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Category: Socionomics
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March 26, 2012 If you have not, go back and read our March 15 explanation of why Hunger Games would resonate with the public. The first wekend it grossed $155 Million. That is about what The Dark Knight did its first wekend in 2008. Investors beware, rushing to see a government dictated teen gladiator combat is…
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Thursday March 22, 2012 We have had some fun kidding students about the social stigma of showing up to yoga class in an Old Navy or Target outfit, oh the horror! LULU apparel of course will let your other yoga partners know that you have arrived, not discount exercise wear for you! LULU went public in…
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Friday March 9, 2012 I have attempted, without much success, to get professors and students interested in socionomics. This is a new social science of prediction. The idea is that our social moods are endogenously created by ourselves rather than outside forces. That mood drives societal change. This is counter intuitive, most people assume we…
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Friday Feb 17, 2012 A reader asks if this is the top or if we are experiencing the breakout I discussed – toward and over 1370 taking the main indices to new highs. I would guess the latter, it looks like the markets want to go higher. TMP exited positions last Friday, earlier that week…
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Sunday Feb 12, 2012 Tucked away on page A3 was this nugget today in the SA Express News The President of Guatemala will propose legalizing the transportation of drugs through Central America in a meeting with regional leaders this week. The enlightenment gets better. "I would not be a crime to transport or move drugs.…
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Sunday Feb 12, 2012 No coubt some of you think I am just going on about socionomics, and how social mood shapes our perceptions. Well hw about, yes, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter? As Dave Barry says, I can't mae this stuff up… There is a good column in today's Express News about how te view of…
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Monday Feb 6, 2012 The news is here for all to see, our job at TMP is pointing out how that news affects socialmood and what is therefore likely to happen. A peak in positive investing mood lies immediately ahead. But a similar spike in unrest and negative sentiment world wide is also brewing .This is the result of repressive…
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Sunday February 4, 2012 Look under course content in Black board for you copy of an e book on Fibonacci Numbers. This will also aid in understanding the content of the new show Touch on Fox. And I got to looking at the month of March, things could get pretty interesting. Socionomics 100,000 Protest in…
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Thursday Feb 2, 2012 Yes it's the cousin of the hemline indicator. Bright colors literally reflect a bright mood. Social Mood has turned quite optimisitc since the Oct 4 low when the bullish percent of stocks went single digit. SalvatoreFerragamorevealed an array of bright spring colors on the Milan runway this week. Hmm, readers…
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Thursday Feb 2, 2011 One student post notes that his friends seem to be using Facebook less than they did. Another student notes Facebook is filing for an all time record $5 Billion! Here's a look at how other recent social media compaies are doig. Note that all are near or below their first day…
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