<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194</id><updated>2011-11-27T21:28:10.632-02:00</updated><category term='google'/><title type='text'>Contrarian</title><subtitle type='html'>I am curious of what life could bring me. That doesn't put me in a contemplative
or lazy mode; but of deep understanding of how opportunities show up. What to do with those opportunities, well, that's my exclusive and not elusive responsability. But...if you feel like knowing...I can tell that I go for that pure mental chemistry which can transport you everywhere. A beautiful mind is boundless. And I am looking for that kind of freedom.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-7215567769846943650</id><published>2008-12-28T19:15:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T21:27:15.522-02:00</updated><title type='text'>My Xmas story</title><summary type='text'>So after dining with my relatives, I headed to the church. But it was closed, no mass. On my way back I passed a homeless, called Miguel whom I was used to seeing every day at night. He sleeps at the bank’ s entrance, one block from home. Each time I pass him by I feel very bad, his situation kills me. So I decided to take action and I sat at his side on cardboards, and we talked for about an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/7215567769846943650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=7215567769846943650' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/7215567769846943650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/7215567769846943650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-xmas-story.html' title='My Xmas story'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-7267149038756549420</id><published>2008-11-28T22:05:00.004-02:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T14:08:52.447-02:00</updated><title type='text'>"Black Fridays'" Buying Binge: Crisis Kills Americans</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html  Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death     function getSharePasskey() { return 'ex=1385614800&amp;en=b9812358089ca163&amp;ei=5124';}  function getShareURL() {  return encodeURIComponent('http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html'); } function getShareHeadline() {  return encodeURIComponent('Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death'); } </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/7267149038756549420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=7267149038756549420' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/7267149038756549420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/7267149038756549420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2008/11/buying-binge-crisis-kills-americans.html' title='&quot;Black Fridays&apos;&quot; Buying Binge: Crisis Kills Americans'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-7326454223054507598</id><published>2008-10-17T19:59:00.000-02:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T20:00:33.888-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Subprime Crisis Explained</title><summary type='text'>The Last Laugh - George Parr - Subprime - subtitulosCargado por erioluk</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/7326454223054507598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=7326454223054507598' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/7326454223054507598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/7326454223054507598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2008/10/subprime-crisis-explained.html' title='Subprime Crisis Explained'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-5397461651373223121</id><published>2008-06-02T20:04:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T20:10:24.983-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Can the Price of Oil Return to $70?</title><summary type='text'>Buenos Aires, Argentina May 30, 2008 *** Four months ago China was brought to its knees in the face of the most ferocious meteor of the last 50 years, succumbing to its vulnerability to the uncontrollable and unmanageable force of nature. Today those knees have been literally broken after another dramatic and uncontrollable event for China: a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, in the </summary><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/can-the-price-of-oil-return-to-70/2678' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/5397461651373223121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=5397461651373223121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/5397461651373223121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/5397461651373223121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2008/06/can-price-of-oil-return-to-70.html' title='Can the Price of Oil Return to $70?'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iNnuo6E-Xok/SER9Xh0rcaI/AAAAAAAAATc/GkMnG9EOIZY/s72-c/oil.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-8705554662779754872</id><published>2008-06-01T16:21:00.006-03:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T20:08:18.092-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Sharon Stone's karma</title><summary type='text'>"I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are  treating the Tibetans, because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone  else. And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought,  is that karma? When you're not nice, that the bad things happen to  you?"Sharon Stone's quote referring to Sichuan earthquake in China...We should ask her why did the US  get such a  bad karma</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/8705554662779754872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=8705554662779754872' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/8705554662779754872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/8705554662779754872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2008/06/sharon-stones-karma.html' title='Sharon Stone&apos;s karma'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-600079362176722849</id><published>2008-05-19T19:28:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T19:28:02.255-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='google'/><title type='text'>Is it so Great to Work for Google?