This is the most well known book on "bubbles" with which I think most people are familiar...........written by Charles Mackay in 1841.

Should be required reading for anyone considering any type of investment.

Seems like the same things occur over and over again....history always repeats


https://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-Popular-Delusions-Madness-Crowds/dp/1088149642/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1M1R8L7GA7PLF&keywords=Extraordinary+Pop+Delusion+%26+M&qid=1708037231&s=books&sprefix=extraordinary+pop+delusion+%26+m%2Cstripbooks%2C82&sr=1-3

Adulay.......unfortunately looks you got "hooked"    ........losing by 1/2 point.

Happens all the time.

The most important person in the Super Bowl is not a player but Stephen Christopher Spagnuolo, who is the KC Defensive Coach and was responsible for shutting down the Baltimore Ravens.

If he can shut down the SF offence, KC is the winner.

As far as Mahones, we will find out how good he really is if Kelce retires ,,,because how many hundreds of times have you seen Mahones  scrambling and then finding Kelce for an    8 to 12 yard gain?

If you don't have the greatest tight end of all time to get you out of a jam when you are scrambling, then you are looking at

1. A pass out of bounds
2, An incomplete pass
3. A fumble
4. An interception

It only takes 1 or 2 of those plays a game to turn a winning game into a loss.

I will now tell everyone who will win the Super Bowl and I will 100 % guarantee that I will be right.


So who will win the Super Bowl ?


The winner of the Super Bowl will be..........................

Wait for it....wait for it..............


The winner of the Supe Bowl will be...................





The team that scores the most points



I apologize...I couldn't resist it......feel free to delete this post.

Looks like another Las Vegas scandal


https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/120-000-cash-and-vip-access-how-a-bookie-brought-down-a-las-vegas-executive-cd7fdce3

Click on the X  to be able to read the article. 

You can only read the article once and then the paywall kicks in.

If you are travelling and carrying alot of cash, be careful as the following link from
Yahoo News will show you.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-seized-marine-vets-life-182717257.html

Looks like there will be a very large amount of interest in day trading the bitcoin ETF's..........but a small day trader is at the mercy of large, highly capitalized traders
and you can get really taken to the cleaners trying to compete against them.

Looks like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will authorize and regulate a Bitcoin ETF ( Exchange Traded Fund),  which means if you are thinking about starting your own crypto currency, you will have to register with the SEC and hire securities lawyers to complete the blizzard/tsunami of required  paperwork,,,,,,,,,,which means mucho much mucho mucho $$$$$$$ lawyer fees.

That's why Bitcoin recently went up to about $ 45,000 since a regulated ETF will attract many traders ( mandatory segregation of trader funds etc etc ) versus the gang of crooks currently in operation.

If you are thinking of becoming involved in  Crypto,  I suggest you read this link.........It's kind of a long article but I think it is important.



https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/asia/chinese-scam-operations-american-victims-intl-hnk-dst/


Here is another one

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/22/myanmar-pig-butchering-scams-watson-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn

Looks like the Nano market lends itself to be easily manipulated..........
mucho, mucho, mucho  caveat emptor.

Maybe you should think twice before you write your next personal check,

Seems like everything nowadays is a scam.


https://news.yahoo.com/check-washing-scam-running-rampant-150128110.html

Another example of confiscation of funds.......13 year old girl was the victim.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/waconia-family-says-bank-closed-042939175.html

If you are considering playing poker for a living, this is what you are dealing with when you play poker for high stakes.


https://www.pokernews.com/news/2023/12/wesley-airball-accuse-mars-cheating-poker-games-45012.htm

I love the part where they put a "special" deck into the game........also it seems that there are decks imported from China that are marked and you can see the actual cards being held by all the players, and are all but impossible to be detected.........probably you need special contact lenses to see the cards.

This is the type of situation which I was trying to describe above................which is the ultimate nightmare for people who had no criminal intent:



https://ij.org/case/us-private-vaults-missing-property/

 If you are carrying alot of cash in the USA to play poker, baccarat etc etc ...these articles may be of interest to you ( I'm not sure what the laws are in other countries )

https://endforfeiture.com/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=civil-forfeiture&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgqGrBhDtARIsAM5s0_mTTOZjlPTcf5wg4O-p3g2ipDmOuiPFQgBAT3xkeaApjpSH5uKtGTIaAuHUEALw_wcB

https://civilrights.org/resource/why-civil-asset-forfeiture-is-legalized-theft/

https://ij.org/issues/private-property/civil-forfeiture/

A good  idea is to buy some Travelers checks and/or money orders and hide them in your shoes if you are planning on taking a long car or train ride to a casino or somewhere else.