Wednesday 25 May 2016

Get Your Side Hustle On! + MORE 6:19 pm May 25th

The “Soros Put” Story

– ritholtz.com

The “Soros Put” StoryMore on this later today:
During the last four years there have been many articles in the financial media about Soros buying puts. All you have to do to confirm that is a Google search. The timing of some of these articles is marked on the SPY chart below:
 
The “Soros Put” Story
Source: Price Action Lab
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France Goes Dark? Staff In 19 French Nuclear Power Plants To Go On Strike TomorrowFollowing strikes over the unpopular French labor reform, that started over the weekend and crippled the French refining industry leading to gasoline shortages and rationing, things are about to get far more serious for the country whose economy has already been threatened with a sharp slowdown as a result of a relentless wave of labor unrest…

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Former Intel CEO Andy Grove wasn’t just a great businessman and leader. It turns out he was also a pretty smart investor. Isaac Presley, CFA, highlights several investing lessons from Grove’s life and work. Read more

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Expect the Unexpected

– thereformedbroker.com

I repeat this Jeff Gundlach quote a lot because I love it and it constantly applies to something: “Whenever you hear people in the investment business say ‘Never’, that’s when you know it’s about to happen.”
The Dow is 2.6% away from record highs now that we’re through the fairly lousy earnings season…

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Get Your Side Hustle On!

– financiallywisewomen.com

Do you want to earn some more money? Chances are, if you’re like most human beings, the answer is yes. I mean, even my dog Arya likes to make money!…

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Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) shares are trending today after the company announced that it won’t count against the 140 character limit usernames, photos, or video attachments for replies. Moreover, new tweets beginning with a username will be seen by the public rather than just the person the…

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Morning News: May 25, 2016

– crossingwallstreet.com

China Wants to Set Prices for the World’s Commodities
Eurozone Agrees to Debt Relief and Bailout Aid for Greece
German Business Ignores Brexit Fears as Confidence Improves
Panama Canal Fever Sweeps Globe Again as New Era in Trade Nears
Why Oil Will Soon Bounce Back
Lawmaker Raises Alarm Over Bank Hacks
Royal Dutch Shell: This Is Another Opportunity
Amazon Dumps Price-Match Refunds
Snapchat Is Raising Funding At An Estimated $20 Billion Valuation
EBay is Drastically Expanding StubHub’s Reach
Liquidators Win Approval to Sell Sports Authority Inventory
Automakers Befriend Start-Ups Like Uber, Girding Against a Changing Car Culture
Luxury Jeweler Tiffany Reports Steepest Sales Drop in Six Quarters
Josh Brown: Client Conviction is Everything
Roger Nusbaum: So The Fed Is Going to Hike?
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13 No-Mess Activities for Kids + MORE 3:19 pm May 25th

A Stitch Fix Alternative For Plus Sizes
After I wrote and posted my completely honest review of Stitch Fix and then my post on Why I May Have Changed My Mind About Stitch Fix, I had a lot of people ask if I knew of any similar service that offered plus sizes.
I had heard of a site called Gwynnie Bee, but didn’t have any experience with it to know whether it was worth recommending…

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Solavore Sport Oven Review & Giveaway!
I have been using the Solavore Sport Oven for the past month and had an opportunity to review this product.
When the unit arrived, I noticed that it was lightweight, and it was easy to put all the “parts” together. This is just a matter of putting together 3 pieces: the black oven itself, the plastic top, and the reflector panels, which line the oven…

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May 25, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

Life is hectic and prayer rarely just “fits in” to daily schedules without effort. Be intentional and put aside time to pray with your spouse today.

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Weekly Coupons!

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Weekly Coupons!

