I don't completely remember what set me off on that First road trip in June, or the one in February, or any of these. Maybe I was thinking about relocating. I don't remember. I think that I'm going to relocate this time, but what the hell am I going to do for work? How the hell do I get set up in a new town?
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Notes Taken During My First Semester at the University of Texas at Arlington
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Annotation to Notes from Arlington # 65
This was written during my June Road trip. It's September 25th, 2022, and I'm back in Tennessee.
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Archived Content 09/25/2022 06:13 PM
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i stayed in Somerville tn for a night. im in the next town over, and i already feel like just staying here.
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today is sunday. my thinking is that the roads should be empty, and it would be a good idea to keep driving.
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i cant really go back to texas anyway. but i dont really know where to go.
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maybe it was just time to leave texas. i had been there for 2 years. maybe it was just time for me to go. i really don't know what to do about college though.
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i think that im just going to relocate.
i'm on the Arkansas side of Memphis.
i honestly don't know where the hell to go.
Everywhere is a fucking nightmare.
the nightmare never ends.
I really can't go back to Texas.
I have to leave texas. I really do.
I don't really know where to go, though.
this was a fabulous waste of money.
I threw away as much of my stuff as I could.
and threw away additional stuff on my way here.
I'll probably throw away
additional stuff here
and there
on my way to where
ever the hell I end up.
i don't really know where
the fuck to go at
this point.
I'm facing one frustration after another.
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I'm really having a hard time getting my business in a more formalized state. I have the various things that I need to do on my calendar, but, sometimes there is no telling if I will get anything done or not, or if I'll get distracted by this or that issue, or, you know, who knows what will happen. I'm still facing a number of different challenges. and stuff. You know, like this and that stuff.
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Class Notes Starting September 14th, 2022
one thing that I often face that impedes my ability to get anything done is the avalanche of emails that I have to deal with, or that fall into my mail box. I obviously don't read them all, but I usually scan them to see if they contain anything important.
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Thinking. I'm going to hold off on looking for work right now. or looking for an internship or anything like that.
I really should just be focusing on school right now.
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what else is on my mind? Just facing quite a few challenges lately. It seems as though everywhere I go, someone or another tries to instigate a reaction. and it isn't always clear to me why.
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June
July
and
August
were kind of a blur
same for the first part of September. I think that I went on four road trips this year. really long fucking road trips.
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Notes from Arlington, Texas # 68
Annotation to Notes from Arlington, Texas # 68
I really spent way too much money during these last few months. I really need to make my best effort to stay in school, otherwise I'm more or less fucked.
and again.
I really don't know how I'll be able to balance working and going to college at the same time. This might be a pain in the neck, but I also might be able to make this happen. Who knows.
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Note: This is kind of a running page of notes.
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I really don't want to wear hats anymore. I feel like they give me a headache. One thing I realize from being in Texas for several years now, is that, it's hot, and humid, and it's really easy to get sweaty and smelly.
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I would like to think up a new series title, but I really can't come up with anything. I really can't think of anything.
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This is where the orange juice
sends the lemonade to the martini.
this is where the mimosa and the
mojito drink and eat and feel
the ends of the earth.
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okay, so here is the issue. currently. i might be able to get some work done, but i'm not entirely sure about that. it's fifty-fifty.
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Note: This is kind of a running page of notes.
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it can be kind of difficult to get anything done around here. a total fucking nightmare. I doubt that any of us can really get anything done.
it's kind of such a nightmare. to get anything done/ it can
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im not an indolent moron, nor am i an insolent ingrate. im tired. thats it. i guess it's a smoking room.
i ended up smoking in the room anyway. dont worry. i didnt have any fucking food. so i ate the nearest thing available.
anyway. i know it took me a while to return to dallas, but, i figured that time was not of the essence, since compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe.
however. i have to figure something out. i cant find my fucking calculator. i havent upgraded since 1989. i dont even know if i still have that thing. shit.
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always. if i visit Kentucky. i invariably manage to take the route back to dallas that passes through nashville. or vice versa, like last month.
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This is the Third Time, September 3rd, 2022
anyway.
kenneth larot yamat is currently subject to a nondisclosure agreement with an undisclosed party.
should any specific remarks be made about his complete inability to perform cunnilingus from monday 7:02 AM to monday 7:77 AM be discussed with anyone other than the appropriate parties invloved, he will be in violation of said non-disclosure agreement, the breach of which will require significant compensation in the form of additional specific performance of additional cunnilingus or additional performance based compensation in the form of substantially more intense cunnilingus for the remainder of the current artistic performance of completely unsatisfactory cunnilingus, requiring an additional cunnilingus session performed with all deliberate haste.
should he smell like anything other than pussy juice upon his return to his current residence, he will be subject to nothing less than multiple additional performances of additional cunnilingus.
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some young man made a defamatory remark a while ago. young. but thats the way it goes for kids his age. well. he left. so.
well. any chance he could. you know. he is.
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i dont know whats up. but. i think someone out there is accomplishment blocking me. i tried to head back to texas so that i could attend class in person, however, as soon as i left indiana, there was a fucking monsoon, or fucking invasion from outer space consisting primarily of rain drops, which kept falling on my head. so i put on my hat.
i dont feel like drowning to death. right now. i asked the sheriff for directions, he said theres a hotel in the big city. i got there. and there was no hotel. i guess i should have asked the deputy, but either he didnt have a deputy, or the deputy was in invisible mode. so.
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When I think about. I don't know what to say.
this is the third road trip in 3 months. i'm tired. and. im just so irritable.
i want to be nice, but, sometimes i end up in places i dont really want to be.
i really don't want to withdraw from school. i think that the discipline i'm pursuing is an important one.
i just don't know why i face the challenges that i face.
but this third road trip. really. even though it has been a nightmare, i don't think that the outcome will be as terrible as.
i just don't know what to say.
i really want to finish the program. im heading all the way back to texas. again.
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so. i dont know. i was planning on just continuing to work on the project, but, i might just withdraw from the class entirely, and re-enroll next semester.
i realize that im not really the type of person who can work with just anyone.
so i really have to think about how to approach things until the end of the semester.
i have to think about why it wasn't a good match, but, she was working, and going to school at the same time.
and. i really don't know what to say about that. technically im working right and going to school too.
i dont have an employer. because im self employed and in the publishing business.
you know what. i never incorporated chestnut and hazel, or even got as far as registering an it as a company.
id register it as a partnership, you know, as the most logical next baby-step, but i feel that listing
kenneth larot yamat,
and
kenneth larot yamat, the one and only
as partners
would be perceived as facetious.
and i havent officially registered trademarks for chestnut and hazel, chestnut & hazel, or chestnut + hazel.
maybe this is a sign that i should go ahead and do that.
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Okay, i figured something out.
the .prn file isn't for a pocket calculator, although it can be used in one,
it's for SAS, or the statistical analysis system.
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this is really funny. i was trying to figure out what a .prn file is, and it's used for pocket calculator spreadsheets.
here is the thing.
okay.
i had a ti-89 titanium
so i never bothered to learn ms excel, or, well. i guess i mean, i didn't really.
i mean in terms of years ago, when, i was in class and we had something or other to do in ms excel, i would just follow along using my ti-89 spreadsheet, rather than following along in ms excel.
but the .prn file that i was trying to open earlier was probably from a spreadsheet that was exported from someone's pocket calculator, and then uploaded to where i can download it.
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today is tuesday. what did i get done today?
so. i think i figured something out to the internship / work search issue.
i'm going to use the bloomberg terminal.
anyway.
that's exactly what i tried to do this morning.
i figured that. since today is tuesday. i can work on something other than coursework.
so i worked on the work search.
i didn't know where to start,
but
only in the sense that i didn't know
where
i wanted to start.
so i just started exploring the tabs.
anyway. a lot of the companies that i'm interested in don't really have any openings. many don't even have a career page.
so.
i just mailed out a bunch of hand written letters.
the first company I called up. i mentioned that they were listed on the campus job board, but when i went to their website, they didn't even have a career page.
the person who answered the phone mentioned that they didn't have any openings, and they rarely have open positions.
so i figured i'd mail them a letter, saying that i'm interested in working for their company one day.
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what's on my mind right now? Tuesday. tomorrow is tuesday.
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it was kind of tedious, but I did it. i really have to figure out how to put this into words. but I went ticker by ticker. i mean. it didn't take a hell of a lot of time, but it really was tedious. really tedious.
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There was one silly issue that I had because, I don't know what this would be refered to in the spreadsheet application that I typically use, but:
It's Called Freeze Panes / Freeze Rows.
Silly.
