSQ Short QQQ Proshares 1,788,450
EDC Emrg Mkts Bull 3X Direxion 1,776,557
UPRO Ultrapro S&P 500 Proshares 1,756,032
SDOW Ultrapro Short DOW 30 Proshares 1,648,313
VOO S&P 500 ETF Vanguard 1,602,998
IWD Russell 1000 Value Index Ishares 1,588,375
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DAYS LIKE THIS I MISS UGLY'S OLD NEW ALL TIME HIGH *CLOSE* LIST
Facebook Inc
Celgene Corp
Actavis Inc
Allergan Inc
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
L Brands Inc
Gopro Inc.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Centene Corp
Spectrum Brands Holdings
Parexel International Corp
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Ptc Therapeutics Inc
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc
Otonomy Inc.
IGI Laboratories
Nathan's Famous
Immune Design Corp.
Straight Path Communications In
Radiant Logistics
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Cnh Industrial N.V.
Markit Ltd.
Knowles Corporation Common Stoc
Graa Y Montero S.A.A.
Viper Energy Partners LP
Caesars Acquisition Company
Fnfv Group of Fidelity National
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc
Foresight Energy LP
Dorian Lpg Ltd.
Alamos Gold Inc
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. Common Sto
Cloud Peak Energy Inc
Just Energy Group Inc
Alpha Natural Resources
Foundation Medicine Inc
Sfx Entertainment Inc
Rentech Nitrogen Partners L.P
Nmi Holdings Inc
Arch Coal
Chc Group Ltd.
Revance Therapeutics Inc.
Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc
Campus Crest Communities
Jive Software Inc
Sandridge Permian Trust
Enduro Royalty Trust
Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage Inc
Century Communities Inc.
Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The Exone Company
Sears Hometown and Outlet Store
Ares Commercial Real Estate Cor
Sungy Mobile Limited
Caretrust REIT Inc.
E2Open Inc
Ntelos Holdings
Sizmek Inc.
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc
Veracyte Inc
Rightside Group Ltd.
Cara Therapeutics Inc.
Quinstreet Inc
Walter Energy
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
Genocea Biosciences Inc.
Enzymotec Ltd
Egalet Corp
Ignite Restaurant Group Inc
Cyan Inc. Common Stock
Roundy's Inc. Common Stock
Higher One Holdings
Achaogen Inc
Mediwound Ltd.
Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Cellular Dynamics International
Sandridge Mississippian Trust I
Reachlocal
Fairway Group Holdings Corp
Epirus Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
Ucp. Inc
Diana Containerships Inc
Tecumseh Products Company
Cafepress Inc
Alexza Pharmaceuticals
First Marblehead Corp
Pdi Inc
Can-Fite Biopharma Ltd Sponsore
Cordia Bancorp Inc
Biocept Inc
Cbd Energy Limited
Alco Stores Inc
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LOT OF TIBETAN MASTIFFS IN MY MILLIONAIRES' COMPOUND ... MUCH PREFER THEM TO THE PEKINGESE
Movies Watched -- Short Term 12
Thought I might fast forward this one, but then it caught me and I watched at normal speed. About a group home for troubled teens, run by formerly troubled teens, or somewhat more stable young adults ... depressing ... screwed up kids, abused physically or sexually or god knows what ... makes you thankful if you're even halfway well adjusted ... ends with the musical cue piano and strings, supposed to be semi-hopeful. Anyway, if you want to see a really good movie about abused children, see "Shame" with Michael Fassbender ... that was great, one of my favorite movies from 2011 or 2012 or whenever it came out. Everyone who thinks it's about "sex addiction" didn't understand it.
Movies Watched -- The Selfish Giant
Fast forwarded from 15 minutes in, too depressing to watch ... wouldn't have understood a word without the subtitles ... where's the pleasure in watching these poor white savages in northern England? Now long ago I did watch Ken Loach's "Kes" and really liked it, it's so good (1969, a different era), but this, for some reason, I couldn't bear it. I also liked parts of "Fish Tank," another in a long string of Council Flats reality movies, but wasn't in the mood for this.