Oil prices end 40% higher in 2005 - APNews
Gold ends over 18% higher in 2005 - MarketWatch.com

Gold has arrived! - David Vaughn - Kitco
I love this investing stuff. It is so easy -Richard Daughty - Kitco

"I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards." - Rudyard Kipling

"Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others." - H. Jackson Brown

The priests of high finance - Alex Wallenwein - Kitco
Some wonderful commonsense thinking about gold - James Turk - Goldmoney.com

Please sell me some of your gold - Richard Daughty - Kitco

Why hedge fund of funds are fatally flawed - FT.com

How to buy gold for USD 252 per ounce - David Morgan - Kitco
Gold bull market is just beginning - Goldmoney.com

Central banks now buying gold - Jason Hommel - Kitco

Here come investible Asian Hedge Fund Indices - FinanceAsia.com

"The music than can deepest reach, and cure all ill, is cordial speech." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most important chart in the financial world - Steve Saville - Kitco

Why invest in gold mining stocks now!? - David Vaughn - Kitco

Cayman gloats over Bermuda's hedgefund loss - RoyalGazette

Don't get excited about Dow 11,000 - James Turk, Goldmoney.com

Gold - the little yellow God - Economist, 01dec2005
What Most People Don’t Know About Gold - Doug Casey - Kitco
Gold to correct soon? - Tod Stein - Kitco

"When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life. I suppose it’s the discipline I need; but it’s rather hard to love the things I do, and see them go by because duty chains me to my galley. If I ever come into port with all sails set, that will be my reward perhaps." - Louisa May Alcott

"There is only one sound method of moral education. It is teaching people to think." - Everett Dean Martin (1880-1941) American Writer, Lecturer

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend." - Charles Caleb Colton

Manipulation of gold market - Bill Murphy
Bernanke: Go, Get the Helicopters! - Axel Merk - Kitco
Rising Gold, Rejected Euro & Undervalued Currencies - Peter Cavelti - Kitco
There is not anything worth owning but gold - Richard Daughty, Mogambo guru - Kitco

The manipulation of the gold market - Bill Murphy - Kitco
Goodbye pleasure hello pain - Richard Daughty "Mogambo Guru" - Kitco
Inflation brewing and gold is shining - Mary Anne and Pamela Aden - Kitco

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure." - Colin Luther Powell (1937~) American Military Leader, Secretary of State

The history of money - Paul v Eden - Kitco

Mixed results for LIPITOR vs ZOCOR - APNews

"Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone, his own burdens, his own way." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001) American Aviator, Writer

Sony to Suspend Making Antipiracy CDs

Management guru Peter Drucker, dies, 95 - APNews

Bush Forcefully Attacks Iraq Critics - APNews

Gold is on a wild bull for 7 good reasons - Michael Checkan - Kitco
Gold, the financial story of the century - Louis Paquette - Kitco
The Two Bens - James Puplava - Kitco

Search for Escaped Inmate Goes Nationwide - APNews

Sales fall at GM and Ford - Reuters

Julius Baer reorganize Div Fixed Inc Hedge Fund - HedgeWeek

Births to unmarried U.S. women set record - APNews

Gartmore warning sparks hedge fund fears - Thisismoney.com

"You lose it if you talk about it." - Ernest Hemingway

21 million American have diabetes CDC finds - Reuters

Recovery from Wilma begins for millions - APNews

"To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous." - Confucius

Wilma leaves 6M without power in Florida - APNews

Generic Drugs Could Have Saved Us $20B - APNews

"Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind." - Leonardo Da Vinci

Analog TV service to end in 2009 in U.S. - CBCNews

Google's Stock Scales New Heights - APNews

"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road." - Henry Ward Beecher