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So here is one thing. I need to use two sources, I need to use Bloomberg for the Expected Returns, and I need to use State Street for the weights within the index.
see screenshot below.
I'm trying to highlight how I'm using the information from both sources, Bloomberg and State Street.
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Below is a screenshot of the "custom" tab for the watchlist analytics function, and I'm wanting to put in a formula, but I don't know how to format formulas for the Bloomberg Terminal.
the issue is i want to be able to do Excel Stuff without opening Excel.
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okay. so there are more screenshots here than i can really discuss.
i'm looking at the watchlist analytics for S5INDU and S5MATR in the Bloomberg terminal.
There is one thing that I'm interested in. and it's the tap at the far right that says "Custom"
I tried working with it, but, I haven't come up with anything.
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i think that i figured something out.
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S5INDU is the ticker of the industrials index - XLI is the ETF that tracks the materials index
S5MATR is the ticker of the materials index - XLB is the ETF that tracks the materials index
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so what was it?
it was odd.
the sectors i intended on focusing on was materials.
how it works in this class is that industrials and materials are grouped together for the purposes of group assignments.
i remember when sectors were being assigned, the person who is my current group partner called out industrials, and i called out materials.
so i was under the impression that my group partner would want to work the industrials sector.
but when we spoke today, my group partner mentioned wanting to focus on materials.
but when we had minor group work together, my group partner went into the industrial set first, and then the materials set next.
this isn't a problem. really. but, i just don't know. if this is going to continue to oscillate back and forth or what.
what i'm thinking is. it really might not matter, the reason being that even though i might like materials, if.
well
it just shouldn't matter if i look at industrials or materials.
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so what happened the other night? well, i was at the library later, I think about 45 minutes after midnight, I wanted to get a bunch of stuff done, but, I was tired, and there seem to be as many distractions during the night as there are during the day.
anyway. I want to continue working on my paper.
so in the example student paper, correlations are drawn between the index performance of the financials index, as well as the performance of the real estate index.
what what should I look at in my case?
what I'm thinking about is looking at the various correlations between the materials sector and various commodities.
so in the screenshot below i'm looking at the historical beta for the materials index and the
i think this is brent crude?
let me look.
okay, so it's WTI crude, but what does that mean?
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now what the hell was i thinking about? I think that i'm somewhat tired, and i'll come back to this later. it's just usually so crowded around here that I really can't get anything done, and I think that it's more or less the same issue.
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well, i think that i've found something that I can amuse myself with whenever i think that i'm becoming distracted.
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but it's basically this. I have an idea, and it is an amazing idea, and I think that most people will be impressed by it, if it can be executed in a way that people find interesting, and I think that most people will find it interesting because even when I just think about it, I'm intersted in it myself, and you think that most people will be interested in it, but, they probably won't be interested in it because it is such a trivial thing to pursue.
here is what I think about most things.
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I can't figure out what the hell I was working on earlier, but I have found something that I'm interested in. I really have, and I think that I want to explore more of what I'm doing with this. and this should be the most amazing thing that will ever happen to the universe, and people all around the universe will be amazed with what I'm about to produce, and I will be quoted the universe over, by other sentient life forms, and even non-living forms of sentience,
inanimate entities, and consciousnesses from the void will come.
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well. i'm going to start here:
I'm going to look at the components in the materials sector of the S&P 1500 index.
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Well. truth is. I'm not sure where I was going to go with bond yields for the materials sector, I think what I wanted to do was to check into.
I guess somehow figure how sensitive the materials sector is to interest rates. I could probably use the other chart to figure out a correlation between the two.
like um. ten year treasuries and xlb.
but i'm sure that. um.
i really want something more accurate.
I want to figure out what each company is actually paying in terms of interest coupon payments and how this interacts.
but i'm going to forget about this for now and look at something else. but what was it though? for whatever reason I can't recall what the hell I was thinking about.
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I wanted to look at something, but I'm not sure where I'm going with this. What I think I was trying to look up, was.
I wanted to search. something like bonds. or. i wanted to see how the bond yields compare for companies listed in the materials sector, and compare these to dividend yields for the same companies, but here is the thing.
I'm not sure if this would really mean anything. I'm
I guess. I'm currently under the assumption. that the bond yields should be comparable to the dividend yields, but I'm not sure why I'm assuming this. I guess, I'm not sure what makes me think that the bond yields should be comparable, so I'm not sure why I would want to figure out if the information in the Bloomberg terminal would either confirm my assumption or suspicion or hypothesis or what.
there are other things that I kind of want to look into here as well.
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anyway. I think that this is as much note taking as I'm going to do for the day, and then I'm going to head home.
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So I think this is the 5 year Volatility and Risk analysis, and the citation for this screenshot should be styled as:
S5MATR Index Historical Beta 5 YR, via Bloomberg LP, Accessed August 28, 2022
Notes:
Historical Beta
and
Regression Analysis
are the same thing.
I think, unless I'm missing something.
What I mean is, it seems that when a person is trying to determine the historical beta of an index, or some other security against a benchmark
it's the same thing as performing a regression analysis of an index or some other security against a benchmark,
and it's possible that I already learned this at some point in the past
or maybe someone already told me this before, or maybe I came across this somewhere or another.
anyway.
the reason I'm fussing over this mentally is that the other day I said something like:
"So I would basically pay twice as much for the full set, right?"
and then the guy said
"No, you would just pay double for all four over the quoted price of just two."
and this is always annoying because, it's possible that two people are saying the same thing using different words, but there is always one person in any conversation who really doesn't understand that the same thing can be said in multiple ways.
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I figured out how to put all four of the things I'm looking at into a single chart, the only thing is, is that it isn't very interesting to look at.
SPX Index Comparative Returns, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP Accessed August 28, 2022
so the part of the assignment that I'm trying to work on has me look at:
Price Performance, Total Return Analysis, Volatility and Risk Analysis, and Those are for YTD and 3YR Periods
and Positive Alpha over a 5 year period.
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The next thing that I want to do is look at the ETFs for the S&P 500 Materials index vs the ETF for the S&P 500 index
The Citations should look like:
XLB US Equity Total Return Analysis, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
the second would appear as:
SPY US Equity Total Return Analysis, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
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So what I'm I supposed to look at next?
Okay, so I need to compare the Total Return for S&P 500 Materials Index against the S&P 500 Index.
the issue here is that I need to put the total return for both indices into a single graph, and not have 2 separate graphs, but I forgot how to do that.
anyway, as far as citation styling goes, I think that I would style the first as:
S5MATR Index Total Return Analysis, August 26, 2019 - August 26, 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
the second would appear as:
SPX Index Total Return Analysis, August 26, 2019 - August 26, 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
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So what I need to figure out next is:
How do I put this screen shot into the appropriate citation format? I'm thinking it should be:
SPTRSC15 Index Members, August 28th 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28th 2022
with an in-text appearance of:
(Bloomberg, 2022)
here are a few things that I want to do with the paper.
one is that I want to use the Bloomberg Terminal as the primary resource, and if possible, the only resource,
and
I want to keep whatever graphics and images and charts that I use in the paper and class presentation to be screenshots and screen captures from the Bloomberg Terminal,
the other thing that I want to mention is that when i'm searching the materials sector, I'm alternating the columns between the GICS and BICS classification systems.
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It really annoys me when the weather is hot and windy, because I want to keep the window open when it's hot, but the shades won't stop moving when it's windy and the window is open. I'm thinking about Sunday, and what to do on Sunday. I didn't apply for any internships or positions since I last wrote about wanting to find one. There's this endless competition between my desire to work on things of personal interest and things of professional interest, and educational pursuits are kind of a combination of both, or maybe educational pursuits are at the intersection of personal interests and professional interests.
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One thing about putting notes on my blog from sources around the internet is that I think it might make more sense to take screenshots of what I find, rather than copying and pasting the material because I file copyrights on the text from my blog, and I obviously can't file a copyright claim for text that I didn't write myself, so to prevent me from accidentally filing a copyright claim on someone else's content, I'll just make a reference to other people's content using screenshots, rather than copying and pasting the text.
There is also this other issue with inserting images into my blog. The issue involves where the lines break, and I guess I just figured out what happens. so I guess I answered the question to the issue that I was having. so there.
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The sector analysis paper is due before the Bloomberg Certification is due, so, I guess I'll get started on that first.
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i went out to eat. i was on campus for
several hours doing course work. what else?
I think that I'm going to work on something.
when I got home after going out to eat. and
spending time on campus. and then going
out to eat again, i um. had trouble turning
on my laptop and i was really frustrated
about it. but i eventually got it turned out.
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I'm tired. and hungry.
it's 330 am.
what could i eat?
