tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post5993534641906438666..comments2024-03-29T03:19:56.674+00:00Comments on Macro Man: Old Themes and Retail SchadenfreudeMacro Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324967552369915949noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-84389801119525984062011-03-31T16:51:09.904+01:002011-03-31T16:51:09.904+01:00Love all computer retailers where some spotty kid ...Love all computer retailers where some spotty kid offers to tutor you in turning on your I-Mac. <br /><br />"The power switch is here, sir, and the um.. stick goes in at the back.." <br />"the flash drive fits in the USB port?" <br />"yes, sir, the long flat hole. For $100 a year, a expert can tutor you when you run into problems". <br />"are you the expert?"<br />"yes"<br />"you do know I had one of these in 1986 and I used to write machine language...?"<br />"these machines can translate into other languages...I can show you, look - goggle translate"<br />"That's google, sunshine.."<br />"no need to be a smart-arse..."<br />"yes, I can see there aren't any around here..."<br />"do you want Mobile Me, then?"<br />"sunshine, nobody in their right mind would want you, mobile or static"<br />"sod off"<br />"enjoy your retail career, young man..."Leftbacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-76488490453604153282011-03-31T13:22:09.813+01:002011-03-31T13:22:09.813+01:00here here... the market goes nutty when lacker and...here here... the market goes nutty when lacker and plosser say hawkish comments (duh) but the uber -doves say nothing... <br /><br />lets here it once from bernanke...<br /><br />and an ever better comment from bullard " the fed will get it (the timing of rate rises )right this time, not too abruptly like in '94 or too predictable in 2004"<br /><br />can we bet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-67067955966751635332011-03-31T10:12:09.296+01:002011-03-31T10:12:09.296+01:00"n Libya the major oil producing areas are co..."n Libya the major oil producing areas are conclusively in the hands of the rebels"<br /><br />Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't they driven away from the main oilfields and export hubs in the last couple of days?Sidhttp://rene-korda.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-35953256536174450182011-03-30T17:46:22.119+01:002011-03-30T17:46:22.119+01:00Euro on a rampage, with ECB officials popping out ...Euro on a rampage, with ECB officials popping out at opportune times to punish short sellers. Peripheral nations slaughtered on the altar of "price stability."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-64517789042477505772011-03-30T15:57:54.488+01:002011-03-30T15:57:54.488+01:00"it's looking as though Portugal could fa..."it's looking as though Portugal could fall off Spain and vanish, Atlantis style, into the ocean"<br /><br />Given that the ancient name of Portugal was Lusitania, it is grotesquely amusing to see it sinking in its ocean of debt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-37958447851584307762011-03-30T14:15:21.552+01:002011-03-30T14:15:21.552+01:00On the subject of oil, I'm wondering if the pr...On the subject of oil, I'm wondering if the price rise this year isn't more due to demand than to nervousness about conflict in the Middle East. <br /><br />Oil had been in contango until just a few months ago and a there were plenty of stories about oil going into storage as traders bought spot and sold futures.<br /> <br />With oil futures now almost flat two years out, that trade is clearly dead.<br /><br />But each month shouldn't there be some oil coming out of storage as those previous trades wind down? So the spot price by demand sufficient enough to absorb both current production and the maturing supply from storage.<br /><br />In other words, this future trading has gone from supporting the spot price to suppressing it.<br /><br />If the recent rise was due to nervousness about future supplies, wouldn't you expect the futures 6-12 months out to be selling at a big premium?Bob_in_MAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-20791243080792057942011-03-30T13:34:40.734+01:002011-03-30T13:34:40.734+01:00Old themes indeed,TMM,as for fonts,I think they co...Old themes indeed,TMM,as for fonts,I think they come in a variety of flavors nowadays. <br /><br />Wannabe Font = the Googler<br /><br />Apprentice Font = the Wiki<br /><br />Master Go To Font = Well, if you find him,lets us know, I'd even consider moving to the states:-)<br /><br />ps. I'm not feeling very creative today.FXnoreply@blogger.com