Avago and Broadcom Pops, 1 Minute View

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Didn't have the scanner running but clearly it would have picked these up pronto ... refresh rate ideally 10 seconds on the scan? Dunno, will have to work on it once back in the proper timezone ... when I'm not doing yard work.  Always happy to talk with humans (no bots, please) who caught this in real-time.

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My buddy @HCPG was kind enough to share a ten tick chart of BRCM with me ... this is a better way to view these pops:

StockTwits stream for AVGO ... NewsHedge_Squawk and danshep55 on top of it. 

StockTwits stream for BRCM ... OpenOutcrier not on his usual game with a 14:00 post:

Beijing Restaurants -- Noodle Bar

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I scootered over to the Jing A Taproom intending to have lunch there only to discover that they open at 5 PM. It's up in the 1949 compound behind the IBM building.  It took me 18 minutes and 8 seconds (approximately) to get there from my office the way the scooter flies (via Er Huan).

Below are the hours of the Jing A Taproom.  There was a friendly handsome bearded white guy in there (in addition to a gaggle of youngsters staring into laptops) who told me they open at 5 PM.  I should have called ahead but that isn't my style. 

See the QR code there?  Yes, big in China. 

Next door to the Taproom is the old Noodle Bar, which has been there for many many years, so I had lunch there.  Here's the lunch menu:

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I got the set lunch (beef brisket, tendon, and tripe) with thick spinach noodles, snack, and oolong tea for 48 kuai (US$7.74) (actually turned out to be 58 kuai (US$9.35) since the spinach noodles are 10 kuai extra -- not disclosed on the menu or verbally at the time, to my annoyance, though of course they were effusively apologetic later and I didn't make a scene like I would have done in my youth, mainly to show off my ability to scream "fluently" and at length in Chinese) .

I also got a small bottle of Heineken for the low low price of 45 kuai (US$7.25) since I was in the mood for beer, any beer. Oh, I also got the deep-fried tofu cubes with pepper and salt, which are excellent beer food, if you didn't know.  

Deep-fried tofu, good beer food

You can sit in the courtyard, which was pleasant on a warm day like today, though the air quality left something to be desired (05-27-2015 12:00; PM2.5; 111.0; 180; Unhealthy (at 24-hour exposure at this level)). Below are my thick spinach noodles with brisket, tripe and tendon (see them all floating there?). They were OK. I'm not big on tripe or tendon but I'm not picky either, I'll eat anything (once). 

Spinach noodley with floating bits

There is a 10% service charge (the horror!?!), but they do take credit cards and were quick with the fapiao. They did collect the money upfront which always makes me uncomfortable, like they think you're going to pull a runner, but it's actually nice simply to get up and leave when you're finished. Grand total was 133 kuai (US$21.44).

I scootered back to the office via San Huan which took 16 minutes 47 seconds (approximately) the way the scooter flies. 

salesforce.com Pop, 1 Minute View

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Things that take off during the lunch hour (esp. before a three day weekend) really stand out ... every day trader (and our bot brethren) on planet earth was on top of this from 13:02. 

StockTwits stream at the time ... David Faber talking on CNBC the cause? ... Newshedge_Squawk on top of it as usual followed by a gentleman in Moscow ... it's a small world. 

Quest Diagnostics Pop, 1 Minute View

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I did have the scanner running on Friday ... DGX was #2 on it at 10:29 AM and then went to #1 for many minutes thereafter ... if you were fast enough you could have made some money ... slow and it would have been a scratch ... very slow and you would have lost a bundle. Let me look at the Twitter feed mentioned in this Bloomberg piece:

“Quest shares gave up most of their gains within minutes. They were up 6.9 percent to $79.07 at 11:07 a.m. in New York. In his tweet, since removed, Joe Kunkle, known as @OptionsHawk, said Quest had hired Goldman Sachs & Co. after receiving a $95-a-share approach. A Quest spokesman didn’t immediately return messages seeking comment.”

Tweet simply conveyed a market rumor, says the author. I'd like to know the time stamp of the deleted tweet ... was it 10:29 AM or earlier?  

