Cast your eyes across the losses taken and recall why you have a day job. Those reversals on 10/13 and 10/20 were just destroyed.
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- October 27, 2014
Exactly what I feared would happen -- a sharp rally -- happened. Takes awhile to cut losses on the weekly charts, they will be bad.
Links for 2014 11 05
BEN HORO EXPLAINS HOW TO DEAL WITH UPPITY EMPLOYEES
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JULIA SAYS SHE USES THIS TO GET AROUND GOOGLE BLOCK
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Yen Dive Lures Record China Tourists to Japan: Chart of the Day - Bloomberg
YES A GOOD PLACE TO GO SKIING THIS WINTER
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Is Xiaomi Really Worth $50 Billion? - Bloomberg
"Competitors such as Sony and Lenovo have earned their management expertise over decades, and it isn’t clear whether Xiaomi is prepared for international success only three years after introducing its first smartphone, he said."
CAN'T FIND A PHONE AT THE 1999 ADVERTISED PRICE ... ALWAYS MARKED UP SEVERAL HUNDRED KUAI
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70% of Chinese overseas willing to return for work
OH YEAH? NAME THEM.
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British banker in court over grisly Hong Kong double murder - Yahoo News
"The thing that stood out about him was that he was academically extremely talented," she added, describing him as "very, very ambitious".
View gallery
People walk in front of the entrance to the Hong Kong tower block where British banker Rurik Jutting …
Classmates also remembered him as intensely athletic, having been a member of the prestigious rowing club at Cambridge.
"He was a tough guy. He had a rower mentality of pushing himself," said one former Winchester pupil. "A classic banker, I guess."
Another Winchester classmate described him as "clever but socially awkward".
THE QUESTION REMAINS: WHEN DID HE LET HIMSELF GO TO FAT
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老干妈 ? NEVER HAD IT WILL BUY A JAR TONIGHT
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SPOT A SPY
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Expats in China: Three-Quarters Male and Illiterate | the Beijinger
"Beijing's expat scene is a complete sausage fest dominated by foreigners who can barely speak Chinese"
PATHETIC, BUT IT'S TRUE I NEVER SPEAK CHINESE ANYMORE (though cindy and the other girls speak it to me)
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中学语文国学比重将增至35% 或于明年9月进课堂_新闻_腾讯网
@niubi: "increasing emphasis on "Chinese National Cutlure Studies" in primary and middle school textbooks...will occupy 35% of language and literature textbook content starting next year "
WHAT IS IT NOW 25%?
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CPC command of military must be upheld - Global Times
WAS IT EVER IN DOUBT?
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XMAS GIFT FOR A GOOD LITTLE BOY
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Jefferies’s ‘Scrappy’ Style Challenges Wall Street Norms - Bloomberg
"His wife Christina alleged in a lawsuit that Kelly binged on cocaine with clients and colleagues, and that Ben Lorello, global head of investment banking, knew about it."
DEEPLY OFFENDED :-)
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Capitalism in Crisis Amid Slow Growth and Growing Inequality - SPIEGEL ONLINE
"Growth is minimal, another crash may be brewing and the gulf between rich and poor continues to widen."
IT AIN'T CALLED THE NEW NORMAL FOR NOTHIN'
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Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies At 77 : NPR
"They bantered, told jokes, laughed and sometimes even gave pretty good advice to listeners who called in with their car troubles."
"In 1987 Car Talk went national on NPR. The Magliozzi brothers were a huge success. Listeners loved their blend of humor, passion, expertise and just plain silliness."
THEY WERE SHARP GUYS WHO THE COASTAL EDUCATED ELITES COULD ACCEPT AS GREASE MONKEYS
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Amanda on Twitter: "Taking museum selfies to the next level http://t.co/zu9jwGYwf1"
I LAUGHED ... NEED ONE OF MONA LISA
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WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A COMMA
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Recipe: Stir-fried greens from harvest to table (炒青菜) | Beijing Hao Chi (Beijing, Good Eats)
NOT A FAN OF 青菜 HERE
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115 Francisco Way, Telluride, CO 81435 is For Sale - Zillow
TOM CRUISE'S PLACE IN COLORADO ... SOME PEOPLE STILL HAVE MONEY :)
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Housing Demand on Hold as Millions Split the Rent
HOW'S THAT FOR A NEW NORMAL HEADLINE?
