ALL THINGS BIG AND SMALL 2.0

LATEST UPDATE OF CHERNOFF FACES: 31 JAN 2011. According to the Chernoff faces, the DJIA (and by implication the general market, with a bias towards big cap bluechips) remains still much the same. Size of face is proportional to valuation +/- % and if you are looking for undervaluation, look for the small faces. e.g. Alcoa and BAC. But then there are reasons why BAC is undervalued. Alcoa is not so squinty-eyed anymore, due to a combination of improvements in its Expected EPS, volatility and Beta. Chernoff faces of the DJIA as at 31 January 2011 Chernoff faces circa 15 Dec 2010 Above is a Chernoff Face glyphplot of the DJIA stocks. For explanation of Chernoff Faces see my post at http://www.technifundamentals.com/2010/12/merry-xmas-edition-fun-with-statistics.html . The 3D visualizations below are derived from the 30 constituent stocks of the DJIA, and their fundamentals e.g. P/E, Beta, 12-month Return, Earnings Per Share Forecast, Earnings per Share Actual etc - 15 selected variables ...

Giant Freshwater Stingray of the Mekong [Himantura Chaophraya] Chinese like bump-headed Cichlids because it resembles that of the deity that represents Longevity [third deity] in the trio Fu,Lu,Shou. Stingray 1 : I think this one is called Pearl or Black Diamond Stingray 2: How many lucky number '8's can you see? Stingray 3 : Plainer and cheaper Stingray pattern 1 : Numbers '8' enlarged Stingray pattern 2 Some giant catfish Bump-headed Cichlid Elephant-Nose Fish High Fin Pangasius: Most elegant fish I have ever seen Recently, in the Singapore newspapers, the case of a person who was accused of defrauding the Telco he worked for to the amount of S$12 million was mentioned. Readers were not surprised to read about $400000 Porsches, Patek Philip watches and apartments bought with the loot. But many found it strange the the accused paid $200000 for an Amazon Freshwater Stingray. I have kept freshwater stingrays as pets, but that was 30 years ago, and I don't r...

Lunch: Yam Rice Lunch: Pig's Stomach with White Peppercorn Soup Lunch: Fried Fish and some kind of Squash or Gourd Dinner: Malay curried mutton, fried, egg, fish, vegetables with rice and Chili Would you believe that I have not cooked a meal at home in three years, ever since I came back from the United States? Though this sounds strange to Westerners and Americans, it is not uncommon to find working people in Hong Kong and Singapore who eat out for every meal-breakfast, lunch and dinner. One of the reasons is that people here and even more so in Hong Kong work long hours, and there is no time to cook. But the main reason is that eating out in Singapore and Hong Kong is relatively inexpensive. Inexpensive not only in the amount of dollars a meal costs, but inexpensive also in the sense of comparing the $ x time that need to be sacrificed if you need to cook at home. Time, that for some, could be spent earning more money or doing more business. If you don't count tasteless qu...

James Conway's Game Of Life Cellular Automata Stephen Wolframs book: Explaining Life and The Universe with Cellular Automata CLASSICAL http://tones.wolfram.com/id/GRhb3ApzQdwx506wmTMUrhOTtUMNfrnSZgc8JwknCQU HIP HOP http://tones.wolfram.com/id/G1wrGZLZJWIQTDtqI0kUutecFHgjfYgb8NTS1QfeJfwzYj3c JAZZ http://tones.wolfram.com/id/G0Cos4WxMCF1vplzXkauryTRmLuXjCqFnIhMIWM4t4HDkv LATIN http://tones.wolfram.com/id/GRkNlkOzyU33xXTzGtS4oiLxB2hqmjxY4GTSRat2nLJs9RJM Note# If there is no sound when you click on the link and it's Play button, go to Download and email the Midi file to yourself as an attachment, then play it separately on your computer. If you read Stephen Hawking's (and Leonard Mlodinow) latest book " The Grand Design", -New Answers To The Ultimate Questions Of Life [Bantam Press, 2010], in the last Chapter, he uses the example of Cellular Automata to explain how and why Life in this Universe could have come about-without the requirement for a God. It is an at...

Keradok: Bean Sprouts salad with colored prawn crackers in peanut sauce Grilled Rice in Banana Leaf, tempe, kangkong, chicken in green chili sauce Deep fried Ikan Nila [Tilapia] fish Corn and Potato Fritters Chicken with Green Chili sauce As Singapore becomes a cosmopolitan city, we might paradoxically have less interesting international fare due to purely commercial circumstances. Most restaurants would stick to the tried and true recipes for they know that these will always be in demand. Thus expect more Ramen, Teppanyaki and Sushi places. Expect a Korean restaurant to always have Kim Chi and Gin Seng Soup while the Chinese will have their La Mian noodles and assorted dumplings. For Indonesian restaurants in Singapore, the tried and true and boring mean dishes like Ayam Penyet [fried chicken flattened with a knife], Sop Buntut [Oxtail Soup] and deep fried Gourami fish. Or we also have the Nasi Padang restaurants with their little plates of assorted meat and vegetables. But recent...

One of the many stretches of causeways from Miami to Key West Key West facing the Atlantic Ocean A fast Catamaran docked by the pier Downtown Key West Marine Iguana pet at a cafe One of the many cruiseships that drop anchor in Key West An airplane park for the rich One of the most spectacular road journeys you can make in the USA is the one that goes from Miami, Florida to Key West, the most Southern point of the USA. It's a 150 mile journey from Miami island across the many causeways that link the chain of islands on the coast of Florida. Some of thse causeways are seven to ten miles long, and on both sides are the crystal clear Blue-Green waters of the Caribean sea with Cuba just 90 miles away. The journey takes longer than it should, as some stretches of road are narrow and two-way. There are many small towns along the way though none are really interesting and are merely stopping points along the way to the ultimate destimation. Key West is more than just another America...

Hae Bee Hiam or Spicy Dried Shrimp Floss on a slice of bread The dried shrimp fron which Hae Bee Hiam is made. The Americans: Peanut Butter The French:Duck Rillette with Baguette The Italians: Tomato Bruschetta with Mozarella Cheese The English: Marmalade on Toast The Australians: Vegemite Something spread on a slice of bread is one of the most basic of foods. Usually meant as a quick and easy way to quell hunger pangs. The Americans have their peanut butter and Nutella, the English have Marmalade, Australians have their VegeMite, the French their potted meats, Middle-Easterners their Hummus, Jews their chopped liver, Italians their tomato bruschetta and so on. Bread spreads are not meant to be complex, just utilitarian. Nobody need spend an inordinate amount of time dreaming up complicated recipes for bread spreads. But here in Singapore, we are fortunate to have inherited a recipe for a bread spread so exotic that I believe it qualifies for the title of "most interesting...