Tweets for May 15, 2016

Claritas Prizm apparently now has 66 segments: https://t.co/djQPXWJuqM | In the early 80s the bottom category, #40, was “Hard Scrabble.”

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 15, 2016

“Bechtel not just a private company. They're a private country.” (Recall that both George Shultz and Caspar Weinberger were Bechtel execs.)

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 15, 2016

“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves.” — Warren Edward Buffett

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 15, 2016

NUGT and DUST on F(r)ed Day

When F(r)ed speaks, markets listen. Recall that NUGT and DUST are 3x gold miner funds ... former is bull, latter is bear (DUST, Genesis 3:19, get it?). I've said it before and I'll say it again: there are probably people out there who day trade these two *exclusively* ... you can see how profitable it could be, if you get the direction right, in sure and certain hope. :)

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Boys Keep Chasing Girls To Get A Kiss

Unfortunately poor quality, but a great song ... she looks like her Daddy ... 1967, I think she's 13 years old there.

Sorry for the poor quality but here's a start to the official buddy rich channel one.

Tweets for May 14, 2016

“Ernst & Whinney resigned June 2, 1987, before completing the audit of ZZZZ Best.” https://t.co/y2gRRsoFQw | Plus ça change….

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 14, 2016

“There was always a quality about Barry [Minkow] that suggested he held an MBA from the Dada School of Business.” — Daniel Askt

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 14, 2016

RT @Sparticuszorro Permanent Drawdown pic.twitter.com/0dLMEz2tpW | Good thing the first language of Russian elite was French. via @BarbarianCap

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 14, 2016

Tweets for May 13, 2016

Commented on StockTwits: Weird one ... no news that I could find and hugely unusual activity. https://t.co/6qLucy8EbO

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 14, 2016

MT @samthielman It’s not bias we’re seeing, it’s FB admitting computers can’t curate news. https://t.co/POIGqgeb1c | Why Nuzzel invaluable

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 13, 2016

Trying out another local BBQ place, seeing how it compares with Brooks’ https://t.co/K0xgulLEcx

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 13, 2016

MT @marketfolly Comprehensive SALT Conference notes in 1 place (Burbank, Cooperman & more): https://t.co/9zxpGQDiyq | Good quick summaries.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 13, 2016

Round number six didn't hold as ConforMISSES $CFMS pic.twitter.com/7OE7IGnktU

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 13, 2016

MT @tepingchen terrific piece on Beijing's foreign propaganda adviser https://t.co/YUftuoNvUM | 47 yo Egyptian ex-banker w Gladwellian hair.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 13, 2016

Tweets for May 12, 2016

Tilly's is now about half the price it was the last time I tweeted about it: https://t.co/CKkQNO4ZqX | $TLYS

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 13, 2016

Another day, another O&G dilution: Laredo Petroleum $LPI https://t.co/TqPAoUeHI0

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 13, 2016

I have added two more products to the recommended category on my brog, deodorant and floss picks: https://t.co/WFTIld8jfp

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

"Valeant"ly trying to hold on to the bottom of the box $VRX (not a Papa Joe pizza box either) pic.twitter.com/BZURgNCsjR

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

Theranos Executive Sunny Balwani to Depart After Regulatory Clouds Gather

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

China’s Twilight Years by @hofrench https://t.co/yPpeFBlzBy | Demographics is destiny, then add in my idea of massive public health crisis.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

Valeant $VRX sliced through that key low of $25.27, despite Papa Joe of Perrigo Pizza fame coming onboard. Imagine that?

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

What do you do when one of your columns isn't loading in Tweetdeck (other than cry)? I have tried removing it and adding it back, no help.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

Pre-open buyers of Ralph Lifshitz $RL getting whammied: pic.twitter.com/jJq0HKlQxl

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

"You have 1 new like, 1 new comment and 1 new follower."

LOSER!

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

RT @alanbeattie Madame Ovary #RemoveALetterSpoilABook

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

Haven’t listened to the Sinica podcast in awhile, but this sounds like a good one (taboo topic): https://t.co/t3jDz4yrME

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

Not sure how to link to his series of tweets, but some observations from this guy on Bifurcated America: https://t.co/ekNqfhLF7q

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 12, 2016

ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- May 16, 2016

No changes this week...

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Tweets for May 11, 2016

Lending Club $LC struggling to hold above round number $4 level. (Was $8 not too long ago.)

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 11, 2016

MT @trey_menefee 44% of W Virginians who voted for Sanders plan 2 vote for Trump over HRC https://t.co/zWnXC21wyX | The Donald has good shot

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 11, 2016

MT @Curbed At new tiny home village near Portland, test-drive microliving starting at $129/night https://t.co/pBGgvGUhUw | Only $129?!?

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 11, 2016

MT @megnut After nine years & thousands of tweets, Twitter has no idea who I am. :( pic.twitter.com/3mDXVl2ses | Stay short $TWTR

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 11, 2016

Every time I see an interesting-sounding podcast, I ask, “Is there a transcript?” I don’t want to be captive, listening to something.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 11, 2016

Tweets for May 10, 2016

"Favorite Entire Order
This allows you to make this same order again, and again, and again, super-easy."

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

RT @zerobeta Lending Tree should buy Lending Club, and rebrand as Lending Treehouse.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

MT @jenny8lee The Din Tai Fung dumpling drought in Bay Area is over — as of today https://t.co/WBde66Au79 | Pray it's as consistent as usual

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

MT @ianbremmer This will be an indoor cat. pic.twitter.com/p08EIvcW76 | The only pussy he’s been getting lately.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

The nurse who drew my blood said I had been “very brave,” which struck me as funny since I’m the spitting image of David “Tank” Abbott.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

I only open the sunroof three quarters of the way to protect my bald spot from the wind.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

I only have two news apps on my phone, the BBC and … Nuzzel. The latter is invaluable for “discovery.” I love it! pic.twitter.com/c52OR1ylE2

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

MT @MktOutperform Total Return, Past 15 Yrs

S&P 500: +117.5% (5.3% annualzd)

Long-Term Bonds: +193.0% (7.4% anlzd) pic.twitter.com/0O82kPOFgV

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

MT @BenBajarin Things I did not see the last housing peak in Silicon Valley. Open houses for rentals. Crazy times. | Supply and demand.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

RT @AlexRubalcava Kudos to the Twitter product manager who fixed the longstanding hash-before-numeral issue. You’re #1!

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

RT @joshchin Digging through Panama Papers database, this character looks highly suspicious. https://t.co/GX8raXKi83

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 10, 2016

Tweets for May 9, 2016

Naughty of them to hold Lending Club $LC steady into 3:30 PM at which time it did a reverse @RampCapitalLLC

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 9, 2016

$QIHU unusually active today ... Friday stories from @PaulCarsten and @weigu on CSRC briefing were important reads: pic.twitter.com/EFIv6Fq6AE

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 9, 2016

Valeant now below the hoopla ramp where Papa Joe of Perrigo Pizza fame came onboard ... real test will be at key low of $25.27 $VRX

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 9, 2016

A flurry of activity today in my brog's recommended products category as I've now added the butter dish I use: https://t.co/WFTIld8jfp

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 9, 2016

I have added two more products (hand cream and bar soap) to the "Chairman recommended!" category on the brog: https://t.co/WFTIld8jfp

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 9, 2016

MT @PaulHsieh My favorite NY Times correction is from July 17, 1969 pic.twitter.com/gBpJfrgETU | No one born after 1960 can write like that.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 9, 2016

If I’m in the car alone and see someone walking on the roadside, I will *always* offer them a lift.

— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) May 9, 2016