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Don]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:26:46 -0500
Don]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/598281?source=feed#comment-10722511 10722511 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:03:58 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/598281?source=feed#comment-10721101 10721101 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:58:59 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/598081?source=feed#comment-10721061 10721061 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:52:17 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/791632-o-young-kwon/1178571-the-daily-taner-momentum?source=feed#comment-10719661 10719661 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:23:02 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-10019271 10019271
And sometimes the engine is just an antiquated model that is worn out and no longer works to solve the problems of demography, education, inequality, globalisation, energy/environment, and the overhang of consumer and government debt. Sometimes yesterday's model just can't compete with a command economy that can dictate wages and standard of living, limit family size by law, ignore sustainable environmental and pollution laws.

As the World GDP share continues to favour the emerging and growth markets the developed markets will be forced to adopt their winning strategies. In fact, that is what is going on now. All of that growing 47% dependent in some way on government will force change. ]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:26:36 -0400
And sometimes the engine is just an antiquated model that is worn out and no longer works to solve the problems of demography, education, inequality, globalisation, energy/environment, and the overhang of consumer and government debt. Sometimes yesterday's model just can't compete with a command economy that can dictate wages and standard of living, limit family size by law, ignore sustainable environmental and pollution laws.

As the World GDP share continues to favour the emerging and growth markets the developed markets will be forced to adopt their winning strategies. In fact, that is what is going on now. All of that growing 47% dependent in some way on government will force change. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/895681/comments?source=feed#comment-10015501 10015501
Any lubber knows a government can't force multi-national pirates to do anything, much less force other governments to be more responsible concerning environmental pollution and human rights. They can't even get their own bilge rats to vote themselves lower wages and living conditions even though that is what is necessary in order to compete in the global economy. That's why the central banks are doing the dirty work by inflation because the politicians cant tell the voters the truth. How else are you going to compete with slave labor? Shiver me timbers Capt., I'm not just blowing me hornpipe here! ]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:01:49 -0400
Any lubber knows a government can't force multi-national pirates to do anything, much less force other governments to be more responsible concerning environmental pollution and human rights. They can't even get their own bilge rats to vote themselves lower wages and living conditions even though that is what is necessary in order to compete in the global economy. That's why the central banks are doing the dirty work by inflation because the politicians cant tell the voters the truth. How else are you going to compete with slave labor? Shiver me timbers Capt., I'm not just blowing me hornpipe here! ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/895681/comments?source=feed#comment-9996551 9996551 Thanks for a well written article on the machinations of the central banks.

There is an inconvenient truth underlying what makes these moves both possible and necessary. Everyone knows that the problem is jobs and technology transfer to emerging and growth markets in a continual competitive effort to be the low cost producer. The political solutions proposed are variations of punishing corporations who outsource jobs or rewarding them for moving profits and jobs back to the U.S. International efforts to force EM producers to adopt expensive pollution and environmental controls are resisted on the grounds that the developed world faced no such constraints during their formative years.

The real solution which no one mentions is for wages and living standards for workers in the developed world to decrease until they are once more competitive again. That, in fact, is what is happening and as Mr. Bernanke says will continue until the job numbers improve.

]]> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 08:49:24 -0400 Thanks for a well written article on the machinations of the central banks.

There is an inconvenient truth underlying what makes these moves both possible and necessary. Everyone knows that the problem is jobs and technology transfer to emerging and growth markets in a continual competitive effort to be the low cost producer. The political solutions proposed are variations of punishing corporations who outsource jobs or rewarding them for moving profits and jobs back to the U.S. International efforts to force EM producers to adopt expensive pollution and environmental controls are resisted on the grounds that the developed world faced no such constraints during their formative years.

The real solution which no one mentions is for wages and living standards for workers in the developed world to decrease until they are once more competitive again. That, in fact, is what is happening and as Mr. Bernanke says will continue until the job numbers improve.

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/817551/comments?source=feed#comment-9982951 9982951 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:45:27 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9959051 9959051
Did you man to say the only way to repay anything is with inflation? If we have 'growth' based on profits why would we be printing money?

The countries in Europe who are not 'growing' also do not have a printing press. ]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:34:52 -0400
Did you man to say the only way to repay anything is with inflation? If we have 'growth' based on profits why would we be printing money?

The countries in Europe who are not 'growing' also do not have a printing press. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/817551/comments?source=feed#comment-9958631 9958631 RED REDS S&P 500 10Y T Yield
9/28/2012 52.8 5.0% 1445.99 1.665]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:24:24 -0400 RED REDS S&P 500 10Y T Yield
9/28/2012 52.8 5.0% 1445.99 1.665]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9956221 9956221 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:18:46 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9885921 9885921 And why I ended the comment with "Note: Before you flame me please run your peepers over this graph." The graph referenced is a recent global economic transformation projection from Goldman Sachs.
The graph was to support my comment which suggested wage and standard of living imbalance as a primary reason for emerging and growth economies becoming the low cost producers. Also these developing markets have benefited by technology transfer from the more advanced developed world.

