No trades

Didn’t see anything interesting yesterday. Was following the like of RMBS, COST and NOVL but the action was all over the place. On the ETF front XLV is doing nicely while XLE has become a drag and is negatively correlated to the rest of the market rally.

Sick and To Do

I’m down with the flu. Seems to be a virus going around town as a few people I know are battling it. Didn’t trade last night and the previous night had -1R loss on ANAD. I still have loads of things to attend to related to the relocation:
Done:

Apartment
Work visa
New bank account
Change their mistake on my […]

New gadget

Got a new mobile phone yesterday as part of getting a new mobile plan and a 6.5Mbps broadband. It’s a nice little toy from Samsung which now allows me to live the “ultra life” lol, check it out here.

Blue October

Every now and then I come across a music album that is (almost) life changing. An album which just stays with me for a long time and that I enjoy more and more like an ageing bottle of fine wine. One such album was Keane’s Hope & Fears. Recently though, it’s been Blue October’s Foiled.Simply […]

Some interesting extensions

A linkfest of Saturday’s geekery.
AllPeers
“Allpeers will be the next email for all those grandmothers and moms who share pictures with friends and family.”
TrackMeNot
TrackMeNot is a lightweight browser extension that protects web-searchers against surveillance and data-profiling.

Blackbox Search

Black Box searches return proxied results, which (if you dont click on too much ad junk) will not […]

A good night out

No trades, yet again. But a brilliant night.
In true expat fashion we met up with a friend of a friend of my friend who has just transferred from Paris to Singapore. So my friend called me up and that friend called up two of his friends and we had a great evening of dinner, followed […]

“How are ya?”

When you bump into your neighbor on your way out and say, “How are ya?”you’re engaging in phatic communion. The idea is not to inquire yourneighbor’s state of affairs but simply to create a feeling of sharedgoodwill.  Later, at work, when you discuss weather with someone atthe water cooler, it’s the same idea.
Learned something new […]

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