Sequoias And Markets Sequoias are often thought of as the monarchs of the Sierra Nevada ecosystem with good reason if you think how tall and old they can grow to be. The main cause of their death is toppling, since they are so resistant to diseases. Sequoia groves adapted to natural processes that must continue if they are to remain healthy. There are similarities between the natural processes that help sequoias remain healthy and markets.

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China The Mother Of All Grey Swans by Vitaliy Katsenelson I gave a presentation last week at the Value Investment Seminar in Trani, Italy (here is a link to the PDF). I strongly suggest you visit their website in a few weeks, as it will have presentations and videos. It was a terrific event; I learned a lot.

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Next Wave Of Innovation The 19th century expansion of trade with America and India (thanks to the British Navy dominance and the imperialist policies of that century) caused the growth of population in cities, the increase of demand of labor and, therefore, wages.

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Euro And Gold Something significant is happening for sure as market forces came to the conclusion that gold had to be liquidated so fast and the Euro had to be bought so aggressively. Maybe I missed some important development in Europe, but the crisis is still there as it was a month ago. Spain and its debt situation is the next challenge this summer.

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News-Sentinel- Kevin Leininger: Of Google, surveyors and phones

Proves that technology is only as reliable as the people who create and program it – and the bigger, faster and more impersonal the technology, the more far-reaching its inevitable failures.

A few years ago, one of our new reporters asked if I knew a certain phone number. I didn’t, but – always trying to be helpful – I called on 30 years’ worth of experience and suggested she might want to try the phone book.

Euroskeptics

This article on Bloomberg provides good support to the Euroskeptics: Euro Dominos Will Fall Until Currency Is Split . The idea is that there is a domino effect at work. This process isn’t going to stop until the euro is taken apart. First Greece went bust (is it over?). Now Ireland is on the brink of a bailout. Portugal is next and why not Spain and Italy. In each country, it will be a different trigger that causes a collapse, but the root is the same.

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$7.20 was an important support. The congestion developed over the past week is not promising and it looks bearish. The bearish engulfing of today could confirm this scenario.

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