Kohls Promo: 15% Off $100
Whether you’re searching for something new to add to your home or garden or simply on the hunt for the latest in stylish apparel and accessories for you and your entire family, Kohl’s is your one stop shop to find everything you need and more! From kitchen appliances to home decorations to fashionable footwear to seasonal goodies to gourmet food and more, you’re bound to find exactly what you need at Kohl’s…

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The Bond Between These Triplets and Their Garbage Men Is Like Nothing You've Ever SeenTuesdays and Fridays are very special days for Holden, Heaton, and Wilder Reich. In fact, twice a week, these 2-year-old triplets eagerly wait in anticipation, and as the big moment draws near, both Heaton and Wilder grab a bottle of Gatorade, run down to the end of their driveway, and sit in suspense…

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Things Moms Say Every Day

– yourmodernfamily

Your Modern Family – Raising our kids, organizing our home & saving money http://yourmodernfamily.com Download your Free eBook, Beat the Boredom in a Week, here!
On a daily basis, I repeat the same things over & over.  “Did you clean your room?”  “Did you make your bed?”  Here are some things moms say every day: – WHERE IS THE OTHER SHOE? -DID YOU WASH YOUR HANDS? -I’M GOING TO COUNT TO THREE…

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At this time of year many Manitoba homeowners are itching to get outside to begin working in their yards. If you’re among this group and if you’re planning any project that involves excavation – like digging postholes for a fence, planting shrubs, installing a sprinkler system, or even putting in a new garden or flower bed – find […]

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13 No-Mess Activities for Kids

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13 No-Mess Activities for KidsGetting messy is great. It’s so much fun to dig in the dirt and stick your fingers in paint. But sometimes we are in need of activities for kids that aren’t messy at all and that is OK. If you’re looking for that type of thing, we have some fun projects for you. None of these have any mess at all!

13 No-Mess Activities for Kids
This mess-free finger painting activity is a lot of fun…

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Visiting Turkey, briefly, in a year of travel warningsIn courtyard at Nisanyan Hotel in village of Sirince on island of Kusadasi
By Eileen Ogintz
KUSADASI, Turkey (Day 9) — No one is speaking English.
We are in a tiny  village of Sirince not far from the famous  ruins of Ephesus, a world heritage site, eating lunch outside at a small tavern where  we feast on “Pide,” a kind of flatbread filled with greens or cheese or meat and cheese…

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Tuesday 24 May 2016

Client Conviction is Everything + MORE 5:49 pm May 24th

Client Conviction is Everything

– thereformedbroker.com

“It’s easy to maintain conviction. It’s harder to maintain investors.”
– Kyle Bass, Hayman Capital
If you can’t communicate effectively with your investors, or they don’t trust you, it doesn’t matter how good your strategy is.
The data is crystal clear on this point – the vast majority of even winning funds look much worse when viewed through the prism of actual dollar-weighted return…

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Mitel Networks Corporation (NASDAQ:MITL) is 7% higher on the news that its merger partner, Polycom Inc (NASDAQ:PLCM), might have a second suitor. According to the Wall Street Journal, a private equity firm has made a revised bid for Polycom that might be constituted as superior to Mitel Networks…

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This week on our Masters in Business podcast, we speak with Jeff DeGraaf, founder and chief technician of Renaissance Macro. He was formerly Chief Technician at Lehman Brothers. He has been the #1 rated technical analyst on Institutional Investor for 11 years running, with Renaissance Macro (“RenMac”) consistently top rated as well…

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The retail sector continued to report soft earnings last week. As retail spending moves increasingly online, it’s clear that the United States has too many retail outlets, and that the industry will need to shrink over time. That could pose problems for those with investments in the sector. Read more

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Next Up For Exploding Health Insurance Premiums: New YorkWhen we warned recently that thanks to Obamacare, insurance companies would be unveiling significant price shocks one week before the presidential elections, we knew it was only a matter of time before the 2017 proposals would start to be released and double digit increases would be unveiled to the public…

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May 24, 2016 + MORE 2:50 pm May 24th

Shore excursions: cattle cars or on your own? Planning smart 
Tour crowds on shore excursion
By Eileen Ogintz
RHODES (Day 8) — I can’t move, there are so many people in front and behind me.
But I’m not in a  NYC subway during rush hour; I’m on the island of Rhodes in Greece at the famous and ancient town of Lindos with its Acropolis  that dates back to BC on top of the hill and the gleaming white houses  coming down the hill…

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I Want To Be You When I Grow Up, Mommy

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I Want To Be You When I Grow Up, Mommy“I want to be you when I grow up, Mommy.”
10 words that may be the most moving, that every Mama dreams her little girl will say to her one day.