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When It Comes to Home Buying, Location Is King
"A home could be in the best school district in the top neighborhood of any town, but if it’s on a busy street, across from a commercial center, next to a school or near a freeway on or off-ramp, that home’s value will always be significantly less than the values of comparable homes nearby. "
AN OFF RAMP?
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860 County 121 Rd, Carbondale, CO 81623 is For Sale - Zillow
JEFF GORDON'S PLACE ... NASCAR A BIG BIZ NOW
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Stock Quote HLF Herbalife Ltd.
BATTLEGROUND STOCK ... SEE HOW PLAYABLE AFTERHOURS GIVEN LIQUIDITY
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cost $38 plus shipping,
IS THAT ALL?
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Procter & Gamble Company
Pepsico Inc
3M Company
United Parcel Service
Lockheed Martin Corp
Costco Wholesale Corp
Allergan Inc
Simon Property Group
General Dynamics Corp
Hdfc Bank Limited
Automatic Data Processing
Ace Limited
Wellpoint Health Networks Inc
Delta Air Lines Inc
Reynolds American Inc
The Travelers Companies Inc
Raytheon Company
Public Storage
American Electric Power Company
Northrop Grumman Corp
Kroger Company
Sempra Energy
Cardinal Health
Cigna Corp
Intuit Inc
Becton Dickinson and Company
Southwest Airlines Company
Chubb Corp
Sherwin-Williams Company
L Brands Inc
Seagate Technology.
Avalonbay Communities
Edison International
United Continental Holdings
Amerisourcebergen Corp
Zoetis Inc. Class A Common Stoc
O'Reilly Automotive
Fiserv Inc
Xcel Energy Inc
Ryanair Holdings Plc
Genuine Parts Company
Dte Energy Company
Hormel Foods Corp
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc
NiSource Inc
Clorox Company
Essex Property Trust
Lam Research Corp
Pall Corp
Church & Dwight Company
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
Federal Realty Investment Trust
Scana Corp
Everest Re Group
Alaska Air Group
Pinnacle West Capital Corp
Extra Space Storage Inc
W.R. Berkley Corp
Old Dominion Freight Line
Itc Holdings
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc
Integrys Energy Group
Factset Research Systems Inc
Global Payments Inc
Leggett & Platt Inc
Atmos Energy Corp
Spirit Airlines Inc
Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc
CBOE Holdings
Domino's Pizza Inc
Teleflex Inc
Rollins
Equity Lifestyle Properties
SS&C Technologies Holdings
Erie Indemnity Company
Vectren Corp
Steris Corp
Verint Systems Inc
Landstar System
Geo Group Inc
Receptos Inc
Primerica Inc
Jack In The Box Inc
Southwest Gas Corp
West Corp
Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc
Newjersey Resources Corp
Mplx LP
WGL Holdings Inc
Allegiant Travel Company
Epam Systems Inc
Nelnet Inc
Northwestern Corp
Trinet Group Inc
Texas Roadhouse
Caci International
Heartland Payment Systems
Acadia Realty Trust
Hudson Pacific Properties
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Chesapeake Lodging Trust
Dineequity Inc
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Centro
Usana Health Sciences Inc
Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc
China Biologic Products
Boise Cascade L.L.C. Common ST
Kite Pharma Inc.
Fidelity & Guaranty
American States Water Company
The Spectranetics Corp
Ambarella Inc
California Water Service Group Holding
Fbl Financial Group
Marcus & Millichap
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc.
Ellie Mae Inc
Quaker Chemical Corp
Atlantic Tele-Network
Qualys Inc
Cyrusone Inc
The Navigators Group
Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc
Hawaiian Holdings
Safety Insurance Group
Universal Electronics Inc
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Avalanche Biotechnologies Inc.
Terreno Realty Corp
Universal Insurance Holdings Inc
Heritage Insurance Holdings
Douglas Dynamics
Rexford Industrial Realty Inc
Esb Financial Corp
Johnson Outdoors Inc
Pfenex Inc.
Hampden Bancorp
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RetailMeNot Announces Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results - Yahoo Finance
AFTER HOURS COLLAPSE ... SEE IF PLAYABLE
Nu Skin Pre Open
This stock is heavily shorted ... wonder how hard it would have been to short pre-open? Opened at $39.63. Did around five times average volume. Broad tone marginally positive all day and ramped into the close.
