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• What Were Reading ~ 12/4/09

  
  market folly — Authority: 603
  Gold goes parabolic [Traders Narrative] On what was the biggest market call of the decade [The Reformed Broker] A developing bull market [The Economist] On Ray Dalio & Bridgewaters decision to enter depression mode [Pensions & Investments] Paulson is about performance [Eric Jacksons Breakout ...
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• Obama and the Bunny Planet

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  I like Barack Obama, but I misjudged him. I mistook ambition for courage, and conformity for pragmatism. He needs a visit to the Bunny Planet. The Bunny Planet appears in a series of books I read to my two-year-old daughter, by Rosemary Wells. After the characters in the series have a miserable day, theyre whisked ...
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• Will there be any jobs at Obama’s Job Summit?

  
  Written on the Wind — Authority: 143
  There haven’t been any jobs to speak of from the stimulus package.  If there had been we would not be over 10% unemployment. There are millions of jobs out there.  You just have to get away from Washington DC to find them 25 Best jobs for Baby Boomers Job summit is folly Job summit.  who cares? One ...
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• Soros Quadruples Dana Holdings Stake, Cuts Global Ship Position

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 634
  Market Folly submits: George Soros hedge fund firm has recently filed two separate 13Gs with the SEC to update some of its positions. Firstly, we see that Soros Fund Management has disclosed a 5.26% ownership stake in Dana Holding Corp ( DAN ) with 7,331,132 shares. The filing was made due to activity on November ...
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• Trauma and Insurance

  
  Making Light — Authority: 600
  Thanks to Liberal Oasis for this story. In a 2008 study published in the Archives of Surgery, Race and Insurance Status as Risk Factors for Trauma Mortality (pdf), looking at around 400,000 trauma (excluding burns) patients between the ages of 17 and 64 who were alive when they reached the hospital, and sorting on ...
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• Afghanistan: The March of Folly Continues

  
  BartBlog — Authority: 475
  “A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Mankind, it seems, makes a poorer performance of government than of almost any human activity. In this sphere, wisdom, which may be defended as the exercise of judgment ...
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• Wise vs. Wild Contrast #20: Teachability

  
  Girls Gone Wise — Authority: 463
  Teachability Her willingness to be corrected and instructed Girl-Gone-Wild: Scornful Girl-Gone-Wise: Teachable Girl-Gone-Wild: “She listens to no voice; she accepts no correction. She does not rust in the Lord; she does not draw near to her God.” Zephaniah 3:1-2 Girl-Gone-Wise: The ear that listens ...
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• Market Folly Custom Portfolio: November 2009 Performance

  
  market folly — Authority: 603
  If youre unfamiliar with our portfolio, check out our introduction here . Today were back with the latest performance metrics from our Market Folly custom hedgefundesque portfolio created with Alphaclone : November 2009 MF: -2.2% S&P 500: +6.0% YTD 2009 MF: +9.4% S&P 500: +24.1% Since Inception ...
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• When to Exit Your Long Positions

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 634
  Market Folly submits: MarketClub just posted up a new video examining the S&P 500 and in it theyve outlined two key levels in the market. They highlight that while the trend is up, you still have to be cautious and know when to switch from long to short. So, theyve identified a level at which to exit longs ...
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• Dan Loeb: Investment Outlook Favorable Through Mid-2010

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 634
  Market Folly submits: Dan Loebs hedge fund firm Third Point LLC recently sent out its third quarter 2009 investor letter and were here to provide you with the highlights. Third Point currently manages $2.4 billion and was up 19.8% for Q3 and year-to-date as of September 30th was up 27.6%, outperforming the S&P ...
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• Candlelight Becomes You

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 145
  Click and hold to get the lights Smack in the middle of this string of 4 birthdays in 3 days we find one of my very favorite people in or out of Blogaritaville, Sandy Carlson. Im not sure what lap shes just completing today, but its not like it matters. Sandy is ageless, timeless. But thats where "less" stops ...
  2 days ago

• Most Popular Articles On MarketFolly.com

  
  market folly — Authority: 603
  We havent updated our list of the most popular articles on Market Folly so we figured we should list the current favorites now that a new month is upon us: 1. Warren Buffetts Recommended Reading List 2. John Paulsons Gold Fund : Betting Against the US Dollar 3. Market Wizards: Advice From 15 Top Hedge Fund ...
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• Is Doomsday Coming? Perhaps, but Not in 2012 – New York Times

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 162
  San Francisco ChronicleIs Doomsday Coming? Perhaps, but Not in 2012New York TimesMost of whats claimed for 2012 relies on wishful thinking, wild pseudoscientific folly, ignorance of astronomy and a level of paranoia worthy of Night of …2012: new film features Mayan doomsday, but Maya say BunkExaminer.comForget ...
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• Perkins Hoodwinked Offers Solutions to the Economic Crisis

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 634
  Market Folly submits: Is it just us, or are book titles getting longer and longer these days? That point aside, were here today to review John Perkins latest book, Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded--and What We Need to Do to Remake Them . In short, Hoodwinked details ...
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• More of the same: Broadband Stimulus = Maps

  
  Third Pipe, the future of broadband — Authority: 129
  Remember that promise of universal broadband courtesy of all of that government stimlus? Well, it’s becoming obvious that the only stimulus is for those in the business of making very high priced maps.  Did “shovel ready projects” really mean that someone was going to be using a gold plated shovel to pile the ...
  3 days ago

• whats the science? and should i drink it?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 642
  my mother used to put a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in milk to keep it fresh past the use by date. it appears to work. very well. whats the chemistry behind this? and should i drink it?
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• A Mid-Semester Afternoons Nightmare

  
  Rimarama — Authority: 454
  During my sophomore year in college, I started pining away for a scruffy little poet who had pursued me during the previous semester’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream . While we were in the play together, Id been flattered by his attention, but it was kind of freaking me out, so I let him know in no ...
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• Hypocrisy

  
  TALK TO THE HUMP — Authority: 114
  Today, the Swiss voted in a national referendum to ban the construction of minarets in their country. They voted convincingly enough that this measure will be added to the Swiss constitution. Now, Im no friend of religion, and certainly no friend of one that in many of its manifestations would rather see me ...
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• Woods alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel had affair with David Boreanaz

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New York City, Nov 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The New York socialite Rachel Uchitel is at the center of the mystery surrounding Tiger Woods’ recent car accident has had other affairs too, and that too with other much married men, like David Boreanaz.She was having an affair with actor David Boreanaz, when his wife Jaime ...
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• Advent

  
  Traditio et Virtus — Authority: 127
  Hans Memling - Advent and Triumph of Christ, 1480 Advent , one of my favourite times of year, has arrived. It is a time where hope seems great, when love seems more natural and when society seems a little more harmonious in its unity. It is a time where the importance of the family and song and laughter and ...
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