I AM NOT GUILTY - Newsweek

"Respect yourself and others will respect you." - Confucius

A Guide to the Hedge-Fund Maze - BusinessWeek

Hedge fund comments by Yale's Swensen draw ire - Reuters

Arbitex Fund Bleeding Assets - TheStreet

Hussein Pleads Not Guilty as Baghdad Trial Adjourns (Update1) - Bloomberg

"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!" - Soren Kierkegaard

Another Fishy Hedge Fund, Wood River Capital Management - BusinessWeek

Take my hedge fund ... please - MoneyCNN

SEC opens inquiry into Man's $175m hedge fund losses - Guardian

Hard to find talented hedge fund managers, say experts - Reuters

Quake Kills More Than 3,000 in South Asia - APNews

Auto-Parts Supplier Files for Chapter 11 - FoxNews
$30bn debt sends US car parts maker to wreckers - TheAge

Fairfield Straits Lion launches Australian hedge fund - HedgeWeek

Lehman: Burnt by a Hedge Fund? - BusinessWeek

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult." - Seneca

Bank of NY courts hedge-fund clients - MarketWatch.com
COMMERZBANK Launches Best of Breed Hedge Fund Managed Account Platform in Partnership With PlusFunds - PCNewswire.com

Most Americans risk obesity, government says - Reuters

Bali Terror Bombings Kill 25, Injure 100 - APNews

Man Group 'helped US fund manager hide $175m loss' - Telegraph

"Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions." - Roger Babson

Empty promises in hedge fund fraud - USAToday

Hedge fund numbers to shrink greatly - Citigroup

"Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life’s currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore." - Thomas Szasz

Federer fights off brave Agassi- CNN

Clijsters deserves it: Pearce - TheAustralian

Hedge funds' lesson: Do your homework - SunTimes

Katrina will scar US 'for years' - BBCNews
Thousands Feared Drowned in New Orleans - APNews

Baghdad Stampede Kills 800 Shiite Pilgrims - APNews

Hedge-fund firm could feel fallout from KPMG investigation - SeattleTimes

FSL invests in China hedge fund - FinanceAsia.com

"In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined." - Thomas Szasz

"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart." - John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Clergyman, Author

FRM Enters Formalized Strategic Relationship With Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. - Newswire.ca

AmEx Bucks the Hedge Fund Trend - TheStreet.com

In Defense of Pat Robertson - TheNation.com

Walter Reed Medical Center to be closed - APNews

The Use of Leverage in Hedge Funds - Dubai - MENAFN.com

TV preacher call on US to murder Venezuelan President - Scotsman.com

Pope Addresses 1 Million Youths in Germany - APNews

Jury Awards Widow $253.4M in Vioxx Trial - APNews

Hedge fund industry shrinks as rich clients leave - Reuters

Readers share their views on Cindy Sheehan’s vigil - Statesman Journal

BTK Serial Killer Gets 10 Life Sentences - APNews

Friends of Brazilian killed in London demand arrest of officers who shot him - CBCNews

Young Catholics may prove tough crowd for Pope - Reuters

Failed Hedge-Fund Manager Julian Robertson Threat - ConspiracyPlanet

Get Hedge Fund Benefits Without Investing in Them: John Wasik - Bloomberg

Flat-Screen TV Prices Finally Coming Down - APNews

Sri Lanka imposes emergency rule - BBC

Prideful Sharapova will ascend to No. 1 - FoxSports

GAM Currency hedge fund is liquidated - FinancialTimes

Motivation is key to kicking habit - KansasCityStar

Passing of Jennings Has End-of-Era Feel - WashingtonPost
Peter Jennings Loses Battle With Lung Cancer - WebMD

Caxton invests in Optimation fund - MarketWatch.com

Oil Prices Hit New High Near $64 a Barrel - APNews

All 7 Rescued From Russian Mini-Submarine - APNews

Taking it to the streets - BangkokPost

Roadside Bomb Kills 14 Marines in Iraq - APNews

Hedge funds: No fear? - CNNMoney

Saudis Bury King With a Stately Simplicity - NYTimes

Adidas to Buy Reebok for $3.8 Bln to Challenge Nike (Update4) - Bloomberg

Brain-Dead Woman in Va. Gives Birth - APNews

Bush Appoints Bolton, Bypassing Senate - APNews

Saudi King Fahd, a Key U.S. Ally, Dies - LATimes

"Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do." - Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Doctors give Bush high marks for physical - APNews

Murdoch's heir apparent abruptly resigns his post - LATimes
Murdoch family values - Newsweek

