Celebrations

This makes perfect sense to me. From Tom Dyson: “The Fed has aimed its printing press at the real estate market. The government thinks the falling real estate market is driving the recession and the credit crunch. If it can get the real estate market rising again, it thinks it'll be able to beat deflation and solve all our problems. So any signs of life in the real estate market will validate the Fed's strategy and generate a burst of optimism in the stock market. As I've been reminding you over the past month, the Fed's strategy is absurd. The best way to get prices rising again is to let them fall. The housing market needs to find the price where buyers and sellers meet. The more money the government throws at the market, the longer it'll take for prices to find their true equilibrium and the more time we'll be stuck in a recession.” The woman at left is waiting for us to act responsibly, so please hurry.

Your body

This is Lilli Ewing - she is a bodybuilder. I have no idea how a woman can be such a great bodybuilder and still be as feminine as she is. I don't need to know. All I can say is that it is possible. I admire Lilli Ewing's dedication to her chosen field. She is a great athlete. She is one of my friends on MySpace and (of course) she has her own terrific website and videos on YouTube (http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/LilliMarlene/). With just half her motivation I would really be something.

Ken Fisher

Ken Fisher has written a book - it's titled The Ten Roads to Riches. Here they are:

1. Start a successful business—the richest road! 2. Become the CEO of an existing firm and juice it—a very mechanical function. 3. Hitch to a successful visionary’s wagon and ride along—it’s high value-added. 4. Turn celebrity into wealth—or wealth into celebrity and then more wealth! 5. Marry well—really, really well. 6. Steal it, legally—no guns necessary! 7. Capitalize on other people’s money (OPM)—where most of the mega-rich are. 8. Invent an endless future revenue stream—even if you’re not an inventor! 9. Trump the land barons by monetizing unrealized real estate wealth! 10. Go down the Road More Travelled—save hard, invest well—forever!

Good luck.

Cheating

A book on Donald Trump is coming out soon or is already out. What do I know? Anyway, the book says something to the effect that Trump is not worth what he says he is - 1.5 billion (or thereabouts). According to reliable sources, Trump is worth closer to 100 million. He is still well off, but not a billionaire. Like the New York banks that went bust, we all thought they had so much liquidity and actually they were living from paycheck to paycheck. That's Donald Trump for you - somewhat of a farce. By the way, that's not Trump on the left - she's a movie star from I forget what era.