But here’s the honest truth: as much as it melted my heart and I will forever hold that sentence near and dear to my heart, it’s hard to live up to…

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This review was made possible by iConnect and Luvs.  I was provided compensation to facilitate this post, but all opinions stated are 100% mine.
 We’ll all agree that parenting isn’t for the faint hearted and it doesn’t come cheap! But this Sunday you can save some money thanks to Luvs! Don’t you just love that!
Luvs, it’s the official diaper of the smart moms and there is a reason for that…

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Your Modern Family – Raising our kids, organizing our home & saving money http://yourmodernfamily.com Download your Free eBook, Beat the Boredom in a Week, here!
Today we found out that Disney Circle Go is on Android (get it here) which reminded me that I wanted to share my online safety tips with you…

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May 24, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

Remember to kiss your spouse goodnight, regardless of the day’s events.

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Easy Tips to Make Potty Training Stress-freeThis post was sponsored by PAMPERS® EASY UPS, however all the opinions expressed are my own.
The signs were all there. Wanting to sit on the potty. Tugging at his diaper while saying the words “pee pee” and actually going pee pee while on the potty!
That’s when I knew it was finally time to potty-train our recently turned 2 year-old boy…

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10 Things That Annoy Me as a Parent (but Never Fazed Me Before Kids)I don’t know if it’s the lack of sleep or the realities of becoming an adult, but now that I’ve joined this mom game, I get way more agitated than I used to. The list of things that bug the heck out of me grows daily, but it’s those things that never really fazed my prekids self that really catch me off guard…

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Environmentally Friendly Gardening

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Updated in June 2015 by the Manitoba Association of Home Economists Yards can be made more environmentally friendly with little or no cost and some reorganization of time, activity and plant varieties. Try some of these ideas. Set up a rain storage barrel in an obscure corner of the yard. Be sure to have a […]

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Survival Mom DIY: Build Your Own Fresnel LensThe story of my DIY Fresnel lens began three years ago when I lost my house and all its contents in a fire. It started around 4:00 a.m. when my daughter got up and fluffed her job uniform in the dryer. We had no idea the dryer would short out and burn through a gas line.
Later that same morning, I woke up and smelled smoke…

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Monday 23 May 2016

Billionaire Steve Cohen’s Big New Bets On Netflix (NFLX), ConocoPhillips (COP) Plus Other Top Holdings + MORE 5:49 pm May 23rd

On Krugman’s Cherry-Picking Skills – Exhibit 1: The Clinton BoomPaul Krugman, the New York Times columnist, after obliquely informing us of his acquaintance with a literary text, “Remembrance of Booms Past”, promptly forgets and cherry-picks the data. We learn that, under the watchful eye of Bill Clinton, the U.S. economy experienced an economic boom – a fact no one would deny…

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Should I Put Stocks in My Roth IRA and Bonds in My Traditional IRA?A reader writes in, asking:
“If I have a Roth IRA and traditional IRA, is it better to put my stock funds in the Roth and the bond funds in the traditional IRA? That seems preferable, because as long as stocks do earn more than bonds it would leave me with more money down the road because the Roth is tax-free…

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When it comes to retirement income planning, advisers should focus less on “shortfall” and “failure” probabilities, and embrace the “language of longevity,” Moshe Milevsky tells Barbara Petitt, CFA, in an interview for the Financial Analysts Journal Author Interview series. Read more

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Where have all the cowboys gone?

