Its very well known that (Equity) Markets are often schizophrenic (oscillating between manic optimism and pessimism). This is a very good time to make money by taking advantage of volatility (and assuming unsystematic risk).
PS: Is there negative schizophrenia too ? On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net> wrote: > The market is positively schitzophrenic. > > Sent from Android. > > On Aug 9, 2011 2:33 PM, "Frank Wimberly" <wimber...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Despite the futures you noted, the Dow ended up 430 today. >> >> >> >> Frank >> >> >> >> From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On >> Behalf >> Of Douglas Roberts >> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 8:00 PM >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Deafening silence re downgrade - >> >> >> >> Dow futures are already down 263. It's going to be ugly again tomorrow. >> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net> >> wrote: >> >> I'm staying at the Chico Hot Springs Hotel in Montana tonight, where the >> wireless access is iffy, at best. >> >> >> >> My take: we're fucked globally, for a while. Think the 2008 recession and >> I suspect we'll be in the ballpark. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Victoria Hughes <victo...@toryhughes.com> >> wrote: >> >> Strong opinions stated twice. I did not vote for the Tea Party. >> >> What's your take on this as a global situation? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Tory Hughes >> >> victo...@toryhughes.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 8, 2011, at 7:10 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> My nickel: we're fucked. Incompetents are running the country, because >> the system encourages incompetent ass-kissing, yes-men to rise to the top: >> we get what e voted for. Enjoy. >> >> >> >> --Doug >> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Victoria Hughes <victo...@toryhughes.com> >> wrote: >> >> Like many of us, I have been reading a wide range of opinions online about >> this, and had been looking forward to the discussion here. >> >> So what's the sense here? >> >> My nickel: despite the gloom and doom, the prophecies of the final demise >> of >> the middle class, the unbelievable behaviour by the Tea Party folks- >> petulant, arrogant and childish behaviour- overall I am heartened by the >> necessity that we attempt to think like a global culture in order to >> resolve >> and upgrade how we operate. >> Similarly to the weather: we finally have to confront that this is all one >> planet, like it or not: there is nowhere else to go. >> >> Our engagement now with these two situations - global economics, global >> weather - I think will be seen as our watershed moment in a couple hundred >> years. I am a designated optimist, so there's that. However, the demand >> right now that we work together requires accountability from everyone to >> everyone, no one left out anymore. We are overdue for this. I wish it >> weren't happening while I was around, but I am around. >> Keeping the big picture in mind, not yielding to panic, and reminding >> people >> we've been through difficult times before. >> >> Stronger opinions re China and the US/West's addiction to their cheaply >> made >> merchandise and to consumerism (especially after Sarbajit's comments re >> cell >> phones), and the Tea Party will wait until I see if anyone picks this >> thread >> up. >> Yes, I read Tom Friedman. >> >> Victoria >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Roberts >> drobe...@rti.org >> d...@parrot-farm.net >> >> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins >> >> >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Roberts >> drobe...@rti.org >> d...@parrot-farm.net >> >> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins >> >> >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Roberts >> drobe...@rti.org >> d...@parrot-farm.net >> >> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins >> >> >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
