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All I know is that Ferdinand and I are up $456K from the March low on the 9th - and I want to hold that gain going in to tomorrow. If we blast off then that gain will increase. Even the tugboat is holding strong going forward and a 3% gain would help even more tomorrow. Today was a natural pause that refreshes and caused no harm to anyone except those that will have to pay taxes on their profits - I hate having to do that by the way.
 
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Birchtree said:
All I know is that Ferdinand and I are up $456K from the March low on the 9th - and I want to hold that gain going in to tomorrow. If we blast off then that gain will increase. Even the tugboat is holding strong going forward and a 3% gain would help even more tomorrow. Today was a natural pause that refreshes and caused no harm to anyone except those that will have to pay taxes on their profits - I hate having to do that by the way.
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B man,

you may be very right, Ferd may still have some legs, futures are up?? money is still flowing in this morining, will traders trust the weekend?? or a late sell off...mmmm I will look at monday to buy back I fund. wasnt part of the runup since apr 9, I want to see how the news is digested over the weekend? Taxes are going that for sure, taxes are allways going up we would never lose if taxes had a market:p
 
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My Ferdinand seismograph is signaling a strong day with enhanced amplitude. When I want a signal I just put my ear to the tracks. Kiss the Kress.

"It's no secret we're in the middle of a very strong rally. It's one that just keeps going and going. As usual, many observers are still perplexed. The really big money hasn't bought in yet. Most commentators are still outwardly sure this is a head fake/sucker's/bear market rally with a limited life. There's nobody buying stocks they would have us believe - the market tells us otherwise though."

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/article10527.html
 
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Birchtree said:
I decided to go spend two hours in my garden - replanting some corn and squash that refused to germinate. Today I will go out and mow and edge the lawns.
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The garden was covered with horse manure. Yesterday I tilled everything from corner to corner. The picnic table on the back deck has a bunch of plants ready to go in soon. We always cover the garden with a black fabric - and black plastic - then cut the holes for the cucumbers, watermellon, squash, peppers, zukinee(sp), tomatoes, and the rest. Our strawberries, blackberries, and rubarb also do pretty good. This year we're putting in 2 blueberry bushes.

Well now it's impossible for me to work on the garden or my lawn without thinking of you. People drive by the house just to look at my lawn Birch. After I bought the house I made the front lawn the size of a park, brought in some larger trees, and we rearranged all the trees and bushes that were already there. The back yard is more of a paradise and is often the place my kid's friends want to use for their marriage. We often use the backyard for bigger 'get togethers' because it's such a peaceful environment.

Life is good - anyway I've been thinkn' about ya - and probably will a lot more throughout the summer as garden activity picks up.
 
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Steadygain said:
The garden was covered with horse manure. Yesterday I tilled everything from corner to corner. The picnic table on the back deck has a bunch of plants ready to go in soon. We always cover the garden with a black fabric - and black plastic - then cut the holes for the cucumbers, watermellon, squash, peppers, zukinee(sp), tomatoes, and the rest. Our strawberries, blackberries, and rubarb also do pretty good. This year we're putting in 2 blueberry bushes.

Well now it's impossible for me to work on the garden or my lawn without thinking of you. People drive by the house just to look at my lawn Birch. After I bought the house I made the front lawn the size of a park, brought in some larger trees, and we rearranged all the trees and bushes that were already there. The back yard is more of a paradise and is often the place my kid's friends want to use for their marriage. We often use the backyard for bigger 'get togethers' because it's such a peaceful environment.

Life is good - anyway I've been thinkn' about ya - and probably will a lot more throughout the summer as garden activity picks up.
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and dont forget the okra S G :D, i have seeds waiting for a couple dry days to till and plant , tried to till 3 weeks ago tiller died , hope it works better this time
 
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I actually picked some green beans yesterday and pulled a few more carrots. Today I will plant some pole beans next to the corn so they can grow up the corn. The cucumbers are climbing and flowering. And yes I also have to mow my front lawn and edge it too. It's a good way to work on the tan. Excuse me while I kiss the Kress. Snort. Steady, I forgot to tell you that rubarb pie is my favorite tangy pie - to live for. I used to suck those stems all summer long when I was a pre-teen.
 
