2012年7月28日星期六
2012年7月2日星期一
公權力將人民推向對立面
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20120702/16475717
回歸前的香港，無論民間團體抗爭還是記者到場採訪，往往都在法例底線上「打擦邊球」，而警方在大部份情況亦能做到盡量克制，三方面各師各法互相博弈，並沒有將對方推到對立面。
時至一九九七年，警方在回歸慶典會場外播放貝多芬《第五號交響曲》以掩蓋示威者的聲音，時任警務處處長李明逵強調播放音樂只是為了緩和現場緊張的氣氛，雖然此着有「打茅波」之嫌，但總算沒有過份使用暴力，也可見其有「不戰而屈人之兵」的智慧。
時至今日，當胡錦濤參觀啟德郵輪碼頭工地時，香港記者在採訪區內向其發問：「香港人希望平反六四，你聽得到嗎？」即被警方扣押十五分鐘查問，事後發言人無法解釋原委。回看二○○○年十月，董建華赴北京述職時，有線電視記者張寶華（現已易名為張洺華）在北京當眾「咬住唔放」追問當時的國家主席江澤民是否欽點董建華連任香港特別行政區行政長官，令江澤民氣上心頭，破口怒斥香港記者，其中「 too simple, sometimes naive」和「悶聲發大財」更成了其名句。雖則如此，當地公安並沒有動張寶華分毫。莫非今日香港警察連十數年前的北京公安都不如？
另一邊廂，民間團體向國家主席胡錦濤表達訴求時，被誘至巨型水馬重重圍困的示威區內，慘遭胡椒噴霧迎面狂噴，也殃及在場採訪的記者。要知道，使用暴力向來不是平民的強項，示威者和新聞工作者都是各司其職，做好本身角色，犯不着和訓練有素的警察正面衝突，但這並不代表會啞忍氣燄越趨張狂的公權力。執法時因政治考量而濫用暴力，這樣只會將示威者和本應定位中立的新聞工作者連成一線，並感召更多沉默群眾挺身，以各種形式和公權力對抗，令本來民望偏低的政府的管治成本增加，施政更寸步難行。
回歸前的香港，無論民間團體抗爭還是記者到場採訪，往往都在法例底線上「打擦邊球」，而警方在大部份情況亦能做到盡量克制，三方面各師各法互相博弈，並沒有將對方推到對立面。
時至一九九七年，警方在回歸慶典會場外播放貝多芬《第五號交響曲》以掩蓋示威者的聲音，時任警務處處長李明逵強調播放音樂只是為了緩和現場緊張的氣氛，雖然此着有「打茅波」之嫌，但總算沒有過份使用暴力，也可見其有「不戰而屈人之兵」的智慧。
時至今日，當胡錦濤參觀啟德郵輪碼頭工地時，香港記者在採訪區內向其發問：「香港人希望平反六四，你聽得到嗎？」即被警方扣押十五分鐘查問，事後發言人無法解釋原委。回看二○○○年十月，董建華赴北京述職時，有線電視記者張寶華（現已易名為張洺華）在北京當眾「咬住唔放」追問當時的國家主席江澤民是否欽點董建華連任香港特別行政區行政長官，令江澤民氣上心頭，破口怒斥香港記者，其中「 too simple, sometimes naive」和「悶聲發大財」更成了其名句。雖則如此，當地公安並沒有動張寶華分毫。莫非今日香港警察連十數年前的北京公安都不如？
另一邊廂，民間團體向國家主席胡錦濤表達訴求時，被誘至巨型水馬重重圍困的示威區內，慘遭胡椒噴霧迎面狂噴，也殃及在場採訪的記者。要知道，使用暴力向來不是平民的強項，示威者和新聞工作者都是各司其職，做好本身角色，犯不着和訓練有素的警察正面衝突，但這並不代表會啞忍氣燄越趨張狂的公權力。執法時因政治考量而濫用暴力，這樣只會將示威者和本應定位中立的新聞工作者連成一線，並感召更多沉默群眾挺身，以各種形式和公權力對抗，令本來民望偏低的政府的管治成本增加，施政更寸步難行。
2012年6月26日星期二
2012年6月13日星期三
Boney M - Rasputin
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire
RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on
He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son
(Spoken:)
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder.
"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came
RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and he said "I feel fine"
RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead
(Spoken:) Oh, those Russians...
2012年4月25日星期三
2012年2月27日星期一
Jesse Livermore’s 5 money management rules
1) Don’t lose money.
Don’t lose your stake. A speculator without cash is like a store-owner with no inventory. Cash is your inventory, your lifeline, and your best friend. Without cash, you are out of business. Don’t lose your line.
There is no place in speculating for hoping, for guessing, for fear, for greed, for emotions. The tape tells the truth.
2) Always establish a stop.
A successful speculator must set a firm stop before making a trade and must never sustain a loss of more than 10 percent of invested capital.
I have also learned that when your broker calls you and tells you he needs more money for a margin requirement on a stock that is declining, tell him to sell out the position. When you buy a stock at 50 and it goes to 45, do not buy more in order to average out your price. The stock has not done what you predicted; that is enough of an indication that your judgment was wrong. Take your losses quickly and get out.
Remember, never meet a margin call, and never average losses.
Many times I would close out a position before suffering a 10 percent loss. I did this simply because the stock was not acting right from the start. Often my instincts would whisper to me:J.L., this stock has a malaise, it is a lagging dullard. It just does not feel right, and I would sell out of my position in the blink of an eye.
