World events:
- something tells me "Rocket Man" and his minions are flummoxed by President Trump
- I can't wait to see if President Trump visits the DMZ; I hope he does; maybe even tweet from the DMZ
- Saudi Arabia: talk about being flummoxed; slow train wreck, losing $5 billion / month; strategies not working;
- Iraq's star rising; Iran, back to square one with the US and world community
- Germany's Merkel: now she knows what quicksand feels like: slow and impossible to get out of
- US breaking away from rest of world; US E&Ps targeting $27 oil
- US crude oil exports increasing, and yet US crude oil inventories increase -- so much for re-balancing
- we haven't heard about storage constraints at Cushing for quite some time now; despite rising inventories
- value investors talk about looking for "value," but have become "momentum" investors
- growth investors are the new "momentum" investors
- I wouldn't put new money in Big Oil, Medium Oil, or Small Oil right now, but my hunch is that next summer (2018) I'm going to wish I had put new money into Big Oil, Medium Oil, and Small Oil
- tea leaves: Janet Yellen is re-appointed by President Trump for another four years
- stock pickers' market but market has the feel of the Golden Nugget for the first time in quite some time
- a lot of "accidental high dividend payers"
- GE will spin off one or two divisions
- investors have a four-year opportunity that they have not had in 16 years; but the opportunity will last only four years
- CEOs, CFO, board directors doing very, very well
- roughnecks doing well but probably not as well as they were doing during the boom
- mineral owners with minerals in "sweet spots" are going to be shocked at how big their monthly checks are with pad drilling
- surface owners: monthly easement checks make life a bit better but still angry they don't have mineral rights
- North Dakota: will see Legacy Fund growing a bit faster in 2018 than in 2017
- investors in equity: doing really, really badly and wondering what happened
- did I forget anyone?
- music is still not as good as it was in 1969
- the "old" Apple phones are just as good as the "new" Apple phones and a whole lot less expensive
- folks will be underwhelmed by Tesla's Model 3
- YouTubeTV will scare the heck out of Spectrum, Comcast
- NFL-free Sundays will become the new mantra; with TV money, NFL will thrive; if Kaepernick gets a job, that will provide an excuse for the "kneelers" to stand once again; everyone will save face
- every male celebrity, every male journalist is waiting for their sexist past to catch up with them
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The Art Page
Sophia, age 3.3 years old (3 years 4 month old)
Medium: water color
October 26, 2017
Title: Birds
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