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| the “New Normal” (Bill Gross/PIMCO) |
[Oct. 24th, 2009|06:35 pm] |
excerpted from http://www.advisorperspectives.com/newsletters09/Bill_Gross_and_the_New_Normal.php
...the “New Normal” – slow economic growth, high unemployment, and accelerating inflation.
“The New Normal will be an inherent part of our economy for years to come,” he said.
Gross offered specific forecasts – economic growth of 1-2%, unemployment of 7-8%, and inflation kicking in over the next three to five years.
The New Normal replaces the previous paradigm, which Gross described as the “Child of the Bull Market.” Under that paradigm, investors could rely on historically generous rates of return, and whenever returns lagged they would reliably revert to the mean. Barton Biggs, who Gross called the poet laureate of the investment industry, encapsulated this line of thinking when he said that markets were good “because whenever they and the economy have gone down, they’ve gone back up to higher levels.” ... |
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| Paper vs. Plastic: An environmental comparison |
[Oct. 16th, 2009|07:13 pm] |
It takes more than four times as much energy to manufacture a paper bag as it does to manufacture a plastic bag.
Paper sacks generate 70% more air and 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bags.
It takes 91% less energy to recycle a pound of plastic than it takes to recycle a pound of paper.
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| GSAT |
[Oct. 8th, 2009|03:40 pm] |
i've followed this company for over 10 years. i made
a bundle shorting its previous incarnation (GSTRF).
its current (re)incarnation still has some overhang from
its previous incarnation, but is poised for a significant
turnaround/upside comeback over the next 12 to 24 months
with new management, investors and a fully funded biz plan
in place. GSAT is my top diamond in the rough/downtrodden
company/turn-around come back sit tight and be patient holding/play.
disclosure: i'm currently long GSAT.
http://devilcapital.com/investments/GSAT.html |
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| Wall Street wisdom |
[Oct. 6th, 2009|12:44 pm] |
"It's easier to stay out than to get out."
"Sell when you can, not when you have to." |
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| The Hyperdimensional Election of Barack Obama and 2012 |
[Mar. 28th, 2009|07:39 pm] |
"Based on Hyperdimensional Physics, Richard C. Hoagland successfully predicted the historic results of this election almost two years ago! In this production, based on further application of this HD Model, Hoagland now presents never-before-seen clues to what America and the world may expect from this incoming, unique "Hyperdimensional Obama Administration" -- including, what Barack Obama may finally do with NASA's decades of classified data on intelligent artifacts discovered on the Moon and Mars, as well as what could be in store for all of us at the end of Obama's first term ... in "2012." part1 part2 |
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| How Low Can The Market Go? |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|10:03 pm] |
There were four massive stock bubbles in the 20th Century: 1901, 1929, 1966, and 2000. During each of these bubble peaks, the S&P 500 neared or exceeded 25X on professor Robert Shiller's cyclically adjusted P/E ratio. After the first three of these peaks, the S&P 500 PE did not bottom until it hit 5X-8X. We're still in the middle of the last one. via businessinsider and tech ticker |
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| Healing within to heal 'without' |
[Mar. 8th, 2009|12:13 pm] |
Healing within to heal 'without'
by Joe Vitale
Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients--without ever seeing any of them. The psychologist would study an inmate's chart and then look within himself to see how he created that person's illness. As he improved himself, the patient improved.
When I first heard this story, I thought it was an urban legend. How could anyone heal anyone else by healing himself? How could even the best self-improvement master cure the criminally insane? It didn't make any sense. It wasn't logical, so I dismissed the story.
However, I heard it again a year later. I heard that the therapist had used a Hawaiian healing process called ho'oponopono. I had never heard of it, yet I couldn't let it leave my mind. If the story was at all true, I had to know more. I had always understood "total responsibility" to mean that I am responsible for what I think and do. Beyond that, it's out of my hands. I think that most people think of total responsibility that way. We're responsible for what we do, not what anyone else does--but that's wrong.
The Hawaiian therapist who healed those mentally ill people would teach me an advanced new perspective about total responsibility. His name is Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. We probably spent an hour talking on our first phone call. I asked him to tell me the complete story of his work as a therapist.
He explained that he worked at Hawaii State Hospital for four years. That ward where they kept the criminally insane was dangerous. Psychologists quit on a monthly basis. The staff called in sick a lot or simply quit. People would walk through that ward with their backs against the wall, afraid of being attacked by patients. It was not a pleasant place to live, work, or visit.
Dr. Len told me that he never saw patients. He agreed to have an office and to review their files. While he looked at those files, he would work on himself. As he worked on himself, patients began to heal. "'After a few months, patients that had to be shackled were being allowed to walk freely,' he told me. 'Others who had to be heavily medicated were getting off their medications. And those who had no chance of ever being released were being freed.' I was in awe. 'Not only that,' he went on, 'but the staff began to enjoy coming to work. Absenteeism and turnover disappeared. We ended up with more staff than we needed because patients were being released, and all the staff was showing up to work. Today, that ward is closed.'
This is where I had to ask the million dollar question: 'What were you doing within yourself that caused those people to change?'
'I was simply healing the part of me that created them,' he said. I didn't understand. Dr. Len explained that total responsibility for your life means that everything in your life - simply because it is in your life -- is your responsibility. In a literal sense the entire world is your creation.
Whew. This is tough to swallow. Being responsible for what I say or do is one thing. Being responsible for what everyone in my life says or does is quite another.
Yet, the truth is this: if you take complete responsibility for your life, then everything you see, hear, taste, touch, or in any way experience is your responsibility because it is in your life. This means that terrorist activity, the president, the economy or anything you experience and don't like--is up for you to heal. They don't exist, in a manner of speaking, except as projections from inside you.
The problem isn't with them, it's with you, and to change them, you have to change you. "I know this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live. Blame is far easier than total responsibility, but as I spoke with Dr. Len, I began to realize that healing for him and in ho 'oponopono means loving yourself.
If you want to improve your life, you have to heal your life. If you want to cure anyone, even a mentally ill criminal you do it by healing you. I asked Dr. Len how he went about healing himself. What was he doing, exactly, when he looked at those patients' files?
'"I just kept saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you' over and over again," he explained. "That's it?" That's it.
Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself, and as you improve yourself, you improve your world. Let me give you a quick example of how this works: one day, someone sent me an email that upset me. In the past I would have handled it by working on my emotional hot buttons or by trying to reason with the person who sent the nasty message.
This time, I decided to try Dr. Len's method. I kept silently saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you,' I didn't say it to anyone in particular. I was simply evoking the spirit of love to heal within me what was creating the outer circumstance. Within an hour I got an e-mail from the same person. He apologized for his previous message. Keep in mind that I didn't take any outward action to get that apology. I didn't even write him back. Yet, by saying 'I love you,' I somehow healed within me what was creating him.
I later attended a ho 'oponopono workshop run by Dr. Len. He's now 70 years old, considered a grandfatherly shaman, and is somewhat reclusive. He praised my book, The Attractor Factor. He told me that as I improve myself, my book's vibration will raise, and everyone will feel it when they read it. In short, as I improve, my readers will improve. "What about the books that are already sold and out there?" I asked. "'They aren't out there," he explained, once again blowing my mind with his mystic wisdom. "They are still in you".
In short, there is no out there. It would take a whole book to explain this advanced technique with the depth it deserves. Suffice It to say that whenever you want to improve anything in your life, there's only one place to look: inside you. When you look, do it with love. |
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[Nov. 11th, 2002|11:53 am] |
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
--Gandhi |
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