- Friday bouncing so far after yesterday's reversal fest. Kind of interesting to see that folks would be buying ahead of the weekend considering yesterday's selling. But lets look at the Stock Traders Almanac: Monday before October expiration, the DOW is up 22 of 26 and 6 straight. Looks like folks may be setting their chips on the table for Monday's high-percentage shooter.
- Speaking of Volatility, Adam Warner takes a look at BIDU with earnings on the horizon. Oh, and don't miss Adam's Voldemort vs. Voldemort.
- CBS Marketwatch says techs shine on Oracle offer. (Oracle seems so 1990s to me...)
- Top TV-related Halloween Costume searches. Uh, no. Not planning on dressing up as Hannah Montana on Oct 31. You?
Al Gore (not pictured) wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Since they gave that thing to Yasser Arafat, the Nobel thing has lost its luster. Of course, Michelle Malkin has global warming and Al Gore links up the wazzoo. My view is that global warming is happening, and that the Earth goes through cycles of heating and cooling. I don't think man has much control over any of it. From the late Augie Auer:
...the anthroprogenic sources of CO2 account for exactly 0.11 percent of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere. In other words, 99.89 percent of the greenhouse effect has not a damn thing to do SUVs, jet travel, backyard barbecues or any other human activity.- Who is next for the Nobel Peace Prize, Jim Cramer? Heck, he's underperformed the SP500. Why not? Boo-yah!
- Lets not forget... It's friday! Football picks? I'm heading to Reno this weekend. I haven't looked at the odds. But I can't think that Atlanta, Carolina, Miami, or San Francisco are a threat to put many if any points on the board. Might make a great 4-team teaser bet. Of those four, Miami is playing Cleveland. So if any team was to wreck the bet, it may be a Miss Cleo Lemon scrambling around in the backfield and finding receivers or Ronnie Brown in broken plays.
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