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Birchtree said:
Steady, I forgot to tell you that rubarb pie is my favorite tangy pie - to live for. I used to suck those stems all summer long when I was a pre-teen.
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Thanks Birch, I got lost in the memory of a foggy morning on the way to the lake to catch some small-mouths stopping by Nana's garden to a cucumber and carrots for breakfast and a few rhubarb stalks for when the sun burned off the fog.:cool:
 
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I usually dollar cost average my way in and sell in bulk when I move out for profit. Besides I've ridden all the cycles since 1974 so I have no fear. I'll mostly be adding to some of my current positions and picking up some new commodity positions. With a 3% interest rate I can buy stocks that are yielding higher than that and the margin money becomes essentially free. I'm excited about the possibilities of pyramiding my gains - the more the long market value increases the more margin avalible. If we are in the early stages of continuing the 1982 mega trend secular bull this market growth could last for years.

Birch,
This is largely 'new territory' and a changing environment. I have no doubt we will pull through this and a very good BULL will eventually take over once again. The problem is 'we' owe more than 4 x times what we have. Even though the US can appear to live indefinately in debt - the States can not function in debt and need a balanced budget. So although the 'country' appears stronger than ever - the States are facing huge problems. China and numerous others are anxious to get away from 'the dollar' and that is undoubtedly in the making.

Since the Great Depression we have tried to instill features to insure we don't have to undergo another collapse (recession/depression) and we leave each downturn with confidence that things are better and stability will continue.

What we've just experienced is probably the worst Global Crisis ever and the next will undoubtedly herald in a one world currency - one world economy. When we get to the TOP of the next BULL (and I really hope we can tell when that time comes) - I'll shift everything to Fixed Income (G Fund and similar).

Are you planning to sell in bulk at the next BULL Top?? If so do you plan to largely remain in Fixed Income after that??
 
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Whenever I sell I always buy something else. I'll need to eventually take some cash if I want to own that land in Western North Carolina.
 
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Birchtree said:
...rubarb pie is my favorite tangy pie - to live for. I used to suck those stems all summer long when I was a pre-teen.
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Wow, Birch, that brings back memories. We used to beg Grandma for a stem of rhubarb. It was a real treat to peel and eat! Grandma made rhubarb pie with most of her patch but we could always talk her out of a stem or two.

I lost my first front tooth as a little girl by pulling it out while tugging on a rhubarb stem!

Thanks for the smile. :)

Lady
 
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Thanks Birch,
The BOTTON LINE TRUTH is cyclical patterns are a systemic attribute of Markets and that will continue indefinately no matter how those Markets change. Equally important is the realization that the boom (or bust) is the concentration of capital going from a wide variety of sectors towards a single one.

You probably have no clue how much I really depend on you.

Thanks for jogging my memory ;) and slapping me back to reality:)
 
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"Lieberman: The bull will have years to roam. We have years of gains in the stock market ahead of us, says Chuck Lieberman, chirf investment officer at Advisors Capital Management. The damage done to the market by the credit crisis was so traumatic, there was a lot of room for a very strong rebound as we've seen over the last eight weeks, but stock values are still on the low side so I think we have lots of room on the upside."

http://www.marketwatch.com/
 
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Doug Kass says sell financials now - not me, not now, not ever if possible. I'm keeping my toxic waste portfolio of 45 smell ups until they are fully sanitized which could be several years from now. Today was another good day for target practice.
 
Did You See That!!!

I was just sittin' here under this here BirchTree...

And...

It just took off...

It was standing tall right there, where that hole in the ground is. I liked the shade. I liked the fresh smell. I liked the colors. I liked everything. But then it started humming like a smooth running Corvette engine and just took off. Right into the sky.

Zoom, zoom, zoom...:cheesy:
 
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Bullitt,

The panic buying could start at any moment. That's why sitting on the dock of the bay could be expensive. The ignitor could come out of anywhere - any piece of news could trigger an expletive rocket blast. The bears will get warmly toasted. There is the most liquidity available in two decades. Buy and hold is my mantra for the next several years.
 
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I must say it's good to see the converts to buy and hold, especially Griffin and his buddy Tonto, making some tingle after being in the I fund all of last year. Now I have to catch them both and that may be difficult - but they do deserve their rewards holding to the discipline. I just hope they've been DCAing their contributions all this time while on the downside buying all those wonderful shares while on sale.
 
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