Canary in a Coal Mine

• Interesting article up by John Mauldin. He discusses the inverted yield curve, the economic situation in England, and the haunting parallels to the US. Worthy read or gloom and doom?


• China holds first Miss Plastic Surgery beauty contest!


• "Spanglish" or "Lemony Snicket?"


• If we are in a longer term bear market, that generally trends sideways for a decade or longer, then we would have both bull markets and bear markets where the end result is no progress. If the first decline happened from 2000-2002, and now the first rally from 2002-today, when will the next decline happen? Maybe Mauldin's article holds some clues.


• Is TV anti-religion?


• 37 voters have filed a challenge to Ohio's Supreme Court to overturn the presidential election results. Accusing the Bush team of "high-tech vote stealing." With 65 of Ohio's 88 counties reporting final recounts to The Associated Press on Friday, Bush had gained 395 votes and Kerry has gained 554 votes. The running tally accounts for 4.4 million votes cast, or about 74 percent of the total certified vote from the Nov. 2 election. (Nobody will ever win an election again; elections are stolen, not won.)


• This is what I was talking about earlier. The belief of a year-end rally followed by troubles. Does the market always do what people think it will do?


• Now I can't get that Police song out of my head... I don't know any other words except for "Canary in a coal mine..."


• I like the Fox saturday morning money shows.


• Waffles or Pancakes?


• NFL on saturday!