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I submitted a copyright claim for the previous post
and I'm thinking that for this post I'll just make it
one big
well
what i'm thinking is that i'll take a different
approach to how i format this post and
i think that i'm going to skip out on creating
lines between newer content and older content
and i'm not sure how this will look or how it will
appear. but i guess i'll see.
nah. you know what. now that i think about it. i do
have to create marks that separate one train of
thought from another train of thought and kind
of demarcate where one train of though begins
and where one ends. so
never mind.
well. i kind of want to head back to campus to
get some work done at the library. i think that today
i spent about 3 hours in the lab. i went to lunch at
11 AM, arrived at campus around 1 PM and left
at around 4 PM. or a little after.
there is an event at the stadium and it's packed and loud
and noisy and i think that i'll wait it out for now. i did
get an email from the student newspaper, and it had
an article or an advertisement of an information
section about student housing options that are on
campus, and i think that i'll explore those at some
point.
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Back Home, September 9th, 2022
Back Home, September 9th, 2022
i dont know what happened the other day. but i seemed to have irritated the bartender at this pizza place i went to. i really didn't understand what happened.
she seemed upset about something. she said that she wanted me to leave. so i paid and left.
a guy chased after me, and said: "No one here thinks that's funny."
and i still have no idea what i did, or what offense i committed.
i remember, i asked where the basil was, and a woman behind me said:
"the toppings are placed underneath the cheese here."
and i responded: "you're right about that, i've eaten here before."
and then i just sort of went at it with my pizza,
and then the bartender became upset.
my nails were dirty, really dirty, and i was eating two slices of pizza at a time. like a pig.
and maybe that was the thing, she was irritated that i was eating like a pig.
but.
i think that i was eating with a fork and knife first, and then
i started eating with my hands.
maybe i should just change my major or something.
i really fucking wanted to go to school, but, i don't really know what the hell to do.
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Notes, Thoughts, and Reflections While Using the Bloomberg Terminal
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so. i dont know. i was planning on just continuing to work on the project, but, i might just withdraw from the class entirely, and re-enroll next semester.
i realize that im not really the type of person who can work with just anyone.
so i really have to think about how to approach things until the end of the semester.
i have to think about why it wasn't a good match, but, she was working, and going to school at the same time.
and. i really don't know what to say about that. technically im working right and going to school too.
i dont have an employer. because im self employed and in the publishing business.
you know what. i never incorporated chestnut and hazel, or even got as far as registering an it as a company.
id register it as a partnership, you know, as the most logical next baby-step, but i feel that listing
kenneth larot yamat,
and
kenneth larot yamat, the one and only
as partners
would be perceived as facetious.
and i havent officially registered trademarks for chestnut and hazel, chestnut & hazel, or chestnut + hazel.
maybe this is a sign that i should go ahead and do that.
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Okay, i figured something out.
the .prn file isn't for a pocket calculator, although it can be used in one,
it's for SAS, or the statistical analysis system.
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this is really funny. i was trying to figure out what a .prn file is, and it's used for pocket calculator spreadsheets.
here is the thing.
okay.
i had a ti-89 titanium
so i never bothered to learn ms excel, or, well. i guess i mean, i didn't really.
i mean in terms of years ago, when, i was in class and we had something or other to do in ms excel, i would just follow along using my ti-89 spreadsheet, rather than following along in ms excel.
but the .prn file that i was trying to open earlier was probably from a spreadsheet that was exported from someone's pocket calculator, and then uploaded to where i can download it.
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today is tuesday. what did i get done today?
so. i think i figured something out to the internship / work search issue.
i'm going to use the bloomberg terminal.
anyway.
that's exactly what i tried to do this morning.
i figured that. since today is tuesday. i can work on something other than coursework.
so i worked on the work search.
i didn't know where to start,
but
only in the sense that i didn't know
where
i wanted to start.
so i just started exploring the tabs.
anyway. a lot of the companies that i'm interested in don't really have any openings. many don't even have a career page.
so.
i just mailed out a bunch of hand written letters.
the first company I called up. i mentioned that they were listed on the campus job board, but when i went to their website, they didn't even have a career page.
the person who answered the phone mentioned that they didn't have any openings, and they rarely have open positions.
so i figured i'd mail them a letter, saying that i'm interested in working for their company one day.
...
what's on my mind right now? Tuesday. tomorrow is tuesday.
...
it was kind of tedious, but I did it. i really have to figure out how to put this into words. but I went ticker by ticker. i mean. it didn't take a hell of a lot of time, but it really was tedious. really tedious.
...
There was one silly issue that I had because, I don't know what this would be refered to in the spreadsheet application that I typically use, but:
It's Called Freeze Panes / Freeze Rows.
Silly.
...
So here is one thing. I need to use two sources, I need to use Bloomberg for the Expected Returns, and I need to use State Street for the weights within the index.
see screenshot below.
I'm trying to highlight how I'm using the information from both sources, Bloomberg and State Street.
...
...
Below is a screenshot of the "custom" tab for the watchlist analytics function, and I'm wanting to put in a formula, but I don't know how to format formulas for the Bloomberg Terminal.
the issue is i want to be able to do Excel Stuff without opening Excel.
...
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okay. so there are more screenshots here than i can really discuss.
i'm looking at the watchlist analytics for S5INDU and S5MATR in the Bloomberg terminal.
There is one thing that I'm interested in. and it's the tap at the far right that says "Custom"
I tried working with it, but, I haven't come up with anything.
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i think that i figured something out.
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S5INDU is the ticker of the industrials index - XLI is the ETF that tracks the materials index
S5MATR is the ticker of the materials index - XLB is the ETF that tracks the materials index
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so what was it?
it was odd.
the sectors i intended on focusing on was materials.
how it works in this class is that industrials and materials are grouped together for the purposes of group assignments.
i remember when sectors were being assigned, the person who is my current group partner called out industrials, and i called out materials.
so i was under the impression that my group partner would want to work the industrials sector.
but when we spoke today, my group partner mentioned wanting to focus on materials.
but when we had minor group work together, my group partner went into the industrial set first, and then the materials set next.
this isn't a problem. really. but, i just don't know. if this is going to continue to oscillate back and forth or what.
what i'm thinking is. it really might not matter, the reason being that even though i might like materials, if.
well
it just shouldn't matter if i look at industrials or materials.
...
so what happened the other night? well, i was at the library later, I think about 45 minutes after midnight, I wanted to get a bunch of stuff done, but, I was tired, and there seem to be as many distractions during the night as there are during the day.
anyway. I want to continue working on my paper.
so in the example student paper, correlations are drawn between the index performance of the financials index, as well as the performance of the real estate index.
what what should I look at in my case?
what I'm thinking about is looking at the various correlations between the materials sector and various commodities.
so in the screenshot below i'm looking at the historical beta for the materials index and the
i think this is brent crude?
let me look.
okay, so it's WTI crude, but what does that mean?
...
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now what the hell was i thinking about? I think that i'm somewhat tired, and i'll come back to this later. it's just usually so crowded around here that I really can't get anything done, and I think that it's more or less the same issue.
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well, i think that i've found something that I can amuse myself with whenever i think that i'm becoming distracted.
...
but it's basically this. I have an idea, and it is an amazing idea, and I think that most people will be impressed by it, if it can be executed in a way that people find interesting, and I think that most people will find it interesting because even when I just think about it, I'm intersted in it myself, and you think that most people will be interested in it, but, they probably won't be interested in it because it is such a trivial thing to pursue.
here is what I think about most things.
...
I can't figure out what the hell I was working on earlier, but I have found something that I'm interested in. I really have, and I think that I want to explore more of what I'm doing with this. and this should be the most amazing thing that will ever happen to the universe, and people all around the universe will be amazed with what I'm about to produce, and I will be quoted the universe over, by other sentient life forms, and even non-living forms of sentience,
inanimate entities, and consciousnesses from the void will come.
...
well. i'm going to start here:
I'm going to look at the components in the materials sector of the S&P 1500 index.
...
Well. truth is. I'm not sure where I was going to go with bond yields for the materials sector, I think what I wanted to do was to check into.
I guess somehow figure how sensitive the materials sector is to interest rates. I could probably use the other chart to figure out a correlation between the two.
like um. ten year treasuries and xlb.
but i'm sure that. um.
i really want something more accurate.
I want to figure out what each company is actually paying in terms of interest coupon payments and how this interacts.
but i'm going to forget about this for now and look at something else. but what was it though? for whatever reason I can't recall what the hell I was thinking about.
...
I wanted to look at something, but I'm not sure where I'm going with this. What I think I was trying to look up, was.
I wanted to search. something like bonds. or. i wanted to see how the bond yields compare for companies listed in the materials sector, and compare these to dividend yields for the same companies, but here is the thing.
