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When does a lagging indicator becomew leading?
Answer at end:
Jerry Gress
Stockton, Calif. USA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "wong" <whs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 7:42 PM
Subject: OT - market humor
> Hi All:
>
> While we're waiting for the market to open tomorrow, here's some market
> humor stuff forwarded from "The StreetInsider"...
>
>
> Enjoy the jokes!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Wong
>
> + + + + + + + + + +
>
> From: "Free Technical Updates" <TheStreetInsider>
> Delivered-To: mailing list TSICFREEUPDATES@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: FWD: a good laugh
>
> We all have a reason to Cheer today! The market is looking
> strong and our pockets are feeling fatter. Take a few
> minutes to read the financial jokes below, they are a riot!
> Then forward the jokes to some friends. We all deserve a
> good laugh!
>
> The Staff
>
> ***************************************************************
>
> 1. The market may be bad, but I slept like a baby last
> night. I woke up every hour and cried.
>
> ************************************************************
>
> 2. The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the
> strongest man around that they offered a standing $1000 bet.
> The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran
> into a glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone who
> could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win the money.
> Many people had tried over time (weight-lifters,
> longshoremen, etc.) but nobody could do it.
>
> One day this scrawny little man came into the bar, wearing
> thick glasses and a polyester suit, and said in a tiny
> squeaky voice
>
> "I'd like to try the bet." After the laughter had died down,
> the bartender said OK, grabbed a lemon, and squeezed away.
> Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the
> little man.
>
> But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as the man
> clenched his fist around the lemon and six drops fell into
> the glass. As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the
> $1000, and asked the little man,
>
> "What do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a
> weight-lifter, what?"
>
> The man replied, "I work for the IRS."
>
> ************************************************************
>
> 3. How do you get a broker down from a tree?
>
> Cut the rope.
>
> ************************************************************
>
> 4. Each of three individuals -- an Accountant, a Statistician,
> and a Commodity Broker -- had a dog. After many years of
> bragging about whose dog was the most intelligent, they decided
> to resolve the issue. They accumulated a total of 16 bones, and assembled
> in the park one morning.
>
> The Accountant's dog -- Actuarial -- was summoned, and
> instructed to convert the pile of 16 bones into a balance sheet.
> The dog checked-out the pile, and divided it into two piles of
> eight bones. The three individuals were impressed, and Actuarial
> was rewarded accordingly.
>
> The bones were again put into a pile, and the Statistician's
> dog -- Deviation -- was summoned, and instructed to take the
> square root of the bones. Deviation checked-out the pile, and
> moved four of the bones from the pile. The three individuals
> were impressed, and Deviation was rewarded accordingly.
>
> Finally, the 16 bones were again put into a pile, and the
> Commodity Broker's dog -- Commission -- was summoned, and
> instructed to "Do your thing!" Commission ate the 16 bones,
> screwed the other two dogs, and ran away.
>
> Anonymous Guru
>
>
>
When you turn the chart upside down!
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