– thereformedbroker.com

Flipping out over how awesome this new post at Michael Batnick’s blog is, which presents the career arc of history’s most important investors of all time. He takes their dates of birth, advances them 22 years for a typical career starting point, and then overlays them with the future cumulative performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average to give you a sense of how much wind they had at their backs…

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10 Good Beach Reads, Just in Time for Memorial DayMemorial Day weekend is fast approaching. If you are anything like me, you are probably looking forward to delving into several new and recent book releases that could make for pleasant beach reading.
This is the perfect time of year to take advantage of the slower pace, kick back, and learn something new…

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Morning News: May 23, 2016

– crossingwallstreet.com

Eurozone Flash PMI Weakness Fuels Concerns Over Second Quarter Slowdown
Slumping Japan Exports, Factory Orders Add to Headaches for PM Abe, BOJ
Make No Mistake: Saudi Arabia Is The Strongman Of Oil Markets
The U.S. And China Are Both Wrong on Steel
Boston Federal Reserve Head Says Conditions Are Almost Right for June Rate Hike
Balance Due: Credit-Card Debt Nears $1 Trillion as Banks Push Plastic
Fraud in $4 Trillion Trade Finance Has Banks Turning Digital
Bayer’s $62 Billion Monsanto Takeover Bid Spooks Investors
CF Tie-Up With OCI Is Latest Deal to Snag on Inversion Curb
Boeing Wins $11…

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2016 has been a great year for gold. Its currently up 17%.
This is the best time to invest in gold for the long-term investor.
The Elliott Wave Principle is a form of ‘technical analysis’ that believes investors move between periods of bullishand bearish thinking in a reasonably consistent pattern…

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Famous for being an avid art collector, Steven Cohen was crowned the Hedge Fund King by the Wall Street Journal in 2006, only to fall out of grace several years later as his fund, SAC Capital, pleaded guilty to insider trading violations and agreed to close its doors for outsiders. Cohen himself…..

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Why I didn’t put my cart back at the grocery store + MORE 2:49 pm May 23rd

Jungle Animals Word Search Printable

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Jungle Animals Word Search PrintableIf you’re looking for a Jungle Animals Word Search then you found it!   In this word search activity there are 11 animals hiding out.

This is a more challenging word search with words going not only vertical and horizontal, but also diagonally and backward!
Jungle Animals Word Search Printable
This fun word search is free!

Click here to download and print: Jungle Animals Word Search Printable

This is a fun activity for before or after a day at the zoo…

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Your Modern Family – Raising our kids, organizing our home & saving money http://yourmodernfamily.com Download your Free eBook, Beat the Boredom in a Week, here!
I remember when I had our first son… in 2006.   Such an adorable sweet (tiny) baby boy.   I was over the moon excited.  As he grew and our family grew, it would become harder and harder to get out…

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The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) in Hawaii established the World Fireknife Championships 24 years ago, in part, to see this proud Samoan cultural tradition perpetuated by future generations. Based on the stellar performances on May 13th by 17 talented – and young – fireknife dancers, competitive fireknife dancing has a strong and vibrant future for many years to come…

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You’ve probably heard it many times before: financial management in the home is primarily about effective budgeting and wisely using the resources you already have.
But we hear from a lot of families who tell us they don’t have a budgeting problem, they have an income problem. They aren’t living extravagantly or beyond their means, but they’re still barely getting by and have nothing extra left over to bless others…

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May 23, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

If your spouse does something thoughtful, reinforce your gratitude with a simple thank you or a thoughtful gesture in return.

