Timing

Go figure. Anna didn't even seem to give a hoot about her pacifier being gone when it was bedtime. I nursed her to sleep last night, and she zonked out for about seven hours! Holy smokes! That's her longest sleep yet I think? I just changed her diaper, fed her and she's sleeping peacefully.YAY!! Now if that thrush will just go away. . .

Despite the QQQQ falling almost 2% today, we are right at the 9-day moving average again. As you can see, the QQQQ broke above the 9-day average in the middle of April and has yet to break below it for 15 straight trading days. The last time the QQQQ touched the 9-day moving average, a huge rally followed. Will that happen again? Maybe.However, a quick visual scan of the chart going back to 1999 only results in one other instance, August 2000, where the 9-day moving average was not broken for 15 straight trading days. That time period was a great opportunity to get aggressively short. Will we look back at this period and say the same thing too? Let's see what tomorrow brings.An excellent blog that I have recently found is Quantifiable Edges. I am going to request that he take a look at thi

by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): Ask any red-blooded Republican these days about what he thinks about the Bush Administration and chances are the reply will not be all that different from the one a liberal Democrat would give. No matter if Christian right or centrist, fiscal conservative or libertarian, foreign policy hawk or isolationist, [...]

Out of sync? Here is a simple cure for a complex problem. Often intermediate bowlers will have a bad league night. You know the kind of night I'm talking about. It's when, no matter how hard you try, you just can't seem to throw the ball where you want to. It keeps consistently going to the right or to the left. This can be really frustrating and highly damaging to your bowling psyche, not to mention your league average. One of the major causes for this problem can be - you are just a little out of timing. The good news is the cure is often very simple. Read on! What caused timing problems? I define timing as the moment of release, which is ideally just prior to the bottom of the swing arc. When the release is timed correctly the ball continues forward on your target line. However if the b

Learning modal theory and musical dynamics won’t get you far without knowing basic concepts of bars, note divisions, time signature and tempo. Regardless of what sequencer is used, we all must obey the laws of time and rhythm, so if you don’t already have them mastered, here they are… What’s a bar? A bar is the [...]

Br J Psychiatry. 2008 May 1; 192:338-343 Effects of timing and duration of gestational exposure to serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants: population-based study Oberlander TF, Warburton W, Misri S, Aghajanian J. Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Background: Late-gestational serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) exposure has been linked to adverse neonatal outcomes; however, the impact of timing and duration of exposure is unknown. Aims: To determine whether late-gestational exposure to an SRI is associated with increased risk of adverse neonatal outcome relative to early exposure. Method: Population-based maternal and neonatal health records were linked to prenatal maternal prescription records for an SRI medication

Maybe, maybe not.Despite the moderate selloff after the FOMC announcement, I don't think that today's action necessarily indicates that more downside is ahead. I think the "real" response to the Fed's decision will happen tomorrow.Whether we break downwards or rally tomorrow, I will look at my technical indicators for confirmation to make a contrary play. So I could be looking to buy option puts in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) if we rally and option calls if we fade.On a separate note, I like the late day comeback in Oil Service HOLDRs (AMEX: OIH). I decided to pick up some option calls at the close with a stop below yesterday's low.

Nothing much of interest to post today so here goes some plagiarism! Advertising can be creative and even purposely funny. But sometimes, an ad on a bad place can have unexpected results! Here is a list of some unfortunately Placed Ads. Ad on the bus reads: "If you don't have G.I.O Third Party Property Insurance, we suggest you don't hit this bus" from Oddeee

Early Adopters: My thoughts go back to the mid-90's, a time before the SaaS and SOA concept became popular. My first job was with a startup called Project Planning Services(PPSL). This was when the internet was still at a premium, and there was only one email account on one sought-after computer. Emails were in ASCII format, Hotmail wasn't yet as popular or accessible to the massess. PPSL was

As of this writing, Wall Street is not embracing the earnings announcement from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), as it did with Google Inc.(NASDAQ: GOOG). I think that this negative pressure could continue tomorrow and Friday.Looking at my technical indicators, they are all suggesting there is a possibility that more downside is ahead. Seeing that we closed near resistance at $47 today and AAPL is being pressed after hours, I am looking at a downside target of $45.30.Edit: AAPL has since bounced back after hours and is trading down a couple tenths of a percent. It should be interesting to see what happens tomorrow.

If there is any similarity with opening a new business and campaigning for it, it is about the timing. The opening of your biz needs to be timely. And if you want to promote that business using postcard mailing, you also have to schedule it wisely. Some people in the business believe in luck. They will ask for a psychic’s guidance or go to a feng shui expert. They are willing to take all those hassles just to predict the proper time in which they should open up their business. Well, luck is good. Psychic’s predictions sometimes do come true. And feng shui offers some enlightenment to those who need it. But when talking about timing, the calendar will be your best bud. Business Location This is vital in this case. You have to know what the weather will be in the coming days and months.

