{"id":33300,"date":"2015-12-04T11:11:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T16:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=33300"},"modified":"2015-12-04T11:11:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T16:11:52","slug":"there-is-real-blood-in-some-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=33300","title":{"rendered":"There is real blood in some streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A robust employment number this morning gives pause for optimism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Several friends have now opted for bottom fishing.\u00a0 Sample targets. Amazing 2-year charts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ClovisBottom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ClovisBottom.jpg\" alt=\"ClovisBottom\" width=\"643\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ClovisBottom.jpg 643w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ClovisBottom-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/HalBottom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/HalBottom.jpg\" alt=\"HalBottom\" width=\"638\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/HalBottom.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/HalBottom-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PandoraBottom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PandoraBottom.jpg\" alt=\"PandoraBottom\" width=\"636\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PandoraBottom.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PandoraBottom-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BHPBottom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BHPBottom.jpg\" alt=\"BHPBottom\" width=\"630\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BHPBottom.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BHPBottom-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/XOMBottom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/XOMBottom.jpg\" alt=\"XOMBottom\" width=\"644\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/XOMBottom.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/XOMBottom-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I don&#8217;t personally like catching falling knives. But I understand that buying low and selling high is the name of the game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is the S&amp;P 500 over the past two years &#8212; the same scale as the charts above.\u00a0 Volatile. Not for the faint of heart. But still up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SPTwoYears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SPTwoYears.jpg\" alt=\"S&amp;PTwoYears\" width=\"655\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SPTwoYears.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SPTwoYears-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Christmas presents:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">+ Roku 3. From Netflix to PBS, from Amazon Prime to Showtime, from HBO to Hulu and a million others, you get them all with Roku. Who needs live TV? Cut your cord and get Roku. The great new feature of Roku 3 is that it comes with comfortable earbuds. You can binge watch without disturbing your spouse. Roku 3 is $90 at Amazon and worth every penny. Works on wired or WiFi flawlessly. No monthly recurring charges. Click <strong>here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">+ The Canon G16 camera is on sale, along with a 32 gig memory card for $379. See writeup in the right column. Click <a title=\"Canon G16 on sale at Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Optical-Full-HD\/dp\/B00EFILHB4\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1449243929&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=canon+g16+camera\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Free cruise to the Bahamas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I won one this morning. The good news is that I can go into &#8220;Recents&#8221;, left scroll the little i and block the caller. This is my meager little weapon, since the government&#8217;s &#8220;no call&#8221; list clearly doesn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The greatest Christmas commercial ever.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmascommercial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmascommercial.jpg\" alt=\"Christmascommercial\" width=\"979\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmascommercial.jpg 979w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmascommercial-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I cried every time I&#8217;ve watched this short video. Click <a title=\"Time to come home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/business\/german-supermarket-edeka-release-heartbreaking-christmas-advert-rivalling-john-lewis-man-on-the-moon-a6755811.html%20\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Latest on guns:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">+ Why gun violence may be about to get worse. Read a short piece called &#8220;<em>Domestic Terrorism and America&#8217;s Gun Dilemma.<\/em>&#8221; Click <a title=\"Domestic Terrorism and America's Gun Dilemma\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/john-cassidy\/domestic-terrorism-and-americas-gun-dilemma?mbid=nl_151203_Daily&amp;CNDID=38760355&amp;spMailingID=8314134&amp;spUserID=MTA5MTk0NzIxNjc5S0&amp;spJobID=820363235&amp;spReportId=ODIwMzYzMjM1S0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">+ Why fighting gun violence by arming citizens isn&#8217;t a crazy idea. From <em>The Week<\/em> Magazine. Click <a title=\"Why fighting violence by arming citizens is a crazy idea\" href=\"http:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/591997\/why-fighting-gun-violence-by-arming-citizens-isnt-crazy-idea\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\" data-para-count=\"212\" data-total-count=\"995\">+ Every Senate Republican except Mark Kirk of Illinois voted against legislation to prevent people on the F.B.I.\u2019s consolidated terrorist watchlist from purchasing guns or explosives. The measure has been introduced repeatedly since 2007. The Government Accountability Office has documented that over years of congressional blockage, hundreds of suspected terrorists on the watchlist bought guns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\" data-para-count=\"340\" data-total-count=\"1335\">Another bill that would have expanded background checks to gun show and online firearms sales to screen out convicted felons and the mentally ill also failed on Thursday. The four Republican senators running for president \u2014 Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Lindsey Graham \u2014 all turned up to vote against these common-sense measures. For more, click <a title=\"Voting against sensible simple gun control measures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/04\/opinion\/tough-talk-and-a-cowardly-vote-on-terrorism.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=opinion-c-col-left-region&amp;region=opinion-c-col-left-region&amp;WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0I don&#8217;t believe in taking away everyone&#8217;s guns. But I do believe there are certain people who shouldn&#8217;t be allowed them. I&#8217;d like to make the country a safer place for my grandchildren. But I worry.<\/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 who&#8217;s celebrating his last post from California with more granddaughter photos. First, Sophie:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SophieinBOx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SophieinBOx.jpg\" alt=\"SophieinBOx\" width=\"450\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SophieinBOx.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SophieinBOx-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Finally Sophie is making it up the stairs. This is freaking her mother, Claire. Them stairs are slippery, steep and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SophieonStairs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SophieonStairs.jpg\" alt=\"SophieonStairs\" width=\"450\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SophieonStairs.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SophieonStairs-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eleanor at Thanksgiving dinner, enjoying her one (and only) moment of screen time. Sadly, I look more than antique. But I look good in my $99 Uniqlo jacket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ThanksgivingwithPapi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ThanksgivingwithPapi.jpg\" alt=\"ThanksgivingwithPapi\" width=\"450\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ThanksgivingwithPapi.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ThanksgivingwithPapi-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eleanor enjoyed the pumpkins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CrazyEleanor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CrazyEleanor.jpg\" alt=\"CrazyEleanor\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CrazyEleanor.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CrazyEleanor-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Grandkids are wonderful. I&#8217;m getting another one in January.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m returning to New York tomorrow. Eastern time seems more &#8220;natural.&#8221; It&#8217;s weird waking up at 4:00 AM.<\/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>A robust employment number this morning gives pause for optimism. Several friends have now opted for bottom fishing.\u00a0 Sample targets. Amazing 2-year charts. I don&#8217;t personally like catching falling knives. But I understand that buying low and selling high is the name of the game. This is the S&amp;P 500 over the past two years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}