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Perspective and Market Notes

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The opening segment of this week’s Notes From the Rabbit Hole (NFTRH 412) was intended to be a quick blurb but went on to become a five page exercise. It is shared publicly not so much because it is hard core analysis (which the rest of the report took care of), but because after a week like last week I think being a little wordy can be for the better.

I had a difficult week last week; a couple things had gone wrong and my schedule was just ridiculous. On Wednesday I was feeling pretty stressed out and wondering why I just can’t seem to catch a break. Then I looked up and saw a man with two hooks for hands walk by. It was almost as if he were sent into my view to straighten me out. screen-shot-2016-09-10-at-6-32-49-pm

Another source of perspective is a more obvious one. Today being September 11, I would venture that we all remember where we were and what we were doing on that day in 2001. I was working at my company. It was a normal morning and then it seemed like the world just stopped, except for the jet fighters that were putting a lock down to the sky above us. It seemed like the world then magically came together for a few days… fast forward to today’s divisive, sad and hateful political theater.

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XV

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I suppose I’ll be prudent and refrain from any sermonizing about the dreadful events that took place fifteen years ago today. Instead, here is a link to a superb two hour documentary, including exclusive footage of what was taking place inside the twin towers. In addition, here is a link to a long post I did on the tenth anniversary, in which described in detail what was taking place at my little company Prophet on that day. I also suggest you Amazon Prime viewers check out the movie United 93, although you should be prepared to feel angry and sad simultaneously.

Remember.

Longer

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I find it amusing how the mainstream media is blaming (or, as I would prefer to put it, crediting) Kim Jong Un’s nuclear test for the drop in equities on Friday. First of all, news of the nuclear test came out nearly an entire day before equities started weakening! In this day and age, reactions are instantaneous on the order of milliseconds. Indeed, I was reading about the nuclear test and the ES was green on Thursday night! So, as usual, the mainstream media is full of it.

And anyway, even though the leader of North Korea is quite evil, in some ways he seems a very sensible chap.

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