Researchers at the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH-MIND) and Washington University School of Medicine have recently shifted their focus of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research from understanding the role that plaques and other neurological changes play in the progression of AD. Now they are looking at the time period and order in which plaques and [...]

What can I say? Prior to the last hour of trading, the action in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) looked bearish (but not overly so). I was looking for a low today in the $44.50 area, and I almost got it. I think that this level may be tested again tomorrow or the next day, and if it is not broken, we could very well challenge the $47 level.I have to admit that I am quite surprised at the resiliency of this recent rally. It is because of this strength that I think a new high in the $47 level could be in the near future.

Professional players talk about it all the time. It’s about having good timing in a tournament for a bluff, a re-raise, a squeeze play, a tough fold or an all-in call. But having good timing isn’t really something you learn about away from the table, it comes with hours and hours and buy-in after buy-in [...]

Those with a more apocalyptic bent seem to see the onset of a world peak in oil production and the current economic “credit crunch” as a sure sign that the end is nigh. I disagree—I think we’re in the midst of a “slow crash” that will unfold over the next several decades. That doesn’t, however, mean that I think the timing of the credit crunch won’t have a serious effect on peak oil… I think that our economy is fundamentally strong, both in America and world wide. Yes, I predicted there would be no recession in the US in 2008, and I still think that there isn’t a “real” recession in those parts of the economy grounded in reality. There certainly isn’t a recession where I live, judging by the job market, by the lines at drive-through Starbucks, etc. I'm sur

Taxpayer asks: Hi Kelly! I’m so glad to have found your site - what a great service for all of us! My question is in regards to the 1099-MISC form. I am a small business owner and received a 1099 form for a December 2007 sale however the company did not pay until January 2008. [...]

Upbeat pleasures for a Sunday afternoon, with lots of humor to kick up the heels. “I used to hate the fool in me, but only in the morning. Now I tolerate him all day long.” Love that motto, think I’ll steal it for my own. Would look great on my desk at work. The group is a fantastic mix of artists because everyone takes turns singing on the album, and every song sounds different from each other. One minute I feel like we’re influenced by Merle Haggard, the next by Lou Reed. Fills me with pleasure because my ears remind me all music is from the same source, and life is made for the living. Shoutouts include Bob (“goes to church every Sunday, every Sunday that the fish ain’t bitin’. . . he always had more dogs than he ever had friends”), A Ghost to Most (“Skeleton’s ain

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Timing the introduction of new tools and techniques has to be done very carefully in a project or an organization. Introducing a new tool or technique into a project or organization and expecting magical results almost never happens. In fact almost in all cases there is an initial loss of productivity or quality.The reason for this loss is due to the followingThere is always a learning curve for the new tool or technique to be adopted.Almost always the initial use of the tool or the technique is never the most optimised or best way to use it. Sometimes a technique requires a mindset change and this mindset change takes time.There will always be skeptics to anything new that is introduced and these skeptics can always bring the others down.Does this mean that no new tools or techniques need

Fans of all things Spitzer, fasten your seatbelts. . . . Three days after the Miami Herald posted a story about a letter sent to the FBI by Republican hit man Roger Stone regarding now former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s encounters with “high-priced call-girls” in Florida, the New York Times front pages a piece on Spitzer’s deeper-than-heretofore-revealed involvement with the something-less-than-scintillating scandal known to New Yorkers as “Troopergate.” This all comes, of course, less than a fortnight after the “revelations” that linked Spitzer to a prostitution ring and forced him to resign the governorship. I put “revelations” in quotes because, after all, what we are really talking about are leaks. While the affidavit that triggered the arrests of four people

On Monday I wrote the following prior to the Fed announcement. "If there is any strength, I don't expect it to last long."When I wrote those words, I was envisioning a multi-day rally that would last three maybe four days. Apparently I was overly optimistic expecting that a post-Fed rally would last for more than a day.Today's action in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) was downright depressing. We broke down through the 20-day moving average and the 50% retracement level of Tuesday's candle, finally ending at yesterday's open. Poof! Yesterday's gain has disappeared.When looking at the chart above, the last five days look very interesting. Long green candle, long red candle, big gap down, long green candle, long red candle... Big gap down? We shall see.Stock market timing signal =

I can’t give you a percentage but I would rank investment knowledge at least 75%. In the hypothesis of market efficiency…one would consider that the market has incorporated all news to determine future value. We understand that this is a null hypothesis do to the fact that market psychology impacts that market via heuristics and [...]

