It’s been a while since I talked about this, but I wanted to do a quick review of cups and handles. As you’ll remember, a “cup and handle” is a chart pattern that technicians use to occasionally attempt to predict future price movement in a security. Here is a link to my previous post on [Continue]

I think the old joke goes something like this: Q: “How do I build up a million dollar portfolio in Junior Uranium Mining Stocks?” A: “Start with 10 million dollars….” All jokes aside, as documented here, (along with gold) Uranium juniors were a big pony that I staked the last year as I saw some other markets starting [Continue]

Well, I’ve been noticably absent from the scene as of late, so I thought I’d take a minute to catch some folks up on what’s been happening. I’ve been very busy working with some other “Uruguayan immigrants” (aka expats) on building a few companies here in Montevideo. The company has been around for a while. So [Continue]

In and of itself that isn’t really a headline. However, at last night’s St.Patrick’s day get-together at the Southron’s lair fuBarrio made a proclamation with a certainty only possessed by those with an overabundance of liquid courage. In this case the backbone came courtesy of an oversupply of green Patricia (Uruguayan [Continue]

…Ok I promised to create a post about Uruguay. This seemed to be the story with the biggest possible effect on foreigners evaluating Uruguay… From www.UruguayDailyNews.com BROU TO OFFER REAL ESTATE LOANS 2ND HALF OF 2007 March 16th, 2007 Banco Republica Oriental del Uruguay , the government bank, will be giving loans to people who [Continue]

OK….I know I said I’d lighten up on poor beleaguered housing now that everyone agrees it’s got one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. But, I found this online and almost choked on my twinkies — Contra Costa county is where i used to work (it is east of Oakland) and [Continue]

…I really miss Chile. In fact I miss them so much I partnered up with our friendly neighbors to the north and made a present for them…. To see my gift online, click on the following link. It’ll take a second to load up….best if viewed with sound, but clearly not [Continue]

“….and those who can’t teach move to South America and blog mindless conspiracy theories all day.” I swiped this from another blogger’s site…www.thehousingbubbleblog.com (if you aren’t already a bear, read this for an evening or two and you’ll be going into a 12 year hibernation on housing.) From [Continue]

…Ok, so google has this feature in their “analytics” suite that tells you where all the people who are visiting your site are coming from. lo-and-behold, i’ve added my FOURTH reader (well, technically it’s still my third because i lost one) in San Leandro, CA. Now, I do have an aunt and uncle in S.L., but outside [Continue]

Ok…GW style. After a lot of hullabuloo by the left wing radicals, he got applause (?!?!) as his motorcade blocked off the coastal highway and sped through Montevideo. In reality that was probably just some lackeys in limos and Suburbans, but they got applause none the less. In other news, some friends launched UruguayDailyNews.com [Continue]