Theology of Work. John MacArthur http://ow.ly/4obCy

"The Truth about Divorce" by John MacArthur. Listen free online or download free to listen on your iPod or other device. http://ow.ly/4oEc1

trip thru the grocery store y'day: bread pxs rising, beef pxs rising, coffee pxs rising. need to trade futures just to hedge grocery bill.

Home Inventory Glut. CoreLogic 1.8 mm in "shadow" inventory. 3.5 mm from NAR. 2 mm homes underwater will move to "shadow" inventory.

It's not hedge funds who are driving commodity prices higher, it's world demand. we are in a world protein shortage.

listening to bloomberg right now on mortgages. banks are paralyzed by fear. won't make loans. case shiller index looking to double dip.

no real estate recovery until we clear the supply overhang. govt intervention and bank fear is slowing the corrective forces.

Jonathan Miller, Miller Samuels, re residential real estate: "you have to let the market clear."

Wasn't too long ago, i read in the business press that David Sokol was going to be Warren Buffett's successor.

whoops. jobless claims higher. economic numbers - #whipsaw

implementing a strong CRM/ERP is a great way to "install" best practices into your company's operations. @streamside_crm

all businesses have risks. but with trading, I don't have to chase down accounts receivable, and i can buy $48k of cattle with $1k down.

110,000 board feet of lumber by putting $1000 down, and then sell it in a day or two and maybe make a 10%, would you do it?

what's the annual percentage pre-tax profit on the average wood products manufacturer?

no mktg effort. no A/R. no direct empls. plenty of access to capital. ability to be in multiple businesses. #GLOBEX how i love thee.

#LiveCattle over 120

sometimes a guy just needs a little "think-time".

Can't rely on a dang thing anybody says to me today. Stinkin' April Fools Day.

lovin' the #livecattle trade lately.

Where are #LiveCattle going next week?