It's truly an interesting time to be involved with the stock market. Strange things are happening like a Fed rate cut over the weekend. Amazing!Those who can keep their heads during periods like the one we're in can find amazing opportunities. I'm going to spend some time this week looking at indicators that we can use to spot opportunities. Today, I'm going to focus on the Japanese yen.I've been following the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen exchange rate for a long time, almost a year now. Specifically, I detected early on a linkage between the yen and stock prices in the U.S. Quite simply, the weaker the yen got, the higher stock prices went.That relationship is over now that the yen is strengthening and U.S. stocks are weakening. The best way to observe, and even trade, this relationship i

Negotiations with Hamas will happen sooner or later, so why not now?Mideast Players Differ on Approach to Hamas By Glenn Kessler Washington Post During a trip to the Middle East this month, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice served as an informal go-between for Hamas and its sworn enemy, the government of Israel, helping to arrange a tentative truce, according to U.S., Israeli and Arab officials. The United States has long considered Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that seized the Gaza Strip last year, to be a terrorist group, and the Bush administration remains firmly opposed to direct talks until Hamas renounces violence and recognizes Israel. President Bush has decried Hamas's "devotion to terrorism and murder" and said there cannot be peace until the group is dismantled. Throu

I'm writing this whilst multi-taking my little head off. On this computer I'm busy emailing loads of bands about a very special release (details coming soon), listening through a Tubelord CD I just burnt to make sure it plays ok, watching the BBC Football page refresh as the Spurs v Man City game reaches its final minutes, designing a little animation for the aforementioned special release, and most importantly, downloading the brand new Secondsmile masters. All the while on the second computer, a couple of feet to my left, I am looking through some photos from our trip to New York back in January, downloading the latest episode of Lost (naughty) and burning a couple of episodes of Prison Break (more naughty). I'm also starting to get hungry, so might have to add some form of cooking into

Ah, it’s so nice to have some time to just sit down, relax and read some blogs. It doesn’t happen often so I’m not sure how long this is going to last but I’m enjoying it nonetheless. I have something like 863 posts waiting for me in my google reader so I might just slowly [...]

That is what I want to know. Can the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) rally higher to the $44.50 level or are we going to roll back over?I'm not sure we can, as I was definitely expecting more follow-through today (even if it was minor). Instead, we ended the day with minor consolidation. Based on today's action, I have come up with two trading plans.Plan A: Tomorrow we put in another big rally and break $44. This is the plan I am playing tomorrow.Plan B: We do a low volume fade over the next several days back to last Friday's low of $41.17. An intraday break of $42.42 will be my cue to switch from Plan A to Plan B.Stock market timing signal = cautious bear †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

“How long has it been since I last fed the baby?” If you’ve ever asked yourself this question or any other baby care timing related questions, check out the coolest, must-have baby gadget on the market: ITZBEEN’s Baby Care Timer. You don’t have to be a gadget geek to use ITZBEEN’s Baby [...]

By DeeinAustin™ U.S. interest rates fell in February, creating a more brisk real estate market in Austin and other areas of the country. Sorry to report, but rates are rising almost every week. Buyers are now faced with a common...

Good Timing is an intuitive alarm clock program. It can sound an alarm at a particular time or in a specific amount of time. Alarms can even be configured to run like a stopwatch. All sounds are customizable. Use Good Timing to manage your time at work, track classes and study-time, schedule sleep and exercise, arrange appointments, remind yourself of that potato in the oven, etc. Wield your

Can you believe it? I am still undecided about where this market will go. But can you blame me? Yesterday, the bulls successfully defended the February lows and put in yet another strong reversal. However, today as we moved closer to recapturing the 20-day moving average, we sold off quickly (again). This back and forth action is enough to give someone some serious whiplash. That is why I am sitting on the fence and watching this volatile action in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) .I am seeing some positive action in small cap stocks, so I am still expecting more upside. But who knows, I have been wrong before.Stock market timing signal = cautious bear †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

As i was reading the newspaper today, i came across this quarter page advertisement on the front page of HT. Presenting Hot Champi, the hair oil warmer Imagine being able to enjoy a hot oil massage in the comfort of your home. With Hot Champi, you can. Just warm Parachute Advance coconut hair oil with [...]

That fine thesp Julie Walters is featuring in a public safety TV ad (pictured below) reminding viewers to check their household smoke alarms. The message is direct: don't brew up during this ad break, check your smoke alarm instead... do it now or put your loved ones' lives at risk.But should this ad be broadcast at 1am? Sometimes it's not what you say, it's when you say it.

Zrii's Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Navy Pier in Chicago 10/19/2007.I was there, were you? Join the ZRII team that has been there since the inception.Self made millionaire, Douglas Schwartz, will provide you the leadership to help you attain any financial goal you desire.Welcome to my blog about Zrii, The Original Amalaki, a functional liquid nutritional beverage that is synergisticly blended with Amalaki, Haritaki, Schizandra, Jujube, Ginger, Tulsi, and Turmeric, which is wholeheartedly endorsed by the Chopra Center for Wellbeing.Many people have asked me why I got involved with a network marketing (MLM) firm at this stage in my business career. They know that as president over the past few years that I have literally made my companies millions of dollars and they now ask me why am I s

No, it’s not a superpower, sorry. The Art of Persuasion can be learned and simply needs a little practice. But practice doesn’t make perfect. We need to continually learn and practice what we learn to grow. If mere repetition of something was all it took to get better, you’d think we’d get better at being [...]

