Bullishness Justified

[swag]

This chart compares the performance of the Kudzu Thead from inception (December 19, 2005) to close (May 31, 2006) with the performance of the S&P 500 (ex. dividends), Gold (proxy: GLD ETF), and the Lehman Bros. US Aggregate Bond Index (Proxy: AGG ETF, ex. interest). Interestingly, the return for each non-Kudzu category is roughly zero for the period (which is why their trend lines are bunched together along the X axis).

Note the significant upturn in Kudzu's fortunes in May 2006, following the drunkfest at Nancy's Whiskey Pub in Manhattan, wherein haruka3_2000 was apparently catalyzed to push Kudzu. Texanwitch followed suit shortly thereafter, proving again the remarkable power of compounding.

The return for the Kudzu thread is over 10,000 percent (Internal Rate of Return, discounted cash flow method). This should give the teeming nabobs pause.



* I apologize to underpants for the tardiness of this performance graph.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. I knew it was goin' places!

Too bad it only lasted about ten seconds in DU's wikipedia article.

[ZombieNixon]

31. It's back!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Underground#An_online_community

:D

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

33. Not as "famously" though.

Swag was listed as a notable member for the kudzu thread.

[ZombieNixon]

34. Yeah, well, you gotta work it slowly.

Let the small edit stay for a day or so, and then work your way up.

Admittedly, I didn't see what was there originally, so I couldn't put it back verbatim. It deserves recognition, though. If Demopedia would freaking load (I don't even know if it still exists :(), it would definitely have an entry. The DU Wikipedia article should have a section for "notable threads." :D

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

35. Yeah, I'm not sure if it still exists either.

I tried to get there a couple times in the last couple weeks. No such luck.

[swag]

2. Did not mean to minimize the contributions of other KT stalwarts,

bridgit, for example, who was always ready with a rousing graphic.

You will not be forgotten in my acceptance speech.

[GirlinContempt]

3. K&R, doll

K&R

[swimboy]

4. Righteous.

I doff my fez.

[texanwitch]

5. I would have been bullish about kudzu sooner but I was stuck out in

the country without a computer.

All hail the swag :yourock: :headbang:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

6. All hail Swag.

[El Fuego]

7. I sold my kudzu options back in February.

x(

Dammit!

[progmom]

8. I still maintain that I am bullish about swag

[swag]

11. A thing I love about that map is how it's fragmented over the "High Line"

just above dreary Havre, MT, headed west to Kalispell. Lots of implied spillage into southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Well done. And I am glad that I have left no traces back east, in spite of my worst efforts.

[GirlinContempt]

12. More SK and MB

[swag]

14. Beg to differ.

on edit: added this

[GirlinContempt]

15. Other side

[swag]

16. I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Where the border fragments in progmom's map is north of Montana, which state does not border Manitoba at any point. I think you are just being a bit home-province proud here.

[GirlinContempt]

21. Ah

my mistake
I just thought you meant there was a fair coverage in that area that would spill up.

[swag]

22. Lo siento mucho.

I was being unclear.

[GirlinContempt]

23. Nah

I went back and looked again, you were not unclear, I just misunderstood.

[swag]

37. No, no.

'tis I who fucked up.

[GirlinContempt]

38. Please, sir

I humbly request all share of blame.

[swag]

39. Thy will be done.

[GirlinContempt]

40. merci la plupart, aimable et benin un

[swag]

41. De nada.

[GirlinContempt]

43. Nenhum realmente, eu insisto em agradecer

[swag]

45. Pushy broad.

[GirlinContempt]

53. Yup

[swag]

54. Thanks for the brief intro to Portugese. Much appreciated.

[GirlinContempt]

55. I saved the best for you

You're welcome

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

42. On earth as it is in heaven.

[swag]

44. Lift up your hearts.

[progmom]

49. we lift them up unto the Lord

it's like a knee-jerk thing. :shrug:

[swag]

50. Let us give thanks.

I had a Catholic girlfriend for a long time.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

56. A nun made be right-handed. She was an evil bitch. nt

[swag]

60. Do you still find uses for the left hand?

[hfojvt]

24. lotta swag in SD too

I wonder why.
Is that a real plant or bug, or what was the map really about?
I am hard pressed to think of a plant or bug that is only in Dakota and parts north and west. Jackrabbits? Coyotes? Graduates of Huron University?

[swag]

26. I had a good breakfast in Yankton once.

I'm sure that cannot account for it.

[Schema Thing]

9. Oh no you did'nnnt

say teeming nabobs

[swag]

10. At least I didn't say, "teeming nabobs yearning to breathe free."

[Schema Thing]

13. Hey, you had me at "teeming"

[bridgit]

17. so...i push .01ct across a table at tahoe, win that bet, and get back...

100 bucks!!!! :woohoo: :thumbsup:

[swag]

18. Yeah, a pretty sweet deal.

[bridgit]

19. hm, know any good, short term 'penny' stocks...

:-) cause some outfit in china wants me to invest in their oil company :shrug: .09cts in with a projected .34cts out...i forget the term though

[swag]

20. Did you read this story in the New Yorker about the professor

who got taken in a long con that started with a Nigerian email scam? Lordy, it was straight out of David Maurer's The Big Con only much worse. This guy just let himself get played like a booger, and now he's in jail because of it.

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060515fa_fact

Warning: long - much better read in hardcopy.

[bridgit]

28. DAMMIT!! you mean i'm not going to get that treasure chest filled...

with aztec gold after all SON of a BITCH!!!!

we started getting those some years back, they've changed variously from nigeria, some despot somewhere else or other yada-yada, almost down to the word :eyes: but to think someone actually took the bait...i need what little money i have for when it is i care to get my drink on, and as you may suspect, swag dearest, that is a routine endeavor :thumbsup:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

30. I think I'm going to get into the cyber-sport of baiting 419 scammers

http://www.419eater.com/index.htm

I especially enjoyed the one baiter who counter-scammed the scammer saying he was conducting a handwriting analysis study for pay, thereby getting the scammers to copy a whole Harry Potter book by hand.

Edited because I wrote the post like an illiterate initially.

[no name no slogan]

25. I find your ideas intriguing

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter

[swag]

27. For an industry insider such as yourself,

only $800/10 issues.

No sharing!

You won't regret it. Anyway, just expense it.

Thank you for your interest.

[swag]

29. I received a new camera today

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

32. That clock is the shit that nightmares and bad trips are made of. nt

[swag]

36. No shit.

Try being here at 05:30 on a weekday.

[Misunderestimator]

46. It's a coin toss.

[swag]

48. Wow, that's great.

That looks like the Illustrated Biography of Peter Lynch or something.

[Misunderestimator]

51. Peter Lynch's astrological chart

[swag]

57. So that's how he happened to win the coin-flipping contest.

Thanks. I guess a walk down Wall Street needn't be so random after all.

[Misunderestimator]

58. And he did coin a few phrases...

"Invest in what you know" for one... If I did that though... I'd be on skid row by now. Covered by kudzu no doubt.

[swag]

59. That's exactly what happened to many readers of Lynch's

best-selling "investment classic" One Up on Wall Street: they got one-upped on Wall Street. Now they're being peed on in their sleep by feral cats.

[KitchenWitch]

47. Oh fuck!

:rofl:

[swag]

52. I'm sorry about the grammar problem in that first paragraph.

The last parenthetical expression contains a pronoun with a profoundly unclear antecedent.

I do hope that this does not impede enjoyment of the thread.