Big Blue?
Summary
Discussion of the potential impacts on equity, bond, commodity, capital and asset markets regarding the following:
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Discussion of the potential impacts on equity, bond, commodity, capital and asset markets regarding the following:
- China's Dollar Forward's; JPY/USD Carry Trade; Market Liquidity
- Bank Stock Losses; Indices Gains; Intermodal and Rail Carloads
- Labor Market Conditions; Unemployment; 15M Missing American's
Last Time Out
In our June 9th missive The Force Awakens?, with a modified and humorous 90 second Star Wars theme intro crawl video, we provided a glimpse at the MSM's dubious twist on macro news. On June 16th, in The Last Metro, we followed up on several popular memes where things may not be as they seem.
This time, we touch upon things which are buoyant, taking dives, reaching new depths and perhaps finding whats at the bottom of everything? Free diving competitions are all about how long, far, or deep a person can go on one breath of air.
Le Grand Bleu
One of the most stunningly beautiful films ever made, featuring gorgeous underwater photography and spectacular location shooting in the French Antibes, the Greek islands, Peru, and Taormina, Sicily. The film charts the competition and friendship of real-life free diving champions Jacques Mayol (Barr) and Enzo Maiorca (Reno). Mayol’s search for love, family, “wholeness” and the meaning of life and death is a strong undercurrent. Director Luc Besson (Subway) is famous for his breathtaking action sequences and imaginative visual technique. The emotional intensity of the "Big Blue" experience and it's mystical themes have made it a diving cult classic and phenomenon. Le Grand Bleu was the most financially successful French film of the 80’s gaining 9.2M admissions in France alone and played in French theaters for a year. If you enjoyed Sea Hunt (Lloyd Bridges, the Dudes Dad), The Deep, Thunderball or The Abyss, a must see, or for diving or aquatic enthusiasts and those who enjoy stunning cinematography with a sometimes whimsical story about life.
In our June 9th missive The Force Awakens?, with a modified and humorous 90 second Star Wars theme intro crawl video, we provided a glimpse at the MSM's dubious twist on macro news. On June 16th, in The Last Metro, we followed up on several popular memes where things may not be as they seem.
This time, we touch upon things which are buoyant, taking dives, reaching new depths and perhaps finding whats at the bottom of everything? Free diving competitions are all about how long, far, or deep a person can go on one breath of air.
Le Grand Bleu
One of the most stunningly beautiful films ever made, featuring gorgeous underwater photography and spectacular location shooting in the French Antibes, the Greek islands, Peru, and Taormina, Sicily. The film charts the competition and friendship of real-life free diving champions Jacques Mayol (Barr) and Enzo Maiorca (Reno). Mayol’s search for love, family, “wholeness” and the meaning of life and death is a strong undercurrent. Director Luc Besson (Subway) is famous for his breathtaking action sequences and imaginative visual technique. The emotional intensity of the "Big Blue" experience and it's mystical themes have made it a diving cult classic and phenomenon. Le Grand Bleu was the most financially successful French film of the 80’s gaining 9.2M admissions in France alone and played in French theaters for a year. If you enjoyed Sea Hunt (Lloyd Bridges, the Dudes Dad), The Deep, Thunderball or The Abyss, a must see, or for diving or aquatic enthusiasts and those who enjoy stunning cinematography with a sometimes whimsical story about life.
The Demographics and Depths of Ignorance?
Our friend Enfilade asks - "Naybob do you see any particular trigger for a Chinese dump? Perhaps some dirty flows?"
Last Friday, a conservative reminded us of William F. Buckley:
Fear of what we do not understand is the path leading to that ignorance, which one would be gravely mistaken to assume for lack of education or intelligence. For quite cunning and deceitful that ignorance is in its ability to deceive us into thinking that its interests are our best interests. Fooling one into thinking that their view, is the correct or only true view. Ignorance, appealing to the ego, making mans wisdom walk hand in hand with his idiocy for millennia.
"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views."Buckley was "right" pun intended, excepting that had his bias filter been properly trimmed, he would have inserted - the Ignorant - rather than Liberals.
Fear of what we do not understand is the path leading to that ignorance, which one would be gravely mistaken to assume for lack of education or intelligence. For quite cunning and deceitful that ignorance is in its ability to deceive us into thinking that its interests are our best interests. Fooling one into thinking that their view, is the correct or only true view. Ignorance, appealing to the ego, making mans wisdom walk hand in hand with his idiocy for millennia.
Nice to see our friend Enfilade is still on the path of enlightenment as ignorance is the root of all our problems. An especially heinous variant which runs extremely deep these days is "conscious ignorance", practiced by those who are educated and intelligent. Oft exemplified by ignoramuses choosing to remain blind to other points of view by utilizing an ignore button. Enough waxing philosophic or wasting time on those who have arrested their own learning process, diving deep to answer the question...
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