Consider that many people that shop online feel they are deficient in computer skills. As a result, even some of the simplest changes to search results will be entirely missed by potential customers. As a result, the best thing you can do to gain more sales is take advantage of the default search parameter.When it comes to Ebay the default search parameter happens to be "time ending soonest". Therefore, this type of search will always be seen before any other search type. You can use this information to figure out when you want your items to end, so that they gain the maximum amount of attention. It is important to set your sales ending time when people are most likely to be on Ebay, as well as other parts of the internet.For the most part, you probably realize that work hours are not the

Mum has decided to give me a couple of more weeks of rest on the muscle pull before going back to full practice mode. I'm still not up to par. I'm going to need some time to build myself back up - endurance and confidence. She's putting together a plan.But she has already decided that when I get back into full training mode, she's going to start timing some of my obstacles and sequences to try some of the tips that Silvia gave us at the seminar and to see what gives me more speed.Guess she'll have to invest in a stop watch or one a cool chronograph Seiko Watch to time me.

I just got off the phone with Glenn Stephenson, founder and official torch holder for the CNTA or California, Nevada Timing Association. This drag racing club was founded in 1939 and met at the track for club races continuously until about 1970 when the popularity of professional drag racing made it tough for the [...]

In what has to be a case of the worst timing award, Visa is planning to launch an $18.76 billion IPO. When credit gets tight, go IPO: NEW YORK (AP) — Visa Inc. said Monday its initial public offering could raise up to $19 billion - making it the largest in U.S. history - even [...]

Looking at the daily chart for the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) I can see two scenarios developing. One scenario involves a rally to $46, the other a fade to $42. After today's close, the QQQQ are right in the middle at $44. It seems that both scenarios are equally as likely to occur, and so I will continue to wait, cash in hand, for the market to make its next move.Stock market timing signal = cautious bear †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

So I have watched the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) rally about 6% off the early February lows. I did not play this rally because I was uneasy about the price action on such low volume. However, I am impressed with the bull's determination and I feel that they could push the QQQQ to the $46 level by the end of this week. I am sure that every trader in cyberspace is watching this level, because a close above it will produce a higher high (a nice bullish signal). I am looking to start buying option puts as the QQQQ approach this level.Edit: It is interesting, but I wonder with everyone watching the early February highs, will the market throw a curve ball? Maybe we break the February highs to suck in people on the sidelines and then fall back down?Stock market timing signal = cautious

Today's sunlight will last 10 hours and 30 minutes; tomorrow's, 10 hours and 31 minutes. Tonight's temperate will bottom out at 48 degrees. The temperature of the soil six inches below the surface will average 63 degrees today. The length of a day and its temperatures are usually a mere curiosity to humans. Plants, however, respond to them in very precise and predictable ways, completely indifferent to the wants and whims of a gardener. Beginning gardeners, unaware of the "rules" of the game, may challenge nature by planting at the wrong season or in the wrong climate. In a battle of nature versus the gardener, nature almost always will prevail. Understanding nature's signals and submitting to them, rather than fighting against them, is the sign of a mature and experienced gardener. The mo

I saved "Timing" for last in The Trinity of Horseback Riding Series, because you really do need to accomplish balance and feel before you will ever have perfect timing. Timing can be classified in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

If you want to get better market timing for your forex signals you need to understand price momentum and how it can get the odds in your favour. If you have not used momentum oscillators before, then its time to make them part of your forex education.ConfirmationIf you simply try and buy low sell high by selling into resistance and buying into support your making a fatal error - why?Because you are predicting which is the same as hoping or guessing and you don't get rewarded for relying on hope in any venture, let alone forex trading.Many novice forex traders think that to win they have to predict - but as we don't know the future, this is not going to help you make money, you simply don't have the odds on your side.If you learn forex trading correctly, you will understand that you need to

Sometimes looking at the raw data itself presents very interesting conclusions. This is one of these cases.One of the basic mistakes many investors do is trying to time the market or buy low and sell high to make quick profits. If you've ever tried that you must have noticed it's hardly as intuitive as it sounds. It appears the statistics themselves are against us in this matter.In order to see if it was possible to time the market and make relatively quick profits I've examined the daily price change for both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices since 1990. I've found very interesting results. I exmained the absolute daily price changes and not just the positive ones under the assumption you can also time the market downwards (sell short).There were approximately 4,559 trading days between

The article below is written by J. Jones. Ms. Jones is a law clerk at my office. Ms. Jones summarizes ConsumerAffair.com's recent article on Saturn's recent recall on faulty timing belts. For the purpose of protecting your Texas Lemon Law interests and rights, it is important that you insist that the dealership or service [...]

