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王小柱是真疯了!
Fight on, Dixie Pride!落魄江湖载酒行 March 16 人民币,南海,和股市总理说了,人民币已经准备好了,香港是试点结算中心。
技术上是否准备好了且不说,但前后发生的大事小事却让人回味。
1a.钓鱼岛出状况;
1b.朝鲜“要”发射导弹;
1c.美韩“要”军事演习;
2a.南海无暇号间谍船事件;
2b.菲律宾宣布南海主权;
2c.马来西亚宣布南海主权;
2d.美国巡洋舰开赴南海;
2c.中国邮政南(海)巡;
3a.中国伊朗签订$3.2B天然气协议;
3b.伊朗宣称要建立通往中国的铁路运输;
3c.美国今日宣布‘上月’击落伊朗无人侦察机;
3d.巴基斯坦政坛再起波澜;
3c.中巴新签武器买卖协议;
。。。。
8.美国股市飙升,一周25%?!
9.巴南克宣布美国经济衰退今年结束!
10.今天的各大西方媒体集中报到中国外汇管理公司大赔居赔特赔(有见过占了傻子便宜还到处张扬的人吗)!!
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军事行动永远不会按计划进行;政治事件永远没有巧合。
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现在全世界的中心是人民币。在美元走弱,欧元无力支撑的时候推出人民币并建立领地是千载难逢的时机。
一旦人民币走出国门成为既定事实,必将挤压美元,欧元和日元,尤其是美元的生存空间。因为中国低端外向型的经济模式,以及地缘特征,东亚,南亚,东南亚,中亚甚至东欧,非洲市场都会减少对美元的依赖。(上诉地区和中国类似,都以实体经济或能源经济为主)
人民币的诞生是对美元,欧元所代表的虚拟经济的致命打击。最好的办法当然是把它掐死在襁褓之中(excuse me...)
所以就有了上面的一系列非巧合的政治。
如果说美元为了保住力量的进一步分散,除了及其所能掐死人民币的话,欧元在自身残疾,无力主导的情况下却有多了一份选择。
欧元自从诞生以来一直是美元的打击对象,人民币的出现,却无意给了欧元喘息的空间(不再是唯一的眼中钉了)。同时,人民币上台的行头有多种选择。其中一种就是定价可以决定于‘一篮子’定价。也就是各种主要货币的加权平均。而如果和中国搞好关系,人民币完全可以给欧元多一点分量。。。。这一点,目前看来应该是,至少在‘目前’,应该是双方努力的方向。这一点,从中欧关系保持热度,中国给法国留下的门始终没有关掉,中国采购团如此高效完成组团,赴欧不难看出。总理访欧时留下的一句话“希望欧洲不要让采购团失望”,非常耐人寻味。中国不想来采购汽车,飞机。中国要技术。中国人得到他们想要的东西吗?这些都是机密,但根据我的判断,至少有所收获。这也意味这欧元开始爬升。(已经从1.25涨到了1.3)
美股狂涨,我猜中了开头,却没料到结尾。等一下,哪里是结尾?应该说我猜到了会长,但没想到会涨naaaaaaaaaa么多。当时只是从技术分析会大涨,不晓得会一口气不喘,从黄昏跑到了‘黎明’--巴南克的讲话更是让人觉得,经济已过万重山。但我们已经分析了上涨的原因,就不难猜到结尾了--从哪里来,回哪里去。
October 31 中国能源。世界金融美股轰轰烈烈,DOW每天上下200点现在眼睛都不眨一下。Day Trader倒是生在一个好时候了。
再热闹,金融世界的基本面没有变,还是那句话:It's an accident waiting to happen.任何一条小道消息,数据报告都会把正在进行的‘牛市’给交代了,Credit Card, Insurance,ABS, CDS etc。
Comercial paper市场好了一下,但都是Treasure在买,Libor降了些,也都是通过国家的Currency Swap,或政府的空投钞票。所谓的“Investors”还没出现。
个人感觉Short的Timing就要出现了。毕竟,Earning can't keep up with Dow Index.
中国和俄罗斯的石油交易大快人心,但石油管道明年才开始:和老毛子打交道心里总是不踏实;
中国终于加入了泛美银行家俱乐部,通往南美的大门终于被打开了。这是一块high yield的业务地带,不知道中国做了什么承诺,也许和今天说的“将量力帮助国际社会”有关。但值。看外交部发言人的讲话,言语中居然有些傲慢,很欣慰;
IMF向中国要钱了,好机会。国际货币组织从来是欧美大国操控的。他们的钱都是有附带条件了。想当然,中国会表现‘负责人大国’的气度,给IMF提供钱,从而作为第三世界的代表参与(不是旁听)IMF,这对日后成立大东亚+俄罗斯的世界货币第三极会有无可估量的效果。大东亚是世界经济的主要生产地区,通过拥有自己的货币来形成自己的货物定价权意义极端重要,功在当代,福泽万载绝不是夸张。只是到时给IMF钱的时候,不知政府的母亲在网上要被网民们侮辱多少会。。;
世界原本有两个火车头,中国制造,美国消费。现在消费出问题了,制造会有很大麻烦。对中国来说扩大内需已经时不我待。原来预期土地改革怎么也得搞个2,3年,这一会儿就通过了,仓促总会出问题,中国的农民却承担不起一点失误。需要政府决策灵活,反应敏捷。对于中国这样的一个大国来说,很困难。Praying..反腐败新闻现在天天有,‘倒霉’的官员级别也越来越高。经济不景气,尤其是土改这个关口,民心就变得尤为重要了;
同样是内需,国内要投资2万亿修建铁路,有些已经动工了。这两天总想朋友推荐国内水泥股,过一段时间钢铁也该上了,但现在还不是时候,不过呢,没准明天天亮就是时候了,因为现在中国是白天,澳大利亚也是白天。。
说说澳大利亚吧。澳元对美元从7月的1:0.9x跌倒了现在的1:0.6x,现在所有的basic material,当然包括矿石是一塌糊涂的便宜。总理陆克文公开恳请中国采购澳洲。Now this is where it gets interesting--中国宣布投资铁路的Timing,Why NOW!?我的一个猜测是,澳大利亚还没有投降,中国在喊:爬出来吧,我给你自由。也就在今天,陆克文说中国09年经济会告诉发展。
下面是我的分析。
7,8月的时候,澳洲铁矿对中国集体提价,要了天价,然后转手和欧洲签了更便宜的合同。中国钢铁行业咬牙切齿。不久,澳元开始暴跌。大概是巧合吧;)
这一次中国怎么会善罢甘休?澳大利亚是能源经济,资金密集型。金融市场开放,leverage高,全国负债高,实体经济不大。这就留给别人太多的bull eye去攻击。3个月跌成这个样子不值得同情,也应该。如果想让澳元崩盘,对中国来说易如反掌。命悬一线的人总是更着急的,也没有什么筹码可言。
我的判断是,中国在给隧道里的澳大利亚打手电筒,闪一闪。在告诉陆克文,沿着手电筒走,你就可以出来了,赶紧,因为你不知道隧道另一头的火车什么时候会开过来。。
我们的条件:现价入股澳洲铁矿,或和俄罗斯一样签订长期低价铁矿合同。从现在的情况下来看,中国应该是要一个ridiculous的价钱。谁让你脑袋在我的板子上呢。
关于投资
陆克文今天喊话说明他还没想通;)想要稳住外国投资者。哪里有那么容易!这不在全世界都降息,澳元决定不降息的情况下今天澳元对美元又跌了1%。。但我觉得澳元已经到底了,因为,真的挺不住了。一旦美国金融市场一点波动。。。这个时候如果用50:1的leverage购入澳元,或通过aud-usd,usd-jpy,到年底很有可能会有非常高的回报。
另外,11.3-11.7大陆代表团访问台湾,其中包括10个大陆的bankers. 如果明天大盘跌,建议买入台湾指数(ewt),我呢,会买11月的call;)
上个礼拜写的分析和建议,相信一定惊动了党中央--几乎都在非常nicely的develop;)
小胡办事,我放心! October 24 As the market collapses (Dow down by almost 5%)When I got into the office this morning, I was told Asian markets dropped 10% in one trading session.
This happens right before the 10+3 summit.
A little background here.
10 Southeast small Asia countries and China, Japan and Korea are planning on this monetary system where they are going have to have their own international trading system. Among those, Japan is the biggest cheerleader.
