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“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” – William Shakespeare (Hamlet), Act 3, scene 2 One of the Bill Shakespeare’s most frequently misquoted lines is the one that best captures Frau Merkel. Here’s Angela on Greek bailouts in 2009: “I will not allow Germany to participate in any speculation.
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Today’s markets are U-G-L-Y. Tech especially. Let’s get some perspective about where these markets have been in order to get a better idea of the relative place of markets past. An intraday chart here is flatlining at the lows of the day. And the last
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Kyle: Well, you know, after junior high school, I decided to get a PhD. Mack: You got a PhD? Kyle: Yeah, man. A pimpin’ hoes degree. — SNL 1998 Good morning and thank you all for understanding my need to take some time off last week to deal with the ramifications,
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Thanks for all the well-wishes that keep pouring in after last week’s inferno scorched my land. My dog, my woman, my house and my guitar are all safe, so I’m pretty damn thankful. This week Greece didn’t give markets the Sunday Smackdown everyone was worried about.
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As some of you dear readers have rightfully pointed out, I need to take some time to focus on my family and my property, 60% of which has burned from the Little Bear Fire, some of it scorched. My house survived and frankly, the 40% of the property that didn’
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Facebook continues its anti-hate rally for now. It’s up more than 10% from where we stepped in to buy it, trading above $29 earlier this morning. Doesn’t mean that we’ve seen the bottom, but I’m holding my common and calls in it for now too.
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We came up with a new, more compelling title for these weekly Q&A Chat Transcripts, Cody Kiss & Tell. Here’s the transcript of the back and forth (via email this week because I couldn’t log on for the live chat) with subscribers from TradingWithCody.com. How
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Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you. – Winston Churchill The markets are trying to rally this morning, but all eyes are still on the Euro crisis, in which the discussion seems to now finally be turning towards a currency debate, rather than a
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Communications are spotty here near the Little Bear fire. There are now more than 220 homes that have burned but my home is still indeed standing. Markets are up gently this morning and I am still in a holding pattern trading wise for now. I don’t know if I
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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Those are the words on the facade of the James Farley post office on 8th Avenue in Manhattan, derived from a Herodotus quote. It’s an incredible building that
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I think and hope you guys will understand that I’m going to head on into Ruidoso/Alto to assess the damage and see how bad the fire still is. The fire’s still totally out of control and is spreading into the main parts of town. Thousands of homes
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Friday afternoon at 5pm MST, my girlfriend and I woke up from a nap and saw a plume of smoke rising in the distance, near the peak of White Mountain in Ruidoso, NM. By 3:30am Saturday morning, as the 150 foot flames were barreling down the ridge closest to