January 25th, 2008 Review TIM $14,040, Down $1,135 on the Day, No Positions         A Horrible Trade Mixed In With A Little Redemption MOJO HD aired the first epis

January 23rd, 2008 Review TIM $15,055, Up $220 on the Day I was damn right on calling a double bottom on MOS in the $71-72 range but my profiting $1/share made me miss out on the $7/share that followed—that’s right, now it’s $80+! That’s called luck—every stock bounced with

Many potential home buyers are waiting to purchase a home when the market "hits bottom".  Unfortunately, even if you time the bottom of the market perfectly, you may ultimately miss it for lack of advance preparation.If you are contemplating a home purchase sometime in the future, now is the time to prepare for your future purchase and mortgage financing.  Choose your mortgage lender.  Your mortgage is typically your largest debt so your choice of loan officer and the caliber of their financial advice will impact your entire financial future.  More immediately, their level of expertise will impact the ease with which your purchase transaction closes.  For more information about shopping for a mortgage, visit Shopping For A Mortgage.Meet with your mortgage

Being a person who believes in continual improvement, and being proactive instead of reactive, I suggested to one of my employers that I worked for that we should implement ELMAH (Exception Logging For .NET) to handle our uncaught exceptions.  They weren't too interested when I made the suggestion and so I did not push it.   I had found this gem of code here because I spend a bit of time each day doing research and improving my skills. (see point 2) However, we had this continuing problem where customers would have a problem with the .NET site, maybe they had a crash and we had no way to diagnose the crash other than to remote into their machine and try to reproduce the error.  What made it worse is that they had debug mode off, and we could not even see the exact crash details.  Oft

So my hopes for a year end rally were smashed on Monday's destruction of the 20-day moving average. I was obviously wearing my rose colored glasses, because I should have seen the bearishness when 51.75 was lost. Although I did take a hit on my option calls in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ), I was able to reverse my position early Monday and minimize my losses.With the break of the 20-day moving average, I think that the market is in poor shape and my very well be headed substantially lower over the next several months. At the market close I did pick up some option puts as I begin to create a substantial position. I think that the remainder of this year will have some whipsaws, but overall the QQQQ will remain in a trading range around the $50 level.I'd like to wish my readers a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. I will be traveling for the remainder of 2007, but I will be back in 2008. Cheers!Stock market timing signal = aggressive bear †† Here is more information ab

This one’s still up in the air, but preliminary reports from X17Online claim that a French model is saying that she recently had an affair with Tony Parker. And adding insult to injury, she says that they exchanged phone numbers at his wedding with Eva Longoria.According to the paparazzi agency, Alexandra Paressant says she hooked up with the San Antonio Spur in Paris this past September, and then again in Texas in October.Before you get all belligerent, consider this: Paressant isn’t the most reliable source when it comes to integrity. She formerly dated Brazilian soccer player Ronaldhino, and spread rumors that his “all-night partying” during the 2006 World Cup led to Brazil’s loss.However, some of the facts seem to stick. Both Parker and Paressant are native French. And it

So I liked the setup prior to the FOMC announcement and went big buying some option puts in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ). I felt that it was a classic setup for a sell the news reaction and I was right. At the close of yesterday's market, I sold 2/3 of my puts and my stock trading system saw new yearly highs!Today's early rebound action made me happy I locked in a majority of my gains. Additionally, I was thinking that if the QQQQ can hover around the low 52 range, a Christmas rally from that level could be a possibility. With the afternoon rinse almost touching the 20-day moving average and the immediate recovery, I sold out my option puts. I will be looking to buy some calls in the next day or so because I feel there is a strong possibility of a Christmas rally. Stock market timing signal = cautious bull †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

Over the past two months (actually beginning October 1st) I conducted a documented experiment on this site. Although Reuters and other media republished some of the articles, my impression is that this exercise in market timing went completely unnoticed. Since I do not, neither do I want to, provide financial advice, I will not publish any more articles related to market timing. What I will do here is dispel the myth that the markets are unpredictable. thebankruptcynewsdotcom First a clarification. I do not think that randomness has a place in the universe. I firmly believe that randomness is just a general name for the limit of our computational power. Whatever lies beyond our ability to compute complex results arising from simple rules we call random. In the quest for knowledge, whenever I read a reference to randomness, I read it as as confession of the limits of the knowledge of the writer. This subject is not an easy one to tackle. We spent our Thanksgiving dinner with family and

Well after the light volume fade over the past three days, the rally in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) continues. My small amount of call options in the QQQQ are working nicely, but I will be looking to sell them into strength soon.Because the QQQQ captured the 20-day and never closed below it on the recent pullback, coupled with today's big move, I think the 52.25 level will be tested.We just might end the year on a high note.Stock market timing signal = cautious bull †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

{summary}Rosco has a measles rash from the MMR vaccine he got last week.  That is not to say that he has measles, just a non-contagious rash which is a side effect of the measles part of the vaccine.  It looks dreadful. We were supposed to have his pictures taken today but as he resembles a human pizza pie that ain’t happening.  For those of you waiting for Snarky Family holiday cards, you’ll have to wait a week longer this year as well, because splotchy babies in Santa hats aren’t cute. This is what trips me out: “What side effects have been reported with this vaccine? Fever is the most common side effect, occurring in 5%-15% of vaccine recipients. About 5% of persons develop a mild rash. When they occur, fever and rash appear 7-10 days after vaccination. About 25% of adult women receiving MMR vaccine develop temporary joint pain, although this symptom is related to the rubella component of the combined vaccine. Joint pain only occurs in wo

