Here is a nice piece - although a little on the brainy side - about Evolution from Richard Dawkins. http://www.newsweek.com/id/216140 I love the example of the...
9.28.09 - This is a special day for Porsche 928 owners and sadly I did not get a chance to drive mine today. Ok, what does that have to do with the market,...
One factor worth noting that is a bit of inconsistency. For awhile Asia has been leading in kicking off a global rally. Today Asia lagged and was down while...
This past year California has placed a moratorium on Salmon fishing. It is not the only moratorium that has been placed on fishing over the years. Abalone...
A new S&P update has been posted at http://www.kondratyev.com/conference/Updates/S%20and%20P%20update%20-%20Octo ber%209%202009.pdf Comments welcome. E. V....
Awarding Obama the Peace Prize has set off a comical orgy of denial. Personally I think it should have gone to Bill Clinton but he is past history. Clinton...
10.12.09 - Today the VAI (Von Baranov Acceleration Indicator) on the S&P crossed positively just above the zero line. The VAI is a very short term indicator...
From a linear perspective the US Government as a financial entity is kaput. Current debt and future debt obligations overwhelm the ability to tax. Few ...
Below are comments recently made to a friend who is currently concerned about the current bull market. I thought an edited version would be worthwhile to...
Notwithstanding promising initiatives, it was clearly awarded prematurely. Other Nobel prizes (e.g. sciences) are not given for nice ideas, but following PROOF...
Eric, (Apologies – another long rambling contribution!) I'm still concerned with QE: given too much credit was made available to become too much debt of too...
The four components of the Baranov Long Wave Model are Financial at the base, Innovation creating growth, Social unrest limiting growth and Geopolitical...
Howard Hill has started a blog. http://mindonmoney.wordpress.com/ While many of you on the list know Howard from his posts here and on the Colorado Long Wave...
Recent polls show more than 50% of the public is in favor of a public option for health insurance. While horror stories abound over the military's and ...
Some time back I wrote about the need for financial firewalls. The current sub prime mess cascaded down because of interlocking financial instruments that...
Typically one thinks about the upgrade of the Long Wave being liberal and the Down Grade being conservative politically. The shift to the Obama administration...
10.20.09 - Bullish - The S&P created a small upside gap yesterday that has since been filled. Momentum is positive with increasing volatility. The S&P index...
First he picks Palin - well she was probably forced on him bringing into question how much his own man McCain really is. The he votes in favor of rape. Now...
In my 1999 energy position paper I concluded nuclear power would play a major role in the next Long Wave. At the time nuclear power was very unpopular -...
Eric-- Â As a strict adherent to the English system of weights/measures until about 7 years ago when I moved to Asia, I have now fully embraced the metric...
Matt, I am glad you treat your relationship with weights and measurements the way most treat their relationship with their personal God. :-) Seriously there is...
Eric and all, It is fascinating how being "American" became denying the value of any other countries accomplishments. We are, apparently, the paragon of ...
Eric, Would you address this article in relation to K-wave cycles? http://www.financialsense.com/Market/wrapup.htm In it, Tim Wood addresses past bear markets...
It's not just yanks who seem to get their knickers in a twist over metrification. A British MEP belonging to the UK Independence Party is decrying the...
I have been under weather and not made a recent update and now I am off for a few days. It seems world markets have also caught the flu. For the record I...
As well as being under the weather a bit I have, like George Bush with stem cells, been thinking and reading a great deal about Afghanistan, perhaps a ...
Eric, There is an excellent discussion about nuclear waste disposal following the article by the WSJ regarding Yucca Mt. The article was written in February ...
It appears in my absence the market has done very little. However, such lack of change is only on the surface. Internally the market has deteriorated...