XL-entLady's Account Talk

[crws]

I tend to agree, but- who's doing the buying?
Is this like a dvr where a fund mgr buys and sets the buy so the algo's don't (erase) sell it at the next bit of landslide activity?
It would be interesting to find out what triggers and thresholds (I'm sure a highly guarded secret) algos are set as and whether they are manually adjusted or follow a floating point indicator.
BlackRock manages our TSP, and they are LT bullish as well.
But- they are probably on vacation like the rest of the crowd, leaving the day-to-day shop to the protege's, only to step in remotely if there is a crisis?

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=119943&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1395833&highlight=

BlackRock Announces 28% Dividend IncreaseNEW YORK, Feb 25, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.00 per share of common stock, increasing the dividend $0.22 per share, or 28%, from the prior quarter's dividend of $0.78 per share. The dividend is payable March 23, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 8, 2010. "Today's dividend increase demonstrates the power of our business model and reflects BlackRock's enhanced financial and strategic position since closing our merger with Barclays Global Investors in December 2009," stated Laurence D. Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

gotta hit the road, ran out of time for the rest...
YGTP
you get the picture...

Yes,, Blindman, I agree that for me defense is the play because I'm already retired. I thought this article from this week's issue of Time was interesting, however, and food for thought.

Monday, Jun. 07, 2010
Where the Wealthy (and Scared) Invest

By John Curran


Joseph Quinlan is the chief investment strategist for U.S. Trust, the private wealth management division of Bank of America. His mostly American clientele are well heeled — the less fortunate among them have at least several million dollars in tow — and they sometimes move outside the markets you and I may wade in. At a time when many investors are anxious, here's what Quinlan is advising U.S. Trust's clients to do:

...As we go forward, what is the outlook for the stock market? It seems to be unsure about the recovery.
I think there is more to go on the upside. Our firm's outlook is for the S&P 500 to end up the year at roughly 1250, so up about 17% from current levels. ....

Is this a good time to be in bonds?
For the next 12 to 24 months, we are favoring equities over bonds. It's not that fixed income is a bad area to be in. Many of our clients went into cash in 2009 and then moved into fixed income and then equities. ....

What about foreign stocks? With the world in such dicey shape, is it smart to be investing in emerging markets and such?
Once the dust settles over the current crisis in Europe and the correction in stocks ends, we expect a sharp recovery in the EAFE index. However, over the next one-year period, we do expect the developed non-U.S. markets to underperform both the S&P 500 and the emerging markets. ...

http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1994547,00.html

 

[Steadygain]

"I thank you for your good wishes. And I wish I could tell you that the pain is better. But it continues to spiral and now other things like infections are taking their toll. Which is why I am probably leaving the MB."

Lady, My Sweet Precious Beauty,
I would NEVER in even the slightest way do anything to damage your reputation or dishonor your Trust in me.

You have the Deepest Integrity and the Most Solid Character of anyone I have ever known. Your 'Value' and 'Worth' is so far beyond essentially anything I could ever imagine.

Never - even ONCE - did you consider allowing me to 'connect with you' - to link with you in a way that people in general have no idea is even possible.

But sweet adorable Lady, I can not allow you to deprive the others from making their 'Love and Admiration' known.

Sweetheart,
The world is full of garbage - it is all around us and they can't help it ~ because to the largest extent it is all they know.

BUT - DEEP DOWN - they know the 'Pure' and they are very genuinely connected with the most Deeply and Wonderfully Meaningful aspects of LIFE. Many on this MB have a Depth of LOVE ~ and ADMIRATION ~ and the Greatest APPRECIATION for everything you so Deeply Represent. So I have to give them an opportunity to make it known - for they may Love you as deeply as me.

you've met 3 other Blue Whites but I can absolutely assure you that none of them are like me – for I am one of a kind.

You gave me the most wonderful PEACE and I thank you from the bottom of my heart – and with all my life. When I make a promise it is with the deepest and truest commitment possible.

You largely became the center of my Universe and a new and more perfect religion sprang from you ~ YET ~ it has always remained totally centered and fully absorbed with the only True and Perfect God - who alone could have blessed you with the most amazing Gift in the entire world; and the same God is responsible for blessing me with my characteristics and the other 'gems' as well.