Study Says Echinacea Doesn't Help Colds - APNews

Hedge fund delays yuan convertibility: banker - ChinaView.cn

Permal, the USD20 billion multi-manager hedge fund manager, gains DIFC license - AMEINFO.com

British police kill Brazilian in bomb probe blunder - Reuters
Man killed in subway not linked to blast - APNews

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." - William Jennings Bryan

China Severs Its Currency's Link to Dollar - APNews

RCMP launch criminal probe of Portus hedge fund - CBCNews

London Police Probe Attempted Blasts on Subway, Bus (Update7) - Bloomberg Four Small Blasts Hit London Transport System - ChristianToday

Saudi Ambassador to U.S. Resigns - LATimes

Hedge funds for the ($200,000) everyman - CNNMoney

Good news for dark chocolate-lovers? - Reuters

Condo, jewelry, Maserati, Porsche recovered in KL hedge fund case - MSNBC

UBS sets up hedge fund advisory group - Reuters

Guidant Says 28,000 Pacemakers May Need Replacement (Update1) - Bloomberg

Vega Asset Drop Approaches $1 Billion Over May and June - BlackEnterprise.Com
Hedgers stay the course - CNNMoney

Sydney ranked world's best city & Bangkok 2nd - CNN.Com

Hedge fund Vega loses big in June - CNNMoney
Heard on the Street: Hedge fund Vega feels the pinch - PostGazette

Bernard Ebbers sentenced to 25 years in prison - ABC.Net
Weeping Ebbers gets 25-year sentence for WorldCom fraud - GlobeAndMail

"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations." - Johann Paul Richter

"People ask for criticism, but they only want praise." - W. Somerset Maugham

RMF-seeded Korean hedge fund shuts down - FinanceAsia

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"Our life is what our thoughts make it."- Marcus Aurelius

"The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian! - Jay Wisecarver

Hedge fund returns seen falling over next 3 years - study - AFXNews
Hedge funds: a wild quarter - CNNMoney

Bear Hug, I found this touching picture composed by Nashara at Flickrs.

"All that I care to know is that a man is a human being - that is enough for me; he can't be any worse." - Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Spain 3rd Nation to Legalize Gay Marriage - APNews

UBS's Investment Bank Chief Costas to Run Hedge Fund (Update7) - Bloomberg
Swiss bank looks to follow the money - MSNBC

Bush tells U.S. Iraq sacrifice 'worth it' - APNews

Brain Exercise Is Key to Healthy Mind - APNews

"Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine." - Hosea Ballou

Wal-Mart billionaire dies in plane crash - TimesOnline
Wal-Mart Heir John Walton Dies in Crash - APNews

"There are three ways to accomplish something: Do it yourself; employ
someone to do it for you; or forbid your children from doing it." - Anonymous

"It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech." - Mark Twain

Legg Mason Agrees to Buy Citigroup's Unit, Permal Hedge Funds - Bloomberg
Legg Mason to Pay Up to $1.39 Billion for Permal Hedge Funds - Bloomberg
Citigroup withdraws from fund management in $3.7bn deal to streamline its operations - Times
Citigroup, Legg Mason swap assets in $3.7 bln deal - Reuters

"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas." - Linus Pauling

The case for hedge fund oversight - SPTimes.com

Yoshiaki Tsutsumi Case Puts Japan's Lords of Business on Notice - WashingtonPost

Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes - APNews

Singaporean firm to build highest condo - BangkokPost

House prices, after the fall - Economist
Hedge Funds and the Real Estate bubble - Forbes

Hedge Fund Growth: Good News Or Bad? - Forbes

Bailey Coates Hedge Fund to Close After Declining 20% in 2005 - Bloomberg
Big hedge fund caught out and braced for $1bn repayment - TheIndependent

Tsang declared HK's new leader - BBCNews

First Woman Gets Silver Star Since WW II - APNews

Prosecutors: Mother, son ran hedge fund scam; NYU got $1.25 million - APConnecticut.

Moderate Quake Shakes Southern California - APNews.

Taiwan's gangster-turned-preacher - BBCTaipei.

