Monday, January 28, 2013

It started with a kiss

It started with a kiss from a new Australian for the Prime Minister.
And from his wife for the Opposition Leader.

The babies will surely follow as an election year gets off and smooching - with the markets saying Tony Abbott is more likely than Julia Gillard to be doing the kissing when election day ends.
Here's the latest probability indicator I produce for the Crikey website:

At the moment I am not attracted to have a bet. My inclination is to favour the Coalition but the market in the early days of this year has moved slightly in Labor's direction and over the long haul I know that the the market beats me.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

The dictator brings a profit

Assad survived as President of Syria until the start of 2013 so another modest little win for the speculator.
Our $1000 bank has now grown to $1430.50 of which $940.50 is available for new investments.