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Bad News? They're Just Lagging Indicators (June 2009 is the economic bottom)
Seeking Alpha ^ | 6/15/2009 | Michael Murphy

Posted on 06/15/2009 8:48:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
What's this guy's point?

That we will all die, cold, shivering, hungry, huddled against one another in the Death Camps, hoping that our lives are mercifully short.

41 posted on 06/15/2009 10:09:55 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Too sick for words!)
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To: Nervous Tick
Did you take a lot of acid and then watch Saturday cartoons when you were a pup?

Hell, I took a lot of acid and WROTE most of the Saturday morning cartoons.

42 posted on 06/15/2009 10:10:42 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Too sick for words!)
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To: Lazamataz
Did you take a lot of acid and then watch Saturday cartoons when you were a pup?

Hell, I took a lot of acid and WROTE most of the Saturday morning cartoons.


ROFLMAO.. Thank you guys those lines above have just made my day!!!!
43 posted on 06/15/2009 10:17:42 AM PDT by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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To: Lazamataz

>> Hell, I took a lot of acid and WROTE most of the Saturday morning cartoons.

ROFLMFAO! That explains a LOT that I have had questions about!


44 posted on 06/15/2009 10:26:20 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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To: Omedalus
"Then, come the Laser-Wearing Radioactive Robot Cowboy Zombies wot wear JETPACKS."

That'll get really bad, because they'll infringe on the territory of pirates riding flying sharks that are on fire. The ensuing cataclysm levels are likely to reach over 9000.

Pirates Riding Flying Sharks That Are On Fire (PRFS): -45.23 (-2.29%)
Laser-Wearing Radioactive Robot Cowboy Zombies (LRRCZ): +12.48 (+1.03%)

45 posted on 06/15/2009 10:41:32 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Too sick for words!)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Exactly. The rails are showing no sustained upturn in shipping. Matter of fact, there are HUGE numbers of rail cars that have been sidelined all throughout the rail network, especially car carriers.


46 posted on 06/15/2009 10:42:04 AM PDT by NVDave
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To: NVDave

Car carriers are a bloodbath, as one might expect.

I will try to link you a picture of something like 140 Union Pacific engines sitting on a siding, near Fontana, CA. At $2 MM each.


47 posted on 06/15/2009 10:46:39 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (What kind of organization answers the phone if you call a suicide hotline in Gaza City?)
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To: SeekAndFind
All those trillions Obama is pissing away won't hurt a thing. Heh.
48 posted on 06/15/2009 10:47:53 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

This site is a great source of info for me on rails:

http://railfax.transmatch.com/

As you can see, things are off in all sectors of rail traffic, but some are worse than others.

I’ve been waiting like a hawk sitting over a squirrel den, waiting to start shorting this rally.

Depending on the volume today, I might start a position today and pyramid it on throughout the week.


49 posted on 06/15/2009 10:53:47 AM PDT by NVDave
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To: NVDave

Yeah, I get that one. Unfortunately, it cannot accomodate the market’s propensity for self-delusion, the present (now failing badly) need to pump the transports to confirm a Dow Theory buy, and its uncanny ability to ignore EVERYTHING that might relate to economic reality when it wants to, LOL!

Can you get google docs? 118 UNP engines

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=51d7dfbe1e&view=att&th=120a33c55c2ed35a&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_fti6yu5p0&zw


50 posted on 06/15/2009 11:01:08 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (What kind of organization answers the phone if you call a suicide hotline in Gaza City?)
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To: Lazamataz
No matter how bad anyone says it will be, it will be a ZILLION TIMES WORSE!!!!!!1!11!!!1!

Captain Hyperbole, your party is waiting....

:-)

51 posted on 06/15/2009 11:05:21 AM PDT by wbill
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder; NVDave; Southack
Sorry I don't know how to link articles (grand kids moved out of state :^(

But today's Oregonian has a front page article: Locals Rail Against Wilderness Storage".

But the real thrust of the article is Union Pacific has idled about 700 center beam (the ones used for hauling lumber) in a local town, but they have stashed about 70,000 rail cars, nationwide.

The article also states that these railcars would stretch from Seattle to Albuquerque, New Mexico if placed end to end.

Mein Gott!

52 posted on 06/15/2009 12:12:30 PM PDT by investigateworld ( Abortion stops a beating heart.)
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To: investigateworld

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geusdpqjZKDmwA09xXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzYmhvOXY2BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkA0Y5MTlfMTAw/SIG=13813pbli/EXP=1245182953/**http%3a//www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/locals_rail_against_wilderness.html


53 posted on 06/15/2009 1:11:18 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Lazamataz

Exactly! And look at what happens when you try to compute the fallout:

(delta)B = abs(PRFS-LRRCZ) = abs(-45.23 - 12.48) = 57.71
F = B^2 * abs((PRFS+LRRCZ)/LRRCZ) + abs(PRFS*LRRCZ)=
= 57.71^2 * abs((-45.23+12.48)/12.48) + abs(-45.23 * 12.48)
= 3330.4 * 2.62 + 564.47
= 9290.11

See? OVER 9000!

On the plus side, these kinds of battles are so fierce that they are likely to open a portal to the Ninth Dimension, from which a race of shadow ninja demons will emerge and immediately take up the side of whichever faction is losing at any given moment, ensuring eternal battle.


54 posted on 06/15/2009 2:02:09 PM PDT by Omedalus
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To: Omedalus
If I hadn't worked on a website for Hong Kong stocks recently, I wouldn't have noticed that the formula you used is one that traders work with.

Nicely played. ;)

55 posted on 06/15/2009 3:14:28 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Too sick for words!)
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To: Southack

Yep, that’s the one.


56 posted on 06/15/2009 10:54:00 PM PDT by investigateworld ( Abortion stops a beating heart.)
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