" However, many that discuss ERoEI tend to align themselves closely with the major tenets of that theory." It is too bad that the term ERoEI has become stigmatized in such a way as it is almost impossible to discuss any topic relating to human enterprise without using it in some form. You probably use it yourself when you write articles even if it is just a mental calculation. If you spend a certain amount of time and energy to develop and publish an article and later you look at the return on your investment in terms of not just financial remuneration but also factoring in personal satisfaction objectives you are using ERoEI in deciding whether to continue that enterprise.

When I said that energy cost as measured by ERoEI have been and are and will continue to rise and no power on earth can reverse that trend can be verified by DOE, any energy company, any physics book or your collection of past gas and electricity bills. There is only one situation which seems to slow this process down and that is when the the world economy slows down then the ERoEI goes up briefly. I think it might be natures way of saying "If you find yourself in a hole and can't get out. Quit digging.
Cheers to you too and thanks for giving me the chance to clarify (I hope) my comment.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:43:09 -0400 And why I ended the comment with "Note: Before you flame me please run your peepers over this graph." The graph referenced is a recent global economic transformation projection from Goldman Sachs.
The graph was to support my comment which suggested wage and standard of living imbalance as a primary reason for emerging and growth economies becoming the low cost producers. Also these developing markets have benefited by technology transfer from the more advanced developed world.

" However, many that discuss ERoEI tend to align themselves closely with the major tenets of that theory." It is too bad that the term ERoEI has become stigmatized in such a way as it is almost impossible to discuss any topic relating to human enterprise without using it in some form. You probably use it yourself when you write articles even if it is just a mental calculation. If you spend a certain amount of time and energy to develop and publish an article and later you look at the return on your investment in terms of not just financial remuneration but also factoring in personal satisfaction objectives you are using ERoEI in deciding whether to continue that enterprise.

When I said that energy cost as measured by ERoEI have been and are and will continue to rise and no power on earth can reverse that trend can be verified by DOE, any energy company, any physics book or your collection of past gas and electricity bills. There is only one situation which seems to slow this process down and that is when the the world economy slows down then the ERoEI goes up briefly. I think it might be natures way of saying "If you find yourself in a hole and can't get out. Quit digging.
Cheers to you too and thanks for giving me the chance to clarify (I hope) my comment.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9882281 9882281 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:31:44 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9881241 9881241 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:12:51 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9873231 9873231 4 Key Events in Spain to Watch this Week
Tom Essaye | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 7:30 am
http://bit.ly/Qx9XRC]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:25:38 -0400 4 Key Events in Spain to Watch this Week
Tom Essaye | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 7:30 am
http://bit.ly/Qx9XRC]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9871001 9871001
There is no power on earth that can reverse this. Certainly we will become more efficient and tap alternative energy sources but nothing we can do will change the fact that the cost of energy is going up and has an impact on everything we make. The most severe impact of this is being felt naturally on the economies who are most dependent on cheap legacy energy which is the developed markets.

While this phenomenon is world wide the advantage goes to economies that have the lowest wages and living standards, thus we see the transformation going on now at a rapid pace in favour of growth and emerging markets.

What is happening to Spain and the other club Med is what happens to a canary in a coal mine when conditions become toxic and we should not casually dismiss it.

Note: Before you flame me please run your peepers over this graph.
http://bit.ly/LZVYyw]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:00:11 -0400
There is no power on earth that can reverse this. Certainly we will become more efficient and tap alternative energy sources but nothing we can do will change the fact that the cost of energy is going up and has an impact on everything we make. The most severe impact of this is being felt naturally on the economies who are most dependent on cheap legacy energy which is the developed markets.

While this phenomenon is world wide the advantage goes to economies that have the lowest wages and living standards, thus we see the transformation going on now at a rapid pace in favour of growth and emerging markets.

What is happening to Spain and the other club Med is what happens to a canary in a coal mine when conditions become toxic and we should not casually dismiss it.

Note: Before you flame me please run your peepers over this graph.
http://bit.ly/LZVYyw]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9859351 9859351 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:18:55 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9856921 9856921 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:20:15 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9853641 9853641 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:59:24 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9852701 9852701
Let us just be thankful that could never happen here. In fact, I just read that beer in the U.S. is cheaper than any where in the world.
http://rss.slashdot.org~r/Slashdot/slashd...]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:39:50 -0400
Let us just be thankful that could never happen here. In fact, I just read that beer in the U.S. is cheaper than any where in the world.
http://rss.slashdot.org~r/Slashdot/slashd...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9851261 9851261 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:13:45 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/887781/comments?source=feed#comment-9847201 9847201 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:56:03 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/555031?source=feed#comment-9845281 9845281 http://bit.ly/NturHC]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:07:28 -0400 http://bit.ly/NturHC]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/555031?source=feed#comment-9843301 9843301
I think it may be time for us to look into genetic engineering to see if we can grow wings. It would solve many problems associated with transportation, like gas prices.]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:25:42 -0400
I think it may be time for us to look into genetic engineering to see if we can grow wings. It would solve many problems associated with transportation, like gas prices.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/555031?source=feed#comment-9842211 9842211 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:05:53 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/555031?source=feed#comment-9841161 9841161 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:45:39 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/886481/comments?source=feed#comment-9829751 9829751 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:22:47 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/886481/comments?source=feed#comment-9827921 9827921 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:04:39 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/817551/comments?source=feed#comment-9801611 9801611
Thanks for your reply sir and at this point I will not pursue this issue with follow-up inquiries concerning whether or not the substitution of other advance/decline indices based on NYSE Composite, S&P. Nasdaq, or Dow would yield substantially different results.

