tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.comments2023-06-29T04:59:28.740-07:00Kirk's Market ThoughtsKirk Lindstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-10139272306190698112013-03-09T12:04:29.443-08:002013-03-09T12:04:29.443-08:00wounder if Tom will move back to First Business in...wounder if Tom will move back to First Business in Chicago, or his he planted in Miami & will take a local job...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374102804543248524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-38562626112555097802013-03-08T21:35:15.629-08:002013-03-08T21:35:15.629-08:00I completely agree. Just another closing in of ou...I completely agree. Just another closing in of our ability to see non-partisan reprting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-79823545044075783192013-03-04T16:33:41.540-08:002013-03-04T16:33:41.540-08:00I think that this is a severe backward step. NBR w...I think that this is a severe backward step. NBR was much more trustworthy as public broadcasting rather than under CNBC which I have found to be increasingly partisanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-806077296667111892013-01-03T09:43:56.905-08:002013-01-03T09:43:56.905-08:00From my Facebook group
Runner Twentysix 6:37pm Ja...From my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/IFTLT/" rel="nofollow">Facebook group</a><br /><br />Runner Twentysix 6:37pm Jan 2<br />Kirk wrote: — For singles, capital gains and dividends of $400,000 or below would be permanently taxed at 15 percent; capital gains and dividends above $400,000 would be permanently taxed at 20 percent;<br /><br />•Capital gains tax and dividends tax will be 20 Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-53104497697614678202012-12-17T10:55:49.252-08:002012-12-17T10:55:49.252-08:00Too busy to update this every week but I was on th...Too busy to update this every week but I was on the list of 10 top timers this weekend and listed as one of the ten best "long term timers" in the December newsletter. Fame may be fleeting, but at least it has stayed around me since October! <br /><br />Read <a href="http://kirklindstrom.com/Retirement_Advisor_Portfolios.html" rel="nofollow">Which Newsletter is Best for You?</a><br /><Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-28154038033022710722012-12-06T23:26:48.039-08:002012-12-06T23:26:48.039-08:00From "Intel: We could be a foundry if the fit...From "<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intel-we-could-be-a-foundry-if-the-fit-was-right-7000008427/" rel="nofollow">Intel: We could be a foundry if the fit was right</a><br /><i>Summary: Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that the company is open to manufacturing chips for other companies if the situation isn't competitive. Would Apple fit?<br /><br /><b>Regarding making chips for Apple, OtelliniKirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-51668759180852035552012-12-06T10:20:44.478-08:002012-12-06T10:20:44.478-08:00A good article on Intel's cloud business:
Int...A good article on Intel's cloud business:<br /><br /><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/intels-schooling-from-cloud-customers/" rel="nofollow">Intel’s Schooling From the ‘Big Four’ Cloud Customers</a><br /><br />"The information is particularly useful as <b>Intel strives to make its data center business recover some of the loss suffered in the collapse of the personal Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-35407445850269638972012-12-06T09:43:38.554-08:002012-12-06T09:43:38.554-08:00I wrote "I think Intel will probably build ch...I wrote "I think Intel will probably build chips for Apple (AAPL) in the near future."<br /><br />Not only that, but It would not surprise me if Intel builds chips with its fab for some it might compete with. When I worked at HP we competed DIRECTLY with IBM in laptop PCs. I flew to Chicago with my boss to meet with IBM managers and engineers from New York (neutral ground) to discuss Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-11545445640686384542012-10-17T12:29:47.936-07:002012-10-17T12:29:47.936-07:00Inflation is worse here in the SF Bay Area.
Infla...Inflation is worse here in the SF Bay Area.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_21788148/inflation-rises-at-faster-pace-bay-area-up" rel="nofollow">Inflation rises at faster pace in the Bay Area, up 2.8 percent in one year</a> <br /><br />"<i><b>During the 12 months that ended in August</b>, consumer prices jumped 2.8 percent in the Bay Area, the study by the U.S. Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-675273678869218852012-10-15T13:17:18.470-07:002012-10-15T13:17:18.470-07:00This week with the pull-back in the market, my new...This week with the pull-back in the market, my newsletter fell back to position #7. Who was it that said "fame is fleeting?"<br /><br />Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-47850155763748630652012-10-10T15:55:10.911-07:002012-10-10T15:55:10.911-07:00Looks like Kirk is ranked above a couple long time...Looks like Kirk is ranked above a couple long time big names.<br /><br />I did not see either of the brinkers on the list. Have they retired? I haven't seen or heard about either in a good long while.Steve Thompsonhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/IFTLT/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-88034288085594584322012-10-08T08:54:42.403-07:002012-10-08T08:54:42.403-07:0010/6/2012 8:59:03 PM
From: da_cheif™
kudos to Ki...10/6/2012 8:59:03 PM<br /><br />From: da_cheif™<br /><br />kudos to Kirk....his timing newsletter as of tonite is number 4 in timer digests top ten for the year..... <br />Market Talk With Don Wolanchukhttp://tinyurl.com/8dhsagpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-61911379479031455252012-10-03T16:45:10.158-07:002012-10-03T16:45:10.158-07:00I just got the October 3 Timer Digest Hotline and ...I just got the October 3 Timer Digest Hotline and I moved up to number 5. The guy ahead of me went bearish and the market moved up so he lost ground. to the two or three of us who are tied. I believe I am tied with three others but I can't say for sure as they don't give a numerical indication in this hotline. I've seen some people post numerical scores....Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-36951504157077819742012-09-11T18:29:45.196-07:002012-09-11T18:29:45.196-07:00Go Daddy Outage Was Their Fault, Not Hackers!