According to the plan, 3 will put up a huge USD reservoir to support the system. Under the new system small countries will be well protected, while free trades will be enjoyed by all countries within. This will certainly lay the foundation for any possible new Big Asia currency.
On the same note, China had the agreement with 10, that from 2012 between parties international trades will carry 0% or very low taxation. It apparently had speeded up. Yesterday China and Singapore agreed starting from 2009, there will be zero taxation on trades between two parties, and Singapore is part of 10, where they can trade freely within the 10. So practically the accord yesterday reset the clock to 2009, instead of 2012.
Now, confidence is essential here. If anything is wrong with the big 3, doubts rise, and confidence diminishes. Then you had this stock landslide last night and I'm sure you'll see more movement on the FX front. Not to hard to figure out who is behind this—it has to be someone that is against the new system, and has the power or ability to do so.
Quite smart is it? You wanna grow a little muscle? I’ll take you out of the game first. Boom, home run, game over!
Not so fast my friend.
In today’s market, nobody trusts nobody, you push ppl’s back into the wall, leaving these ppl no choice but leaning towards China.
Regardless, China gains much soft power in this event.
Now, back to the US market. Asian markets will have no substantial effect on Dow whatsoever. You will see investors panic, but big players have a plan, as they know what is going on. Low volume on Dow is the proof. October 23 Market Bottom Shopper Be Aware!!To those that are doing long term investment: Be aware! according to the latest BIS report, currently total derivative values are roughly 12 X global production, which means, when financial squeezed, stock clapse has no end. this market is one credit event away from being halved again. Remeber Lehman going under destroyed the whole European financial system. When to bottom shopping? Forget about the triangles, the market has nothing to do with tech but fundamental structure. the market bottoms when big banks all nationalized. Good luck 我的分析首先,美元崩溃不符合中国利益。
正在进行时(带建议):
在美国最困难的时候联合日本(对日本也有好处)买美国的实业和地产,稳定美元,趁现在大家都拉拢中国,美元走强, 然后
: 1 签长期石油合同; 2 买俄罗斯的石油,买欧洲机床,军事技术; 3 买澳洲矿产; 4 买阿根廷国债(据便宜),买畜牧业; 让自己立于不败之地。
但在出手购买美国以前,必须
挟持美国大银行国有化;
接禁高科技出口(保证贸易顺逆平衡,从而稳定美国赤字,同时获得技术,提升中国产业链);
逼迫立法deleveraging (降低杠杆?不知道中文怎么说),以确保没有第二个华尔街 (虽然那样俺也要失业了)。
要达到这些目的,中国必须联合日本,暗中分离欧美,通过操作让美股再跌,企业贷款更难,危及经济基本面,使美国被迫接受中美战略伙伴关系。(老江一厢情愿,不为认可的愿望终究通过华尔街的游戏规则实现)。
联合日本可以实现抬高美元,美国债增值的目的,符合短期两国利益,何乐而不为。这样就不难解时为什么中国愿意和日本达成貌似自己吃亏的东海协议了。
凡用兵之法全国为上,破国次之;
是故智者之虑,必杂于利害,杂于利而务可信也,杂于害而患可解也。
这一次,中国大胜!! October 17 Congratulations To Dr TJ!Just want to give a shoutout to my good friendTJ, that I'm happy for you that hard work paid off, and I'm so glad I can finally start to pronounce you Dr. TJ!
Now new life just started, and it's not getting easier, dont ever give up, and you'll be fine. Whatever you do, do your best and whatever path you choose, dont look back.
Every achievement you will have, is a plus, anything you coudnt achieve, is not a minus, coz you have never had them.
So go get them!
Best wishes and now you're all on your own from here;)
October 12 2008 A.C. Or 0000 A.D(ollars).If you're one of millions worrying about your 401K, wondering how many extra years you'll have to work before retiring to your lake house and deluxe RV, ladies and gentlmen, hold that thought for another month or two with me, because you MIGHT be in a time of shock & awe.