I absolutely believe that price movement patterns are repeated and appear over and over with slight variations. This is because humans drive the stocks, and human nature never changes.
Take your losses quickly. Easy to say, but hard to do.
3) Keep cash in reserve.
The successful speculator must always have cash in reserve for exactly the right moment. There is a never-ending stream of opportunities in the stock market and, if you miss a good opportunity, wait a little while, be patient, and another one will come along. Don’t reach for a trade, all the conditions for a good trade must be on your side. Remember, you do not have to be in the market all the time.
The desire to always be in the game is one of the speculator’s greatest hazards.
When playing the stock market, there are times when your money should be waiting on the sidelines in cash waiting to come into play. Time is not money “ time is time, and money is money.
Often money that is just sitting can later be moved into the right situation at the right time and make a fast fortune. Patience is the key to success, not speed. Time is a cunning speculator’s best friend if it is used wisely.
4) Let the position ride.
As long as the stock is behaving normally, do not be in a hurry to take a profit. You must know you are right in your basic judgment, or you would have no profit at all. If there is nothing basically negative, then let it ride. It may grow into a very large profit. As long as the action of the overall market and the stock do not give you cause to worry, have the courage of your convictions, and stay with it.
When I was in a profit on a trade, I was never nervous.
Of course the opposite is true as well. If I bought a stock and it went against me I would sell it immediately. You can’t stop and try to figure out why a stock is going in the wrong direction. The fact is that it is going in the wrong direction, and that is enough evidence for an experienced speculator to close the trade.
I do not and never have blindly bought and held a stock.
To buy and hold blindly on the basis that a stock is in great company or a strong industry, or that the economy is generally healthy, is, to me the equivalent of stock market suicide.
Stick with the winners. Let them ride until you have a clear reason to sell.
5) Take the profits in cash.
I recommend parking 50 percent of the profits from a successful trade, especially when the trade doubled the original capital. Set the money aside, put it in the bank, hold it in reserve, or lock it up in a safe-deposit box.
Like winning in the casino, it’s a good idea, now and then to take your winnings off the table and turn them into cash is the single largest regret I have ever had in my financial life was not paying enough attention to this rule.
Don’t lose your stake. A speculator without cash is like a store-owner with no inventory. Cash is your inventory, your lifeline, and your best friend. Without cash, you are out of business. Don’t lose your line.
There is no place in speculating for hoping, for guessing, for fear, for greed, for emotions. The tape tells the truth.
2) Always establish a stop.
A successful speculator must set a firm stop before making a trade and must never sustain a loss of more than 10 percent of invested capital.
I have also learned that when your broker calls you and tells you he needs more money for a margin requirement on a stock that is declining, tell him to sell out the position. When you buy a stock at 50 and it goes to 45, do not buy more in order to average out your price. The stock has not done what you predicted; that is enough of an indication that your judgment was wrong. Take your losses quickly and get out.
Remember, never meet a margin call, and never average losses.
Many times I would close out a position before suffering a 10 percent loss. I did this simply because the stock was not acting right from the start. Often my instincts would whisper to me:J.L., this stock has a malaise, it is a lagging dullard. It just does not feel right, and I would sell out of my position in the blink of an eye.
I absolutely believe that price movement patterns are repeated and appear over and over with slight variations. This is because humans drive the stocks, and human nature never changes.
Take your losses quickly. Easy to say, but hard to do.
3) Keep cash in reserve.
The successful speculator must always have cash in reserve for exactly the right moment. There is a never-ending stream of opportunities in the stock market and, if you miss a good opportunity, wait a little while, be patient, and another one will come along. Don’t reach for a trade, all the conditions for a good trade must be on your side. Remember, you do not have to be in the market all the time.
The desire to always be in the game is one of the speculator’s greatest hazards.
When playing the stock market, there are times when your money should be waiting on the sidelines in cash waiting to come into play. Time is not money “ time is time, and money is money.
Often money that is just sitting can later be moved into the right situation at the right time and make a fast fortune. Patience is the key to success, not speed. Time is a cunning speculator’s best friend if it is used wisely.
4) Let the position ride.
As long as the stock is behaving normally, do not be in a hurry to take a profit. You must know you are right in your basic judgment, or you would have no profit at all. If there is nothing basically negative, then let it ride. It may grow into a very large profit. As long as the action of the overall market and the stock do not give you cause to worry, have the courage of your convictions, and stay with it.
When I was in a profit on a trade, I was never nervous.
Of course the opposite is true as well. If I bought a stock and it went against me I would sell it immediately. You can’t stop and try to figure out why a stock is going in the wrong direction. The fact is that it is going in the wrong direction, and that is enough evidence for an experienced speculator to close the trade.
I do not and never have blindly bought and held a stock.
To buy and hold blindly on the basis that a stock is in great company or a strong industry, or that the economy is generally healthy, is, to me the equivalent of stock market suicide.
Stick with the winners. Let them ride until you have a clear reason to sell.
5) Take the profits in cash.
I recommend parking 50 percent of the profits from a successful trade, especially when the trade doubled the original capital. Set the money aside, put it in the bank, hold it in reserve, or lock it up in a safe-deposit box.
Like winning in the casino, it’s a good idea, now and then to take your winnings off the table and turn them into cash is the single largest regret I have ever had in my financial life was not paying enough attention to this rule.
2011年12月31日星期六
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