Saturday, September 7, 2013

Cassandra Does Short Form Market Commentary

Haiku time,
Two examples from Cassandra Does Tokyo:
Tesla's Recoil

Buying blocks of Tesla
Roman candles! You shuffle
off this mortal coil.

ZeroWhinger

Got any Gold? I do...
Glass is always half-empty
The game's frickin' rigged!
...MORE , including an invitation

 2012 was the year that usage in finance seemed to take off-
We linked to BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis commenting on Google:
Click prices decline,
 by double digits again,
 mobile is worth less.
FT Alphaville's Joseph Cotterill used the format to discuss Europe:
Five seven five / Is unsustainable, so / Haircut to seven
 One of the following is an autumnal haiku composed on Twitter by Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council. But which is it?
...Wet leaves, brown, rotting
Keep bloody slipping on them
Look, Spain metaphor

A season of mists
And of mellow fruitfulness
But not you; you’re Greek
...MORE

And Cassandra herself tipped us to "Largest Ever Insider Trading Ring Used Kōans, Haiku to Transmit Information"

While the best I could muster was:

Asian Markets Fall Like Cherry Blossoms in Gentle Spring Rain
Auspicious update, below.

Stocks closed generally mournful and reflective.

Currency devaluation reflects silently on still and glassy water.
Traditional Japanese view of the cherry blossoms (sakura) with reflecting water and a shrine (the Jefferson Memorial) in Washington, D.C..

Invest in Kirin
Mindfulness overrated
Sensei insensate