If you made fortune betting on USC losing to OSU, or if your fist name is Les, with last name Miles, who's been performing at a unimaginably dumb level on the job, but had been anamored with ridiculous luck, guys, I want to be you. Coz you are one of those few that have either the insight, creativity, guts or simply dumb luck to foresee and actually truely believe this one's coming: The Fall of USD. What's on the stake.
World USD demonimated financial system;
Crude Oil Pricing system; Other Basic Materials Pricing System; Domestic Inflation; Jobs; Retirement; As a matter of fact, just add anything you can think of to the list. (Research shows sexual life can be greatly affected by broad econ caused anxiety;), so we just about get everything covered up) What is going on
G7 summit in Washington. When I walk out of my apt Monday morning and pick up the new issued Financial Times on the ground at the gate, where newspapers boys always drop them, the first thing I'd be looking for is not G7 summit, but 3M Libor spreads. Any politic/econ savy can tell you, summit dont matter. The written is on the wall. All parties suggested they would not buy any new issued govt bonds, which will be much needed for US to buy banks' corrupted debts, which explains why Treasure hasn't started to do so, one week after House approved the bill.
What to watch
Any news on Europe-Russia-China-Parkistan-Japan-Iran-Isreal. Politic deals will have to be stroke before financial ones.
What are the Choices
US: To Melt or To collapse;
Rest of the world: Give in or Give up. Everybody has to give in, sizable loss is inevitable, but yet, the matter is the size of the loss, if you catch the drift here. The first to give up will take less hit, but the world will be back to where it has been, when all the dust settles, US bulling the world with the greenbacks only they can print. Remind you of the prisoners' delima? Ever wondering why Wall Street quiz you the brainteaser so much? This is the turmoil, nasty and manhood challenge dawn in the jungle. But be thankful that you can still sit on your couch, flip up the remote, enjoying the great college football weeken, with a laptop on your lap checking out scores around the country. At least you're not in under that neck-breaking,ball-squeezing pile, where the big boys have to sleep on.
Hopefully, the WORLD will come up on top out of the pile when the sun comes up. October 09 Sleep LossThen had some conversation with KX, an old friend regarding China's econ. KX had to leave after I got excited, leaving me high and dry.. Yeah I know..
Here is something I read off a tide sports forum, earlier today, thought it was so funny that I decided to keep a record of it..
It begins with a groom-to-be askes for advise about marriage, on this forum, which is the last place one would seek this kind advice at the first place, but as it turns out isn't as brutal..
Here is the rest and hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and still do...
Getting married this weekend. Any advice from any of you successfully married? gee and haw 2008-10-08 11:12:53
October 04 Is It Coming?Quite a few events happening around the world in the matter of weeks.
Note: EU publicly refused to support US new dept programme; China called for united effort to solve the ongoing world credit crisis, but made no implication if it would support US' bailout plan by taking new issued US debt--the most recent manuovers by the US, deals with Taiwan/India already tells you all you need to know.
The butter and bread of US' domination is its arm force, USD stature and the ability of control engergy that comes with it.
The ongoing credit crisis might as well be the beginning of the end for USD domination, and there goes the US Empire. But No King is going to go down without a fight. A war in time will take USD back to where US wants it to be, and given the chaos around Iran,Afghanastan,Geogia and Parkistan, an immediate war isnt exactly a shocker.
Wish I could have spent more time on this, but ladies and gentlemen, Tide is up next on CBS! November 05 我靠!看看TJ的Blog!不是吧。。。November 02
到底是谁人品不行最近一直在和我Dr.Wang争论我俩谁的人品不行,直到今天都没能的出结论. 争论的原因是因为最近几次去机场接他,他的飞机都无一例外的挽点,最多的一次居然从晚上11点拖到凌晨5点. 我认为是他人品不好所以每次飞机都挽点,而他却反驳说是因为我太糟糕才导致他的飞机延误.
下面是最近几次接他的情况:
2006年9月 Jacksonville, FL 相约去Gainesville看Bama打Florida Gators, 我的飞机是下午5点准时到的,他因为要上班是坐晚上的飞机到,我开车从Alex那里借来的车去接他,原本是11点到的飞机,拖到凌晨2点才到。好在Jacksonville机场的无线网络是免费的,才不至于那么无聊。
2006年10月 Nashville, TN 十月的第三个周六去Knoxville, 原本飞机是晚上10点多到,最后也是拖到将近1点,好在那次是在住姑妈家,离机场也20分钟,问题不大
2007年2月 Nashville, TN 打算去在Lexington, KY的姐家过年,因为临时决定,到Lexington的飞机少,机票也贵,所以决定飞到Nashville,这样我就可以中途路过那的时候把他带上,然后再开3个小时就到了. 可他的飞机又挽点了,因为时间比较仓促原本没打算去姑妈家的,可由于挽点有时间了,就到姑妈家蹭了一顿晚饭.
2007年10月 Birmingham, AL 又是十月的第三个周六, 他回来看球, Jetblue的飞机原本是要11点15到,可一而再,再而三的,一直拖到凌晨5点才到, 更倒霉的是托运的行李没能随机到达. 导致无法按时享用里面的五粮液.
综合以上事实, Dr. Wang得出结论说以后不能让我去接他了, 所以这次他回来, 选择飞Atlanta,然后自己租车来Tuscaloosa, 果然没我去接,飞机不仅不挽点,相反还早到了. 一下飞机,他就洋洋得意打了电话,大概意思是说以前的挽点都是我的问题了,大有扬眉吐气之势. 事实胜于雄辩,我也没办法,只能灰溜溜地吃完饭在家里老老实实等他.,心里还觉得不好意思,每次都害他挽点. 大概过了1个多小时,到快12点的时候,他来电话了,估计是快到了,先提醒我一下. 拿起电话,那边传来他那熟悉的声音:"他妈的,撞鹿了!" 我先是不相信,在确认事件的真实性以后还真有点暗自欣喜. 撞击很剧烈,鹿死了,车开不了了,好在他人一点事没有. 这家伙"运气"真是不错,昨天全美只有三个人撞鹿,他很"荣幸"地成为其中的一个. 没办法,上路去接他吧,来回大概5个小时. 警察在处理完事故现场以后把他送到I20在Georgia境内的第5出口外的一个waffle house, 接上他以后,我们决定去撞击现场看看, 开到19出口附近,啊, 这鹿还真不小,足有80磅以上, 真庆幸他没事,好在是开的SUV,他原本是租的一个compact car的, 机场因为没有小车了,临时给他换了一个大SUV,,就是这一换,救了他的小命. 寒风习习的深秋,高速路边看到一个这样冰冷的尸体,心里一点都不好受, 关上车窗,继续赶路, 凌晨5点到家了.
