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From: December 2005
Yes to the Phoenix SUN
Loving this news. I hate sunscreen. 80 degrees and golfing today. Enough said! Revealed: The Simple Pill That Prevents Cancer A daily dose of vitamin D could cut the risk of cancers of the breast, colon and ovary by up to a half, a 40-year review of research has found. The evidence for the protective …
40 Year-Old Virgin
Run, don’t walk to your local videostore and watch the chest wax scene and drunk girl pick-up scene, Better deal than the $34 inflated Pizzas.
Forget Oil prices – Check out Pizza
NYPD makes a pretty good pizza. Let me start by saying that. But $34 freaking dollars for two large pizzas. TO GO! I am not a penny pincher or one to look at my food bills, but this is inflation and this is not talked about. In oil talk, it is the equivalent to talking …
Nice Gold Trade
I am selling half my trade into the Consumer number this morning with golf now touching 520 an ounce. My cost basis is getting lower and lower and the fundmantals of gold look better and better. Good bull market bounce of $490. Was a little early at an average of $505, but could see 530 …
The Story of Wheat
Great article from the Economist The story of wheat Ears of plenty Dec 20th 2005 From The Economist print edition The story of man’s staple food IN 10,000 years, the earth’s population has doubled ten times, from less than 10m to more than six billion now and ten billion soon. Most of the calories that …
More on the Yield Curve – It's Implications
Bill Cara does a great job below, discussing the yield curve and implications. A must read and something you can refer back to on many occassions. Thanks Bill. December 28, 2005 Yield curve focus, Wed., Dec. 28, 2005, 8:35 AM There are two aspects of bond yields that traders must keep in mind. One is …
How could it end?
In simple terms, the bond market dwarfs the size of all other markets in the United States. It makes senses than that financial decisions at the government level, take on more importance when they are dealing with bond market issues. As a middle class American, one which has capitalized on the 15 year housing boom …
Overstock
The first few days of Channukah have not been kind to Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com. He’s lucky Chanukah is only 8 days and not Ramadan’s 30 days or he would wake up at the end of January with the stock at zero. Patrick – only 5 more days left – hang in there. As Al …
Inverted Yield Curve – NEVER a healthy sign for ECONOMY
Looking for more signs of an economy that looks good on the surface – mall parking lots’s, restaurants, home prices, but troubled underneath, check out today’s yield curve. I was reading about it this morning and was looking for a simple explanation. Sure enough, trust the blog world. Here is Bill Cara’s interpretation: December 27, …