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This Homework Activity Is LOL-Worthy and All, But Why Was it Even an Assignment?
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The internet loves a good homework fail, especially when the child happens to completely innocently sell out their parents as a result. Maybe the teacher who assigned this homework – which asked kids to draw what their mom looks like both in the morning and before going out – had an educational reason for asking her students to complete this worksheet, but it seems more likely that her ulterior motive was to treat herself to a laugh or two…

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Sunday 22 May 2016

These Americans Are Preparing For War With Their Own Government + MORE 5:20 pm May 22nd

These Americans Are Preparing For War With Their Own GovernmentDuring the Oregon standoff, where a group of US citizens calling themselves the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, seized control of a federal wildlife refuge in protest of harsh sentences being given to members of a ranching family for allegedly allowing fires set on their property to spread on to federal land, Ron Paul posed a question: Is the event isolated, or a sign of things to come?
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the Oregon standoff was the latter…

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In an interview with CNBC in March, ValueAct Capital‘s founder and chief investment officer, Jeffrey Ubben, revealed that his fund was reducing its stake in a number of companies and that it was finding it difficult to redeploy that cash due to a lack of value bargains on the market. The…

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Revisiting The New Market Wizards — A Quarter Century LaterJack Schwager is the Chief Research Officer and Cofounder of FundSeeder and the author of the bestselling Market Wizards book series. His other books include Market Sense and Nonsense and the Complete Guide to the Futures Markets. He formerly spent 22 years as a director of futures research for some of Wall Street’s leading brokerage firms and 10 years as a partner in a hedge fund advisory firm…

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9/11 Memorial & Museum Accepting Applications for Ambassador Program + MORE 2:20 pm May 22nd

May 22, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

St. Rita of Cascia Trinity Sunday Prv 8:22-31; Ps 8:4-9; Rom 5:1-5; Jn 16:12-15  Jesus said to his disciples, “But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth” (Jn 16:13). In married life, the couple is called to reflect the love of the Trinity in a very unique way. Pray with your spouse today that you might live out that love more fully…

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The National September 11 Memorial & Museum’s Ambassador Program is a year-long after school program for students in the greater New York City area. The Museum Ambassador Program, open to high school students in grades 10 through 12, allows students the unique opportunity to become actively involved in the Museum…

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Shepherd’s Pie

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Shepherd’s PieShepherd’s Pie is a great way to get even your pickiest kids to eat their veggies! This meal is definitely one of my favorites as a mom to get my kids to eat healthier. My kids love this recipe, because…well…ketchup.
Chicken Pot Pie is another beloved family favorite meat pie you can make for dinner…

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See What the Moms With 2 Drastically Different Baby Bump Sizes Look Like Now!

Had a lovely surprise visit from Nat & baby Charlie. Omg his baby blue eyes are so beautiful. Wish I could have cuddled & kissed him but I’m not 100% well yet (hence my rank face). Two healthy incredible pregnancies & now two healthy baby boys.
A photo posted by 🇦🇺🇳🇿SnapChat 👻 ChontelDuncan (@chontelduncan) on May 19, 2016 at 12:01am PDT

The Australian fitness trainer whose baby bump went viral when she posted a photo of herself and her friend showing off their drastically different baby bumps – even though their pregnancies were only four weeks apart – is back to show off how healthy both babies are…

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How to Create Home Cooked Meals

– yourmodernfamily

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Many of us love the idea of home cooked meals, but when we actually have to put it into action, there ends up being little follow through…

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1. Our Current Read Alouds
We’re loving our current read alouds: Justin Morgan Had a Horse and The Lewis & Clark Expedition. These are part of our Sonlight curriculum for this year and we’ve really been enjoying them together. Have you read either of these?

2. My New Be Still Shirt
Should I confess that I’ve worn this Be Still shirt three different times this week already? Yup, I have…

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Saturday 21 May 2016

Trump Lashes Out At Clinton's Hypocrisy: "No More Guns To Protect Hillary!" + MORE 4:49 pm May 21st

Bryan Cranston’s Super Sweet 60

– thereformedbroker.com

God this makes me miss Breaking Bad…
“I swear to god if my parents make me plan this party like a poor person, I will lose my shit.”

