When I was a kid, I would fight the market, but now I’m old and wise enough just to follow it. When I see comments on Twitter like, “How can semis still being going up?” or “Natural Gas is the buy of a lifetime!” I shake my head. Just look at the chart, don’t try to think too much. You’re going to overthink yourself right into the poorhouse.

In my weekly ETF newsletter (only $60 to year-end 2009 or $20 for a month), I keep track of the trends and write a brief (200 word) explanation of changes made to the portfolio. If you want to read 10,000 words about what tribal strife in Nigeria combined with backdoor deals between Chinese real estate developers and state-owned banks means for the markets, don’t come to me. I like to keep it simple, stupid.

I am two people away from reaching the lofty 200 subscriber mark, so to encourage green tea lovers to sign up today, I will send 50 grams of outstanding Dragon Well tea to the lucky 200th subscriber in thanks. ACT NOW! … [Special thanks to Dan, lucky #200.]

Here are the details of the borrowers my subscribers and I are supporting through Wokai, a microfinance outfit in China.