Wow! That was a nice rally in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ). My call options in the QQQQ worked out quite well and I sold them out completely at today's close.Could this rally continue? Possibly. But I feel that since the QQQQ closed near its 20-day simple moving average (possible resistance) and that people will want to lock in some gains off this bounce, the more probable scenario is that we come down from here.Of course weird things could happen and we could rally into the holiday season. I'll just have to keep an eye on things.Stock market timing signal = aggressive bear †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

Use a Nikon?Or at least that appears to be the message.I opened my copy of Outside Magazine's companion piece of fluff, Go, this morning and was greeted by an ad for Sony's A700 DSLR with the tagline "In Photography, Timing is Everything." The accompanying photograph was spectacular and showed a leopard about to dispatch a baboon. Dust is flying and, clearly, timing has a lot to do with the impact of this photo.It was also very familiar.In fact, it's a 1965 photograph taken by John Dominis for the late, lamented Life Magazine. You can see a version of the originally published photo at Getty Images. In the Sony ad photo, there are some slight differences in the position of the dust and the baboon's mouth but they're clearly part of the same sequence. Perhaps a quarter of a second separated them as Dominis' motor drive clicked away. Gordon Haffmore : cnet

I am continuing to wait and watch what the market does before I take on a new position. I will be looking for a retest of last week's low or a continued bounce before I start any market timing positions.

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Well today's drop was the fifth major drop in as many weeks. However, this time the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) closed below its 20-day simple moving average. I can't call the bull rally officially over yet, but if the QQQQ closes below $53 in the next several days I will become a very aggressive bear. Since the $53 level is not yet broken, I picked up a small amount of call options for a quick bounce play (selling at $53.70). However, based on the further decline during today's after hours market, I may be regretting this position.Stock market timing signal = cautious bear †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

Our resident 'ghostie' has been quiet lately. Not sure if it's because he's actually been quiet or if we've just not noticed - I like to kind of 'turn off' that part of me and refuse to see things sometimes. Sunday night the kids and I had a good laugh about the timing of a couple things that may or may not have been 'something'. I was in the kitchen with Coffeekid (15) and Coffeegirl (11).

Sorry for my brief hiatus, but I live in San Diego and I was a little preoccupied by the raging fires. Things turned out fine for me and my family, but others were not so lucky. If you would like to donate, please do so at the San Diego American Red Cross.Well after the Fed's announcement yesterday, and the market jumped up again, I bought a sizable amount of put options in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) for a quick trade. I plan on selling these puts shortly (within the next week) if they are profitable and even sooner if they are not.Stock market timing signal = cautious bull †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

With acquisitions timing can make a big difference. It plays out in two major ways: 1. What kind of multiples might be paid for the acquisition? 2. The availability of financing to finance the acquisition. Think of it as being similar to the real estate market. There can be times in real estate when things get too pricey. The people who get in near the top may have to take a hit for a couple years and ride it out for a while to get back on the curve. On the other hand, people who buy at nice timing in the market can get some very nice returns and give themselves an extra measure of safety. Like real estate, some of the cycles in buying companies can be rather long-term. It can be like a ten year cycle. Work with your financial advisor who’s helping you on the transaction and get a sense on how the timing is in the market. If you think you’re not quite in the market yet and it may be a couple years, it’s good to start making those connections. That could influence you perhaps to

Per my previous post, the stock market has been acting irrational so far this week. This irrationality makes it hard to put on a market timing trade. If we rally into this week's close I will be looking to buy some put options in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) And, if we fade lightly into the weekend (to around the $52 level) I will be looking to buy some call options.Stock market timing signal = cautious bull †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

Well last week I took off my market timing trade and was watching the market action from the sidelines. Sometimes watching is hard to do when the stock market action is as positive as it has been for the past two months. Despite my market timing indicators reading bullish, since I don't have an established long position, I am still waiting for a safe entry point. Thus, I am now sitting on my hands so that a poor trade isn't made.Stock market timing signal = cautious bull †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

When buying a used car always insist on determining if the vehicle has a rubber timing-belt. Be aware that about five years ago an International Oil Company did a follow up on 5,000 cars it had turned back after 3 year leases and traced them to their eventual private owners. All the cars had by then passed through wholesale auction markets and likely one or more retail dealers before being sold

Well last week's short position didn't work out so well as the $51.51 level in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) was taken out by Monday's close of $52.00 (when I also closed my trade for a moderate loss). So what move from here? Nothing for me yet. Although my market timing indicators are bullish, since I don't have an established long position, I will wait for a better entry.Stock market timing signal = cautious bull †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

