{"id":27426,"date":"2014-08-13T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T13:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=27426"},"modified":"2014-08-13T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T14:17:39","slug":"who-cares-about-down-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=27426","title":{"rendered":"Who cares about down days?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I was lamenting a down day. I was searching for sympathy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My Wall Street friend said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;What do you care about?&#8221; I asked naively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Assets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can figure the rest out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Are car loans the next sub-prime mortgages? <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Peddling them on the airwaves. Peddling them to people who have no money. Peddling them to people who have no job. Peddling them to deadbeats. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In some places the air waves are full of ads for cheap car loans.<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are they packaged up, securitized and sold to unsuspecting German institutions?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Can I sell them short? I&#8217;m checking. Any ideas?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Robin Williams was my favorite. Part 2. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Yesterday was Part 1.)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/robinwillamsFullPerformance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27441\" alt=\"robinwillamsFullPerformance\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/robinwillamsFullPerformance.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/robinwillamsFullPerformance.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/robinwillamsFullPerformance-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This picture is from a standup he did for HBO. Watch <a title=\"Robin Williams HBO full performance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AdIRME3EpFY\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oops, HBO just took it down.<\/span> Maybe it&#8217;s on HBOGO. It&#8217;s not. I just checked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here&#8217;s another Robin Williams on YouTube. Click <a title=\"robin williams weapons of self destruction\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Ubjuna5X4w\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Charlie Rose did a full hour on Williams last night. They haven&#8217;t posted Charlie&#8217;s show yet. Probably today or tomorrow. It&#8217;s worth watching.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is Robin with his idol Jonathan Winters and Pam Dawber on the sitcom \u201c<em>Mork &amp; Mindy<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/RobinWilliamsandWinters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27443\" alt=\"RobinWilliamsandWinters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/RobinWilliamsandWinters.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/RobinWilliamsandWinters.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/RobinWilliamsandWinters-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Williams wrote a piece for <em>the New York Times<\/em> on Winters, &#8220;<em>A Madman, But Angelic.<\/em>&#8221; The piece begins:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">My father&#8217;s laughter introduced me to the comedy of Jonathan Winters. My dad was a sweet man, but not an easy laugh. We were watching Jack Paar on &#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; on our black-and-white television, and on came Jonathan in a pith helmet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">&#8220;Who are you?&#8221; Paar asked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m a great white hunter,&#8221; Jonathan said in an effete voice. &#8220;I hunt mainly squirrels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">&#8220;How do you do that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">&#8220;I aim for their little nuts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">My dad and I lost it. Seeing my father laugh like that made me think, &#8220;Who is this guy and what&#8217;s he on?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can read the full piece <a title=\"Williams on Winters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/16\/arts\/television\/robin-williams-recalls-the-lessons-of-jonathan-winters.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=Media&amp;module=RelatedCoverage&amp;region=Marginalia&amp;pgtype=article\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are many Robin Williams videos on <em>YouTube.<\/em> Just search for <em>Robin Williams<\/em> and enjoy the rest of your\u00a0 day. Do not watch the stockmarket. It will go up and down. Trust me. Watch Robin Williams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Apparently the demons inside Williams&#8217; head caught up with him and he hung himself earlier this week. It&#8217;s very very sad. The world has lost a huge talent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Sarah Palin has a online TV channel.<\/strong> <\/span>It costs $100 a year. You have to give her your credit card before you get to watch the free episodes. Please do. Better your credit card than mine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SarahPalin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27450\" alt=\"SarahPalin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SarahPalin.jpg\" width=\"496\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SarahPalin.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SarahPalin-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Watch what Robin Williams says about her in the beginning of his HBO stand-up &#8212; see above. It&#8217;s priceless.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>God bless human ingenuity.<\/strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you take a &#8220;pet&#8221; on an airline, it typically costs $100 for the trip.\u00a0 If you take a &#8220;service dog,&#8221; it&#8217;s free.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All you need to do is to figure out what type of dog you have:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TherapyDog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27437\" alt=\"TherapyDog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TherapyDog.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TherapyDog.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TherapyDog-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And buy it a nice little jacket:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/servicetag1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27439\" alt=\"servicetag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/servicetag1.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/servicetag1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/servicetag1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then decide how much you want to to spend (if at all) on all the useless paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UNitedStatesDogRegistry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27434\" alt=\"UNitedStatesDogRegistry\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UNitedStatesDogRegistry.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UNitedStatesDogRegistry.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UNitedStatesDogRegistry-300x107.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">God bless man&#8217;s ingenuity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Channels make you money on YouTube: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here are two tennis ones:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>+ <a title=\"Tennis Oxygen channel on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCEUqaopy-duP0LD8PATxxCg\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tennis Oxygen.<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">+ <a title=\"Fuzzy Yellow Balls tennis channel on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXQ-a9jN5DkWtSYKjVXqsew\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Fuzzy Yellow Balls<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are zillions of others. Good way to make money at home. Suggestion: Upside down crocheting for Australians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A full day of fishing and hanging out with the boys.<\/strong><\/span><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Got home real late last night after a full day of fishing and hanging out with the guys, my wife left a message in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/EatMoreFruit1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27430\" alt=\"EatMoreFruit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/EatMoreFruit1.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/EatMoreFruit1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/EatMoreFruit1-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I think she wants me to eat more fruit. Bless her heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21218\" alt=\"HarryNewton\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarry Newton who bought a backpack from eBay. It came with a 20% discount coupon. It&#8217;s cheaper for me to return the backpack and re-buy it with the coupon. (Re-buy is not the same as re-gift, which is when I take a present someone just gave me and give it to someone else.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The summer hasn&#8217;t been brilliant for our stocks. Maybe we should &#8220;<em><strong>Sell in May and Go Away.<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; We&#8217;ll see. My backhand has improved. One plus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From today&#8217;s <em>Wall Street Journal:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">Food companies have come to the important conclusion that shoppers like to see what they will be eating. But transparent packaging is surprisingly hard to engineer, our story finds, as some foods aren&#8217;t made to bare all before consumers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last night Cramer lamented the poor stock performance of the packaged goods makers. The best part was when he read some of the ingredients. He tried to pronounce the chemicals added to the food. Do yourself a favor. Read the labels of some this stuff. See if you can pronounce the chemicals. Then go shopping at Whole Foods. I bought back in and it&#8217;s popping.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');\n\n  ga('create', 'UA-45200733-1', 'technologyinvestor.com');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was lamenting a down day. I was searching for sympathy. My Wall Street friend said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t care.&#8221; &#8220;What do you care about?&#8221; I asked naively. &#8220;Assets.&#8221; You can figure the rest out. Are car loans the next sub-prime mortgages? 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