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Trump Lashes Out At Clinton's Hypocrisy: "No More Guns To Protect Hillary!"As the Clinton campaign continues to stumble along trying to figure out just how to attack Trump, The Donald is wasting no time showing Hillary how that’s done.
Trump has already put together the narrative he plans to use in order to defeat Clinton this fall, and the plan is very simple: Paint Hillary as a crooked, untrustworthy candidate who wants to confiscate everyone’s guns…

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MiB: Jeff DeGraaf of RenMac

– ritholtz.com

This week on our Masters in Business podcast, we speak with Jeff DeGraaf, founder and chief technician of Renaissance Macro.He was formerly Chief Technician at Lehman Brothers.
DeGraaf is somewhat unique in that he is both a CFA charter holder as well as a CMT (Chartered Market Technician), giving him perspective different from most analysts…

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Astenbeck Capital Management is a Connecticut-based hedge-fund firm that specializes in oil. It was co-founded in 2010 by the high-profile crude trader and CEO of Phibro LLC, Andrew Hall – who now owns 80% of the company, and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY), with the aim of managing…

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Three Lessons from Justice Clarence Thomas’ Commencement Speech + MORE 1:49 pm May 21st

Your Modern Family – Raising our kids, organizing our home & saving money http://yourmodernfamily.com Download your Free eBook, Beat the Boredom in a Week, here!
This post is sponsored by Huggies® OverNites Diapers. The opinions and thoughts are my own. With four kids, I have been sleep deprived for longer than I can say! One time, I was searching everywhere for my cell phone… I looked in the kitchen, in the living room, in my purse… it was nowhere to be found…

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15 Gorgeous Washi Tape Crafts

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15 Gorgeous Washi Tape CraftsThese washi tape crafts are absolutely gorgeous! I can’t wait to start making some. You can make so many boring things beautiful with just a little bit of this stuff. It’s genius for upcycling.
Are you not sure what washi tape is? Well, it is made from Japanese rice paper and is thinner than regular masking tape…

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May 21, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

Is your spouse looking to share or fix a problem? Communicate with each other about what the conversation is seeking to accomplish.

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Carnival’s newest and biggest ship – chock full of kids activitiesCarnival Vista
By Eileen Ogintz
ABOARD THE CARNIVAL VISTA (Day 5) — Morgan  Hutchinson  has decided he’s having the best vacation of his life.
Of course he’s only three years-old but that he and his year-old sister Imogen are happy  certainly is upping their parents’ enjoyment as well…

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This Hysterical Dad Tweets Priceless Conversations Between Him and His DaughtersComedian James Breakwell makes sure that every tweet he sends is absolutely hilarious – by recounting conversations he has with his wife and four daughters under the age of 6. His account, XplodingUnicorn, is full of priceless 140-character encounters with his little ladies, all of whom seem to have been passed down a bit of their father’s comedic ability and give new meaning to the phrase “kids say the darnedest things…

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When I hear good people say good things, I like to pass them along.  So I want to share three items from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ commencement speech to the graduates of Hillsdale College.
1. Benefits don’t exist without responsibility.
The small farm of his youth taught Justice Thomas that you reap what you sow…

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This might change your life… or at least your hair. (Or I might be embarrassing myself.)
Y’all. I have some news for you today.
And I may be the last person on earth to know this. Some of you will probably read this post and be like, “Hello, Crystal. We’ve all known this for years and years and years. Where have YOU been??”
I’m willing to put this out there and embarrass myself for one reason: Because I had a hair epiphany this week…

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Friday 20 May 2016

Top-Earning Hedge Fund Managers, 2015 Edition + MORE 4:19 pm May 20th

Saying No to the Validators

– thereformedbroker.com

The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind – Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568
ValueWalk relays the results of a ScottTrade study carried out by J.D. Power that looks at the self-directed investors on its platform:
Self-directed investors are increasingly looking for their investment firm to provide advice and guidance, according to the J…