I'm not sure if this would really mean anything. I'm
I guess. I'm currently under the assumption. that the bond yields should be comparable to the dividend yields, but I'm not sure why I'm assuming this. I guess, I'm not sure what makes me think that the bond yields should be comparable, so I'm not sure why I would want to figure out if the information in the Bloomberg terminal would either confirm my assumption or suspicion or hypothesis or what.
there are other things that I kind of want to look into here as well.
...
anyway. I think that this is as much note taking as I'm going to do for the day, and then I'm going to head home.
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So I think this is the 5 year Volatility and Risk analysis, and the citation for this screenshot should be styled as:
S5MATR Index Historical Beta 5 YR, via Bloomberg LP, Accessed August 28, 2022
Notes:
Historical Beta
and
Regression Analysis
are the same thing.
I think, unless I'm missing something.
What I mean is, it seems that when a person is trying to determine the historical beta of an index, or some other security against a benchmark
it's the same thing as performing a regression analysis of an index or some other security against a benchmark,
and it's possible that I already learned this at some point in the past
or maybe someone already told me this before, or maybe I came across this somewhere or another.
anyway.
the reason I'm fussing over this mentally is that the other day I said something like:
"So I would basically pay twice as much for the full set, right?"
and then the guy said
"No, you would just pay double for all four over the quoted price of just two."
and this is always annoying because, it's possible that two people are saying the same thing using different words, but there is always one person in any conversation who really doesn't understand that the same thing can be said in multiple ways.
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I figured out how to put all four of the things I'm looking at into a single chart, the only thing is, is that it isn't very interesting to look at.
SPX Index Comparative Returns, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP Accessed August 28, 2022
so the part of the assignment that I'm trying to work on has me look at:
Price Performance, Total Return Analysis, Volatility and Risk Analysis, and Those are for YTD and 3YR Periods
and Positive Alpha over a 5 year period.
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The next thing that I want to do is look at the ETFs for the S&P 500 Materials index vs the ETF for the S&P 500 index
The Citations should look like:
XLB US Equity Total Return Analysis, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
the second would appear as:
SPY US Equity Total Return Analysis, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
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So what I'm I supposed to look at next?
Okay, so I need to compare the Total Return for S&P 500 Materials Index against the S&P 500 Index.
the issue here is that I need to put the total return for both indices into a single graph, and not have 2 separate graphs, but I forgot how to do that.
anyway, as far as citation styling goes, I think that I would style the first as:
S5MATR Index Total Return Analysis, August 26, 2019 - August 26, 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
the second would appear as:
SPX Index Total Return Analysis, August 26, 2019 - August 26, 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
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So what I need to figure out next is:
How do I put this screen shot into the appropriate citation format? I'm thinking it should be:
SPTRSC15 Index Members, August 28th 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28th 2022
with an in-text appearance of:
(Bloomberg, 2022)
here are a few things that I want to do with the paper.
one is that I want to use the Bloomberg Terminal as the primary resource, and if possible, the only resource,
and
I want to keep whatever graphics and images and charts that I use in the paper and class presentation to be screenshots and screen captures from the Bloomberg Terminal,
the other thing that I want to mention is that when i'm searching the materials sector, I'm alternating the columns between the GICS and BICS classification systems.
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...
It really annoys me when the weather is hot and windy, because I want to keep the window open when it's hot, but the shades won't stop moving when it's windy and the window is open. I'm thinking about Sunday, and what to do on Sunday. I didn't apply for any internships or positions since I last wrote about wanting to find one. There's this endless competition between my desire to work on things of personal interest and things of professional interest, and educational pursuits are kind of a combination of both, or maybe educational pursuits are at the intersection of personal interests and professional interests.
...
One thing about putting notes on my blog from sources around the internet is that I think it might make more sense to take screenshots of what I find, rather than copying and pasting the material because I file copyrights on the text from my blog, and I obviously can't file a copyright claim for text that I didn't write myself, so to prevent me from accidentally filing a copyright claim on someone else's content, I'll just make a reference to other people's content using screenshots, rather than copying and pasting the text.
There is also this other issue with inserting images into my blog. The issue involves where the lines break, and I guess I just figured out what happens. so I guess I answered the question to the issue that I was having. so there.
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The sector analysis paper is due before the Bloomberg Certification is due, so, I guess I'll get started on that first.
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i went out to eat. i was on campus for
several hours doing course work. what else?
I think that I'm going to work on something.
when I got home after going out to eat. and
spending time on campus. and then going
out to eat again, i um. had trouble turning
on my laptop and i was really frustrated
about it. but i eventually got it turned out.
...
I'm tired. and hungry.
it's 330 am.
what could i eat?
...
I submitted a copyright claim for the previous post
and I'm thinking that for this post I'll just make it
one big
well
what i'm thinking is that i'll take a different
approach to how i format this post and
i think that i'm going to skip out on creating
lines between newer content and older content
and i'm not sure how this will look or how it will
appear. but i guess i'll see.
nah. you know what. now that i think about it. i do
have to create marks that separate one train of
thought from another train of thought and kind
of demarcate where one train of though begins
and where one ends. so
never mind.
well. i kind of want to head back to campus to
get some work done at the library. i think that today
i spent about 3 hours in the lab. i went to lunch at
11 AM, arrived at campus around 1 PM and left
at around 4 PM. or a little after.
there is an event at the stadium and it's packed and loud
and noisy and i think that i'll wait it out for now. i did
get an email from the student newspaper, and it had
an article or an advertisement of an information
section about student housing options that are on
campus, and i think that i'll explore those at some
point.
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Class Notes Starting September 14th, 2022
one thing that I often face that impedes my ability to get anything done is the avalanche of emails that I have to deal with, or that fall into my mail box. I obviously don't read them all, but I usually scan them to see if they contain anything important.
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Thinking. I'm going to hold off on looking for work right now. or looking for an internship or anything like that.
I really should just be focusing on school right now.
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what else is on my mind? Just facing quite a few challenges lately. It seems as though everywhere I go, someone or another tries to instigate a reaction. and it isn't always clear to me why.
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June
July
and
August
were kind of a blur
same for the first part of September. I think that I went on four road trips this year. really long fucking road trips.
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Note: This is kind of a running page of notes.
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I really don't want to wear hats anymore. I feel like they give me a headache. One thing I realize from being in Texas for several years now, is that, it's hot, and humid, and it's really easy to get sweaty and smelly.
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I would like to think up a new series title, but I really can't come up with anything. I really can't think of anything.
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This is where the orange juice
sends the lemonade to the martini.
this is where the mimosa and the
mojito drink and eat and feel
the ends of the earth.
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okay, so here is the issue. currently. i might be able to get some work done, but i'm not entirely sure about that. it's fifty-fifty.
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Note: This is kind of a running page of notes.
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it can be kind of difficult to get anything done around here. a total fucking nightmare. I doubt that any of us can really get anything done.
it's kind of such a nightmare. to get anything done/ it can
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Placeholder, still h
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im not an indolent moron, nor am i an insolent ingrate. im tired. thats it. i guess it's a smoking room.
i ended up smoking in the room anyway. dont worry. i didnt have any fucking food. so i ate the nearest thing available.
anyway. i know it took me a while to return to dallas, but, i figured that time was not of the essence, since compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe.
however. i have to figure something out. i cant find my fucking calculator. i havent upgraded since 1989. i dont even know if i still have that thing. shit.
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always. if i visit Kentucky. i invariably manage to take the route back to dallas that passes through nashville. or vice versa, like last month.
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This is the Third Time, September 3rd, 2022
anyway.
kenneth larot yamat is currently subject to a nondisclosure agreement with an undisclosed party.
should any specific remarks be made about his complete inability to perform cunnilingus from monday 7:02 AM to monday 7:77 AM be discussed with anyone other than the appropriate parties invloved, he will be in violation of said non-disclosure agreement, the breach of which will require significant compensation in the form of additional specific performance of additional cunnilingus or additional performance based compensation in the form of substantially more intense cunnilingus for the remainder of the current artistic performance of completely unsatisfactory cunnilingus, requiring an additional cunnilingus session performed with all deliberate haste.
should he smell like anything other than pussy juice upon his return to his current residence, he will be subject to nothing less than multiple additional performances of additional cunnilingus.
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some young man made a defamatory remark a while ago. young. but thats the way it goes for kids his age. well. he left. so.
well. any chance he could. you know. he is.
