Restaurant Performance Index correlates S&P 500

Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry. The RPI is based on the responses to the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Industry Tracking Survey, which is fielded monthly among restaurant operators nationwide on a variety of indicators including sales, traffic, labor and capital expenditures.

I can't help myself but draw a correlation between the RPI and S&P 500. The S&P came out of the 2002-2003 triple bottom during the PRI crossover from contraction to expansion. The S&P peaked during the crossover from expansion to contraction in 2007. Is the RPI becoming the new leading indicator of the US stock market?

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Qlock

Qlock is awesome. The world's major Forex market hours are horizontally displayed on the top of the screen without hindering other normal mouse movements.


The FREE version is already good enough. Two thumbs up! I like it a lot.

Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1st

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Test Blog using Google Sidewiki

I cannot access Blogger.com cuz the Chinese government blocks the access to Blogger.com, Twitter.com and Facebook.com, etc. But here it seems to be a great solution available to cure the predicament. It is by using Google Sidewiki.

However, the price that comes with it is to have a "in reference to" and a link to whatever I'm reading on the bottom of each blog entry.

The heck with it since the spark to inspiration often comes when I was reading some webpages anyway. Let the "in reference to" becomes the reference of the spark then.

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Facebook vs MySpace

美国新基建项目

奥巴马为了洗钱，搞什么都是大条道理，无人够佢『拗』，中文应该改姓『拗』！之不过，high-speed railway向来都是我非常支持的基建服务。上海、京津的300km/hr试过之后，我已经觉得无任何理由不去大力推广这种舒适快捷的交通方法。我看过一些资料说，high-speed railway 的磁浮科技，如果认真发展，不会慢过现在的民航飞机的！

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