Oldtent Archives 2007 - 2008

a few silver rounds I nicked off ozibatla last time I saw him and LP’s wife’s mother’s second cousin thrice removed’s bracelet, we’ve got more than COMEX?

At least Maya couldn’t get lost sking over in Gaza..haaa
One thing that has me really worried is AuGirls sudden fear..she is no weak knee young lady …I trust her feelings…these fools have really broken the mold here.
Look at the dx eeos just threw up whoooa
It is not the slide down the slope that kills..it is the dislocations in the system that will rip the fabric of civilization apart…New Orleans style x100

that’s alot of fall in a short period of time.

probably the steepest in 10 years

I think the dollar party is over….

So they forgot about Ireland? Count your blessings!!! I wish they’d forget about Israel also!

December 17, 2008 (TORONTO) – TMX Group technology team has isolated the issue that resulted in the halt of trading on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange. Remedial action was taken to restore all data feeds at 3:41PM, and the company confirms that the Exchanges will open on Thursday, December 18, 2008 as per normal.

Initial findings indicate a network firmware issue resulted in complications with data sequencing, which impacted the delivery of the Level 1 data feeds.

Thanks,  I will look forward to watching it!

look at your attempt the other day….how did you get that video of me?   

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of Superfunds was just interviewed on CNBC Asia. You’d recognize him on those commercials “it’s advisor, not adwisor”

  He has 1/3 of his money in gold. His funds do managed futures. Says dollar is done, gold going to $2000 - 3000 in next 3-5 years. Said gold has been the ultimate currency for last 5000 years, and stock market or any paper assets not the place to be for next 5-10 years. Didn’t mention gold stocks. Likes farmland.

  Very refreshing interview from a young money manager. His fund up 70% YTD

   Will look for the video link later when it is posted.

LOL!  Long ago, in a lifetime far away in Wisconsin, I was a X-C skier.  I had a favorite county forest park with miles of trails and several sandstone hill ‘mounds’ in this broad river valley plain.  One Saturday afternoon when it was a balmy 18F. I went out there in only a thick sweater, working myself warm.  The forest park was empty, I was the only car in the parking lot.  I knew the trails by heart, and I headed out to the farthest mound for a view from the crest trail, eight miles out.  It was a glorious sunset… much like your pictures.

As the sun sank, suddenly my heart did also.  I realized I was eight miles out in the woods without a flashlight, and the sun was going down!  I quickly began skiing for all I was worth on the return trail, as twilight very quickly turned to pitch black.  I was mentally reviewing the return trail and intersections.  It was quite easy for awhile to follow the ruts on these little used tracks.  My hearing grew acute to the ‘dead space’ ahead of me, indicating the open area in the trees where the trail led.

I thought I was doing quite well, when I finally reached the central area of the park trail system.  Here was a large open area, well trampled flat, where about eight different trails merged like an octopus.  Suddenly I was lost… with no ruts to follow.  All I could remember was that the way out to the parking lot was the second trail on the right of me.  So I got down on my hands and knees in the packed snow, feeling by hand for the edge of the trampled field, and following it around to where the first trail left the area… crossed that and felt further for where the next trail led out.  By now I had lost my body heat from not skiing, and was chattering quite badly.  I prayed I had the right set of ruts, and set out again to try to warm up.  I kept wondering how long it would be before someone realized there was an abandoned car in the parking lot and come looking for a body!

Memory served me well, and a sudden hill and curve told me I was on the right trail out.   My car was a VW beetle, which wasn’t very warm on the 30 mile drive home that night.

I’m going to have to get another pair of skis.  I’d love to take a trail with you.

Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — The yen fell from near a 13-year high against the dollar after Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said the government is ready to take action in the currency market if needed.

The yen also declined toward a five-week low versus the euro on speculation Japan will sell its currency to protect the overseas earnings of its exporters. The yen snapped five days of gains versus the dollar as an advance in Asian stocks gave investors more confidence to buy higher-yielding assets. The dollar fell to an 11-week low against the euro on concern the Federal Reserve’s near-zero interest rate policy will reduce the appeal of U.S. assets.

“We are at such low levels now that yen intervention becomes a possibility, and that’s making some people nervous,” said Saburo Matsumoto, senior manager of foreign-exchange sales at Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. in Tokyo. “Gains in stocks are also pushing the yen lower.”

Japan’s currency fell to 87.68 per dollar as of 10:39 a.m. in Tokyo from 87.24 yen late yesterday in New York, when it rose to 87.14, the highest level since July 1995. Against the euro, it declined to 126.42 from 125.80 yesterday, when it reached 126.78, the weakest level since Nov. 10. The U.S. currency traded at $1.4416 per euro from $1.4419 yesterday. The yen may decline to 88 per dollar today, Matsumoto said.

“We will take necessary steps if needed,” Nakagawa told reporters in Tokyo in response to a question on whether Japan is considering currency market intervention. Central banks intervene when they buy or sell currencies to influence their exchange rates.

Bahrain is about equal to the amount of silver left on Comex haaa

.I have oil flat at about $40

Good quiz, thanks very much.

My opinion is that the show is over . I mean it. Farmgals friend forgot a credit card bill because of moving and such it is ridiculously large..I asked her permission …and wrote the note to citi bank for her..she has no assets to grab anyway…I told them to take the bill and roll it into Paulsens credit swaps ..and that if she pays she will pay the same overnight discount rate that citi pays…haaaaaaa