Erotic verse sheds light on 'playboy Lama' - BBCNews

Some see the beginning of the end for oil reserves - BillingsGazette

"To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed." - Bernard Edmonds

Ex-UBS team to launch new Asian fund of funds - FinanceAsia.com

"I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand."-- Al Capone (1899-1947), U.S. Gangster

Michael Jackson Returns Home a Free Man - APNews.

Hedge-fund investors face upside-down odds - TorontoFreePress.

An Old Farmer's Advice:
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
Don't judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

Diabetes Care Improved Over Last Decade - APNews.

Tyson takes loss sitting down - CNN.

"There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not."~ Robert F. Kennedy

Big Mac index - Economist.

The euro and its troubles - Economist.

Hamilton Naki, famous African surgeon.

"If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't." - Hyman G. Rickover

Citigroup to pay $2 bln in Enron lawsuit - Reuters

WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE FOOLING? - Mike Hoy - Kitco

Abuse Cost for Catholic Dioceses Tops $1Billion - APNews.

Financial Times: How Investors Can Lower Risk When Choosing a Hedge Fund - Janet Tavakoli

"The pupil, who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do." - John Stuart Mill

APNews: Citigroup Data of 3.9M Customers Is Lost.

APNews: GM Plans to Cut 25,000 U.S. Jobs by 2008.

Bloomberg: LG.Philips signs $5 billion flat-screen deal with Hewlett.

Kitco: IT’S ONLY THE BEGINNING FOR URANIUM - Richard Appel.

Kitco: All that EURO-HULLABALOO - Alex Waller.
Kitco: LESS TO THE DOLLAR THAN MEETS THE EYE - Dan Denning.

Christian Alliance: The Kingdom of God - Father Jake.

APNews: Actress Anne Bancroft Dies at Age 73.

Reuters: Greenspan, trouble ahead for hedge funds.
Stuff: Greenspan issues hedge fund warning.
ResourceInvestor: Hedge fund investors warned that best years are over.
Telegraph: Hedge funds face tougher times, says Greenspan.
Australian: Big Al's bass joins chorus of warning on hedge hogs.
Reuters: Hedge funds survive May by tracking market trends.

"Forever is composed of nows." - Emily Dickinson

KITCO: THE FUTURE OF THE DOLLAR - Clyde Harrison.

SportingLife: FEDERER PRAISE FOR NADAL.
SportingLife: PUERTA BACKING NADAL ON GRASS.

"A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself." - Louis L'Amour

Telegraph: Veteran John Mack joins hedge fund.
Washington Post: John Mack to Head Up Hedge Fund.

People's Daily: Singapore PM: Containing China is short-sighted.

ABCNews: Henin-Hardenne Cruises to French Title.

"I used to think, now I just read The Economist." Larry Ellison, CEO Oracle.

APNews: Ky. Diocese to Pay $120M in Sex Abuse Case.

Economist: EU consitution, dead, but not yet buried.

Economist: Euro, can this union be saved?

CBSNEWS: Court Overturns Arthur Andersen Conviction.
Economist: Andersen death sentence commuted—too late.

REUTERS: Obesity must be treated as disease - expert.

APNews: Dutch Voters Reject EU Constitution.

Economist: Cars in China.

APNews: Calif. Landslide Sends 17 Homes Crashing.

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." - Plato

VOA: French 'No' Vote Could Stall European Integration.
AP: Euro at Seven-Month Low After French Vote.
XINHUA: 59% Dutch voters against EU Constitution: poll.

TIME: How to Get Fitter, Faster.

CNN: Philip Morris to claim Sampoerna.

NYTIMES: After Years of Hardship, a Family Tragedy.

SPTimes: Q&A re hedge funds.

Reuters: Indonesia's president orders market bombers caught.

IHT: Joseph Nocera: If only Janus were a hedge fund.

The Independent: Hedge fund manager's $1bn wage packet is largest award in history.

He that loseth wealth, loseth much; he that loseth friends, loseth more; but he who loseth his spirit, loseth all. - Spanish proverb

Economist: Hedge Funds, dead, or just resting?