LIFE and GOD is way more acknowledging the beauty you have and making that beauty shine out to everyone, so that in some manner you can bring out their beauty and make it come to life. This is what you taught me and for that I will be ever grateful.

Lady, my respect for you could never be Greater and it is with the Deepest Reverence I told you - that 'We could NOT start over and that I would NOT - connect with You'. That is why I said the following:

It would be impossible for me to not want to take away your pain – to bring you to the Ultimate State of Happiness and to fill you with the richest love. But once I achieved that goal – you would not want it to end and neither would I.

I have changed my mind. I will shut out everything else except my Job - so that I can get home and I will DO everything possible 'to connect' with you.

I have NEVER made this 'offer' to anyone - and I don't in the slightest way remotely care about the opinions, and all the more the judgements of others, when I say this to you.

Baby, if this is it and you are ready to 'pass' PLEASE let me Connect with You. I am willing to take your PAIN if need be - but GOD is not like that at all Honey -- and it will be shattered and disappear. I want to take You to the most Wonderful Place you could ever imagine and Experience it with you - and You can go from there if that is honestly and deeply what you long for.

If - you read this - I am shutting out everything else Today and will do everything possible to get home about 5 PM Central Time -- Then I will stive you join you.

You have never met me - and never allowed me to 'connect' in the past. You will know me 'for sure' when I join you.

Be at Peace my Most Wonderful Friend -- and Please Trust me.

 

[Birchtree]

Lady,

If you are getting ready for the journey know you are not alone. Have strength from family. I cried over Spaf and I'm near tears now for you. Life will go forward. That's all I can say.

 

[Steadygain]

Lady,

If you are getting ready for the journey know you are not alone. Have strength from family. I cried over Spaf and I'm near tears now for you. Life will go forward. That's all I can say.

I thought so much about that when I cried this morning Birch, and how you felt. It's really amazing how we could both share such depth and sorrow and convictions over someone we met here.

I found Lady is in the hospital getting treatment ~ so may have been very 'strange' or 'awkward' if I had connected. Plus she has to want it -- has to be open to it -- will for it to happen.

Anyway - I had perhaps the most difficult case so far when some 'outside' clinic sends this guy ~ totally unknown to anyone here ~ for me to 'Thoroughly determine what is his condition - Why it deteriorated and has remained so complicated - and what is undoubtedly the most appropriate treatment - all could confidently know will be of Maximum Benefit.

So I just finished - and I'm ready to drop. Took me 7 hours but there is no way anyone could possibly argue against my findings.

Hope all is well Brother man -- later dude.

 

[Steadygain]

Baby,
I have to LOVE you so deeply it is everything I live for ~ and somehow a Faith allows me to pour out my Life so that my existence blends with yours.

It is hugely Transforming and our Existence reaches levels far beyond anything we have known here. LIFE in every aspect becomes more Pure and Wonderful as we begin to Blend.

We maintain our identity but I have 'to want' you to such a depth it takes everything to make it happen.

A tremendous 'craving' is needed and when we 'connect' it is too wonderful to express.

Somehow 'Blending' magnifies LIFE and all it was meant to convey. We compliment each other - and become ONE.

The Depth of God’s Love and Compassion exceeds everything.

He Longs for YOU to find Him and know Him more fully.

The magnitude by which GOD was in pain and deeply hurt when you were injured is beyond what you could imagine - sweet precious Lady.

God was ‘moved’ to bring YOU more into His Grace and Life – and that is ‘how’ and ‘why’ YOU have known and appreciated a GIFT and an INSIGHT that few could even imagine.

Everything, whether seen or unseen, was (and is) wholly meant for God’s Glory.

Everything was brought into being through a LOVE that transcends what we could remotely comprehend.

Our ‘condition’ – has warped our understanding – as in our limitations people focus on themselves and LIFE as they ‘perceive’ it.

All the more this ‘warped’ understanding is reinforced by everyone else. It is largely unavoidable and it’s almost impossible to find an escape – to somehow step outside of the garbage and know what is ‘Real’ and have an ‘Understanding’ that transcends beyond this world and all this world has known.

This is why GOD gave His Life - so life with GOD would be ‘Easy and Free’ – ‘Natural and Wonderful’.