09:02AM Stock Futures In Positive Mode; FireEye, Nu Skin Take Hard Hits at Investor's Business Daily
07:47AM Nu Skin's stock tumbles after profit, sales outlook disappoints at MarketWatch
07:43AM Nu Skin's profit plunges as Greater China sales halve Reuters
07:35AM Nu Skin Enterprises Declares Quarterly Dividend Of $0.345 PR Newswire
07:30AM Nu Skin Enterprises Reports Third-Quarter Results PR Newswire
Links for 2014 11 04
LOL SWEET JESUS
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Order online at www.njportal.com/DOH/vitalrecords
Mail-In Requests:
New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics and Registry
P.O. Box 370
Trenton, NJ 08625-0370
Non-Expedited order submitted by Express Mail:
New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics & Registry
Attn: Customer Service Unit
H & A Bldg, 5th Floor
Warren & Market Streets
Trenton, NJ 08625
In Person Orders:
New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services
Office of Vital Statistics & Registry
140 East Front Street
Trenton, NJ
Hours of operation: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Monday through Friday, excluding State Holidays
THIRD WORLD WEBSITE PERMANENTLY BROKEN
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New ‘hot convict’ has tongues wagging after California mug shot goes viral
"America may have found its “next hot convict.”"
WEEP FOR A ONCE GREAT NATION ... THE ONE GUY HAS NECK TATS AND A TEARDROP (both cross the street indicators) ... BOTH LOOK LIKE MULATTOS
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The ex-girlfriend, who said she dated Jutting for two month starting in July 2013, said she was shocked by the news because "he was such a nice person."
A REAL SWEETHEART, NO DOUBT
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Jesse Lorena Ruri, a 30-year-old Indonesian sex worker
he is facing two charges of murder - one on October 27 of Sumarti Ningsih and one on November 1 of an "unknown female", thought to be a local prostitute known as 'Jesse'.
sex toys and cocaine were found by police in the ninth floor apartment.
THOSE DON'T LOOK LIKE HIGH PRICED HOOKERS TO ME
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Murder of Andrew Kissel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DID NOT KNOW THIS ...
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Murder of Robert Kissel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
QUITE A SPECTACLE, SHE WAS A VERY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
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Man Running World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Tackles China Riddle - Bloomberg
“There has been more and more of a question mark over what’s the next step for that economy. The uncertainty among investors is partially due to the very simple fact that it’s more difficult to know what’s happening in that large economy than in any other.” ... " Its exposure to the country amounted to 2.7 percent of its stocks in the third quarter, up from 2.5 percent at the end 2013."
STILL TINY CONSIDERING SIZE OF ECONOMY
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嘉薈軒 J Residence - 屋苑天書 - 美聯物業 Midland Realty
PRICES WILL TAKE A HIT
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Jutting E-Mail Suggests Contacting Someone Not 'Insane' - Bloomberg
"An automated e-mail reply from the Bank of America Corp. (BAC) account of Rurik Jutting yesterday said he was out of the office “indefinitely” and recommended contacting someone who’s not “an insane psychopath.” ... The automated reply also said: “For escalation please contact God, though suspect the devil will have custody. [Last line only really worked if I had followed through..]”"
SO HE WAS SELF AWARE ;-)
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SKIPPING FIRST PARAGRAPH RULE STILL IN EFFECT ... BUT NOT BOLD BITS SO YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY PLOW THROUGH A TON OF BOOMER TRIPE TO FIND THE GOODS
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‘Car Talk’ Host Tom Magliozzi Dead at 77 - Speakeasy - WSJ
SHARP GUY ... LISTENED TO MANY EPISODES WHEN I WAS A BOY
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Preparing for 'APEC War' in China - NYTimes.com
"Sensing a possible break from their toil, many of the lowly paid “ayis,” or helpers, who clean the homes and mind the children of the wealthy have asked for the days off, only to be rebuffed by outraged employers."
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Apple Inc
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Procter & Gamble Company
Visa Inc
Lockheed Martin Corp
Allergan Inc
Lowe's Companies
Blackrock
Simon Property Group
Automatic Data Processing
Liberty Global
Wellpoint Health Networks Inc
Reynolds American Inc
Public Storage
Brookfield Asset Management Inc
American Electric Power Company
Sempra Energy
Kroger Company
Cigna Corp
Equity Residential
The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc
Synchrony Financial
Sherwin-Williams Company
Moody's Corp
Edison International
Avalonbay Communities
Seagate Technology.
