Comments on: Case of the Missing Sunspots and the Mysterious Market http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/ Sun, 27 May 2012 07:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Portia Elizabeth http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187526 Portia Elizabeth Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:36:46 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187526 "griddle your loins" sounds pretty painful. “griddle your loins” sounds pretty painful.

]]> By: Peggy Sue http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187449 Peggy Sue Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:04:14 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187449 General Growth Properties [one of the largest mall property operators in the US] filed for bankruptcy yesterday. A "mere" 25 billion dollars in debt. Larry Doyle or one of his essay links alerted readers of this recently. As for commercial real estate? This is the other shoe dropping. And it "will" have an impact. Don't believe the "glimmer of hope" mantra. General Growth Properties [one of the largest mall property operators in the US] filed for bankruptcy yesterday. A “mere” 25 billion dollars in debt. Larry Doyle or one of his essay links alerted readers of this recently.

As for commercial real estate? This is the other shoe dropping. And it “will” have an impact.

Don’t believe the “glimmer of hope” mantra.

]]> By: foxyladi14 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187441 foxyladi14 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:57:45 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187441 if i ever get any.it.s going in a mason jar to be buried in the back yard.. if i ever get any.it.s going in a mason jar to be buried in the back yard..

]]> By: foxyladi14 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187438 foxyladi14 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:54:43 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187438 should get a unicorn.they are always good luck.. should get a unicorn.they are always good luck..

]]> By: foxyladi14 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187435 foxyladi14 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:52:33 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187435 of course they have to sell stuff.and folks aren't buying..no money.. of course they have to sell stuff.and folks aren’t buying..no money..

]]> By: Ellen D http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187285 Ellen D Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:15:02 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187285 Been down so long it looks like up to me. Been down so long it looks like up to me.

]]> By: Portia Elizabeth http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187253 Portia Elizabeth Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:55:12 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187253 Patience -- you're s o right. It's a distraction to be sure and it's no small coincidence that all this happy talk comes just as people are mad enough to protest. But hey, maybe BO really believes his own hype and thinks his pep talk will persuade us all that things are peachy. Sad, isn't it? Patience — you’re s o right. It’s a distraction to be sure and it’s no small coincidence that all this happy talk comes just as people are mad enough to protest. But hey, maybe BO really believes his own hype and thinks his pep talk will persuade us all that things are peachy. Sad, isn’t it?

]]> By: avwrobel http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187092 avwrobel Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187092 Nice rant Nice rant

]]> By: politicalidentitycrisis http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187091 politicalidentitycrisis Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:40:12 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187091 I agree with you. We may see malls closing here in MPLS. http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2009/04/13/daily33.html I agree with you. We may see malls closing here in MPLS.

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2009/04/13/daily33.html

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187070 oowawa Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:20:12 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187070 Doc99 & Docelder: Well, there's a second opinion elaborating the first diagnosis. Two docs can't be wrong! Doc99 & Docelder: Well, there’s a second opinion elaborating the first diagnosis. Two docs can’t be wrong!

]]> By: Docelder http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187039 Docelder Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:53:31 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187039 <blockquote>Kool Aid wearing off?</blockquote> Probably, but the underlying fact is those vulnerable to Kool Aid haven't necessarily built up any immunity to it. Is the Kool Aid in the message itself... or in the person hearing the message? I think it's the latter, and if it weren't for the Kool Aid we have now... we would have just had another flavor of the same stuff.

Kool Aid wearing off?

Probably, but the underlying fact is those vulnerable to Kool Aid haven’t necessarily built up any immunity to it. Is the Kool Aid in the message itself… or in the person hearing the message? I think it’s the latter, and if it weren’t for the Kool Aid we have now… we would have just had another flavor of the same stuff.

]]> By: Patience http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187037 Patience Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:51:31 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187037 One of Larry Doyle's articles a month or two ago reported a prediction that the DOW would rise 1000 pts. but then drop again. I can't remember if the prediction was that all gains would be wiped out but I have a sense that's just what was implied. I think the administration's happy talk is an attempt to distract from the bad news right under our noses, i.e., increased unemployment and home foreclosures, etc. I have a feeling that a lot of small businesses are tanking as well -- it's just not as easy a statistic to quantify. And commercial real estate foreclosures are indeed on the rise. The credit crisis still awaits attention. Talk of stimulus for rail transit is just that -- talk. Rail projects take YEARS to design and devise so they won't be stimulative in a timely manner to help us now. The POTUS seems to think cheap rhetoric is enough. He's neglecting fundamentally important issues that are germane to our current economic crisis. Dallying in Cuba ain't gonna solve our problems -- he needs to get a clue and get to work. One of Larry Doyle’s articles a month or two ago reported a prediction that the DOW would rise 1000 pts. but then drop again. I can’t remember if the prediction was that all gains would be wiped out but I have a sense that’s just what was implied.

I think the administration’s happy talk is an attempt to distract from the bad news right under our noses, i.e., increased unemployment and home foreclosures, etc. I have a feeling that a lot of small businesses are tanking as well — it’s just not as easy a statistic to quantify. And commercial real estate foreclosures are indeed on the rise.

The credit crisis still awaits attention. Talk of stimulus for rail transit is just that — talk. Rail projects take YEARS to design and devise so they won’t be stimulative in a timely manner to help us now.

The POTUS seems to think cheap rhetoric is enough. He’s neglecting fundamentally important issues that are germane to our current economic crisis. Dallying in Cuba ain’t gonna solve our problems — he needs to get a clue and get to work.

]]> By: I'mFedUp http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187034 I'mFedUp Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:49:22 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187034 I think this is more BS from the White House and George Soros manipulating the markets. Sounds familiar...kind of like last September. I don't love being a naysayer, but I don't see anything positive coming from the loony left's ridiculous spendathon. I think this is more BS from the White House and George Soros manipulating the markets. Sounds familiar…kind of like last September. I don’t love being a naysayer, but I don’t see anything positive coming from the loony left’s ridiculous spendathon.

]]> By: Doc99 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187032 Doc99 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:46:21 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187032 On a related matter, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/opinion/17krugman.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow"> This</a> from Paul Krugman:(HT-Ace of Spades) ...History shows that one of the great policy dangers, in the face of a severe economic slump, is premature optimism. F.D.R. responded to signs of recovery by cutting the Works Progress Administration in half and raising taxes; the Great Depression promptly returned in full force... Kool Aid wearing off? On a related matter, This from Paul Krugman:(HT-Ace of Spades)

…History shows that one of the great policy dangers, in the face of a severe economic slump, is premature optimism. F.D.R. responded to signs of recovery by cutting the Works Progress Administration in half and raising taxes; the Great Depression promptly returned in full force…

Kool Aid wearing off?

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/21612/case-of-the-missing-sunspots-and-the-mysterious-market/#comment-1187017 oowawa Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:31:02 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=21612#comment-1187017 From <em>Zen Koans for the 2nd Great Depression</em>: Being broke and on the sidelines is soooo soothing. Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose." Blessed are the bankrupt. What is the sound of no coins jingling? From Zen Koans for the 2nd Great Depression:

Being broke and on the sidelines is soooo soothing.

Freedom’s just another word for “nothing left to lose.”

Blessed are the bankrupt.

What is the sound of no coins jingling?

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