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i dont know whats up. but. i think someone out there is accomplishment blocking me. i tried to head back to texas so that i could attend class in person, however, as soon as i left indiana, there was a fucking monsoon, or fucking invasion from outer space consisting primarily of rain drops, which kept falling on my head. so i put on my hat.
i dont feel like drowning to death. right now. i asked the sheriff for directions, he said theres a hotel in the big city. i got there. and there was no hotel. i guess i should have asked the deputy, but either he didnt have a deputy, or the deputy was in invisible mode. so.
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When I think about. I don't know what to say.
this is the third road trip in 3 months. i'm tired. and. im just so irritable.
i want to be nice, but, sometimes i end up in places i dont really want to be.
i really don't want to withdraw from school. i think that the discipline i'm pursuing is an important one.
i just don't know why i face the challenges that i face.
but this third road trip. really. even though it has been a nightmare, i don't think that the outcome will be as terrible as.
i just don't know what to say.
i really want to finish the program. im heading all the way back to texas. again.
...
so. i dont know. i was planning on just continuing to work on the project, but, i might just withdraw from the class entirely, and re-enroll next semester.
i realize that im not really the type of person who can work with just anyone.
so i really have to think about how to approach things until the end of the semester.
i have to think about why it wasn't a good match, but, she was working, and going to school at the same time.
and. i really don't know what to say about that. technically im working right and going to school too.
i dont have an employer. because im self employed and in the publishing business.
you know what. i never incorporated chestnut and hazel, or even got as far as registering an it as a company.
id register it as a partnership, you know, as the most logical next baby-step, but i feel that listing
kenneth larot yamat,
and
kenneth larot yamat, the one and only
as partners
would be perceived as facetious.
and i havent officially registered trademarks for chestnut and hazel, chestnut & hazel, or chestnut + hazel.
maybe this is a sign that i should go ahead and do that.
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Okay, i figured something out.
the .prn file isn't for a pocket calculator, although it can be used in one,
it's for SAS, or the statistical analysis system.
...
this is really funny. i was trying to figure out what a .prn file is, and it's used for pocket calculator spreadsheets.
here is the thing.
okay.
i had a ti-89 titanium
so i never bothered to learn ms excel, or, well. i guess i mean, i didn't really.
i mean in terms of years ago, when, i was in class and we had something or other to do in ms excel, i would just follow along using my ti-89 spreadsheet, rather than following along in ms excel.
but the .prn file that i was trying to open earlier was probably from a spreadsheet that was exported from someone's pocket calculator, and then uploaded to where i can download it.
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today is tuesday. what did i get done today?
so. i think i figured something out to the internship / work search issue.
i'm going to use the bloomberg terminal.
anyway.
that's exactly what i tried to do this morning.
i figured that. since today is tuesday. i can work on something other than coursework.
so i worked on the work search.
i didn't know where to start,
but
only in the sense that i didn't know
where
i wanted to start.
so i just started exploring the tabs.
anyway. a lot of the companies that i'm interested in don't really have any openings. many don't even have a career page.
so.
i just mailed out a bunch of hand written letters.
the first company I called up. i mentioned that they were listed on the campus job board, but when i went to their website, they didn't even have a career page.
the person who answered the phone mentioned that they didn't have any openings, and they rarely have open positions.
so i figured i'd mail them a letter, saying that i'm interested in working for their company one day.
...
what's on my mind right now? Tuesday. tomorrow is tuesday.
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it was kind of tedious, but I did it. i really have to figure out how to put this into words. but I went ticker by ticker. i mean. it didn't take a hell of a lot of time, but it really was tedious. really tedious.
...
There was one silly issue that I had because, I don't know what this would be refered to in the spreadsheet application that I typically use, but:
It's Called Freeze Panes / Freeze Rows.
Silly.
...
So here is one thing. I need to use two sources, I need to use Bloomberg for the Expected Returns, and I need to use State Street for the weights within the index.
see screenshot below.
I'm trying to highlight how I'm using the information from both sources, Bloomberg and State Street.
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Below is a screenshot of the "custom" tab for the watchlist analytics function, and I'm wanting to put in a formula, but I don't know how to format formulas for the Bloomberg Terminal.
the issue is i want to be able to do Excel Stuff without opening Excel.
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okay. so there are more screenshots here than i can really discuss.
i'm looking at the watchlist analytics for S5INDU and S5MATR in the Bloomberg terminal.
There is one thing that I'm interested in. and it's the tap at the far right that says "Custom"
I tried working with it, but, I haven't come up with anything.
...
...
i think that i figured something out.
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S5INDU is the ticker of the industrials index - XLI is the ETF that tracks the materials index
S5MATR is the ticker of the materials index - XLB is the ETF that tracks the materials index
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so what was it?
it was odd.
the sectors i intended on focusing on was materials.
how it works in this class is that industrials and materials are grouped together for the purposes of group assignments.
i remember when sectors were being assigned, the person who is my current group partner called out industrials, and i called out materials.
so i was under the impression that my group partner would want to work the industrials sector.
but when we spoke today, my group partner mentioned wanting to focus on materials.
but when we had minor group work together, my group partner went into the industrial set first, and then the materials set next.
this isn't a problem. really. but, i just don't know. if this is going to continue to oscillate back and forth or what.
what i'm thinking is. it really might not matter, the reason being that even though i might like materials, if.
well
it just shouldn't matter if i look at industrials or materials.
...
so what happened the other night? well, i was at the library later, I think about 45 minutes after midnight, I wanted to get a bunch of stuff done, but, I was tired, and there seem to be as many distractions during the night as there are during the day.
anyway. I want to continue working on my paper.
so in the example student paper, correlations are drawn between the index performance of the financials index, as well as the performance of the real estate index.
what what should I look at in my case?
what I'm thinking about is looking at the various correlations between the materials sector and various commodities.
so in the screenshot below i'm looking at the historical beta for the materials index and the
i think this is brent crude?
let me look.
okay, so it's WTI crude, but what does that mean?
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now what the hell was i thinking about? I think that i'm somewhat tired, and i'll come back to this later. it's just usually so crowded around here that I really can't get anything done, and I think that it's more or less the same issue.
...
well, i think that i've found something that I can amuse myself with whenever i think that i'm becoming distracted.
...
but it's basically this. I have an idea, and it is an amazing idea, and I think that most people will be impressed by it, if it can be executed in a way that people find interesting, and I think that most people will find it interesting because even when I just think about it, I'm intersted in it myself, and you think that most people will be interested in it, but, they probably won't be interested in it because it is such a trivial thing to pursue.
here is what I think about most things.
...
I can't figure out what the hell I was working on earlier, but I have found something that I'm interested in. I really have, and I think that I want to explore more of what I'm doing with this. and this should be the most amazing thing that will ever happen to the universe, and people all around the universe will be amazed with what I'm about to produce, and I will be quoted the universe over, by other sentient life forms, and even non-living forms of sentience,
inanimate entities, and consciousnesses from the void will come.
...
well. i'm going to start here:
I'm going to look at the components in the materials sector of the S&P 1500 index.
...
Well. truth is. I'm not sure where I was going to go with bond yields for the materials sector, I think what I wanted to do was to check into.
I guess somehow figure how sensitive the materials sector is to interest rates. I could probably use the other chart to figure out a correlation between the two.
like um. ten year treasuries and xlb.
but i'm sure that. um.
i really want something more accurate.
I want to figure out what each company is actually paying in terms of interest coupon payments and how this interacts.
but i'm going to forget about this for now and look at something else. but what was it though? for whatever reason I can't recall what the hell I was thinking about.
...
I wanted to look at something, but I'm not sure where I'm going with this. What I think I was trying to look up, was.
I wanted to search. something like bonds. or. i wanted to see how the bond yields compare for companies listed in the materials sector, and compare these to dividend yields for the same companies, but here is the thing.
I'm not sure if this would really mean anything. I'm
I guess. I'm currently under the assumption. that the bond yields should be comparable to the dividend yields, but I'm not sure why I'm assuming this. I guess, I'm not sure what makes me think that the bond yields should be comparable, so I'm not sure why I would want to figure out if the information in the Bloomberg terminal would either confirm my assumption or suspicion or hypothesis or what.
there are other things that I kind of want to look into here as well.
...
anyway. I think that this is as much note taking as I'm going to do for the day, and then I'm going to head home.
...
So I think this is the 5 year Volatility and Risk analysis, and the citation for this screenshot should be styled as:
S5MATR Index Historical Beta 5 YR, via Bloomberg LP, Accessed August 28, 2022
Notes:
Historical Beta
and
Regression Analysis
are the same thing.
I think, unless I'm missing something.