United Continental Holdings
Amerisourcebergen Corp
Zimmer Holdings
Xcel Energy Inc
Monster Beverage Corp
Roper Industries
Genuine Parts Company
Dte Energy Company
Hormel Foods Corp
NiSource Inc
Citizens Financial Group Inc/Ri
Clorox Company
Essex Property Trust
Vipshop Holdings Limited
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc
Lam Research Corp
Carmax Inc
Wisconsin Energy Corp
Advance Auto Parts Inc
Stericycle Inc
Church & Dwight Company
Markel Corp
American Water Works
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
Federal Realty Investment Trust
Tesoro Petroleum Corp
Navient Corporation
Wabtec Corp
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Raymond James Financial
Scana Corp
Everest Re Group
Robert Half International Inc
Quintiles Transitional Holdings
Alleghany Corp
Gartner Inc
Alaska Air Group
Alliant Energy Corp
Pinnacle West Capital Corp
Valspar Corp
Extra Space Storage Inc
Ugi Corp
W.R. Berkley Corp
Sei Investments Company
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc
Reinsurance Group of America Inc
Allison Transmission Holdings
Carlisle Companies Inc
Factset Research Systems Inc
Global Payments Inc
Leggett & Platt Inc
Atmos Energy Corp
Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc
Spirit Airlines Inc
CBOE Holdings
Domino's Pizza Inc
Spectrum Brands Holdings
Rollins
Team Health Holdings
Springleaf Holdings Inc
Rlj Lodging Trust
Equity Lifestyle Properties
Erie Indemnity Company
SS&C Technologies Holdings
Teledyne Technologies Inc
Vectren Corp
Tyler Technologies
Steris Corp
Verint Systems Inc
Clarcor Inc
Iesi-Bfc Ltd
Deluxe Corp
Post Properties
Stancorp Financial Group
Geo Group Inc
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Sensient Technologies Corp
Bank of The Ozarks
Sovran Self Storage
Sun Communities
West Corp
Minerals Technologies Inc
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc
Newjersey Resources Corp
Mplx LP
Science Applications Internatio
Allegiant Travel Company
Eastgroup Properties
Molina Healthcare Inc
Nelnet Inc
Vistaprint N.V.
Lannett Co Inc
Texas Roadhouse
Caci International
Blackbaud Inc
Acadia Realty Trust
Mueller Industries
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Chesapeake Lodging Trust
Cantel Medical
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Centro
American Assets Trust
Lands' End Inc.
Rush Enterprises
China Biologic Products
Retail Opportunity Investments
Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc
Super Micro Computer
Boise Cascade L.L.C. Common ST
American States Water Company
Kite Pharma Inc.
Trex Company
Ambarella Inc
California Water Service Group Holding
Ellie Mae Inc
Quaker Chemical Corp
Marcus & Millichap
Cyrusone Inc
Cyberark Software Ltd.
Mimedx Group Inc
Qualys Inc
Neenah Paper
Atlantic Tele-Network
Summit Hotel Properties
The Navigators Group
National Western Life Insurance
Independent Bank
Hawaiian Holdings
Cone Midstream Partners LP
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Chatham Lodging Trust [Reit]
Regulus Therapeutics Inc
Physicians Realty Trust
Terreno Realty Corp
First Nbc Bank Holding Company
Washington Trust Bancorp
Gp Strategies Corp
Universal Insurance Holdings Inc
Amreit Inc
Douglas Dynamics
Inogen Inc
Rexford Industrial Realty Inc
United States Lime & Minerals
Adeptus Health Inc.
Nathan's Famous
Trecora Resources
The York Water Company
Ctpartners Executive Search Inc
Townsquare Media Llc
Entegra Financial Corp.
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Twitter is not a replacement for blogs – Marco.org
"lost to the vast depth of the mostly unsearchable, practically inaccessible Twitter archive."
ONLY OLD MEN LIKE MARCO STILL BLOG
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"Every post you share, every friend you make and every link you follow is tracked, recorded and converted into data. Advertisers buy your data so they can show you more ads. You are the product that’s bought and sold."
TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW
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AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media
"restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests."
SEND OUT THE DRONES
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How putting $10M into UBeam illustrates everything that is wrong with tech investing today.
"See, this junior undergrad at U Penn had this crazy idea to charge phones by beaming ultrasonic energy at them. It got picked up by Walt Mossberg and featured at AllThingsD (does the D now stand for Dumb? I didn’t realize…), at which point Marc Andreessen, Mark Cuban, and other tech movers and shakers dumped $10M on them."
NOT A BUBBLE NOT A BUBBLE
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Cantonese Proverbs in One Picture | 廣府話小研究Cantonese Resources
CANTONESE VERSUS CHINESE PROVERBS?