生命太脆弱, 有时候死里逃生也就是一线之间. 鹿走了,好在他还活着,其实他不会那么容易死的,因为好人才不长命,他这么没人品,是可以好好活着的:) November 04 DishearteningBut I gave it all, left nothing.
Good time to take a shower and jump in bed. October 02 Street Watch 10-02-07When you see a blog posted during work hours, you should know one thing, the boss is gone!
First off, Happy birthday PRC! The next a couple of years is gonna be a bumpy ride, hope everybody fares well!
Now,
Today's news, Ford Sept sales dropped more than 20 percent, Toyota's dropped considerabley as well, checking in at 4.4 percent. Housing market continues its slide and it wasn't expected to return in the next few years.
FED rate dropped by 50 bps but interbank loan costs supprisingly went up as reported last week (had heated discussion about its business reasoning with Howard with no agreement). For me it only means the the confidence level is still low in the credit market and the fear of default is still dominating, even though you start to see buyout deals sparsely.
As predicted previously, I've seen some signs of inflation and funny how little things in life can give you headsup much earlier than Wall Street Journal. Last night after work Laozhu and I were having dinner at a flushing Chinese. While I never pay attention to price tags, Laozhu found out the prefixed dinner price has gone up by $1, which reads about 5%. Same story in another Chinese according to someone supposed to know. Rib price has gone up a little according to my "co-dinner". When inflation is on your dinner manual, you should know the time has come, regardless what the paper or FED says.
But why would one be supprised tho. A weakening dollar drives oil price soaring instantanesouly can just do that to you. EUR maintaining its rate and tons of countries raising their rates earlier of the year on top of FED rate's drop makes a weakest dollar ever, maybe after WWII?
Along with the bear credit market, it's a perfect time for China to dump the US bonds and with the money it cashes out to buyout US equities. Of course, too much politics involved makes it much more difficult than it looks, which, I understand.
Now, back to US econ. Suppose inflation is catching on and Credit market, or the lack of it, persists, what should FED do? Or where the future lies? This is beyond me and If someone knows the answer, let me know.
One thing for sure, capital will be leaving this continental. Emerging markets like Brazil, India or China are red hot, which only means higher return for investors, and given US' dooming econ outlook, the speed of capital running towards EM should make Liuxiang a turtle and the size of it will make Yaoming look like Steve Francis, IF these capitals can find a new home. And it's a HUGE IF.
One the other hand, for China, It's gonna be a huge oppotunity to consolidate her domestic econ, IF, elites can figure out a way to take in the capital 'safely', giving in a little, and construct healthier econ infrastructure. It's gonna take a looooot of work tho.
It'd be nice to have infusing capital boosting econ, but the funny thing is, when the opposite of the earth is going to have capital drought, China already has her own more-than-it-can-consume funding problem, the almost unstopable stock market and crazy real estate market are the iceburgs you can see. It's not that China has enough capital for developing, China needs more, it's just that China doesn't have the financing system, which is looooooooooong over due. With that being said, private equity (PE) is going to be the hooottest in at least the next 10 years in China. Hope I can have a piece of the cake, which might as well be a looooooooong shot. September 15 Roll Tide!!!WE HAVE WON THE BALL GAME!
ALABAMA HAS WON THE BALL GAME!
ROLL TIDE EVERYBODY,
AND I AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM GOING OUT PARTYING!!! September 12 Street Note 9/12Just a few things to chew on, along with the apple Howard gave me yesterday, after my 11pm shower;)
1a.With $1200 Bn(Billion) ABCP (Asset Backed Commercial Paper, used to be a kind of low cost short-term loan) out there and most of them mature and need to rollover in Sept. $140 Bn of them mature in a matter of week. This is right after the Aug credit turmoil. Nobody wants to keep these debt in his own book. How the market is going to do with them?
1b. Oil price surge lately, doesn't bode well for Amecia's econ, which is already dreaded by bad employment report, Companies lower their financial expectations;
1c. Heated debating whether FED is going to cut the rate mid Sept;
1d. Bankers are busy with conference calls to swallow soon maturing ABCPs, while there is this new founded China FX surplus investment company sitting there with cash more than the total asset of all hedge funds all over the world, watching the cash dry across the atlantic. Interesting to say the least;
2. China declaires today it's going to tripple its oil reserve in the next 3 years, at this exact point. It will take a lot to convince me that it's a coincident;
3. USA declairs today it will sell a dozen anti-submrine aircrafts and others to Taiwan after it shows guesture of against Taiwan so called "indenpence" multiple times which is to their best interest as well. You can be sure that US understands Taiwan will never receive another piece US weapon, then why? Or why now? Another coincident? Think NOT.
4.Told a friend all along last week, before the Mid Oct CCP meeting, China stock would go down to the point where the government feels it has enough space to boost the market throughout the meeting, It will also like a comfortable international politics environment. The first part of the prediction started to happen already, but in this note the point is the latter part...
5. All problem will be solved if China lends a "helping hand". It's a very good time to buy when everything is ON SALE.
6. Before #4 happens, to long short-term oil futures, or bet on late Sept/early Oct stock market relieve should be promising.
Mid Sept-Early Oct-Mid Oct.... As in American football, timing is everything.
