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"...You have no move, Mr. Thompson. You do nothing.". 

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Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge. - Lao Tzu. $$Thu Dec 29 21:08:13 via webDavid Shvartsman
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Performance comparison of "$BID indicator", Sotheby's vs. the $EEM (MSCI Emerging Markets) going back to 2003. You can see the close correlation throughout in this weekly chart. 

Check out a larger image of the same chart here. 

Great educational (and free) TraderInterviews.com video webinar with Joe Fahmy on trading high relative strength stocks in healthy markets. 

Joe is one of my favorite trading follows on Twitter and we've also highlighted some of his blog posts and interviews here in the past. 

 Netflix chart update (see: "Netflix melt-up and Google breakdown"). This earnings period was kinder to $NFLX and the market reacted positively. The gap-fill play to $115 is now complete.

"Da-doo-ron-ron-ron,  Da-doo-ron-ron".

Hayman Capital's Kyle Bass discusses the world economy, gold, global credit growth, and debt problems in US, Japan, and Europe at the AmeriCatalyst 2011 conference. 

Here's the, "Black Swan of Cairo" piece (Nassim Taleb and M. Blyth) cited by Bass.

Hat tip: Olivier at Tischendorf Letter for highlighting this clip and the article.

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Trade journaling: noting some missteps and indecisiveness that have hampered recent trades. Trying to find positives too.

F.A. Hayek discusses John Maynard Keynes in this 1978 interview clip.

Chart update on Google ($GOOG). After breaking out nicely above longer-term resistance near $645, $GOOG has spent the last few days giving back those gains and more. 

Today we saw $GOOG open with a gap down at $646.50 and it quickly slid downhill from there, ending the day at $622.46 (-4.2%).