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Investing Blog Roundup: Actuaries Longevity IllustratorOne of the most critical questions in retirement planning is how long you expect to live. Longevity expectations affect everything from how much you can spend per year, to tax planning decisions, to Social Security decisions.
It’s easy to look up your life expectancy in a table. But all that tells you is the average outcome…

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CWS Market Review – May 20, 2016

– crossingwallstreet.com

“Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy.” – Jack Bogle
Leave it to Janet Yellen and her friends at the Federal Reserve to freak out the markets this week. Three weeks ago, the central bank had a meeting, and I told you there was no way they were going to raise rates. I was right: they didn’t…

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Is This the End of the Road for Stock Market Investors?In May of 2008, there was a very similar stock market ‘rally’ as compared to today’s ‘rally’.  Investors believed that the ‘turmoil’ during the latter part of 2007 and the early part of 2008 was permanently over and that we were headed towards a strong economic growth!
In actuality, it merely masked the ‘declining economic collapse’…

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Something Stunning Is Taking Place Off The Coast Of Singapore   “I’ve been coming to Singapore once a year for the last 15 years, and flying in I have never seen the waters so full of idle tankers,”
   – Senior European oil trader a day after arriving in the city-state.
 
Back in November, when the world-record crude inventory glut was still in its early innings, we showed what we then thought was a disturbing image of dozens of oil tankers on anchor near the US oil hub of Galveston, TX, unwilling to unload their cargo at what the owners of the oil thought was too low prices…

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Top-Earning Hedge Fund Managers, 2015 EditionThis list is pretty amazing for a number of reasons, but what is perhaps most mind boggling about it is that Jim Simons tops the list, tied for #1, even in retirement.
Color me astounded.
 

Source: Washington Post
 
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The Harvard Law School graduate Chris Grisanti co-founded the multi billion dollar hedge fund Grisanti Brown & Partners in 1999. The firm makes long term investments in the equity markets on the back of extensive research. At the end of the first quarter the energy and finance sectors each…

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Imagine for a moment an investment world without the accomplishments of Jack L. Treynor. In this imaginary Treynor-less world, mass casino psychology and fund manager guru-worship might rule, unchallenged by any metrics other than crude popularity and marketing spend. Read more

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I'm Dreading the Last Day of Preschool + MORE 1:49 pm May 20th

AAA projects more than 38 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend. That is the second-highest Memorial Day travel volume on record and the most since 2005. Spurred by the lowest gas prices in more than a decade, about 700,000 more people will travel compared to last year. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 26 to Monday, May 30…

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Comic Summer Reading Printable Pack

– kidsactivitiesblog.com

Comic Summer Reading Printable PackHelp your kids avoid the summer slide when it comes to reading with this Comic Summer Reading Printable Pack.  At the end of the summer, your kids can proudly show off their comic themed reading log and certificates and tell their friends all about the great stories they read.

Comic Summer Reading Printable Pack
This summer reading package includes 5 pages suitable for elementary and middle school students…

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One Week Aldi Grocery Shopping Haul for a Large Family
Jamerrill has a great post up sharing her $150 Aldi grocery shopping haul for a family of 9. If you have a large family, I think you’ll be inspired by her post.

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I'm Dreading the Last Day of Preschool
While I’m writing this, my daughter is undoubtedly having a blast at one of her last days of preschool (she has five more before Summer break, not that I’m counting). I wish I could say that I’m as excited about school being out as I used to be when I was a kid, but it’s pretty much the exact opposite…

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I don’t know about you, but my wife, Jean, and I have days where our parenting doesn’t go very smoothly. Sometimes we’ll look at each other and wonder, “Is there a secret to all of this that we’re missing?”
A conversation I had with the late Dr. Karyn Purvis before she passed away reminds me of a concept that I wouldn’t exactly consider a secret, but it comes about as close as anything: Good parenting is rooted in the heart of God, which is all about connection…

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May 20, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

Take time to watch your spouse’s reactions to things you and others do. Be aware of his/her feelings and desires

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