Quit after fifteen minutes ... didn't grab me ... weeping in French.
Washing feet before bed ... not pits and bits ... tres francaise
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- May 11, 2015
Scratching the shorts in the Dow and Financials and getting long again. Choppy out there.
Visa Pop, 1 Minute View
02:40PM Visa Said in Talks to Buy Visa Europe for as Much as $20 Billion at Bloomberg
Bloomberg news shows up on the Terminal at least a minute before it hits the web, right? ... would have to dial down on the 14:39 bar to see where entry possible ... assuming a slowpoke entry of $67.94, it would have worked out into the close, but not been great from a risk reward perspective. Any human reader catch this at the time?
Crick to enrarge
The Honourable Woman -- Season One
Slick production but I don't know if the story made any sense ... starred Maggie Gyllenhaal who has kind of an awkward presence ... she seems gawky, like an overgrown child, and has a baby face ... she is cute but not in a grown woman way ... she has this posh British accent, not sure how real it is, and her pacing and enunciation is just like all the finishing school girls I know (unfortunately many) ... anyway, her father made a fortune manufacturing arms for the Israelis and now she's trying to make amends by building (fiber optic) bridges to Palestine ... she has a baby-faced brother who screws all her plans up (and he's screwing the housekeeper / PLA mole as well) ... there's a kidnapping, a suicide, er, assassination, mumbling and scheming British MI6 agents of both sexes, political machinations, evil Americans with crew cuts, Israeli terrorists, a drone bombing, it all gets confusing. Not sure I can recommend it. May best fall into the slick but dumb category.
Yelp Pop, 1 Minute View
Dial down to the tick chart to see where you could have gotten long old YELP, no way in the world is it below $42 ... hit DJ news ticker at 13:03? while the stock was halted, eons behind those in the know and our bot brethren, maybe it appeared earlier, just can't find it time-stamped anywhere ... assuming you're pathetically slow and half asleep halfway around the world, you may have paid $42 when it re-opened. Risk reward would have turned out to be kind of worth it -- depends on how clever your initial stop was.
StockTwits stream at the time ... several usual suspects, incl. predictably: OpenOutcrier
CSX Drop, 1 Minute View
People apparently expecting a bump in CSX from an Ackman mention at sohn conference (weak wordplay?) ... would have to dial down on the tick chart to see a realistic short entry price ... would have ended up being a scratch ... risk reward would look bad in hindsight probably ... again I'd need a tick chart to say for sure. Scanners lit up across the land, bots milliseconds ahead of mere mortals (and even the Chairman, fast asleep) as usual.
Crick to enrarge
Beres Hammond Channel
First 50 tracks generated by Pandora's algo:
- Beres Hammond -- Who Say (feat. Buju Banton)
- Bob Marley -- Waiting In Vain (Remixed)
- Barrington Levy -- My Time
- Tony Tuff -- Girl I've Got To Get You
- Beres Hammond -- Left Me Crying
- Shaggy -- Angel
- Musical Yout -- Pass The Dutchie
- Maxi Priest -- Crazy Love
- Rupee -- Tempted To Touch
- Beres Hammond -- Can't Stop A Man
- Gyptian -- My Number One
- Luciano -- This Is For The Leaders
- Busy Signal -- Sweet Love (Night Shift)
- Beres Hammond -- Can't Say I Never Tried
- Jah Cure -- Longing For
- Dennis Brown -- Blood, Sweat, and Tears
- Kevin Lyttle -- Turn Me On
- Bounty Killer -- Living Dangerously
- Wayne Wonder -- Die Without You
- Alaine -- Sacrifice
- Luciano -- Silver And Gold
- Garnett Silk -- Complaint
- Bitty McLean -- Walk Away From Love
- Gyptian -- Nah Let Go
- Tessanne Chin -- Hide Away [liked this one]
- Tarrus Riley -- Stay With You
- George Nooks -- Girlfriend
- Marcia Aitken -- I'm Still In Love (12" Mix)
- Bob Marley -- Could You Be Loved
- Morgan Heritage -- Love You Right
- Leroy Gibbon -- Four Season Lover
- Busy Signal -- Comfort Zone [liked this one]
- Richie Spice -- Youths Dem Cold
- Pressure -- Love And Affection
- Wayne Wonder -- Movie Star
- Warrior King -- Never Go Where Pagans Go
- Alaine -- Sincerely [not bad]
- Luciano -- Jah Live
- Beres Hammond -- Doctor's Order
- Vybz Kartel -- Summertime
- Foxy Brown (Reggae) -- Baby Can I Hold You Tonight
- Bob Marley -- Give Thanks And Praise
- Beres Hammond -- Love You Like That
- Gentleman -- Intoxication
- Glen Washington -- Down Low
- Sizzler -- Praise Ye Jah
- Beres Hammond -- Groovy Little Thing
- Coco Tea -- Waiting In Vain
- Lady Saw -- Hardcore
- Beres Hammond -- Show It Off
Movies Watched -- Frank
Made it thirty minutes in before I quit ... promising start with some funny bits but then the meanness of the humor and the wacky weird vibe started to grate ... probably appeals to the same crowd that liked the dreadful Donnie Darko ... not my bag.
Movies Watched -- Child's Pose
Another Romanian New Wave movie, like The Death of Mr Lazarescu (my favorite movie in whatever year it came out) and 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days ... these movies make you want to slit your wrists because the depth of awfulness of life in Romania is revealed ... the corruption, the injustice, the indignities ... but they're really skillfully made ... recommended for adult viewers with above average intelligence only -- not something you watch with popcorn to cheer yourself up.
Bloodline -- Season One
Enjoyed this one ... thanks to Twitter buddy @chijs for hipping me to it ... discovery is such an interesting thing, if I hadn't caught that tweet I probably wouldn't have found out about this show until three or four years later ... anyway, attractive articulate white people in a beautiful setting (the Florida Keys) who are my age ... proud WASP family with a painful past, a prodigal son, a mean Dad, lies begetting lies, violence begetting violence, lots of elements that appeal to me, that I can semi-identify with ... runs 13 one hour episodes, see it if you get a chance.
Kyle Chandler (b. 1965), Ben Mendelsohn (b. 1969), Linda Cardellini (b. 1975), Norbert Leo Butz (b. 1967), Jacinda Barrett (b. 1972), Enrique Murciano (b. 1973), Chloë Sevigny (b. 1974)