With your permission I would like to pose a more fundamental question related to the following quote from the above article:

"The TANER System is with you always, posting its TANER Momentum lists on StockTalks. You can find your favorites on these posts."

Why do you post The Taner Momentum List using cryptographic puzzles? For example today you posted your 5,844th StockTalk:

S.TM.1-2-3 (DLTR DE CME) S.TM.2-3 (ESRX NVR) S.TM.1 (HD FLS AGN KSU AET) S2 (WMT KO EDU) S3 (AMZN ISRG JOY).

I notice from your biography that you developed this system in 2009 along with the unique acronyms associated with it. I am going to suggest that you will protest that you are not posting cryptographic puzzles every day due to your own familiarity with your very own system resulting in a kind of 'blindness' to the fact that for literally millions of Seeking Alpha users who visit the site each and every day from all over the world the post can not be described in other way. To think otherwise would presume that we have all been born with some kind of inherent knowledge of your method and acronyms.

There is one other possible explanation. We have all had experiences in school where the instructor makes available to his/her students text relating to the course material and then proceeds to pose questions based on that material refusing to assist in solutions by demanding the students dig out the answers from the text provided. To solve any of the 5844 cryptographic puzzles you have posted thus far the curious would be required to first discover the 'hidden link' by clicking on your logo which would take them to your biography where they could then discover the text which describes the method and the meaning of the acronyms. With this information in hand the curious could then set about solving the cryptogram of the day. When you consider that the estimated daily time on site (mm:ss) for SA is about 4.5 minutes as most users browse from work it seems a lot to hope for that many would set about solving cryptographic puzzles.
http://bit.ly/RR3svc#

In light of this I wonder why after obviously going through so much time and effort to develop your method and laboriously produce a result each and every day for 5 years you don’t include a link with the cryptographic puzzles which would take the curious right to the decrypted answer and a full explanation of the implications as interpreted by the author of the system?

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:32:48 -0400
Thanks for your reply sir and at this point I will not pursue this issue with follow-up inquiries concerning whether or not the substitution of other advance/decline indices based on NYSE Composite, S&P. Nasdaq, or Dow would yield substantially different results.

With your permission I would like to pose a more fundamental question related to the following quote from the above article:

"The TANER System is with you always, posting its TANER Momentum lists on StockTalks. You can find your favorites on these posts."

Why do you post The Taner Momentum List using cryptographic puzzles? For example today you posted your 5,844th StockTalk:

S.TM.1-2-3 (DLTR DE CME) S.TM.2-3 (ESRX NVR) S.TM.1 (HD FLS AGN KSU AET) S2 (WMT KO EDU) S3 (AMZN ISRG JOY).

I notice from your biography that you developed this system in 2009 along with the unique acronyms associated with it. I am going to suggest that you will protest that you are not posting cryptographic puzzles every day due to your own familiarity with your very own system resulting in a kind of 'blindness' to the fact that for literally millions of Seeking Alpha users who visit the site each and every day from all over the world the post can not be described in other way. To think otherwise would presume that we have all been born with some kind of inherent knowledge of your method and acronyms.

There is one other possible explanation. We have all had experiences in school where the instructor makes available to his/her students text relating to the course material and then proceeds to pose questions based on that material refusing to assist in solutions by demanding the students dig out the answers from the text provided. To solve any of the 5844 cryptographic puzzles you have posted thus far the curious would be required to first discover the 'hidden link' by clicking on your logo which would take them to your biography where they could then discover the text which describes the method and the meaning of the acronyms. With this information in hand the curious could then set about solving the cryptogram of the day. When you consider that the estimated daily time on site (mm:ss) for SA is about 4.5 minutes as most users browse from work it seems a lot to hope for that many would set about solving cryptographic puzzles.
http://bit.ly/RR3svc#

In light of this I wonder why after obviously going through so much time and effort to develop your method and laboriously produce a result each and every day for 5 years you don’t include a link with the cryptographic puzzles which would take the curious right to the decrypted answer and a full explanation of the implications as interpreted by the author of the system?

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.]]>