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by thrive
Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:14 am
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: A site with predictive success similar to GD
Replies: 7
Views: 9321

Re: A site with predictive success similar to GD

For item #5, he says that he'll tell you the name of a stock that will go up as the stock market goes down. Does anyone know what stock he's referring to? John Hi, John - FDO, Family Dollar Stores, is a stock I have noticed that, from my point of view, has a specific correlation to the SPY. I did t...
by thrive
Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:03 am
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15809946

CNBC Article: Banks Flooded With Cash

Today there is an article on CNBC.com “In Cautious Times, Banks Flooded With Cash” and it seems to confirm Richard Koo's statements that banks, businesses, and people are paying down debt. http://www.cnbc.com/id/45027309 It reminds me of the April 2011 Business Insider's article on Koo saying, "this...
by thrive
Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:48 pm
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 5-Feb-11 News -- Food prices surge +3.4% in January
Replies: 6
Views: 7593

Re: 5-Feb-11 News -- Food prices surge +3.4% in January

What about hydroponics to help alleviate the food crisis? On Wall Street there is such interest in solar to help alleviate the energy crisis, but I don't hear much (anything, actually) about hydroponics or aeroponics. Maybe there is not a viable system yet that produces big enough margins for invest...
by thrive
Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:05 am
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 3-Sep-10 News -- Expert Jeremy Siegel makes no sense
Replies: 4
Views: 7466

Re: 3-Sep-10 News -- Expert Jeremy Siegel makes no sense

He defended quantitative easing in the case of Japan: "I think we would get bang for the buck. I think QE or quantitative easing got a bad rap - people say it failed in Japan. The truth of the matter is it really didn't fail in Japan - they planned to actually stop, after a given period. It did sto...
by thrive
Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:36 pm
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 1-Sep-10 News -- Amsterdam arrests highlight Yemen confusion
Replies: 3
Views: 5525

Re: 1-Sep-10 News -- Amsterdam arrests highlight Yemen confusion

China is supposed to be a wealthy nation, but the Moody's ratings agency is expressing concern that China is borrowing a great deal of money (presumably for its stimulus and bailout programs) and going into debt. As I've said, China's economy is in even more trouble than America's economy, and by t...
by thrive
Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:18 am
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 23-Aug-10 News -- China is ready for war
Replies: 2
Views: 4954

Re: 23-Aug-10 News -- China is ready for war

Hi, John - When you say, "the Pentagon report appears to recognize the issue" are you referring to generational changes -- that they recognize the issue of generational dynamics? Here's the section where I read that quote. And that's the second problem. China has a long history of massive nationwide...
by thrive
Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:22 pm
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15809946

Re: Auto Wave

This morning I received a lengthy message from an online correspondent: I'm not familiar with the Auto Wave study, or why it's significant that autowaves have been completed. Does anyone have any experience with this? John Hi, John, AutoWave is a study provided by Qcharts Plus stock market technica...
by thrive
Wed May 19, 2010 9:48 am
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 17-May-10 News -- Markets open Monday amid high tension
Replies: 27
Views: 18351

Re: 17-May-10 News -- Markets open Monday amid high tension

It seems to me that every person has a point of view shaped by their experience of the world and no one is unbiased. I don't expect anyone to be unbiased. Reading many varying viewpoints is important to me -- including the Generational Dynamics website by John Xenakis, which is on my “must read ever...
by thrive
Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:59 am
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 17-Apr-10 News -- Goldman Sachs is accused of fraud
Replies: 2
Views: 5143

Re: 17-Apr-10 News -- Goldman Sachs is accused of fraud

Once again, John, I thank you for writing a few understandable sentences to concisely state the situation as you see it -- specifically, Goldman Sachs. On Friday, as I listened to CNBC, it seemed like there was an unwillingness to believe that GS was at fault -- maybe they were going with "innocent ...
by thrive
Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:44 pm
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: Thanks, John
Replies: 6
Views: 54528

Re: Thanks, John

Hi, John - When I wrote what I did about the possibility of your work causing an alteration in our trajectory, it was influenced by something I read recently about the Lorenz attractor and how a small change can make a huge difference. Your response got me wondering why you are so adamant that "peop...