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Dollar Slaves

This is stupid. I object on principle alone. I cannot fall into lock-step with the notion that the stock exchange must mirror the dollar at all times. Frankly, it’s a little insulting to my intelligence and makes for an awful marketplace.

You know, it’s bad enough that I have to trade in a manipulated market. Now “they” want me to discard all of my gifts and simply pay attention to the dollar-dow paradigm. Once again, I protest on moral/religious grounds. My religion dictates that I cannot kowtow to the dollar-dow paradigm.

With my money, I’m on protest, so it really doesn’t matter what I like or dislike, now does it? But if I wasn’t protesting, I might say “hmmm, this W.W. Grainger, Inc. [[GWW]] looks interesting over here.” But to be honest, all of the fun is being sapped out of the market. You go tend to the dollar fields. “The Fly” will be busy planning for Turkey Day.

UPDATE: I bought a little Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. [[GMCR]] and sold most of [[ENTR]] /

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21 comments

  1. noodle

    goodpost

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  2. Clark

    Hey Fly, you need your own TV show…I would watch.

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  3. The V.King

    Fly I got the best compliment today…someone thought you were the V.King blogger…GOLD will be up another 15 % by Martin Luther King Day

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  4. teapartyjr

    Fly,
    Ever get tired of all the sychophants? It’s like Steve and Eydie on the Sinatra Group from the old SNL. By the Fly, great call on GMCR. Love the k-cup.
    http://www.hulu.com/watch/3531/saturday-night-live-the-sinatra-group

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  5. Dr. Evo

    …Paging Dr. Fly to Woodshedder’s office…

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  6. henryfool

    loading TSTC!

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    • henryfool

      Don’t make me pound the table!

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      • henryfool

        Hey Fly, since this is all time high for TSTC I’m lost as to determining target. Can you find any valuation reports on this little micro cap b4 it blows up?

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        • henryfool

          It’s ok, I think It’s getting gunned for IBD 100 position. So $15 for those unfamiliar with IBD 100.

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  7. Mr. Cain Thaler

    Man, the interwebs are quite boring today.

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  8. A monkey with a dart board
    A monkey with a dart board

    ENTR is breaking my heart.

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  9. TMoe

    The scary consequence of the US dollar carry trade is that it has pushed almost all risky assets to be correlated. And when the music stops and someone starts to unwind the trade, it will get ugly. When everything you hold is correlated to each other and everything else in the market, even a small tremor of selling will lead to an avalanche as the value of your portfolio starts to decline all at once.

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    • surplusdroids

      Agreud!

      I just think that anyone in Risk Management.(I don’t care if it’s JPM or a freelance money manager.) is confused.

      With the events that have unfolded over the last year..they are confused.
      What happens with confusion? Look for the easiest trade that works and pile in.

      Lots of folks piled into the “dollar getting beaten idea.”
      When that happens the market is “uneven” – lots of money tied to 1 trade.

      And when the “dollar getting beaten” unwinds. Commodities (gold) get crushed.

      Do I know what the fuck I am talking about 100% of the time with backable “data”. A definite NO.

      All I know is it’s something to consider. Check the dollar futures every morning. And watch the DXY like folks watch oil.

      I simply think that it’s very possible that large blocks of commodities and securities get sold if the dollar gets significant strength.

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  10. sandfleas

    GMCR – Took off like a rocket off that 62.74 low.

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  11. Spooky

    Have you seen CBOU move this week? Up almost 14% yesterday, though it gave a bit back today. Still up big…

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  12. ChnDragun

    Welcome to Capitalism

    People will eventually realize that this whole economic system is one big scam to enslave the hard working class.

    You don’t own the house that you live in.

    You don’t own the car that you drive.

    no no no…

    They own you!

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