What I mean is, it seems that when a person is trying to determine the historical beta of an index, or some other security against a benchmark
it's the same thing as performing a regression analysis of an index or some other security against a benchmark,
and it's possible that I already learned this at some point in the past
or maybe someone already told me this before, or maybe I came across this somewhere or another.
anyway.
the reason I'm fussing over this mentally is that the other day I said something like:
"So I would basically pay twice as much for the full set, right?"
and then the guy said
"No, you would just pay double for all four over the quoted price of just two."
and this is always annoying because, it's possible that two people are saying the same thing using different words, but there is always one person in any conversation who really doesn't understand that the same thing can be said in multiple ways.
...
...
I figured out how to put all four of the things I'm looking at into a single chart, the only thing is, is that it isn't very interesting to look at.
SPX Index Comparative Returns, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP Accessed August 28, 2022
so the part of the assignment that I'm trying to work on has me look at:
Price Performance, Total Return Analysis, Volatility and Risk Analysis, and Those are for YTD and 3YR Periods
and Positive Alpha over a 5 year period.
...
...
The next thing that I want to do is look at the ETFs for the S&P 500 Materials index vs the ETF for the S&P 500 index
The Citations should look like:
XLB US Equity Total Return Analysis, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
the second would appear as:
SPY US Equity Total Return Analysis, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
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So what I'm I supposed to look at next?
Okay, so I need to compare the Total Return for S&P 500 Materials Index against the S&P 500 Index.
the issue here is that I need to put the total return for both indices into a single graph, and not have 2 separate graphs, but I forgot how to do that.
anyway, as far as citation styling goes, I think that I would style the first as:
S5MATR Index Total Return Analysis, August 26, 2019 - August 26, 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
the second would appear as:
SPX Index Total Return Analysis, August 26, 2019 - August 26, 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
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So what I need to figure out next is:
How do I put this screen shot into the appropriate citation format? I'm thinking it should be:
SPTRSC15 Index Members, August 28th 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28th 2022
with an in-text appearance of:
(Bloomberg, 2022)
here are a few things that I want to do with the paper.
one is that I want to use the Bloomberg Terminal as the primary resource, and if possible, the only resource,
and
I want to keep whatever graphics and images and charts that I use in the paper and class presentation to be screenshots and screen captures from the Bloomberg Terminal,
the other thing that I want to mention is that when i'm searching the materials sector, I'm alternating the columns between the GICS and BICS classification systems.
...
...
It really annoys me when the weather is hot and windy, because I want to keep the window open when it's hot, but the shades won't stop moving when it's windy and the window is open. I'm thinking about Sunday, and what to do on Sunday. I didn't apply for any internships or positions since I last wrote about wanting to find one. There's this endless competition between my desire to work on things of personal interest and things of professional interest, and educational pursuits are kind of a combination of both, or maybe educational pursuits are at the intersection of personal interests and professional interests.
...
One thing about putting notes on my blog from sources around the internet is that I think it might make more sense to take screenshots of what I find, rather than copying and pasting the material because I file copyrights on the text from my blog, and I obviously can't file a copyright claim for text that I didn't write myself, so to prevent me from accidentally filing a copyright claim on someone else's content, I'll just make a reference to other people's content using screenshots, rather than copying and pasting the text.
There is also this other issue with inserting images into my blog. The issue involves where the lines break, and I guess I just figured out what happens. so I guess I answered the question to the issue that I was having. so there.
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The sector analysis paper is due before the Bloomberg Certification is due, so, I guess I'll get started on that first.
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i went out to eat. i was on campus for
several hours doing course work. what else?
I think that I'm going to work on something.
when I got home after going out to eat. and
spending time on campus. and then going
out to eat again, i um. had trouble turning
on my laptop and i was really frustrated
about it. but i eventually got it turned out.
...
I'm tired. and hungry.
it's 330 am.
what could i eat?
...
I submitted a copyright claim for the previous post
and I'm thinking that for this post I'll just make it
one big
well
what i'm thinking is that i'll take a different
approach to how i format this post and
i think that i'm going to skip out on creating
lines between newer content and older content
and i'm not sure how this will look or how it will
appear. but i guess i'll see.
nah. you know what. now that i think about it. i do
have to create marks that separate one train of
thought from another train of thought and kind
of demarcate where one train of though begins
and where one ends. so
never mind.
well. i kind of want to head back to campus to
get some work done at the library. i think that today
i spent about 3 hours in the lab. i went to lunch at
11 AM, arrived at campus around 1 PM and left
at around 4 PM. or a little after.
there is an event at the stadium and it's packed and loud
and noisy and i think that i'll wait it out for now. i did
get an email from the student newspaper, and it had
an article or an advertisement of an information
section about student housing options that are on
campus, and i think that i'll explore those at some
point.
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Back Home, September 9th, 2022
Back Home, September 9th, 2022
i dont know what happened the other day. but i seemed to have irritated the bartender at this pizza place i went to. i really didn't understand what happened.
she seemed upset about something. she said that she wanted me to leave. so i paid and left.
a guy chased after me, and said: "No one here thinks that's funny."
and i still have no idea what i did, or what offense i committed.
i remember, i asked where the basil was, and a woman behind me said:
"the toppings are placed underneath the cheese here."
and i responded: "you're right about that, i've eaten here before."
and then i just sort of went at it with my pizza,
and then the bartender became upset.
my nails were dirty, really dirty, and i was eating two slices of pizza at a time. like a pig.
and maybe that was the thing, she was irritated that i was eating like a pig.
but.
i think that i was eating with a fork and knife first, and then
i started eating with my hands.
maybe i should just change my major or something.
i really fucking wanted to go to school, but, i don't really know what the hell to do.
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Notes, Thoughts, and Reflections While Using the Bloomberg Terminal
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so. i dont know. i was planning on just continuing to work on the project, but, i might just withdraw from the class entirely, and re-enroll next semester.
i realize that im not really the type of person who can work with just anyone.
so i really have to think about how to approach things until the end of the semester.
i have to think about why it wasn't a good match, but, she was working, and going to school at the same time.
and. i really don't know what to say about that. technically im working right and going to school too.
i dont have an employer. because im self employed and in the publishing business.
you know what. i never incorporated chestnut and hazel, or even got as far as registering an it as a company.
id register it as a partnership, you know, as the most logical next baby-step, but i feel that listing
kenneth larot yamat,
and
kenneth larot yamat, the one and only
as partners
would be perceived as facetious.
and i havent officially registered trademarks for chestnut and hazel, chestnut & hazel, or chestnut + hazel.
maybe this is a sign that i should go ahead and do that.
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Okay, i figured something out.
the .prn file isn't for a pocket calculator, although it can be used in one,
it's for SAS, or the statistical analysis system.
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this is really funny. i was trying to figure out what a .prn file is, and it's used for pocket calculator spreadsheets.
here is the thing.
okay.
i had a ti-89 titanium
so i never bothered to learn ms excel, or, well. i guess i mean, i didn't really.
i mean in terms of years ago, when, i was in class and we had something or other to do in ms excel, i would just follow along using my ti-89 spreadsheet, rather than following along in ms excel.
but the .prn file that i was trying to open earlier was probably from a spreadsheet that was exported from someone's pocket calculator, and then uploaded to where i can download it.
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today is tuesday. what did i get done today?
so. i think i figured something out to the internship / work search issue.
i'm going to use the bloomberg terminal.
anyway.
that's exactly what i tried to do this morning.
i figured that. since today is tuesday. i can work on something other than coursework.
so i worked on the work search.
i didn't know where to start,
but
only in the sense that i didn't know
where
i wanted to start.
so i just started exploring the tabs.
anyway. a lot of the companies that i'm interested in don't really have any openings. many don't even have a career page.
so.
i just mailed out a bunch of hand written letters.
the first company I called up. i mentioned that they were listed on the campus job board, but when i went to their website, they didn't even have a career page.
the person who answered the phone mentioned that they didn't have any openings, and they rarely have open positions.
so i figured i'd mail them a letter, saying that i'm interested in working for their company one day.
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what's on my mind right now? Tuesday. tomorrow is tuesday.
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it was kind of tedious, but I did it. i really have to figure out how to put this into words. but I went ticker by ticker. i mean. it didn't take a hell of a lot of time, but it really was tedious. really tedious.
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There was one silly issue that I had because, I don't know what this would be refered to in the spreadsheet application that I typically use, but:
It's Called Freeze Panes / Freeze Rows.
Silly.
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So here is one thing. I need to use two sources, I need to use Bloomberg for the Expected Returns, and I need to use State Street for the weights within the index.
see screenshot below.
I'm trying to highlight how I'm using the information from both sources, Bloomberg and State Street.
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Below is a screenshot of the "custom" tab for the watchlist analytics function, and I'm wanting to put in a formula, but I don't know how to format formulas for the Bloomberg Terminal.
the issue is i want to be able to do Excel Stuff without opening Excel.