</title><summary type='text'>"America's best place to work"Biggest internet success in history. There must be something.$150 billion dollarsMore than 10,000 employees worldwideDrinks, snacks, meals everything is free. Cookie jars, people bring in their dogs -I assume to watch them work or work with them, you never know with Google.Gym, pool, voleyball court, ping pong, dry cleaning laundry, shoe repair, concierge service, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/600079362176722849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=600079362176722849' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/600079362176722849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/600079362176722849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2008/01/is-it-so-great-to-work-for-google_26.html' title='Is it so Great to Work for Google?'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iNnuo6E-Xok/SCd5IwFrb2I/AAAAAAAAAPU/pTI9kPcWDxo/s72-c/0460c10a46.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-6603991981320242022</id><published>2008-02-09T09:26:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T20:48:22.265-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Can we Go Higher?</title><summary type='text'>There was an interesting article on the New York Times about something that fascinates us traders: the psychological components of trading."So here is a sobering thought for Wall Street: There may be a bit of Mr. Kérviel in all of us." There is a brain effect similar to the one gotten when drugs enter our system: addiction. The more risky the trade, the more the brain craves for it. And French </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/6603991981320242022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=6603991981320242022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/6603991981320242022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/6603991981320242022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2008/02/can-we-go-higher.html' title='Can we Go Higher?'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iNnuo6E-Xok/R62WS_qejlI/AAAAAAAAAHc/3s98GxivySk/s72-c/chatsmilies_com_1625.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-7495398602537237525</id><published>2008-02-01T07:42:00.002-02:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T20:48:04.945-03:00</updated><title type='text'>My Advice to Novice Traders</title><summary type='text'>I want to demystify the "buy low sell high" syndrome.You have to buy high and sell higher.If you buy "low" chances are you're gonna get a tough ride lower. Unless you are an experienced technical analyst and more than one signal (indicator, investor sentiment, etc) is crying a buy signal.I have seen so many new telemarketers (ex traders) in my 20 years of markets that this is one of the best </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/7495398602537237525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=7495398602537237525' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/7495398602537237525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/7495398602537237525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-advice-to-novice-traders.html' title='My Advice to Novice Traders'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-161937198599319954</id><published>2008-01-29T19:37:00.001-02:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T20:04:32.287-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Argentina: We Are Fine, But We Are Going the Wrong Way</title><summary type='text'>While we wait for the Federal Reserve to rule a further reduction of interest rates and the prompt approval of the tax incentive package by the US Congress, and following the concern of one of our readers about the future of Argentina –“What would happen if soybean prices go down by 20%? ... How will the government try to protect the tax surplus?”-today I dedicate this article to him.      As I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/161937198599319954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=161937198599319954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/161937198599319954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/161937198599319954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2008/01/argentina-we-are-fine-but-we-are-going.html' title='Argentina: We Are Fine, But We Are Going the Wrong Way'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-2280217069055924025</id><published>2007-08-23T21:29:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2007-08-23T21:29:25.406-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Cool Dog , walks one front 2 legs</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/2280217069055924025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=2280217069055924025' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/2280217069055924025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/2280217069055924025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2007/08/cool-dog-walks-one-front-2-legs.html' title='Cool Dog , walks one front 2 legs'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230194.post-113254195433250585</id><published>2005-11-21T00:57:00.000-02:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T00:59:14.346-02:00</updated><title type='text'>the Yasa</title><summary type='text'>"If the great, the military leaders and the leaders of the many descendants of the ruler who will be born in the future, should not adhere strictly to the Yasa, then the power of the state will be shattered and come to an end, no matter how they then seek Genghis Khan, they shall not find him."(Genghis Khan)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/feeds/113254195433250585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14230194&amp;postID=113254195433250585' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/113254195433250585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14230194/posts/default/113254195433250585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takethelongwayhome.blogspot.com/2005/11/yasa.html' title='the Yasa'/><author><name>Paola</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11500184808724535296</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
