{"id":29223,"date":"2014-12-18T09:45:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T14:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=29223"},"modified":"2014-12-18T09:45:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T14:45:43","slug":"dont-mess-with-the-fed-nor-sophie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=29223","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t mess with the Fed, nor Sophie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thank you Janet Yellen. She&#8217;s upbeat on the economy. She&#8217;ll hold rates until mid 2015. She used the word &#8220;patient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cheap money in an upbeat economy is good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After yesterday&#8217;s strong move, we&#8217;re now above the 50 day moving average &#8212; <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">red<\/span><\/strong> line. The 200-day moving average is <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>blue. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The chart is year to date (YTD).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SPXAgain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SPXAgain.jpg\" alt=\"SPXAgain\" width=\"646\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SPXAgain.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/SPXAgain-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have a sneaking suspicion that Google is now a &#8220;buy.&#8221; Hard to see it falling much further.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GooglABuy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GooglABuy.jpg\" alt=\"GooglABuy\" width=\"641\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GooglABuy.jpg 641w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GooglABuy-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Under siege, the police are massively buying body cameras.<\/strong><\/span> Major beneficiary:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TASRAGAIN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TASRAGAIN.jpg\" alt=\"TASRAGAIN\" width=\"634\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TASRAGAIN.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TASRAGAIN-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>I replaced many Radio Shack batteries last night.<\/strong><\/span> They were all on their last legs. Then, I wondered where was the stock?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On its last legs also? Yup!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/RSHYTD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/RSHYTD.jpg\" alt=\"RSHYTD\" width=\"646\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/RSHYTD.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/RSHYTD-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What an amazing chart. Not the stock you wanted to own this year. I thought about shorting it when it was $1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Stay away from overseas. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;m not talented enough to figure Russia, Brazil, India or China. Hence I keep away.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But many won&#8217;t. Russia is offering 17% on your money. Switzerland is offering minus 0.25%. Switzerland charges you money to keep your money in Switzerland. Russia rewards you &#8212; but not enough even at 17%. Remember, what Sergey Brinn said, &#8220;Russia is Nigeria with snow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My father once put money into Mexico at 14%. It later devalued and he lost most of the money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is what you should be reading:<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/EcnomistHistory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/EcnomistHistory.jpg\" alt=\"EcnomistHistory\" width=\"395\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/EcnomistHistory.jpg 395w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/EcnomistHistory-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is what the Economist wrote about:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slumps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slumps.jpg\" alt=\"Slumps\" width=\"503\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slumps.jpg 503w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slumps-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here&#8217;s the link. click <a title=\"the slumps that changed modern finance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/essays\/21600451-finance-not-merely-prone-crises-it-shaped-them-five-historical-crises-show-how-aspects-today-s-fina\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Does your computer have malware?<\/strong> <\/span>Here are the telltale signs. From <em>PC World.<\/em> Click <a title=\"Tell tale signs your PC has a problem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2853703\/does-your-computer-have-malware-here-are-the-telltale-signs.html#tk.nl_pwr\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommended solution is Norton Internet Security (without the backup).\u00a0 $50 a year. Cheap insurance. Click <a title=\"Norton Internet Security\" href=\"http:\/\/buy-static.norton.com\/norton\/ps\/bb\/5302\/2up_2ns_2nsbu_us_en_ironhide_notw_brnf_nort.html?om_sem_cid=hho_sem_sy:us:ggl:en:e|kw0000002402|49767598636|c&amp;country=US\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Keep backing up. I prefer the Apricorn solutions &#8212; see right hand column.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A little type-cast. But still fun.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Italian says, &#8220;I&#8217;m tired and thirsty. I must have wine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Frenchman says, &#8220;I&#8217;m\u00a0 tired and thirsty. I must have cognac.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Russian says, &#8220;I&#8217;m tired and thirsty. I must have vodka.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The German\u00a0 says, &#8220;I&#8217;m tired and thirsty. I must have beer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Mexican says, &#8220;I&#8217;m tired and thirsty. I must have tequila.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Jew says, &#8220;I&#8217;m tired and thirsty. I must have diabetes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Tonight is the last night of The Colbert Report. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He&#8217;s one of America&#8217;s most talented comedians and certainly one of my and Susan&#8217;s favorites.We watch him every night.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Colbert.jpg\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Colbert.jpg\" alt=\"Colbert\" width=\"317\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Colbert.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Colbert-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The last show begins at 11:30 EST on The Comedy Channel. You can read more about him in yesterday&#8217;s <em>New York Times.<\/em>Wonderful paragraph from that piece:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mr. Colbert appeared in character not simply on his show, but in appearances elsewhere, including a memorable knockout<a title=\"his speech\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U7FTF4Oz4dI\"> performance<\/a> at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner in 2006. (He stirred Bush administration outrage with comments like: \u201cI believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least, and by these standards, we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.\u201d) He even remained at his blowhard best when he testified before Congress in 2010. (Before a Congressional subcommittee on immigration issues and farm labor, Mr. Colbert\u2019s character <a title=\"Stephen Colbert\u2019s testimony\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k1T75jBYeCs\">said things<\/a> like, \u201cMaybe the easier answer is just to have scientists develop vegetables that pick themselves.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the full New York Times piece, click <a title=\"Stephen Colbert prepares the final Colbert Report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/17\/business\/media\/stephen-colbert-prepares-final-colbert-report.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Just what I need early in the morning.<\/strong><\/span> Larry Summers discussing a subject he (as usual) knows nothing about:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Larry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Larry.jpg\" alt=\"Larry\" width=\"400\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Larry.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Larry-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He&#8217;s an &#8220;instant expert,&#8221; available on a pin drop to any bubblevision who calls.<\/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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\" alt=\"HarryNewton\" 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 whose entire family is coming to visit this weekend, including two new grandchildren &#8212; Eleanor and Sophie. Poor Sophie looked happy yesterday when told she was visiting her Gramps (i.e. me):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sophie2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sophie2.jpg\" alt=\"sophie2\" width=\"350\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sophie2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sophie2-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you Janet Yellen. She&#8217;s upbeat on the economy. She&#8217;ll hold rates until mid 2015. She used the word &#8220;patient.&#8221; Cheap money in an upbeat economy is good. After yesterday&#8217;s strong move, we&#8217;re now above the 50 day moving average &#8212; red line. The 200-day moving average is blue. 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