Who the hell drank the last Red Bull? Seriously. Just a few weeks ago the glass overfloweth, and in no time, the damn thing looks half full? Some growl it’s empty? But let’s be honest, that’s what makes this game so much fun. Moody’s put the US on watch for a downgrade, “Heightened polarization over the debt limit has increased the odds of a short-lived default.” Then they put Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Far

Teddy grabbed me, excited. He’s my 6yr old. Opened his special box. “Snakeskin,” he said, “it’s enormous.” I checked it out, 4ft strip of dusty old translucent industrial tape with a lattice pattern that closely resembled scales. Of course, I admired his newfound treasure, we imagined the viper’s size, fangs, strength, hiss, prey, den, poison-tipped tail barbs. Remember the cool stuff we discovered when we were kids?

Hope all goes well. Summertime. Kids finished school. But I’m still in class. And I ain’t talking grammar class (gave myself an A in that one back at Brown). Nope, I’m talking mkts. What a tough teacher. Brown-nosing don’t work, apples neither. Just persistence, hard work, honesty, humility. Overall: Who the hell drank the last Red Bull? Seriously. Just a few weeks ago the glass overfloweth, and in no time, the

It ain’t easy being on the run. The more power you got, the bigger your name, the harder it is. Medvedev dropped his favorite customer, Gaddafi, “Lost his legitimacy to govern.” And of course, the only thing Ruskies love more than selling weapons to old dictators, is selling weapons to new dic…well, let’s hope for somethin’ better. So with that parting bear hug, Muammar’s finished. The madman slithered from hospital

Hope all goes well. Be back next wk with full w/e notes. Needed a breather. Plus I’m engrossed in Decoded, new book by Jay-Z. My favorite living artist. Tells the story of Man’s struggle. Set in NYC, my hometown. Explores ambition, hunger, loyalty, hard work, power. Passion for the game. Turning nickels to dimes, dimes to bricks. Anyhow, I spent the wk in NYC with hungry guys, ambitious. All in love with the same thi

Oh what fascinating creatures we are. Glorious. Pathetic. Noble. Base. Good. Bad. And of course, we’re weak, small, and have precious little time to learn so many complex things. Is it any wonder we’re confused, forever questioning why we do the things we do? The Terminator, Man’s strongest man, fell to his knees – conquered by Man’s fiercest enemy: thyself. Naturally, some version of this inner battle raged in

Hope all goes well. I confess. Tried to squeeze too many things into too few hrs. Failed. So I’m keeping it short. I’ll be back with full w/e notes June 5th. I’m jetting out tomorrow, heading to the Apple. Overall: Oh what fascinating creatures we are. Glorious. Pathetic. Noble. Base. Good. Bad. And of course, we’re weak, small, and have precious little time to learn so many complex things. Is it any wonder we’re con

Hope all goes well. Returned from London. I met so many fellas. Listened too. Everyone wants to buy commodities. And of course, the boys expect the USD to decline. Bonds too. Stocks may go higher, but “you gotta be careful” – so goes the chatter. Overall: What a miracle. The basket nearly empty, the multitude many. But when they counted the dough, there appeared aplenty. USDA forecast corn stockpiles to multiply from

Rebellious Bavarian monks penned a series of 12th century poems. Explored the role of fortune in our world, the cycle of life, and death, of love and sex, corruption in the Catholic Church. Their work remained hidden till 1803. By 1937, Carl Orff had lived through 3 turns of Germany’s wheel: Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazism. He composed music. Set these poems to his most powerful piece: Carmina Burana. It moves me lik

What a miracle. The basket nearly empty, the multitude many. But when they counted the dough, there appeared aplenty. USDA forecast corn stockpiles to multiply from 730mm bushels to 900mm (exports drop to 9yr lows). Wheat and soybean inventories expanded too. Oil & gas in storage surged (US fuel use fell to Jun ’09 low). Coal appeared (South Africa shipments to Asia -17%). Iron too (Chinese imports -4.4% from Apr