Bed Time. 终于把全国比赛的帐给节了基本上,发给对里审核了。
说道这次全国比赛,太多人问起,我也繁了,在这里就一次交待清楚了吧。
野狼的成绩还是可以的。作为去年冠军,今年的头号种子,从死亡之组里顺利出线,打进四强,在半决赛里遇到主要由现役职业运动员组成的芝加哥队,败下阵来。4个字,不服不行。
说到芝加哥队,去年从大连实德花4万美金请了4个人来,结果半决赛意外输给了我们,据说后台老板哭了一场。这回据传言从实德队请了7个过来,其中还有几个一线队员,包括这次比赛的最佳射手和金球奖得主。。据说和我们比赛前他们每场只上几个,遇上我们了全部出动了,打得我们完全没法招架。。。最后比分1:4。最后他们也得了冠军。
这回芝加哥的老板该笑了吧?应该很有成就感了。
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不过说实在的,看了这些国内职业的球员,感觉中国足球在未来10-15年里没什么希望了。几个人当中有两个是现役国青队的,但没有一个技术非常细腻,没有哪个的技术,头脑让人赞叹的,虽然身体条件非常好,战术打法也比较成熟。和我们业余球队比是管用了,遇到日本,沙特呢?技术上扣的不细,年纪轻轻,整体打法再成熟,也没什么太多提高空间了。从此我也第一手的体会到为什么中国足球青年队还可以,到成年队就不行了的原因。还有一个职业球员,在逼抢当中一顿生气,拿到球后中场趟两下,脚还没站稳,下一个逼抢过来前就发泄般地在中场大家射门了,当然是高射炮了。。。坏毛病一点儿没拉下。。。
这帮86-87的小孩还在走了一遍80年代那波国青队的老路。这样的职业化有什么希望。
中国人足球圈搞名堂真的很厉害。我知道这句话不好听。在国内踢球,也是到处请人,青年队出去比赛改年龄,以大打小,职业比赛全假球。现在好了,北美的足球比赛以前各地搬人也就算了,毕竟给所有想踢球,踢得好的一个机会,也是很值得鼓励的事情,本来也是搞华人比赛的目的。到后来据说有个队特意把前辽宁队的姜峰从国内叫过来,现在好了,直接搬现役职业球员来了,而且一次来了几乎一个队。。。
大学橄榄球开始了,足球要该让路了。。
September 05 居家生活LZ今天下班早,就先回家做饭了。我在地铁上的时候LZ给我打电话,让回来的时候在法拉盛顺便带一条侧鱼。
回到家饭已经做的差不多了。又用了半个小时,饭菜全做好了。两人喝点小酒,边吃边聊。
吃过饭,两人一起看看电视新闻,讨论讨论股票,LZ和我诉说做单亲parent得不容易,我向LZ倾诉我对家庭的渴望。
然后。。。!·#¥%……—*
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此处省去500字。。
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抽了根烟,LZ去洗澡了,然后送我回家。
你们想哪儿去了,LZ是我们球队的教练!
哈!Got Ya!
A Story About Paul FinebaumPaul is one of the most popular sports talk show host and I try to listen to his show everyday. Paul was in NYC last Wednesday for the SEC kickoff party. I came in late after attending another party in the city to see him in person
Anyway, I caught him at a corner and said hi to him. Then I told him that I found out the night before, his website doens't carry real audio stream after hours and only clips of interviews in mp3, etc. Paul said he didn't know that but he'd check out on that. Just now when I visited his website to catch the show that I missed today at work, I saw this "Important announcement regarding show audio" explaining in detail how the new setup works... Think it's very nice of him to do this for an ordinary UA graduate.
August 22 Market WatchStill a newbie on the street, I dare not write anything titled "market watch". As a matter of fact I always wanted to write something about the market (in light of the latest events), but the voice of "how dare you" literally kept reminding me of not getting over my head or better put it, exposing my ignorance.
With that said, I'm not responsible for any words I'm going to put up here, and PLEASE do let me whenever fundamental flaws spotted or whenever you dont agree with me.;)
Now, just for the name's sake...
I've been paying a lot of attention and time to the market, but not money (mostly thanks to my blank checking account). As a habbit back in school days, I've been analyzing or breaking down every market event that catches my attention. Therefore I fortunately witness with most of you the most recent market crisis that visits the earth every 10 years (The last 2 occured in 1987 and 1998).
One afternoon in Aug, 2007, when me and my coworkers were about to celerate another 'business day' being over, after we were done with most of the valuation, Howard, who was reviewing the CDS valuaton yelled,
"CDS' messed up!",
he continued,
"XXX(stands for a client, without disclosing the hedge fund's name, for the saftety of this blog and save me any possible jail time) lost $1.5 billions!",
"It's impossible!",
"Someone check the spread"....
"Boss is gonna be pissed tomorrow!"
It turned out our pricing WAS correct, luckily, the boss wasn't too stressed either. As we were giving ourselves a pat on the shoulder, it came the bad vibes from all sorts of news front, XXX fund might have to close up due to loss in the credit market. And more bad news forthcoming...
Here is some explanation for readers not so in the water.
CDS is an insurance on underlying company or finance institutes against default. Let's say if you buy the protection, you pay premium quaterly to the seller, and if the underlying company go bankrupt, you get paid. It's also one way to hedge the underlying company's bond. "C" here stands for "Credit".
Anyway, in a matter of week, a lot of, what they call "quantitative headge funds" are taking huge loss, and we're talking about 20% to 60% of asset they manage.
These funds using programmed mathematical models to trade. And if you read Wall Street Journal you will see disappointment in Mathematical models which is a civil way to say "This shit ain't working", it's 1987 all over again, while the only thing models failed to do, was to save the market.
After all, models follow men's logic. When the basic assumptions that models were built upon, like "efficient market", "sufficient liquidity" or "nonarbitrage" fails, you cant really say genius failed.
Now, what's happening?
1.Started from Cliton regime, USA has loosing the housing policy to make housing loans more available to low income. No downpayment, low interest rates boost the housing market. Home loan morgage companies bought these loans from brokers and turn them into security that can be traded, in the form of bonds, and started to sell these bonds. The market of these bonds are called "subprime". Rating company like S&P, Moody's started out rating these bonds as good as others to make investors feel safe with subprime, declaiming they're having the same probability of default. However, in Nov, 2006, S&P and Moody's found out that stats showed subprime has much higher chance of default and decided to revalue their rating....
