…no this is not about olympic b-ball qualifiers. this is the aforementioned promise to follow up with my thoughts regarding the differences between the US and our adopted home Uruguay. it had been a year since I’d left South America, so I’d forgotten a lot of things that I like (and that annoy me) about [Continue]
After a few weeks back in the US, I have a renewed perspective on what it means to live in Uruguay as a US native. There are definately some things I’ve missed from the States….and some things I haven’t. More on that later. For now, just a few pics from the “greater” 48. ciao, fuBarrio If you enjoyed [Continue]
The rule of page one states that once a story gets to the front page, the trade is over (in a nutshell). Although this story hitting the mainstream media outlets hard signaled a (short term) end to the trade, I think the carnage still has a couple more legs down. As I’ve said before, it’s either [Continue]
The fuBarrio index = The Fed’s Unlimited Borrowing Appearing in the Real Rate of Inflation Observations…. I don’t have a picture from 1999 but my memory is it jumped in 2002 from 4.59 to $5.49 for the Halibut and Chips. You can see in the picture above what has happened in the last five years [Continue]
Golden Lotus sat patiently as fuBarrio played nearly each and everyone of the pictured guitars in search of the perfect fit. Of course, after trying out about 40 strats, fuBarrio’s paws warmed up enough to play a riff without fumbling the pick — no small feat for someone without opposible thumbs — and fuBarrio’s strat [Continue]
It’s been my belief for a long time that global liquidity was really the only thing floating the leaky boat, aka, the US stock market. Unfortunately, there is so much inflation built into the system that one can feel compelled to continue trying to “pick up nickels in front of steam rollers” — nickel and diming [Continue]
Just a quick note this a.m. It’s an hour before the market opens and one of the promoters of this stock recommended his clients back away from GLQ.TO last night (along with a whole host of other base metal plays based on the call of an immenent pullback in base metals). I don’t think anyone was speculating [Continue]
“it’s cold…i’m so cold in here……eddie…..what time is it?” I know I sound like Eddie Murphy’s Grandma complaining about the cold every 2 or 3 posts…..not very compelling copy. But, finally there is a source (with statistics!) to back up my assertion that it’s been damn cold here. [Continue]
A picture of Buceo, with Malvin, the coastal neighborhood to the east of Buceo in the foggy background. fuBarrio If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed! [Continue]