Fro...<b>Go Daddy Outage Was Their Fault, Not Hackers!</b><br /><br />From http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=410 <br /><br />Go Daddy Site Outage Investigation Completed<br /><br /> Yesterday, GoDaddy.com and many of our customers experienced intermittent service outages starting shortly after 10 a.m. PDT. Service was fully restored by 4 p.m. PDT.<br /><br />The service Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-48282274170907931912012-07-22T09:37:32.616-07:002012-07-22T09:37:32.616-07:00From Bloomberg:
"Stockton, one of a growing ...From Bloomberg:<br /><br />"Stockton, one of a growing number of California cities in financial collapse, said it asked bondholders and other lenders owed more than $300 million to take less than full repayment as part of an unsuccessful bid to avert the biggest ever bankruptcy filing by a U.S. city.<br /><br />Under a proposal made public yesterday, Stockton told unsecured bondholders owed Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-15066364540773937742012-07-19T10:50:09.367-07:002012-07-19T10:50:09.367-07:00This data is on page one of the link in my signatu...This data is on page one of the link in my signature<br /><br />RETIREE INFORMATION (AS OF JUNE 30, 2011)<br />Average monthly service retirement allowance all retirees: $2,332<br />Average years of service, all service retirees: 20.3<br />Average monthly service retirement for 2010-11 retirees: $3,065<br />Average monthly service retirement allowance for school<br />miscellaneous members: $1,251CALPERS Benefitshttp://www.calpers.ca.gov/eip-docs/about/facts/retiremem.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-70812534939349810602012-07-19T08:16:51.962-07:002012-07-19T08:16:51.962-07:00Pulled from a news report on Spain....
Riot polic...Pulled from a <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spains-royals-pay-cuts-austerity-drive-133044892--finance.html" rel="nofollow">news report</a> on Spain....<br /><br />Riot police cordoned off the entrance to a sprawling police facility to prevent 100 plainclothes police officers from disrupting a graduation ceremony for some 1,200 cadets about to enter the force.<br />..................<br />As Chweenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-71715736809113519302012-07-16T06:39:32.814-07:002012-07-16T06:39:32.814-07:00RIP - I do not see this happening as we have no le...RIP - I do not see this happening as we have no leadership. China will, however, make this decision on our behalf when they publicly announce to the world that they are done with dollars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-8426264116125999712012-05-31T09:36:16.179-07:002012-05-31T09:36:16.179-07:00I'd like to see the President or some high ran...I'd like to see the President or some high ranking Fed official come out and say "You know what folks, we are out of control on spending, everyone must make sacrifices and we cannot afford to bail out economy endlessly with our deficit soaring out of control. The markets must self correct, no more QE or bailouts are forthcoming."RIPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-32964518339927194652012-05-31T09:11:02.638-07:002012-05-31T09:11:02.638-07:00India's growth falls to nine-year low. India&#...<b>India's growth falls to nine-year low. India's Q1 GDP growth fell to a much worse-than-expected 5.3% on year from 6.1% in Q4 2011, with the farming, industrial and services sectors acting as drags.</b> The corporate sector is experiencing its worst slowdown in recent times as confidence takes a hit from higher interest rates, policy mismanagement and political deadlock. India's BSEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-21266833566667634392012-04-30T20:10:29.171-07:002012-04-30T20:10:29.171-07:00A very sane blog post!
The year-of-year GDP figur...A very sane blog post!<br /><br />The year-of-year GDP figures starkly show how government spending during a slowdown can help to prevent a much worse slowdown from happening. Unlike the austerity being practiced in Europe.<br /><br />Interesting that Obama made a statement against raising the debt ceiling during the last administration. That was actually in the middle of the best time for fixingScott Teresihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01548107075072066071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-73308050516754001992012-04-26T06:54:40.500-07:002012-04-26T06:54:40.500-07:00IBD Confirmed uptrend
However, it wasn't the ...<b>IBD Confirmed uptrend</b><br /><br /><i>However, it wasn't the Nasdaq that confirmed the market's new uptrend. That feat came courtesy of the S&P 500.<br /><br />The large-cap index made a follow-through as it rallied 1.4% on the 11th session of a new rally attempt. It had posted a near-term low on April 10. On Monday, the 500 got smacked hard, falling as much as 1.4%, but it didn&Follow-Through Dayhttp://forbestadvice.com/Money/Definitions/IBD_FollowThroughDay.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-52707025155274644122011-06-27T12:39:33.446-07:002011-06-27T12:39:33.446-07:00xETFs means "not counting ETFs"xETFs means "not counting ETFs"Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-14345272479618759952011-06-27T12:21:50.916-07:002011-06-27T12:21:50.916-07:00what does xETFs mean?what does xETFs mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-40632241662603069302011-06-15T21:21:35.377-07:002011-06-15T21:21:35.377-07:00Kirk,
I saw the video and heaard the words, but p...Kirk,<br /><br />I saw the video and heaard the words, but please be careful using clips from this group.<br /><br />DennisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com