2.Reckless driving can put you in jail, now, what about reckless lending? It can lead to destroying a health economics. CDS, which as introduces, is the opposite side of bonds (not exactly, just to relay the point), has become popular. CDS, or the insurance on subprime loan became the hottest, most pursued darling for high-yield driven hedge funds. Borrowed money infused into subprime market through hedge funds. We're talking about hundreds of billion dollars here. Same story in Europe.
Until an ordinary day in Aug that mentioned...
When the bad news broke out, everybody was selling short the credit products held for cash. A credit crunch became a cash shortage. The market kept falling until Fed and ECB (Europe Central Bank) intevened, promising unlimit cash supply and openning discout windown to propel commercial paper (short term loan) liquity.
The market stopped bleeding, it even rebounded at a record rate in recent years last Friday. But is this it? Is this end of the market slump.
I think not, even considering the heavy rumor on the street of the possible FED cutting interest rate.
Now let's revisit two reasons that led us here,
1. Credit market structure hasn't change. An enomous amount of subprime loan still out there. Most home loan goes 20 yrs or beyond. "Subprime" now is considered a deadly poison to any investment, to cut possition on them basically means to sell at discount, which means whoever buys them is gonna make at least 15% of immediate return, but whoever sells them will have to take a loss, which basically will have to unwind the fund for most funds. No manager wants to do that coz that might mean his career ends here. The only to wipe subprime out of the map, is for them to default, nobody benefits from it either---Subprime is gonna be there for longer than one would wish, sorry;
2. Bad habits are hard to get rid of. As long as being greedy remains the number 1 sin for average wall street players(was going to insert a racial joke here, but decided to stay away from trouble), Excessive loan is gonna remain in scene in foreseeable future, maybe as long as wall street is running (too much politics involved), barring major market disaster occurs. FED and ECB's "helping hand" ain't exactly the best effort to punish the market makers, which, supposedly would've, could've, should've been "self-corrected" in the long run.
Where the market goes from here? It'll be decided the ability of the investors of swallowing unhealthy loans, the determination of FED of easing the market, which they have to be very careful, since they're playing with the doube-edged sword of overall economics health in the next 2, 3 quaters and it's chosen enemy, inflation.
July 24 Back From ChinaThe Bad News, Coffee price is going up in the states, the good news, I am still employed!
The end of the day, I learned Dan, a Math PhD around 35 years old, decided to go to Princeton for a Financial Engineering degree.
When Dan told me that, in the crowd, I "said to myself", with "sadness" in my voice:"wish I were younger", laugh busted on the floor, and yet, Dmitry added, "and smarter!". A wilder laughter followed.
Dan is a PhD from Princeton, btw. Apparently you dont PhD Princeton for nothing.
June 20 和风赛跑 (四)20天的军营生活也不是完全死板的军营-食堂-操场三点一线。
记得有一会,忘了和谁一起半夜站岗,可能是豪叔。当时的口令好象是北京-上海。然后站着站着,远处来了个人。走进了看清是学校里专管学生工作的团支部副书记赵×,(不记得名字了),在军训部队里挂号政委。我不是特别喜欢这个人,于是就决定要作弄他一下。等赵×走进了,我装着端枪的样子,大喊“口令!”赵×愣了,大概是心想,老子是政委,在学校是团支部副书记!我见他脚步慢了,一脸疑惑的样子,心中多了一分得意――丫的中着了!我又喊“北京!”,赵这时估计自己是碰上了一个愣头青,不认识政委的,停下来了,说“是我!”见他有点恼怒的样子,我心里哈哈大笑,心想 ,“你丫傻了吧,我的政委!看你平时多拽!”我接着假装无辜认真,喊道“北京,说口令!” 其实他要是就那么走过来,不理我,我也拿他没辙,所以还给他提个醒,这样他也过关了,我也达到了戏弄他的目的,而且还能全身而退。。果然赵喊了一句“上海”。。。。看见他从我身边走过一脸迷惑,恼羞成怒却不敢发作的样子,我崩提多开心了;