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okay. so there are more screenshots here than i can really discuss.
i'm looking at the watchlist analytics for S5INDU and S5MATR in the Bloomberg terminal.
There is one thing that I'm interested in. and it's the tap at the far right that says "Custom"
I tried working with it, but, I haven't come up with anything.
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i think that i figured something out.
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S5INDU is the ticker of the industrials index - XLI is the ETF that tracks the materials index
S5MATR is the ticker of the materials index - XLB is the ETF that tracks the materials index
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so what was it?
it was odd.
the sectors i intended on focusing on was materials.
how it works in this class is that industrials and materials are grouped together for the purposes of group assignments.
i remember when sectors were being assigned, the person who is my current group partner called out industrials, and i called out materials.
so i was under the impression that my group partner would want to work the industrials sector.
but when we spoke today, my group partner mentioned wanting to focus on materials.
but when we had minor group work together, my group partner went into the industrial set first, and then the materials set next.
this isn't a problem. really. but, i just don't know. if this is going to continue to oscillate back and forth or what.
what i'm thinking is. it really might not matter, the reason being that even though i might like materials, if.
well
it just shouldn't matter if i look at industrials or materials.
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so what happened the other night? well, i was at the library later, I think about 45 minutes after midnight, I wanted to get a bunch of stuff done, but, I was tired, and there seem to be as many distractions during the night as there are during the day.
anyway. I want to continue working on my paper.
so in the example student paper, correlations are drawn between the index performance of the financials index, as well as the performance of the real estate index.
what what should I look at in my case?
what I'm thinking about is looking at the various correlations between the materials sector and various commodities.
so in the screenshot below i'm looking at the historical beta for the materials index and the
i think this is brent crude?
let me look.
okay, so it's WTI crude, but what does that mean?
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now what the hell was i thinking about? I think that i'm somewhat tired, and i'll come back to this later. it's just usually so crowded around here that I really can't get anything done, and I think that it's more or less the same issue.
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well, i think that i've found something that I can amuse myself with whenever i think that i'm becoming distracted.
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but it's basically this. I have an idea, and it is an amazing idea, and I think that most people will be impressed by it, if it can be executed in a way that people find interesting, and I think that most people will find it interesting because even when I just think about it, I'm intersted in it myself, and you think that most people will be interested in it, but, they probably won't be interested in it because it is such a trivial thing to pursue.
here is what I think about most things.
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I can't figure out what the hell I was working on earlier, but I have found something that I'm interested in. I really have, and I think that I want to explore more of what I'm doing with this. and this should be the most amazing thing that will ever happen to the universe, and people all around the universe will be amazed with what I'm about to produce, and I will be quoted the universe over, by other sentient life forms, and even non-living forms of sentience,
inanimate entities, and consciousnesses from the void will come.
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well. i'm going to start here:
I'm going to look at the components in the materials sector of the S&P 1500 index.
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Well. truth is. I'm not sure where I was going to go with bond yields for the materials sector, I think what I wanted to do was to check into.
I guess somehow figure how sensitive the materials sector is to interest rates. I could probably use the other chart to figure out a correlation between the two.
like um. ten year treasuries and xlb.
but i'm sure that. um.
i really want something more accurate.
I want to figure out what each company is actually paying in terms of interest coupon payments and how this interacts.
but i'm going to forget about this for now and look at something else. but what was it though? for whatever reason I can't recall what the hell I was thinking about.
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I wanted to look at something, but I'm not sure where I'm going with this. What I think I was trying to look up, was.
I wanted to search. something like bonds. or. i wanted to see how the bond yields compare for companies listed in the materials sector, and compare these to dividend yields for the same companies, but here is the thing.
I'm not sure if this would really mean anything. I'm
I guess. I'm currently under the assumption. that the bond yields should be comparable to the dividend yields, but I'm not sure why I'm assuming this. I guess, I'm not sure what makes me think that the bond yields should be comparable, so I'm not sure why I would want to figure out if the information in the Bloomberg terminal would either confirm my assumption or suspicion or hypothesis or what.
there are other things that I kind of want to look into here as well.
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anyway. I think that this is as much note taking as I'm going to do for the day, and then I'm going to head home.
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So I think this is the 5 year Volatility and Risk analysis, and the citation for this screenshot should be styled as:
S5MATR Index Historical Beta 5 YR, via Bloomberg LP, Accessed August 28, 2022
Notes:
Historical Beta
and
Regression Analysis
are the same thing.
I think, unless I'm missing something.
What I mean is, it seems that when a person is trying to determine the historical beta of an index, or some other security against a benchmark
it's the same thing as performing a regression analysis of an index or some other security against a benchmark,
and it's possible that I already learned this at some point in the past
or maybe someone already told me this before, or maybe I came across this somewhere or another.
anyway.
the reason I'm fussing over this mentally is that the other day I said something like:
"So I would basically pay twice as much for the full set, right?"
and then the guy said
"No, you would just pay double for all four over the quoted price of just two."
and this is always annoying because, it's possible that two people are saying the same thing using different words, but there is always one person in any conversation who really doesn't understand that the same thing can be said in multiple ways.
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I figured out how to put all four of the things I'm looking at into a single chart, the only thing is, is that it isn't very interesting to look at.
SPX Index Comparative Returns, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP Accessed August 28, 2022
so the part of the assignment that I'm trying to work on has me look at:
Price Performance, Total Return Analysis, Volatility and Risk Analysis, and Those are for YTD and 3YR Periods
and Positive Alpha over a 5 year period.
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The next thing that I want to do is look at the ETFs for the S&P 500 Materials index vs the ETF for the S&P 500 index
The Citations should look like:
XLB US Equity Total Return Analysis, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
the second would appear as:
SPY US Equity Total Return Analysis, 3 Year, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
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So what I'm I supposed to look at next?
Okay, so I need to compare the Total Return for S&P 500 Materials Index against the S&P 500 Index.
the issue here is that I need to put the total return for both indices into a single graph, and not have 2 separate graphs, but I forgot how to do that.
anyway, as far as citation styling goes, I think that I would style the first as:
S5MATR Index Total Return Analysis, August 26, 2019 - August 26, 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
the second would appear as:
SPX Index Total Return Analysis, August 26, 2019 - August 26, 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28, 2022
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So what I need to figure out next is:
How do I put this screen shot into the appropriate citation format? I'm thinking it should be:
SPTRSC15 Index Members, August 28th 2022, via Bloomberg LP, accessed August 28th 2022
with an in-text appearance of:
(Bloomberg, 2022)
here are a few things that I want to do with the paper.
one is that I want to use the Bloomberg Terminal as the primary resource, and if possible, the only resource,
and
I want to keep whatever graphics and images and charts that I use in the paper and class presentation to be screenshots and screen captures from the Bloomberg Terminal,
the other thing that I want to mention is that when i'm searching the materials sector, I'm alternating the columns between the GICS and BICS classification systems.
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It really annoys me when the weather is hot and windy, because I want to keep the window open when it's hot, but the shades won't stop moving when it's windy and the window is open. I'm thinking about Sunday, and what to do on Sunday. I didn't apply for any internships or positions since I last wrote about wanting to find one. There's this endless competition between my desire to work on things of personal interest and things of professional interest, and educational pursuits are kind of a combination of both, or maybe educational pursuits are at the intersection of personal interests and professional interests.
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One thing about putting notes on my blog from sources around the internet is that I think it might make more sense to take screenshots of what I find, rather than copying and pasting the material because I file copyrights on the text from my blog, and I obviously can't file a copyright claim for text that I didn't write myself, so to prevent me from accidentally filing a copyright claim on someone else's content, I'll just make a reference to other people's content using screenshots, rather than copying and pasting the text.
There is also this other issue with inserting images into my blog. The issue involves where the lines break, and I guess I just figured out what happens. so I guess I answered the question to the issue that I was having. so there.
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The sector analysis paper is due before the Bloomberg Certification is due, so, I guess I'll get started on that first.
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i went out to eat. i was on campus for
several hours doing course work. what else?
I think that I'm going to work on something.
when I got home after going out to eat. and
spending time on campus. and then going
out to eat again, i um. had trouble turning
on my laptop and i was really frustrated
about it. but i eventually got it turned out.
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I'm tired. and hungry.
it's 330 am.
what could i eat?
