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March 13, 2006

100 days

Okay, my dearest fans, I am about to disclose it. Yes, with all the details. Its been a 100 days, there have been some ups and downs but its now going pretty steady. Ah.., the thrill of all of it, the blues, the reds, all just look so sweet. Ok, okay all you sadists who are thinking I am fallen for that elusive angel, don’t hold your breath, relax. I am not talking about a romantic relationship here, I am talking about a tough mission, “Operation Slimming beauty”. Oh my!, Oh my! its already been a 100 days since I started on Dec 03 2005, and it feels awesome to be weighing around 45 pounds less today.

For all of you who are interested in the devilish details, the table and charts below say it all!

BarChart

The blues and reds are on the chart above, the ups and downs are in the chart below.

TrendChart

The next 100 days, this might be one of the plans ;)

March 1, 2006

Red Herring

This March is going to be one of the months which will probably be written in history books. Not as much as 9/11 is written about, but some major economic disruption will be witnessed world over, and the country that will be impacted most, is of course US.

The Main stream media in India is all geared up for Dubyaman’s visit to India, and the past week has been filled with Indian budget for 2006. While most of the MainStreamMedia chooses to ignore and hide the most important news bits, the red-herring habits of the media has forced many thinkers to look for alternate streams of thought. And believe me some of the new bits below are not worth ignoring.

The “PetroDollar” nature of economics followed by America, has for the first time in history run into rough weather with Iran announcing the opening up of an Oil Bourse on March 20th 2006. To understand the nature of the impending crisis read this article.

The twin deficits that the US is currently facing, has also necessitated this Iranian threat to American Economy, be made as opaque as possible. Yes, the disclosure of M3 monetary aggregates will be discontinued from March 23rd 2006. A sure sign of a failing economy !

No matter what the Federal Reserve is going to do, the situation is very well described by the poster below.

    EconomistGreenspan

We are all of aware that the American era is coming towards its end, but is this the begining of the end ?. Time will tell !