另外还有一次,大家在宿舍里带着,做内务什么的,班里头几个人,2B,老母猪什么的让我和吴峰去西瓜地里弄个西瓜回来。据吴峰说,让我俩去是因为我是班副,吴峰当时在队列班,班长们对我俩比较好,抓住了也没关系――要知道当时纪律是很严的。。。也许是因为当时我们晚上肚子饿的时候会吃老母猪带来并偷偷藏着的压缩饼干,吃人的嘴短,没办法,我们只好冒着受处分的危险偏向瓜地行了。
瓜地里营房不远,小心谨慎,一步三回头地,我和吴峰来到了瓜地,好多的西瓜呀!老乡搭的棚子里就在瓜地旁边,买西瓜一定在那儿了!之前我从来没去过,一顿兴奋,越走越快,也忘了小心驶得万年船的古训,等我们几乎就撞到一片熟悉的橄榄绿的时候,已经来不及了――几个班长正在棚子里吃西瓜!我们抬头的时候才发现几个班长都拿着西瓜看着我们。。。我转身就走!“三班副!”,是三班长的声音。我本来想编个谎话,比如什么走错路了,什么的,但想想,算了这还能骗谁呀,都走到瓜棚里了。。于是没等几个班长问,我就决定直接说实话了“我这是第一次”。几个班长哈哈大笑,也忘了是谁,好象是2班长,说“就看你那么熟练也不是第一次了”。。。最后几个班长还挺好的,让我们吃水缸里凉着的西瓜,还让我们带一个回去给班里的战士们吃,三班长还私下交代以后不要这样出来买瓜了,想要吃的时候和他说一声。。。
这事儿还没完。
我和吴峰乐滋滋地抱着西瓜往回走,大概是吴峰发现了前面有团里头的纠察队――这可不是闹着玩的,要是给抓到了整个5连都得被抹黑,这在部队里是大事故。我好像是把西瓜放在肚子上,抱在军服里,往远离纠察队的地方狂奔,吴峰紧跟在后头,哪里知道。。。等停下来的时候,发现我俩居然跑到了连长,指导员,班长们的营房!幸好当时没有人在,大概都出去检查内务了。然后我俩赶紧隔着墙角,远远看着纠察队走了,然后又在从连长驻地到我们自己的营房之间的一片空旷地带狂奔,最后终于安全返回了宿舍。当时的紧张和那种不知生死的感觉,打仗冲锋,不知自己什么时候会倒下,估计也就那个意思了。
回到了宿舍里,全班笑呵呵地迎接我们,看着他们的一脸坏笑,我知道他们肯定是在想,外面好玩吧。。。
我还是留着些什么紧急集合,全军队列,战术,方队大比武之类的给大家写吧,关于军训我就给收个尾吧,肚子饿了,还没吃饭呢。
很快我们就要走了。别的我不知道,走得时候3班的同志们和班长是一顿哭。要走的那天,班长还跑到我们屋,和我们在一起。班长说自己是个大老粗,不想我们读书的,然后有对不住的,道歉。班长是个眼睛很大的四川人,平时话很多,爱笑。讲话经常“你妈B”,人很好。那天3班长一直也没说太多。我们都上了我们来时坐的军车,所有的班长都到军营的大门口,排成两排,军车经过的时候他们还给我们敬礼。我们都挤到军车的最后,希望能看到班长,也让班长看到我们,给他们敬个理,作为道别。我当时在车上好象一直哭到睡着。现在想起来,军人放下情绪,作为职业军人敬礼告别,真的好酷,是现在人们说的“酷”所不能比拟的。
过了大概一,两年,3班长来我们学校玩时告诉我。他和后来他带的每个班的班副第一天都会说,我对你要求不多,只要你能有3班副王非十份之一那么好,我就很满意了。三班长说,到那天为止,我还是他有过的最好的班副,让他省了很多心。
我很感动。 20天的军营生活很短暂,我非常怀念它。 和风赛跑 (三)军训最大的感受就是缺觉睡。整天困。 一天流程基本上是6点起床,早练,然后连队带回,刷牙洗脸,打扫宿舍卫生,叠被子,快吃饭的时候某班长在走廊里喊“小值打饭!”,然后各班就出2个“小值”去食堂给班里的人打饭,打菜,放好碗筷。过一会儿全连集合,唱着歌喊着号去食堂了。来到食堂门口,所有连各自站好,开始“拉歌”。唱响了进去吃饭,不响的唱道响的为止。记得三班副就是在一次吃饭拉歌的时候骂了崔大百货一顿――因为他光张嘴了。 早饭吃饭了部队按计划完成训练任务,包括队列,战术,射击。队列包括最基本的立正,稍息,转体,敬礼,便步,齐步,正步,跑步;战术包括各种各样的卧倒,匍匐;射击嘛,象阿特说得,大部分的时间是爬在地上练瞄准,然后就去打靶了。 练得最多的肯定是队列训练了――能锻炼队伍,达到目的,而且成本极低,又安全,除了能中暑,不能出什么事儿――对部队和学校来说是你好我也好的美事儿。 吃完饭后小值们留下来处理后事,别的战士洗碗后“三人成列,两人成行”地会军营了。记得吃完饭后的红豆粥很好喝。。。 就这样,早操-内务-早饭-训练-午餐-训练-晚餐-洗澡-内务-训练-睡觉就构成了军训的全部业务,但不是我们短暂“军旅生涯”的全部。 先说站军姿吧。 上身绷紧,挺胸收腹,两臂紧收,两手扣紧,两腿并拢,膝盖伸直,身体前倾,脚掌扣地,将身体重心基于前脚掌。。。大兴的夏天是热得发烫的,尤其当我们在滚烫的水泥地上,穿着橡胶底的解放鞋站军姿时。。。一个军姿如果坚持下来的话腰酸背疼是肯定的,尤其是在刚开始。我们站军姿的时候班长们做的事情就是围着一排战士们打转,一会儿去碰碰谁的后膝,看有没有往后压,一会儿试图用一根草从某同志的手掌和裤腿中穿过去,看两手有没有紧扣裤缝,或是把手插到两膝盖中间,或轻轻在后背上一推,看身体前倾的够不够。。。 虽然是这样的折磨,很多战士还是很快找到了对付班长们的诀窍,比如不可靠的河南人老江湖李勇成,干脆就假装中暑,当着全班所有人面轻轻地,软软地倒了下去。。。当时我先是“靠,这都行”,后来心想,“如此敢想敢做,此人日后比成大事!” ――2004年回国在北航招待所目睹李神仙巧取豪夺,把渣子从扑克台上弄下来,我是一点儿都不惊讶的。 1班的白云更是和1班长干上了,闹着要回去,这个阿特也提到了,我就不仔细介绍了。 总的来说3班的作风还是很过硬的,业务也不错。老母猪,2B,豪叔等体质一般偏下,或小脑不健全的小战士们都依靠坚定的意志品质挺了过来,大章鱼虽然训练少,但为连队的宣传工作也不一定比我们轻松。然后吴锋同志更是光荣地代表我们班入选了连里的队列班,接受4班长的亲自调教,并夺得了全团比武第一名! 说道队列班,我一直有些耿耿于怀。我也一度去参加过队列班的训练的,但后来班长和我说班里头要人管理,就不能抽调到队列班去了。其实我知道这并不是真正原因。毕竟在部队里是很注重‘军官’面子的,因为我的弱点不能参加队列班,也不能直接说,因为要照顾我这个3班副的面子,树立威信。。。 我至今还不知道我为什么最后没有入选队列班,也许的确是业务不行,毕竟队列强手如林,我不确定。但有一次我的确听到几个班长私下聊天,说“3班副可惜屁股太大了”,然后是几个班长的低声坏笑。。。。 不过至少我还代表连里去参加了营级的队列比赛的,虽然那套阵容没怎么经过加强训练,而且是连长在团级大比武之前释放的烟雾弹。。可烟雾弹也要有人去做呀! 在部队里最光荣的事情是射击打了个优秀,45环。一共打5发,打到最后一枪的时候站在我后面的3班长说,“3班副这一枪要打9环就优秀了,慢慢瞄”。然后我也挺争气地打了个不多不少的9环。回来后班长很高兴,因为给他和3班‘争光’,毕竟全连只有2个优秀。(本来2班副感原也是优秀的,但据说最后时刻一班副老鸟往感原的靶上打了一枪。。。这样同级干部之间的钩心斗角足以让后来妖风四起413的人咬狗都只能望山仰止了,此乃后话)我打完后经常有班长们催别的同学快打,让我感觉的自己的幸运,因为是班副所以收到照顾,同时也有些不好意思。 洗澡在部队里不是件太愉快的事情。刚开始连长宣布吃完晚饭后每个连有5分钟时间洗澡――有没有搞错! 后来知道5分钟真的是足够了,其实2分钟就够了。。。 和去吃饭一样,我们在营房前集合,喊着号子,唱着个来到澡堂前,接着喊,接着唱,不是因为别的,得等别的连出来先呀! 总算轮到我们连了!大家伙冲进澡堂,脱光衣服,这才发现。。。澡堂里没有冷水,只有滚烫的热水。。。2分钟后,满头大汗5连的战士们又在澡堂前集合了!突然眼前一片哗啦啦的草绿色让战士们眼睛一亮,一天的疲劳,焦躁以及关于泡猪澡堂的抱怨一时间全被抛到了脑后。据队伍前头传来的消息,是北医的女兵!也不知道是连领导的命令还是大家伙自发的,刚才还杂乱无章,有组织无士气的5的突然爆发出整齐嘹亮的口号,和紧接而来的革命歌声――咱当兵的人!我试图着在5连人群里寻找崔大白忽那张意料之中亢奋的脸,却一直没看见。。。 June 18 和风赛跑(二)还是不要叫十年了,既然阿特已经用这个名字了.和风赛跑是我大学一直用到现在的qq,就用它吧.
