Nick Stahl

Click charts to ENLARGE. Having friends in the right places always means the most. And having Tim Geithner on their side has prevailed for the banks. As Hannibal Lecter reminds us, "quid pro quo." Here's the RSI7 week story for stocks selling for at least 30 dollars. __________________________________ Yesterday's winnahs from the 100 MUST...not the high number of NR7 setups...that is the theme for today. ____________________________________________________ The bullish percent of NYSE stocks is still winning... ____________________________________________________________ Hungry? The whole world is. 6 billion plus mouths to feed every day. Market Vectors Agribusiness (MOO) has recently shown Point-and-figure love. _____________________________________________________ Kevin Depew's 5 Things is ... Read Full Story

Dear Readers: For most of our lives, we are constantly told, "Do kind things without asking for or expecting anything in return." Yet another is that, "It is better to give than to receive." My personal favorite is that, "Charity begins in the home." These are wonderful thoughts, and represent virtuous conduct to aspire to. Sadly, in the world of business and commerce, all actions are based upon an exchange of value -- whether it is direct and immediate, or whether it is more subtle and occurs over time. If you do not request value in return for what you offer, people will 1) ... Read Full Story

Click charts to ENLARGE. We get it. The overall access to credit has become severely constricted. We understand that this is likely to change not only the sentiment but the direction of the economy. But if we're paying the bill, we're not seeking quid pro quo , we're demanding it. If Americans are the lender of last resort (not Ben Bernanke), we expect to be compensated tangibly. It's not enough for Secretary Paulson and Chairman Bernanke to demonstrate the SMALLEST shred of humility and penitence for their getting it WRONG. We're beyond that. Quid pro quo. Asset allocation with pivots. ________________________ DeMark Sequential (tm) ... Read Full Story

Dear Readers: As you may recall, I was making a point yesterday regarding receiving value in exchange for value. Also, as is my custom, I was cynically taking a "wait and see" approach, almost anticipating (dare I say "hoping"?) that my quarry of the day, Mr. John DiPrete (a fellow Braintenance enthusiast) would reject my request to have my link, http://braintenance.blogspot.com/ , posted on his site. After reading John's response this morning, it is truly a sad day for cynics, skeptics and negativists. He not only offered reciprocity (which is the key to all commerce), but proposed a tagline to accompany my link, to ... Read Full Story

Plot : Public Radio investigative reporter Isaac Knott just happens to be confined to a wheel chair. In the course of doing a story about disability wanna-be's, Isaac traverses a surreal world of fetishism and transgressive eroticism that recalls the unique perspectives of Luis Bunuel and Alfred Hitchcock. In the course of Isaac's investigation, he finds Fiona--or she finds him--and she offers him a window into a dark place that exists somewhere between reality and dreams. Her life's aspiration is to be crippled, or at least perceived as such. She's beautiful and successful, yet she longs to be physically destroyed to regain some spiritual ... Read Full Story