ABC News: Corby sentenced to 20 years jail.
CS Monitor: More on Corby.

My favorite hedge-fund - Janet Tavakoli.

New York Times: New York Sues A.I.G. and 2 Ex-Executives.

Man Group shares jump after results.

Closure of US Embassy triggers off controversy in Indonesia.

Kitco: Straight talk on mining - Keith M. Barron Ph.D.

14 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq.

Kitco - Tick tock tick tock - Mike Hoy

Quadriga, Bailey Coates Hedge Fund and John Henry, Declines Exceed 20 Percent.

Economist: Do you Sudoku?

"Information is the currency of democracy." - Jefferson

The Man, His Ministry, And His Movement:Concerns About The Teachings Of T. D. Jakes

WashingtonPost: Hedge-funds activism sparking concern.

Economist.com: Would Americans like to work as little as Europeans?

ABCNews: Soldiers Search Andes for Missing Comrades

DPReview: Pentax Optio S5i , becareful, there is also a Pentax SVi. I do not know what the difference is.

CNN: Sumatra Quake Shook Earth's Total Surface

Economist:What do yuant from us?

Deutsche Bank settled improper trading charges.

Kylie Minogue breast cancer.

Diabetes out of control in U.S., survey finds.

Latino elected Los Angeles major.

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." - E. B. White

Citigroup establishes Asian hedge fund platform called Tribeca in Singapore.

Big Mac Index 16dec04

Economist: Bio fuels, stirrings in the corn fields.

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson

Liongate Performance

Newsweek Apologizes for Quran Story Errors.

Howard Johnson's restaurants closing.

"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing." - Albert Schweitzer

Nicotine vaccine helps smokers quit, study finds.

"'You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.' - Albert Camus"

Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg Columnists: "A 100-Year Hedge Fund Storm 7 Years Later?: Caroline Baum "

Bed bugs threaten hotel industry.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. - Aristotle

Remember growing older is mandatory. Growing up is optional. We make a Living by what we get. We make a Life by what we give. - Anonymous

USATODAY.com - Bubble or not, high home prices can hurt: "Bubble or not, high home prices can hurt "11may05.

'I think this guy is a loser.' Harry Reid, referring to George W. Bush, Time.com quote of the week.

'Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.' - Leonardo Da Vinci

SevenU.S. Servicemembers Killed in Iraq - Yahoo! News: "Seven U.S. Servicemembers Killed in Iraq "

Economist.com GM and Ford downgraded: "Two piles of junk?"

Is saving money a good idea?

"To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." - Bessie Stanley

News: "Fears of hedge-fund meltdown prompt FSA to launch probe"

Chronic pain: The enemy within

USATODAY.com - Soothing advice for the lower back

"Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity." - Lao-tzu

CIO Today - CIO Business Briefing - S&P Calls GM, Ford Bonds Junk: "S&P Calls GM, Ford Bonds Junk"

Karpinski Busted Back for Abu Ghraib, Right? Wrong: "Karpinski Busted Back for Abu Ghraib, Right? Wrong By Leon Worden"

'Only a mediocre person is always at his best.' - W. Somerset Maugham

Paul van Eeden's Weekly Column on Kitco: "Bearish outlook for commodities, Paul v Eden"

Bangkok Post Friday 06 May 2005 - THE ROAD TO SUCCESS: "THE ROAD TO SUCCESS "

Bangkok Post Friday 06 May 2005 - Hotel dining in May

"The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all." - Pablo Casals

Australian Financial Review -: "Greenspan opposes hedge fund regulation"

No End in Sight for Interest Rate Hikes - Yahoo! News

VOA News - Waking Up After 10 Years in a Coma

Berkshire Hathaway might be in trouble.

"Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us." - Henri Matisse

Print Story: Obesity surges among affluent on Yahoo! News

Buffett and Munger warn of real estate 'bubble' - May. 2, 2005

Gold Mining Stock Report - Disconnect, Robert Bishop 02may05

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton Jr

Hedge fund struggles for survival - Sunday Times - Times Online: "Bailey Coates Asset Management hedge fund struggles for survival"

First Lady's Comedy Skill Well-Kept Secret

"It is a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work." - William Faulkner.