StockTwits stream from the time... WallStJesus and OptionRunners both noted unusual activity in calls before my scanner picked up stock movement at 10:29 AM.

Nanex posted a nice chart, as usual ... professional traders need a good data feed like his, $9.99 isn't going to cut it. 

Yahoo Drop, 1 Minute View

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Did not have the scanner running but assume it would have chirped at 15:34. I do know how to spell "unusual," though you wouldn't know it from my chart annotations. 

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Movies Watched -- Feuchtgebiete (Wetlands)

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Tries to shock and revolt and succeeds ... a gross-out story from Germany about a screwed-up girl with boyish good looks who has hemorrhoids and hasn't read Charles Willeford's classic book, "A guide for the undehemorrhoided" ... she has terrible, cruel parents (esp. her mother) which explains a lot of her behavior (spoiler: it's revealed late in the movie that the worst of her many childhood traumas was her mother's attempted suicide/filicide of her baby brother) ... but it has a sort of weirdly conventional ending.

I did watch it to the end and didn't fast forward (it is under 100 minutes) so it earns a yellow rating. Can't recommend it. I'm sure many people can't make it even ten minutes in, but if you're difficult to disgust, you might enjoy it.  

Etta James Channel

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First 50 tracks generated by the Pandora algo:

  1. Etta James -- All I Could Do Is Cry
  2. Ray Charles -- I Got A Woman
  3. Sam Cooke --A Change Is Gonna Come
  4. Otis Redding --Send Me Some Lovin'
  5. Etta James -- At Last
  6. Etta Jones -- Till There Was You [not familiar with her, liked it]
  7. Ray Charles -- Fever (feat. Natalie Cole) 
  8. Buddy Guy --Ain't No Sunshine (feat. Tracy Chapman) 
  9. Etta James --Don't Cry Baby 
  10. Billie Holiday -- Easy Living 
  11. Aretha Franklin --The Weight 
  12. Otis Redding -- These Arms Of Mine (Live) 
  13. The Penguins -- Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) 
  14. Sam Cooke --One More Time Etta James -- I Prefer You 
  15. Al Green -- Here I Am (Come And Take Me) 
  16. The Flamingos -- I Only Have Eyes For You
  17. Billie Holiday -- I Must Have That Man
  18. Etta James -- My Dearest Darling
  19. Otis Redding -- A Fool For You
  20. Billie Holiday -- These Foolish Things
  21. Natalie Cole -- The Very Thought Of You [underwhelming, she's only somebody's daughter]
  22. Dusty Springfield -- Son Of A Preacher Man
  23. Melody Gardot -- Quiet Fire
  24. Etta James -- Lovin' Arms [good one, who else has covered?]
  25. Little Willie John -- Fever
  26. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas -- Tell It Like It Is
  27. Aretha Franklin -- Let It Be
  28. Sam Cooke -- There'll Be No Second Time
  29. Nat King Cole -- Smile
  30. Garnet Mimms -- It's Just A Matter Of Time
  31. Billie Holiday -- Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
  32. Ann Peebles -- I Can't Stand The Rain
  33. Dean Martin -- Sway
  34. Ray Charles -- Mess Around
  35. Etta James -- W-O-M-A-N
  36. Bobby Darin -- Dream Lover
  37. Percy Sledge -- You've Really Got A Hold On Me
  38. Otis Redding -- Cupid
  39. Mable John -- You Made A Fool Out Of Me
  40. Ray Charles -- Uchain My Heart
  41. Elkie Brooks -- I'd Rather Go Blind
  42. Otis Redding -- Something Is Worrying Me
  43. Billie Holiday -- They Can't Take That Away From Me
  44. Etta James -- At Last (Live)
  45. Nina Simone -- In The Dark
  46. Ray Charles -- Don't Set Me Free [backing vocals good]
  47. Ella Fitzgerald -- I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues
  48. Al Green -- What It's All About
  49. Frank Sinatra & Count Basie -- Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
  50. Melody Gardot -- Worrisome Heart