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PRESS F TO PAY RESPECTS
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PETTERFY WEIGHS THE PROBABILITIES
Happy Valley S01 E06
Promise me you won't say owt. ... That's no life for a lad.
Happy Valley S01 E05
Far off look of a victim.
Happy Valley S01 E04
You've got the wrong end of the stick.
Links for 2014 11 03
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SOUNDS FAMILIAR
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ORCHARD FARMER BRAND (what i buy) OFTEN OUT OF STOCK FOR WEEKS AT A TIME
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LOOMING PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF ENORMOUS SCALE
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Full crew details:
Big
Bow Rurik Jutting (Winchester and Peterhouse)
WONDER WHAT HIS OLD BUDDIES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HIM?
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Cambridge University History Society
Rurik Jutting
Clio Essay Prize
Peterhouse
Cambridge
CB2 1RD
PRIVATE SCHOOL AND CAMBRIDGE ... RICH KID, WHO'S YOUR DADDY?
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Hampshire Athletic Association - Cross Country Championship Results
Hampshire AA Cross-Country Championships 2003
4 January at Dibden Inclosure, Applemore
Results - Under 20 Men (8.0 km)
10 Rurik Jutting Winchester College 30:15
DIDN'T JUST ROW
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Second Trinity Challenge Sculls
2005 Results
Men's Single Rurik Jutting Peterhouse 12:31
WHEN EXACTLY DID HE GET FAT?
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MORE PICS COMING OUT ...
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Structured Equity Finance & Trading (Asia), Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Hong KongInvestment Banking
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Zmodo All-in-One sPoE DIY Security Camera System Review — My Money Blog
"I received this unit for free to review with no editorial restrictions and no other compensation. All opinions expressed are my own."
ANOTHER BLOGGER ON THE TAKE! ;-)
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LumDimSum » Blog Archive Cuju: Miracle Rummery, Sports Bar + Moroccan Bistrot » LumDimSum
NEVER BEEN ODDLY ENOUGH
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TV Choice Awards 2014: The Winners | TVGuide Blog
Best New Drama – Happy Valley
Best Actress – Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley
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Netflix Picks Up BBC’s ‘Happy Valley’ Crime Drama | Variety
AH HA THIS IS HOW I KNOW ABOUT IT
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14 Awesome British TV Shows To Stream On Netflix
HAVEN'T HEARD OF MANY OF THOSE
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Happy Valley (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"debuted on BBC One on 29 April 2014." ... ONLY SIX MONTHS BEHIND, A RECORD DISCOVERY TIME
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NEW CURRENCY ALSO LOOKS GREAT
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PITY THE CHILD
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Kevin Church on Twitter: "A++++ job by this Indiana weatherman. http://t.co/JL28Dt3iY9"
GREEN SCREEN
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WHITE MALE MINORITY?
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Secret Manuals Show the Spyware Sold to Despots and Cops Worldwide - The Intercept
SURVEILLANCE AND COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE
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IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME
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"Sony has a terrifying patent on making viewers yell product names out loud to end TV ads"
SAY MCDONALD'S TO END COMMERCIAL
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What’s Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance? -- NYMag
IS THERE ONE? I ALMOST NEVER LISTEN TO PODCASTS
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Does China Have Any Use for Facebook? - The New Yorker
"While Zuckerberg’s language skills may endear him to a population that tends to be entertained by the sound of a foreigner speaking in Mandarin"
TRUE THAT IF YOU SPEAK IT WELL THEY GET ALARMED
"his willingness to take what amounted to an oral exam in front of a billion people by and large impressed the Chinese"
AND ME
"why should we be converting to their services instead of asking them to convert to ours?"
"do the Chinese need Facebook to communicate with each other, or even with the rest of the world?"
OF COURSE NOT, AND GIVEN THE NEW INSULAR, PARANOID, RETROGRADE FORCES AT WORK....
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Pre-Market Trading | Premarket Stock Quotes - NASDAQ.com
SEPARATE LINK FROM AFTER HOURS
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"Still, only 55% of men said they experience “Level 4″ erections, which the authors compare to a fresh cucumber (with “Level 1″ being “soft tofu”). Stiffness is what counts, the experts said. Length is over-rated, they believe.
93% of women buy sex toys, the survey found."
SEE THE CONNECTIONS?
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IT GETS EVEN MORE INTERESTING WHEN YOU SLICE IT FINER
Happy Valley S01 E03
Too cute and sweet to be a cop ... can't really buy the greedy, frustrated accountant angle.