Imagine your opponent is standing, facing you in a right lead stance (southpaw) and he is about to go for a roundhouse kick with the back leg. Firstly he would probably make some kind of movement with his arms (either slightly raise his left arm, or just drop his front arm). Next, maybe a slight pivot with the front foot, or moving it slightly forward, then his knees would bend as he lifts his back leg of the ground, whilst still moving his arms in a direction natural to him to generate momentum. Finally his kicking surface, (shin, instep) would be swung into his choice of target (probably thigh, midsection or face). Now all of this would happen in about 1 second and most beginners would start there defence or counter attack when they see the leg swinging in towards them. The best timing to start your defence or counter is WHEN YOU SEE THE INITIAL MOVEMENT. In this case it would be as soon as you see his hands move, or if not then, then no later when his front foot moves. This is the

The subject of timing and influence has fascinated me for a long time. Early on it was apparent to me that influence has little to do with what would logically follow: It's not about command of the facts. Instead it's a quite irrational process. There has been extensive research on how we are influenced by a person's appearance, both in terms of attractiveness and similarity to our own. We are known to be more inclined to say acquiesce to requests than refuse. The emotional state of the persons involved is also important. Here is a post from We're Only Human that gives us a glimpse of the emotion involved in timing and influence. Two Berkeley psychologists decided to test this particular brand of irrationality in the laboratory. Eduardo Andrade and Teck-Hua Ho used a modified version of what’s called the “ultimatum game”: In this well-known psychological experiment, volunteers are told that they have a pot of money that they must divvy up for themselves and a stranger. T

The foot sweep (called ashi barai in Karate and Judo) can be extremely effective. It can be used to distract your opponent while attacking in combination and sometimes can be used to take down opponents. There is one other way that it can be used to not only 99.99% of the time take down your opponent but also make him/her think twice about moving in to you, and if they cant move in to you, they cant hurt you. Your opponent will move in by moving his feet towards you, sliding, stepping or any other way. As they move in, there front foot will momentarily be off the ground and for that moment there balance is unstable. If you can sweep that front foot just before it lands back on the floor, whilst also being cautious of any oncoming attack, there is a high chance they will fall, and if they don't fall they will certainly lose there balance for you to carry on attacking. Psychologically it will also make them think twice about closing the gap. It requires a lot of practice and drilling

Despite the recent stock market spike created by the Fed's rate cut, I am not convinced that there is a lot more upside. I'd like to see the $50.66 resistance level in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) taken out with big volume, before I am convinced that the upside trend will continue for the next several months. So in the meantime, I am picking up some ProShares Ultra Short QQQ (AMEX: QID) for a quick trade.Stock market timing signal = cautious bear †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

Not much going on in the stock market. Just a little back and forth. At this moment I do not have any options in play. I am going to wait for the Fed interest rate announcement before I look to start any substantial positions.Yes, waiting in cash is not glamorous or exciting, but it is smart.

There is a right time to sell a home and a wrong time.  I have written on this topic before but because of the phone calls I have been getting lately I think I need to repeat myself.  Some how people have gotten the idea that buying and selling real estate, frequently is a good idea, or even a way to get rich.  It didn't used to be that way.  People looked at homes as a place to live. I get phone calls from people who bought homes two years ago and are kind of thinking they might like to move.  I hate to get all parental with them, but I do.  Sometimes I even say no, you can't move you have to stay where you are.  I know they can move any time they want to, and it is their decision but I want them to really think about it and listen to what I have to say.   If they still want to move I will be there for them.  I have lockboxes and contracts in my car, and can maybe even find a pen. Sometimes people have to move and that is dif

I hope so. After the significant gains of last week, yesterday I decided to start a position to profit on a pullback (since I missed the gains). I purchased a small amount of put options in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ). This position paid off nicely today and I will be looking to lock in those profits later this week for a quick trade. This move was against my market timing signal, but I am carefully looking for a good opportunity to buy some option calls.Stock market timing signal = aggressive bull †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

I often tell my clients that the closing date on a purchase contract is much like a baby's due date. Not very many babies come into the world on their due date and not many houses close on the exact date in the contract. "If you have to pick a perfect moving day, what would it be?" is generally how I start a discussion with a new client. And from there we try to put together a game plan that will accomplish their real estate agenda as close to the target date as possible. There are a lot of variables that come into play and it often gets complicated and unnerving. A current client of mine suggested that I address this topic in my blog and so here goes. Please keep in mind that there are no steadfast rules for real estate timing.Usually the simplest transaction is a renter purchasing a single family home. Of course the first objective is to find a house. Some buyers will find them the first day out, but more likely buyers can plan on 2 to 3 weeks or more to locate the home of their dra

When I saw the following over at Gates of Vienna (thanks to my Vigilant Freedom Newsletter — if you haven’t already joined other infidels in the 910 Group, do it), I stopped in my tracks. Then I checked the date. Can someone calculate the odds for me that the very same day (August 29th) that I mentioned Regime Change Iran being in my broken links, Gates of Vienna received the following appeal from — Regime Change Iran? I am writing you with this urgent appeal because you have contributed to our work in support of the Iranian pro-democracy movement in the past. Our website has been shut down due to lack of funds. As you know, our website suspended its reports several months ago in order to regroup, with hopes of coming back bigger and better than ever. Even without posting new articles our site has been regularly receiving thousands of visitors seeking our “hard to find reports”. Until we can pay our past due expenses of over $1,000 the website w