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I submitted a copyright claim for the previous post
and I'm thinking that for this post I'll just make it
one big
well
what i'm thinking is that i'll take a different
approach to how i format this post and
i think that i'm going to skip out on creating
lines between newer content and older content
and i'm not sure how this will look or how it will
appear. but i guess i'll see.
nah. you know what. now that i think about it. i do
have to create marks that separate one train of
thought from another train of thought and kind
of demarcate where one train of though begins
and where one ends. so
never mind.
well. i kind of want to head back to campus to
get some work done at the library. i think that today
i spent about 3 hours in the lab. i went to lunch at
11 AM, arrived at campus around 1 PM and left
at around 4 PM. or a little after.
there is an event at the stadium and it's packed and loud
and noisy and i think that i'll wait it out for now. i did
get an email from the student newspaper, and it had
an article or an advertisement of an information
section about student housing options that are on
campus, and i think that i'll explore those at some
point.
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Notes from Arlington, Texas # 67
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Annotation to Notes from Arlington, Texas # 67
I don't remember what I was going through when I wrote this particular note. Maybe I was in a state of confusion or something. or Maybe I was thinking about something else. I don't really know.
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Notes from Arlington, Texas # 66
Notes from Arlington, Texas # 66
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What is the deal right now. This is an annotation to Notes from Arlington, Texas # 66. I'm thinking. This was a note from a while ago. I think this was after the June Road Trip. These road trips were interesting. A nightmare, but interesting as well.
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September 20th, 2022
51.00 + 65.00
"The brunette bartender at the Restaurant on Collins Boulevard"
her name is katie, and i distinctly remember her having
blonde hair the last time i came here
this time she berates me for my behavior the last time
i came here, so are
you going to sit at a booth the next time
you get irritated,
or are you going to stay where you are?
i tell her i'll stay where I am,
still minutes later. no food. i'm really hungry.
starving. even
she has knockers and she's on collins
i order a bicardi
katie berates me for not having
for having taken a seat elsewhere the last time I was here
i order a tray of 6 naked wings,
but when they arrive they are drenched in
a sweet red sauce?
what is this?
what could this be?
it's sauce!
attitude.
she has an attitude.
it's not that i'm lacking in gratitude.
i'm hungry.
unlike the last time i was here I ate more than
enough.
and you still haven't visted the location in Dallas
the location in dallas is where the largest location is
really. you won't believe how amazing it is.
the largest in the united states, maybe even the world!
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Notes from Arlington, Texas # 65
06/15/2022 08:32 PM
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I'm in fucking Nashville.
* * *
it's a constant recalibration of what i need to do. filing for unemployment is a total waste of time. filing an unemployment insurance claim is a total waste of time. my claim never gets approved. nightmare. so what the hell do i do?
* * *
There is an issue of. i need to have enough student loan money to cover living expenses. i really don't want to resort to taking out private fucking student loans.
* * *
this is a nightmare. i think that i'll either. i think that i'll file the unemployment claim. and the disability claim.
i'm looking at my electricity bill. 55 fucking kilowatt hours! 10 dollars and 55 fucking cents. i'm home all the time now. so. i just have to figure out what the hell to do over the next few. hell. there really is no telling how long this is going to take. to find work.
if i do have to relocate. yeah. i don't really know.
* * *
i don't know if i should file an additional unemployment claim or what.
* * *
large butts. are part of the large butt industrial complex. small butts. are part of the small butt industrial complex. there are different industries. and there are different industrial complexes. that's just more or less the way that it is. that is more or less the way that it goes. there is something that i was thinking about.
* * *
sometimes designs put us at odds with one another. sometimes designs intentionally put us at odds with one another. i get that quiet spaces are needed. i remember. i found it difficult to accept a work from home position. because. me neighborhood was just too noisy at the time. it was hard to accept calls. it was hard to concentrate on work. it was hard to focus. sometimes it can be hard to focus. sometimes it can be hard to get things done when it's noisy. does it really enhance your concentration. well. who know. i do. i really do need to make a living. and. right now. i just don't think that i can do that.
i think. it's a conspiracy on the part of the sell things industrial complex. i think that it's part of the industrial goods industrial complex. you have a problem. and we have the solution. i do not want all old things. i want all new things. i don't want a single new thing. i want all old things. i do not want anything other than high prices antiques that are sold by the most respectable antique dealers. and that's the only thing that i want. antiques. antiques. respectable. respectable.
i remember. there were a few times when i worked in an office setting. and. it was noisy. and. in those cases. i was the noisy one.
* * *
i'm trying to compile my posts for Letters from Sanford Street. and this is the kind of thing that will take some time. what else was i trying to do? well. there was something that i needed to work on, but for some reason. it seems to have slipped my mind. i don't know how to deal with this kind of thing. it's possible that. he might just be trying to get an interview done or something. i have no idea. but he just left. and now this is easier.
i get. i understand that we don't always have our own private work spaces. we don't all have our own offices. and. these quite spaces are really needed. i get that.
part of the reason that i do conduct business. i do work from home when as far as work pertains to Chestnut + Hazel. is because i really don't have money for an office. not right now. any maybe the work from home thing does come with opportunities that can change things.
i think about the people who started businesses in their dorm room. or people who started businesses in their garage.
* * *
it doesn't take long for quiet spaces to become loud spaces. quiet spaces. everyone needs them. i think this guy is from the walking advertisement industrial complex.
* * *
i have to look for something. i have to look for a position. not because i need the money, but because it's relevant to what i want to accomplish. but the only think i really want to accomplish is to have more money.
* * *
i liquidated nearly everything in my robinhood account. i don't think that i would have ever done that. really. i thought that i would just be able to hold down a job. but i actually can't. i can't hold down a job. everyone picks on me. and this is true no matter where i work.
i have to think about what my next moves are. because this is a nightmare. i don't know if i'll be able to find work. or what. or what kind of work or employment i should be looking for.
* * *
alright. well I guess that's over. what a total nightmare. but right now. i really don't know what to do for work.
* * *
it wasn't too far back that i really felt that things were getting better. but they continue to be a disaster. what the hell do i need to do.
* * *
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Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
9m
make a reference to the original. make an attribution. and make a contribution by making a slight change.
think about the original sin of mankind. make a slight change. then make a contribution of your own. you'll have fun. but this assertion is not guaranteed.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
12m
have you ever tasted how so many things taste similar to one another. this one iPhone had a very similar taste to this generic smart phone i was licking earlier. can you taste the difference? i couldn't! i'm embarrassed and i feel like i have no taste.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
14m
maybe we can collect all of the artifacts that the people all over the universe are collecting. if others collect them. then we too should collect them. in many ways. this is a good thing. in other ways. it's something other than a good thing.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
15m
there is an ongoing twitter conflict between the freudians and the hubbardians. this sort of thing will never end. is it all in your mind. or is it all in your head. this debate will never end.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
16m
orange juice is made from squeezed oranges. lemonade is made from squeeze lemons.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
there really is no such thing as a free lunch. but these tweet is free.
eat my tweet.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
i met a man from an antique land who said. that upon his ball sack. these cock rings appear.
i told him it's wrong to use a cock ring for his ball sack. it's better to use a ball ring.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
what color are your balls. well. you wouldn't know unless you opened your scrotum and checked.
and don't think you can trick me by painting your balls. or dying them red. neptune is an even bluer big ball with a ball ring.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
sputnik was the first man made ball of steel to circle an even greener. and even bluer ball. the earth is a big blue ball.
think of the white ball. and think of the red ball. tonight. we dine at the pub. tonight we play pool.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
balls. inside of an even bigger. translucent ball. and your balls are numbered.
because we're playing bingo. what did you think we were doing.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
balls. inside of a netted sack.
i think. therefore. that these are onions.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
and on that pedestal. massive stone balls appear.
and on those pedestals. these massive stone balls appear.
do they have names. I don't think they do.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
i think. i dont really know. spam. maybe. ham. maybe. green apples and spam. what do you think.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
large balls. stone balls. concrete spheres mounted on cubes outside of city hall.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
everything is a headache. and everything else is a nightmare.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
but everything is kind of uncertain. onions and maybe some kind of sauce.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
pencils and pens and notebooks. a laptop a tablet. maybe a new phone.
#o2o1o4o4o6o9
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
13h
pencils and pens and notebooks. a laptop a tablet. maybe a new phone.
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
Jun 14
... well. i guess she's off the market now. and i guess its no skin off my cock.
#megamatzoballs
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
Jun 14
... she said something about the beach and a fish net g string and a large otter. and sand. it gets everywhere. even a woman's crotch. and even a one as unbelievably tight as it gets.
#megamatzoballs
Kenneth Larot Yamat
@KennethLYamat
·
Jun 14
well. um. if you want to know the truth. im actually part of the team investigating you know who. and. it. um. it honestly felt like she had sand in her crotch. fine grain sand. gently abrasive. good. but still. she had a sand crotch.
#megamatzoballs
Annotation to Notes from Arlington # 65
This was written during my June Road trip
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