{"id":37461,"date":"2017-01-25T16:15:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T21:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=37461"},"modified":"2017-01-25T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T21:15:09","slug":"the-sun-is-out-the-market-is-over-20000-the-tennis-is-great-and-the-contractors-are-on-time-whats-not-to-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=37461","title":{"rendered":"The sun is out. The market is over 20,000. The tennis is great. And the contractors are on time. What’s not to like?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been dealing with contractors. Miracle of miracles; They’re all showing up on time.<\/p>\n

Woody Allen says the secret of success is showing up.<\/p>\n

My friends are doing well with covered calls. One sells covered calls and has doubled the yield on his XOM from its 3.5% to 7% a year. More on how he does it tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Meantime, our picks — see the right hand column on the web site — are doing well. But then, most things are. Monkeys and me, I suspect, have much in common, as regards stockpicking.<\/p>\n

I suspect AMD could well on earnings. And BRKA is bouncing back.<\/p>\n

What can Trump actually do about NAFTA?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff Spross of The Week<\/em> magazine writes:<\/p>\n

Renegotiating NAFTA would be a massively complex undertaking. Not only would Congress have to agree to the new terms, but so would the Canadian and Mexican governments.<\/p>\n

You can read his full, well-reasoned piece here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

How to annoy your customers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Offer free shipping and then don’t deliver. Someone in management at Mophie.com is not paying attention. I do like their products, however.<\/p>\n

\"FreeShipping\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Netherlands welcomes Trump in his own words<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"DonaldTrumpAmericaFirst\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Funny video from The Netherlands. Click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Favorite wedding photo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Internet is rife with ads for The 7400 Craziest Wedding pictures you shouldn’t see, etc. They’re come-ons to get you to click on the ads Google sprinkles on their web sites. Each time you click, the web site earns a few shekels. That’s why I have Google sprinkle some ads on this web site. Suffice, I couldn’t resist the wedding photos. Of the millions I’ve seen, this one stands out:<\/p>\n

\"wed46\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s time for a new children’s book<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"AlternateFacts\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Two Bad old jokes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

+ An elderly gentleman…had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100% !<\/p>\n

The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, ‘Your hearing is perfect.. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.’<\/p>\n

The gentleman replied, ‘Oh, I haven’t told my family yet.<\/p>\n

I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I’ve changed my will three times!’<\/p>\n

+\u00a0An elderly couple had dinner at another couple’s house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, ‘Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great… I would recommend it very highly.’<\/p>\n

The other man said, ‘What is the name of the restaurant?’<\/p>\n

The first man thought and thought and finally said, ‘What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love?<\/p>\n

You know.. The one that’s red and has thorns.’<\/p>\n

‘Do you mean a rose?’<\/p>\n

‘Yes, that’s the one,’ replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, ‘Rose, what’s the name of that restaurant we went to last night?’<\/p>\n

\"HarryNewton\"<\/a>
\nHarry Newton, who wonders “Why don’t I own more AMZN, more FB, and more GOOGL?<\/p>\n