Wednesday, September 2, 2009

It's all a Question of Balance




















Question lyrics by the Moody Blues

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war

'Cause when we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need
In a world of persecution
That is burning in its greed

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the war of love is for

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me
It's more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be

And when you stop and think about it
You won't believe it's true
That all the love you've been giving
Has all been meant for you

I'm looking for someone to change my life
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the the love I knew
Could safely lead me through

Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she's waiting there for me.

But in the grey of the morning
My mind becomes confused
Between the dead and the sleeping
And the road that I must choose

I'm looking for someone to change my life
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the the love I knew
Could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew
To learn as we grow old
The secrets of our souls

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me
It's more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war

'Cause when we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need
In a world of persecution
That is burning in its greed

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?

12 comments:

DramaQueen said...

Qb, thanks for link!

Shaza said...

Joke of the Day:
Wednesday’s Trading
September 1st, 2009
US Economy Creates Thousands of Jobs!
As the market braces for Friday’s big jobs report, you will be happy to know that the economy is creating many, many new jobs.

That’s the good news.

The bad news is that all the jobs are being created in Asia.

http://www.trivisonno.com/
(Note: I love that joke. The sad part is that I will be telling it for what appears to be the rest of my life since everybody (Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians) seem to think that sending all of our jobs to Asia is the greatest thing since sliced bread.)

Anonymous said...

Big economic week huh? And more to numbers to (fudge) release:
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html

Anonymous said...

KEEP THE FAITH!

TaxHaven said...

mugabe, if you're there I got cold feet and sold my JPY for 1.15% profit/5 weeks. The yen may trend sideways, they say, because of Japanese investors buying overseas assets and equities. May trend down because election is over and the furor has died down. OTOH, may trend UP if U.S. equities fall and the USD rises. Who knows? But what I do know is: volatility in the yen vs. other currencies has dropped greatly and continually since last Fall. 1%+ is NOT SO BAD!

Don't be greedy in these greedy times...everyone has a hair trigger and is searching desperately for yield. No patience, no investing anywhere: only gambling.

mugabe said...

Hello Tax,

A profit is a profit.

One think I'm looking at is short FXA... but not yet. If the dollar does finally decide to go up, currency-wise the AUD should be the best thing to short. Another problem is if they can locate FXA for me to short.

Am currently looking at existing long equity positions, and some stops will be hit if market continues down today. Don't fancy going short... yet.

Good day yesterday for SRS!

TaxHaven said...

We're all day traders now! HAVE to be...I needed cash for any downturn so I sold 1/4 of my SRS @$12.21. If it falls below that tonight I'll buy it back. Tech stocks seem to have greater volatility now & may be worth a look as short-term trades, IMO...

Queenbee said...

I agree with Tax we are all gamblers now.

P.K. said...

Great choice as usual.

I'm sensing a quiet risk-aversion trade going on. Gold's up another 9 bucks while oil is down, and the 3 month T bill rate that was, since June, between .16% and .18% has dropped in the last week to .13%
Mugabe sees FXA as a possible short (indirectly implying a dollar rally), I'm seeing the dollar index ready to break through its downtrend line. This should NOT be good for gold. When a market doesn't do what it should, ya gotta sit up and take notice! Hope that all made sense.

mugabe said...

PK,

The last time the dollar was in an uptrend (mid December 2008 to beginning March 2009), gold also increased in value relative to the dollar.

Go figure. Possiblre risk aversion play towards both dollar and gold? (Last time at least)

Queenbee said...

Gold is really climbing today at this time up 17.50 what does that tell you all?

mugabe said...

GDX up over 6% on day so far.

Why? No idea. The problems start imo is when you try to explain WHY things in the market happen...