No Data Means Morning Chat Delayed

I won't start the morning chat here until I have a datafeed properly set up. Have I mentioned in the past how awful Quote.com's customer service is? Nevertheless, leaving lovely Qcharts is like breaking up with a beautiful woman who happens to be dumb: it's a difficult choice to make. (MetaStock's new QuoteCenter has caught my eye... decisions, decisions.)

Patience, loyal chatters.

Reading Roundup - Market Carpets, FolderShare, Vintage Chinese Propaganda Posters, JeffMatthews'GrowingFontIsNotIntentional

Market Carpets
[A reader kindly alerted me to the "Market Carpets" heatmaps at stockcharts.com ... they're pretty slick.]

FolderShare
[Walt Mossberg wrote about FolderShare in the Asian WSJ this past weekend ... it's a handy little program for keeping the files on your various computers synched, no muss no fuss. Check it out.]

Vintage Chinese Propaganda Posters
[A very nice collection ... I've emailed them to get a quote on a poster I'd like to buy ... I'll post the price if they ever reply. Update: The posters are shipped from Hongkong and the prices range from $70 to $200 a piece, with an average of $130 to $150.]

When I first featured Jeff Matthews as a must-read blogger, I said that "I love the fact that his font grows wildly larger as his occasional rant reaches its climax." I thought that the wildly larger font was intentional, but apparently it's just a glitch when reading him in Bloglines.

Apple Approaching Target After a Seven Month Stretch

Apple is finally reapproaching the $100 mark (split-adjusted). You may recall the rather ugly spat I had with Ugly back in February when he said AAPL hitting $100 was a "sure-fire bet," and I demurred. Happily, Ugly followed the rule of all great forecasters: "if you're going to give a price target, never specify a time frame."

AAPL, Weekly Chart