The corporate entity is a very popular one with most businesses. Although traditional "C" corporations are frowned upon for small businesses, "S" corporations are viewed more favorably.So, just what are "S" and "C" corporations? The technical answer is they different classifications of corporations from both a legal and tax aspect. For instance, a "C" corporation can have as many shareholders as it can find while an "S" entity is limited to less than 75.While there are plenty of technical legal issues, the "S" versus "C" choice tends to boil down to a tax question. As with all tax questions, it is not a simple one per se. One has to look at issues related to the initial finances of the corporation as well as where the entity will ultimately be positioned. For instance, if the intention is to take a corporation public in a few years, one has to keep in mind a "C" corporation is the only version that can go public.At the end of the day, a majority of businesses end up going with the "S"

Book Description ISBN-0071413316Everything You Need to Know to Make Money In Bull and Bear Markets Market experts regularly sing the praises of the revered buy-and-hold strategy, a winning approach in bull markets. But where are those experts when regularly occurring bear markets maul investors' portfolios? In fact, where were you during the most recent collapse, in 2000-2002, when investors who

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 — As the Bush administration mulls options for withdrawing forces in Iraq, fault lines are beginning to emerge in a debate between commanders in the field who favor slow reductions and senior generals at the Pentagon who favor cutting the number of combat troops more deeply. Among others, Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the Army chief of staff, are said to be leaning toward a recommendation that steep reductions by the end of 2008, perhaps to half of the 20 combat brigades now in Iraq, should be the administration’s goal. Such a drawdown would be deeper and faster than Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, is expected to recommend next month, administration officials said. “If you’re out in Baghdad you might have a different priority for where you want the troops,” an administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the White House has not authorized public remar

- This new double A-side single by disco'd Munchkins Dino Bardot, Daryl Doll and co. is a rather colourful affair. And that's just the artwork… as for the music, it's rather patchy. “Release The Lions” is all over the place. A truly uncountable number of tunes are blended into one, mashed up song - it could be OK, but it is so confusingly cut'n'pasted that it's embarrassingly messy. The song stop-starts to the point of exhaustion, and despite some funky riffs, it really wouldn't do much in the way of getting people off their seats and dance in a party environment (which is clearly the aim). Follow-up “Bad Timing” is better. Skatty guitars alongside intricate backing instrumentation, it is reminiscent of the first Rapture album with danceable grooves. However, while it is a decent light-hearted dance-pop song, fun and bouncy enough, it still sounds dated, in no way giving life to a tried and tested style of retro pop. Average Munchkins, then.

Maybe. My stock market timing indicators just barely signal that the market correction is over. I think that tomorrow's stock market action will decide which way the market will begin to move over the next month or so.I purchased a small amount of put options in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) at today's close. Although this position is contrary to my market timing indicators, I felt that sticking with the current market trend was a better idea until my stock market timing indicators give a clearer signal.Stock market timing signal = hedge bull †† Here is more information about my stock market timing signal.

Ryan Newman finds himself in the thick of the struggle to be one of the 12 drivers who will compete for the championship via the Chase for the Nextel Cup. It won't be easy. Entering the rain-postponed Michigan race, Newman stood 13th, trailing Kurt Busch and barely ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Inexplicably, Newman has found himself in the midst of a career slump. He has won 12 races and 41 poles, but his most recent trip to victory lane was in New Hampshire on Sept. 18, 2005. He failed to make the Chase for the first time in 2006. In some ways, Newman's frustrations go hand in hand with those of Dodge, which had won only twice this year entering Michigan.The season's first Dodge victory went to Juan Pablo Montoya at Infineon Raceway in June. Then Newman's Penske Racing teammate, Kurt Busch, won at Pocono Raceway on Aug. 5. Newman's best season was 2003, when he won eight races. He was Raybestos Rookie of the Year in 2002, when he edged out Jimmie Johnson, who, of course, went on t

Some new research by Uri Simonsohn entitled Excess Entry into High Demand Markets - Evidence from the Timing of Online Auctions, throws some light on that difficult issue - when to end your auctions.  Competition neglect is the effect of people choosing actions which would maximise their profits in the absence of competition.  In other words, they do not take into account the effect on competition on their sales, piling into the next big thing without thinking that everyone else is doing the same. Simonsohn shows that competition neglect is rife in eBay, with sellers listing at high traffic times, without realing that they times produce lower sale prices.  The research showed the following: At peak times e.g. Sunday evening, there is a lower bids to auctions ratio i.e. auctions get fewer bids.  For example between 8 and 9a.m. 3.9% of items end but 4.7% of bids are placed, whilst between 5p.m. and 9p.m. 25% of bids are placed but 37.5% of items end. Consequently

The hurricane is bearing down on Mexico and it looks as thought the eye of the storm is going to crash down on the resort where we stayed just 2 short weeks ago. I'm saddened every time I hear the coverage of the hurricane because we so loved where we...