Good morning Saturday!

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas Edison

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 36C.

Good morning Friday!

Economist.com: "China's old foes seek an end to conflict" 29apr05.

Economist.com: "German Economy, If Not Now, When?"29apr05.

Economist.com The Global Locomotive.

Citadel returns 26 percent. Lock-up 3 years.

Business, markets and finance news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online: "Merrill's hedge fund with a difference to hit high street."

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves." - Buddha

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 35C.

Good morning Thursday!

Economist.com: "America's central bankers are relaxed about the current-account deficit. Does that mean it is time to panic?"

Toyota investing Thb 37 billion in Thailand. Bkk Post, B1, 28apr2005.

Economist.com: "Uprooting graft"

Economist.com: "Thirty years after Saigon fell, the south has prospered while the north has lagged"

Economist.com: "Rebranding America's diet"

"To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 34C.

Approx. exchange US$ = Thb 39.540; Eu = Thb 51.0857

Good morning Wednesday!

MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network Investcorp Launches New Hedge Funds

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 37C.

Good morning Tuesday!

Oil Prices Slip After Bush Meet Prince.

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 37C.

Good morning Monday!

Train derails in Japan.

Inheritance Tax: The Final Cut. Bangkok Post, 25apr2005.

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Good morning Sunday!

"Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back." - Thomas Sowel

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 35C.

Good morning Saturday!

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 36C.

Good morning Friday!

A picture of my good friends from Waddinx, Holland, taken on 03apr2005, at Atrium restaurant, Landmark Hotel: Click here.

"The only thing certain in life is its uncertainty." - Anonymous

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Good morning Thursday!

Pulitzer Prize winners for 2005. This site also includes a history of the Pulitzer and a timeline of all winners since 1917.

Prices are surging - and it is not just gasoline. House prices: Will the walls come falling down?

CSAM moves into hedge fund market.

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 35C.

Good morning Wednesday!

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany has been elected the Pope and taken on the name Pope Benedict XVI.

"No loss of flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed." - Helen Keller

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Good morning Tuesday!

"The only thing certain in life is its uncertainty." - Anonymous

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Good morning Monday!

"A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong." - Thomas Szasz

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Good morning Sunday!

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock the stream always succeeds...not through strength but through persistence." - Anonymous.

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 36C.

Good morning Saturday!

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 36C.

Good morning Friday!

"I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying yes than by saying no." - Richard Branson in the New York Times Magazine.

The world economy: "Running out of puff?" 14apr2005

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 35C.

Good morning Wednesday!

Songkran holiday, 13-14-15apr2005.

Dinner at La Scala, Sukhothai hotel. An invitation I never decline. Ohhh, what a nice way to pass the evening. What good food! The steaks succulent and pizzas prepared to perfection. The grand finale, fantastic desserts. The bill was perfect too.

Some friends reminded me how expensive health care can be in USA or Europe. Thank God for little and big mercies, like being able to stay and be part of Thailand.

"Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 37C. Today is going to be a very hot and humid day.

Good morning Tuesday!

Dinner at Royal Kitchen, Thonglor, Chinese food. In private room, 14 persons, food was tasty and service was superb.

Today is going to be a very hot and humid day. Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 37C.

Good morning Monday!

"How Buffet's Disclosure Of Documents Started Downfall Of Greenberg", AWSJ, 11apr2005, page 1.

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 36C.

Good morning Saturday!

Prince Charles 56 and Camille Parker Bowles 57, also known as "The Rotweiler" getting married today.

"To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals." - Benjamin Franklin

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 36C.

Good morning Friday!

Pope John Paul II funeral ceremony starting 09:00 Vatican time or 14:00 Bangkok time.

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 36C.

Good morning Thursday!

News in Bangkok Post, Business section B1, how Bangkok based International Asset Management (IAM) operated their scam investment business, duping amongst other Douglas Gillies from Brisbane, Australia, who was contacted by IAM in the summer of 2001.

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 34C.

Good morning Wednesday!