咱也不说杨科驴了,剩下的故事留给其他人说吧.为了保持和大家进度一直,就来说说军训吧.
我特别喜欢部队. 小学时候的班主任赵老师很喜欢我,觉得我挺聪明的,然后就经常来问我将来想干什么,我想都没想就说"我想当解放军!"然后赵老师就特失望,过一阵子又跑来问,我想个半天,告诉她我还是想当解放军...记得吕老师也来问....也许当时大家就看出来这孩子将来够戗了...也许当他们看见我特开心地和万挺松等一帮小朋友特开心地踩煤堆,做煤球球的时候他们就绝望了....
Anyway,要说军训,就不得不提我大学时的女朋友.因为众所周知的原因,就暂且称她为PP吧.我俩那时都是第一次谈恋爱, 那个时候处对象是很严肃的事情,也是很需要保密的.毕竟组织上不是很鼓励这些"乱七八糟"的事情. PP是很要求上进,严格要求自己的人. 很喜欢她这一点,我也跟她学. 然后进军营以前我俩说好了要严格要求自己,要做到最好. 训练的时候我是很刻苦的,实事求是地说,但不想也许有些同志想的是为了表现或因为自己是3班的班副抽风,出风头什么的. 当时就真的是要一心一意做个好兵. 由于我俩的事情是保密的,再加上部队的严格的纪律,即使是在食堂碰见,我们都不说话,只是常常让PP的好友带传纸条. 好久没去翻出那些纸条来看了,但我肯定里头除了偶尔说句我想你,剩下的都是报告自己的近况, 比如我今天主动和班长要求站最困难的临晨3:30的岗,今天班长夸我正步踢得好,还给排里头做示范呀, 或者是在信里批评班里某战士又偷懒了,我说了他什么的....PP在一个混兵连,然后总抱怨说自己被班长或政委虐待,当然大部分的内容也是说自己多刻苦,多严格要求自己. 对了,当时好像纸条里出现最多的就是严格要求自己了...
其实全连可能也就是我俩把军训当一回事儿,或者也许就我俩最认真,一点儿不肯偷懒了.我知道很多同志下来以后还会交流偷懒经验的,记得当时李勇成回来后特高兴地说他是怎么偷懒地,我心里特气氛"你丫还好意思说,一点儿也不象军人@#$%^&*()!";还有一次我看见崔大百货喊号子的时候光张嘴,不出声,我气不过还破了个嗓子大骂了他一顿,也不知道他们这些鸟人还记得不记得了.
现在觉得当时我真的是很想当然, 觉得我自己这样的想法,做法才是对的,现在看来,大家性格不同,不是谁都喜欢那样的生活的.
说了那么多,其实就是想给大家解释一件事情,也希望老同学们10年之后能原谅我...
那次也忘了为什么,据阿特说是因为感原在食堂里和女生连的小猫说了句话,总之了,全连一天吃过晚饭后被拉了集合,走到军营背后,里瓜地不远的一堆草丛里训话. 我是忘了连长,指导员他们都说什么了,后来各个班副开始讲话了. 记忆是如此有选择性,碰巧的是,别的班副的讲话我也给忘光了,正好记得我当时都说什么了;) (老同学们就请原谅我,让我过分的自我一会吧)
也不知道当时讲了多久,据说是讲了挺长时间吧....记得当时不停的让大家要严格要求自己, 不能放松,不要降低标准. 因为怕这些空泛的字眼不能被战士们接受,我就用我自己的故事来"教育"大家...(我发誓我当时真的是那么想的,就是为了增添说服力) 讲我自己的光荣事例大概是这样的一个版本\\
"有一次,天好热,头一天也没怎么睡,然后特别困,&*(, 我特想偷懒,但这个时候我就告诉我自己,我王非不能就那么向困难低头,一定要坚持. 一个男人这点都做不到,以后还能干什么事情.第一此偷懒了,以后偷懒就更容易了,我不能那样. 否则我就白来军营一趟了...."
亲爱的读者们,我知道你们现在看了这些觉得恶心,草丛里被蚊虫叮咬的几十号兄弟当时的咬牙切齿就更可想而知了...
记得当时好容易讲完了,副排长李稀涵就说了一句"三班副有些激动"......
散会了,用连长的话说,就是"个班带回",然后3班就回我们营房,进行总结了. 3班长对班里的每个战士都点评了,对我当然是表扬有加,并且最后加里一句," 就是比较喜欢表现自己"......这是我才知道我刚才都干了什么, 而且我当时觉得好冤枉, "我真的是那样想的,真的想让每个战士都能和我一样!".....
现在想起来,自己真的好幼稚,好无辜,也很好玩....\\
洗澡睡觉去了,有点累了. 下回再说一堆军训好玩的事情吧.
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