The Love Clock

• Global Warming Talks Eye US. Another chance for President George W. Bush to take his "Wear a sweater" message global! Maybe he can add a "Dress in layers" line here and there, too.


• The market? Consumer confidence up. Home sales up. Durable goods orders up. So will the Fed continue the gradual rise of rates? Seems so. Will this risk the dreaded "inverted yield curve?" Maybe. And that would be bad. May not happen for awhile, though. Long-term rates moving up today on the data. Stocks are a little higher, but pulled back from an early ramp. Month-end strength begins today, if it works this month. Cross yer fingers.


• Michael Irvin in the news headlines. What do you think? Do you believe his "It belongs to a friend" story?


• I finaly watched Neil Cavuto's saturday morning show monday night, after the Colts had the game in hand (15 seconds in). They debated Wal-Mart. I have to agree with Jimmy Rodgers on this one. If somebody doesn't want to shop or work at Wal-Mart DON'T! Or start your own store and pay workers $50 an hour. I thought it was funny that both of the people who oppose Wal-Mart admitted to shopping there. And the one guy, militant that he was, said something to the effect of "Well they have good prices." hahahahaha


• I am still aggressively positioned in stocks. So you know. Still have my QQQQ, SMH and MSFT. I haven't heard much MSFT hype since the weekend. I wonder if the scarcity of product is having an impact on that?


• The Rolling Stones at Super Bowl halftime! Lord help us if there is a wardrobe malfunction there.


• The notion of passionate love forever has been killed by science. Passion lasts only a year. A scientific reason for the 7-year itch. Kind of a depressing story, really. (But don't you love that early buzz of a relationship?)


• I think this love molecule means that once you meet somebody, the "love clock" is ticking. You have one year to make your move, or else you'll both lose interest. Tick tock! Time's a wastin'...


• Ohio Executs Number 999. I wonder if #1000 gets a special prize?