Prince Rainier III of Monaco passed away at the age of 81 from heart, kidney and breathing problems. His son Prince Albert will take over.

Dinner at Emporia Chinese Restaurant, Emporium Suites, Executive Level. The restaurant was quiet but the food was good. Succulent beef, chicken and fish. As starter shark fin soup.

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 33C.

Good morning Monday!

Call rates for 007 and 008 (discounted) of TOT are as follows: http://www.tot.co.th/en/news/totnews_detail.php?news_id=323 . Special discounted rates from CAT are available at 001-809 or 009 as follows: http://web1.cattelecom.co.th/. The number 009 can also be used with handphones.

Heavy rain since this morning with dark clouds, since yesterday evening, causing traffic jams on highway leading in and out of Bangkok. Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 35C.

Good morning Sunday!

Pope John Paul II, passed away Saturday evening 21:37, Vatican time or early morning 02:37 Bangkok time at the age of 84. He is greatly respected for his compassion and understanding, even to people of different faiths and/or beliefs.

Sunday Brunch at Atrium Coffeeshop, Landmark Hotel. The restaurant has been redecorated and the food tremendously improved. For Sunday brunch there is also free fruit juice. Price Thb 1,300 net/person. On Mon to Fri Thb 800 net/person, Sat Thb 880 net/person. As usual the discount of 50% applies when eating with a minimum of 4 persons.

Triple bomb blast in the South of Thailand, the first one exploded approx 20:30.

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 36C.

Good morning Thursday!

It is the end of the month. Slept at 01:30 and woke-up refreshed and early at 06:00. Wowww it is going to be a hot day again.

Interesting drink, MANOBU brand white tea, sweet taste, 100ml plastic bottle. Nice, refreshing, light sweet taste.

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 36C.

Good morning Wednesday!

Thank God there was no Tsunami effect after the earth quake near Nias island, Sumatra, Indonesia. So life can go on again.

Just received e-mail that I have another 21 days left to try out Xanga Premium. I am interested to find out if I can search my own Xanga webpages with the Xanga Premium subscription. Can anybody help me with tips how I can search my own Xanga webpages?

The Charisma Sukhumvit, 23 floors, 236 units, next to Tai Ping Towers, average price Thb 60,000/m2, down payment 20% over 18 monthly installments and 70% to be paid on title transfer date. Maintenance fee Thb 35.00/m2, Sinking fund Thb 500/m2 to be paid at transfer date. San Siri will manage.

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 36C.

Approx Exchange Rate US$ = Thb 39.295 EU = Thb 50.7927

Good morning Tuesday!

At 00:15, received news from Sukhumvit that there has been a big EARTH QUAKE in Indonesia near the island of Sumatra. This morning at 07:00 situation became clearer for me. An 8.2 magnitude earth quake struck off the northwest coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. From CNN the following news http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/indonesia.quake/index.html .

This reminds again that any problems we may be facing every day or facing now are usually very small compared to what many other people go through in the world.

"The possession of facts is knowledge, the use of them is wisdom." - Thomas Jefferson

Good morning Saturday!

Ohhhh, I could not sleep last night because I drank a new brand of ice cold Japanese tea. The tea tasted strong and I could not sleep. Went to sleep at 01:30 and woke-up late at 07:00 but luckily the day has been smooooth. That means the day has been good to me.

I have for the last few days done some research about Nokia handphones and I now have narrowed it to the Nokia 6230, Thb 12,800 at Jaymart, reviewed 20apr2004 http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-6230-en.shtml at and Nokia 6020, Thb 8,900 at Jaymart, the de-tuned version of the 6230 model, that means, without Bluetooth, MMC Memory card and FM radio, reviewed 25feb2005 at http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-6020-en.shtml.
Sukhumvit, thanks so much for all the encouragement to start this website of mine. It is very much appreciated.

Approx Exchange Rate: US$ = Thb 38.8750 EU = Thb 50.4675

Good morning Friday!

This is my umpteenth attempt to start blogging... I started with Blogger.com, moved to Xanga and now back to Blogger.com.

The new money men, Hedgefunds - Economist

TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Hail, Mary -- Mar. 21, 2005