Another short break

Posted on May 1, 2008
Tags: Living, Day Trading | 5 Comments |

This week hasn’t been very productive with mostly back and forth small gains and small losses. That’s just how things are sometimes. It’s also a short week for me. We’re taking advantage of a couple of public holidays and going on a short break. Till later.

links for 2008-05-01

Posted on May 1, 2008
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Bloomberg.com: Worldwide

The firm said it’s winding down the $2.5 billion Global Opportunities Fund after it lost 25 percent last year and investors asked to pull money.

(tags: Trading Hedge Fund Losses)

links for 2008-04-30

Posted on April 30, 2008
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Energy Boosters: Boost Your Energy This Morning with Simple Exercises

“After the first 20, my body hurdles to the ground and I get that “I feel like shit!” feeling. I must be doing it wrong!” Lol. not quite the shiznit :-)

(tags: Exercise Health Morning Routine)
Urban Dictionary: Homing from Work

This is how the majority of IT workers spend the majority of their time. An unscientific observation of course which falls under the cateogry of truthiness.

(tags: UrbanWord IT Industry Work Home Time Telecommuting)
U.S. Economy Expanded at 0.6% Pace in First Quarter

Spending by households, the biggest part of the economy, grew last quarter at the slowest pace since 2001, when the U.S. was in a recession, as job losses mounted, food and fuel prices surged and property values tumbled. INTERESTING “recession”.

(tags: Economy GDP Recession 2008 Credit Crisis)

Back from Singapore

Posted on April 28, 2008
Tags: Asia, Living | 8 Comments |

Got back to Bangkok last night after a delayed flight. I had a really nice time in Singapore meeting friends and going out for drinks and food at our usual places. Just like the last time I went back to Singapore in November, Singapore has both changed and remained the same. Three related change themes emerged this trip:

1. Everything is even more expensive than before, prices increased across the board for everything. Surprisingly though people aren’t talking or complaining about it too much. I think there’s a bit of a boiling the frog effect going on, the gradual increase doesn’t cause much outcry but if you step away like I did for half a year and return then things seem different.

2. It’s more crowded. Everywhere you go you see lots of people all the time. A lot more than before. There are several government initiatives to increase the population of Singapore dramatically by a couple of million people and like in most areas, the Singapore government is showing results. The main downside I see to their strategy though is that they’re targeting very high quality immigration. This sounds like a good idea and indeed those new immigrants contribute to the economy from the get-go but it also carries high risks. Highly competent and skilled immigrants become transient again when the economy takes a down turn or better opportunities come along. A lot of efforts are being made by the government to recruit Aussies for example, I doubt though that many Aussies will settle down in Singapore forever.

3. Related to the above, everywhere I went and had to deal with some official business (telecom, banking etc.) instead of the usual request to see my Employment Pass or Passport I was always asked to show my Singapore Identity Card. That was very new to me. It seems Singaporeans are getting more and more used to seeing foreigners are locals.

Overall it’s always nice to go back there. A kind of home away from home no matter where I live.

links for 2008-04-25

Posted on April 25, 2008
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Jimmy Carter must stop meddling - Telegraph

Mr Carter himself must share much of the blame for the state of Palestinians now by ignoring their statehood aspirations when he negotiated Camp David peace deal. His campaign for human rights in Shah’s Iran ultimately resulted in the Islamic revolution.

(tags: Jimmy Carter Middle East Politics)
PROFESSIONAL WATCHES™: Spring Drive Spacewalk by SEIKO

Nice. Interesting movement.

(tags: Watches Seiko)
the Trading Fraternity: Paint Bars

Learn how to trade from a single paragraph blog post. The Fraternity has no more nude pics (unfortunately lol) but lots of good trading snippets if you pay attention.

(tags: Trading Learning HowTo)
EOTPRO / END OF TREND TRADING WEB LOG: Tradeing results for last 10 weeks

“As far as we are concerned this is a demo account” - what does this mean?

(tags: Trading Results)
Open Range Breakout Daytrading System | NeoTicker Blog

“To improve a trading system does not necessarily involves a lot of parameter twistings. The more important thing to do is to understand why the system is not doing what it supposed to and find logic solutions to resolve the problem.” Good stuff. via PRD

(tags: Trading Systems Development)
Alea | $156k Fine for Spreading Rumors

“The commission will vigorously investigate and prosecute those who manipulate markets with this witch’s brew of damaging rumors and short sales,” Cox said in a statement.

(tags: Trading Illegal SEC)
FreeRice

Funny. I just ‘donated’ 200 grains :-)

(tags: rice games)