So Baby, I am simply a ‘vehicle’ to take you into His Abundance and allow it to ‘overwhelm you’.

In our blending you will find how deeply I love you and the extent by which I am so deeply honored to give my life on your behalf.

GOD has already done this - and I in turn mirrow His Example.

As we come into GOD’s Presence , He provides a TRUST that takes us even further so we can know Him more fuly.

GOD surpasses everything ~ and thus the Pain disappears and you are overwhelmed.

By His GRACE you are transformed into something NEW.

As GOD gave Himself for us, by His Grace and Mercy - I give myself in like fashion - but it is wholly through His Spirit.

I believe we will see the swirls and colors and all those aspects by which you have 'so deeply treasured a Greater Reality' - But will behold them on higher dimensions.

I don't believe I could go any higher. But this is ALL for YOU sweet Baby and You would be able to go way beyond what I could ever know.

Honey, I am weaker than normal - and it takes all the strength I can find to make this happen. So it may be several times before I can do it.

Ultimately, when we get there - the choice is yours Darling - you will simply have a Greater Freedom to Make the Choice you want.

May GOD be Glorified in everything we do - and to Him be all Glory forever and ever.

Will strive to join you within a few hours.

 

[tsptalk]

Very sad news to report. alevin posted this on the politcal board this morning...

Gang, she is gone. She won't be coming back. I received word a little while ago. Where she is is where she needs to be, and where she belongs now. At peace, surrounded by beauty and the richest love conceivable.

I am speechless. You will be missed Lady.

 

[Birchtree]

I'm so sad. I believe she had the dignity of choice. She was a very brave woman. Peace be with you.

 

[Frixxxx]

I am crushed

A great soul and admired woman!

XL-entLady, aka Morgana you will be missed!

My only joy is that she dances and sings with the Almighty!

 

[coolhand]

Very sad news to report. alevin posted this on the politcal board this morning...
I am speechless. You will be missed Lady.

I've been pretty busy on travel the past couple of weeks and had no idea anything was amiss. I am shocked. We've been email pals for some time now. Just shocked. Numb. I'm going to miss you!

 

[nasa1974]

Truly a sad day indeed.

 

[nnuut]

A wonderful Woman and a friend, Smart, Great sense of humor, she will be missed.

 

[airlift]

I am saddened by Lady's passing. She was a fine person, always helping out and giving her opinions with clarity and intelligence. Obviously, she had admirable qualities, and she seems to have suffered her pain privately, stoically and with dignity. God Bless you Lady. My prayers are with you and also with your close family and friends. May God also give them comfort and strength to overcome their sorrow.

 

[Viva_La_Migra]

Very sad news to report. alevin posted this on the politcal board this morning...
I am speechless. You will be missed Lady.

Very sad news indeed. Peace be with you m'Lady.

 

[WorkFE]

The board is lighter today but brighter above.

 

[Scout333]

Originally Posted by tsptalk
Very sad news to report. alevin posted this on the politcal board this morning...
I am speechless. You will be missed Lady.

God bless you Lady. You are missed already! You are at last truly healed and without pain!

 

[alevin]

As Scout says, she is finally fully healed and without pain, for the first time since she was a child.

and as Frixxx reminds us,

XL-entLady, aka Morgana dances and sings with the Almighty! today, this very day.

She's just learning how to dance for the first time, but she's already quite good at it. We are sad for we've been left behind, but where she is, there are no more tears and no more sorrow. There is only unspeakable joy and wonder.

 

[CountryBoy]

What a blow to my gut. I'm so very sorry. I can't believe it.

My prayers go out to her family.

Rus

 

[Buster]

I am devastated by the news..I can't even think straight..My heart hurts so much...I can't think of what to say other than God bless you Ann and I know you are in God's light now...

I am so saddened, I don't know when I'll be back..I have to do some soul searching myself..

 

[Guest2]

There are no words that I have, which will do justice to the memory of this fine "Lady" ! When my tears subside,
I will try to speak of this terrible loss in our lives. Until then, God Bless You Lady ! You certainly blessed us !






Thanks Nasa (for the heads up).

 

[KevinD]

I am speechless.
A very kind, gentle soul left us.

Kind and gentle indeed.

RIP.