Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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Israel Attacks Gaza Aid Ship. 21 human rights workers including former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney were kidnapped. Charting Stocks

VIX Sell Signal - Cobra's Market View. "VIX rose from under BB lower boundary into BB, triggering a well known short-term sell signal. From below chart we can see that the signals worked so far so good ever since the 2008 bear market."

Trivia Question: Who's France's Largest Private Employer? CrossingWallStreet

Asking a favour? Talk to the person's right ear. newslite.tv

Understanding the volume-volatility connection: "When volume decreases, it means that the large, directional players in the market are relatively absent. What remains are market makers and scalpers who play for ticks within narrow ranges, making money between bids and offers." TraderFeed

Soaring Serbia Stocks Signal Demise of BRIC Rally. Frontier markets often outperform near the end. Bloomberg

It’s All About Bandwidth, Dumbass: "it would be a wise thing for many of you jelly fish eaters to get long stocks that provide network equipment to AT&T Inc. (T: 24.72 -1.98%) . Some names to look at: ADTRAN, Inc. (ADTN: 21.50 +0.09%) , TEKELEC (TKLC: 16.82 -0.12%) , Ceragon Networks Ltd. (CRNT: 6.68 -1.62%) . . . ibankcoin

WW-III Propaganda Poster: Loose Tweets Sink Fleets. Flickr

Monkey 'stock market' prone to fluctuations too - New Scientist

A Triple Bottom Breakdown for Sherwin Williams (SHW) - Arthur Hill, Don't Ignore This Chart!

Marijuana Vendors Lobby To Pay Higher Taxes - NPR

Russian Luxury Yachts Offer Pirate Murdering Cruises. "Wealthy punters pay £3,500 per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders. When attacked, they retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rocket launchers. Passengers, who can pay an extra £5 a day for an AK-47 machine gun and £7 for 100 rounds of ammo, are also protected by a squad of ex special forces troops." Impact Lab

Farmers plant more corn and soybeans than expected in 2009. Newsvine

Care to speculate on the direction of home prices? MacroShares has been working on developing leveraged ETFs that track the S&P/Case-Shiller 10-City Composite Median Home Price index, and on Tuesday they started trading. UMM tracks 3 times the S&P/Case-Shiller 10-City Median Home Price index, while DMM tracks 3 times the inverse of the index. Bespoke Investment Group

How a British Rum Maker Got a $2.7 Billion Payout from TARP - Crooks and Liars

Monkey see, monkey do; monkey pee all over the President of Zambia. YouTube

Fun Nigger Fact #23 - Niggers Are Retarded. Shelly's Niggermania

Soaking is Key for Perfect Homemade French Fries - Lifehacker

Undercover investigation of 17 LA vegan restaurants: 7 failed. Quarrygirl.com

A 35,000-year-old flute has been discovered in Germany which experts say it the world's oldest musical instrument. newslite.tv

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