The box enigma

cardboard box 13x9x6 (a perfectly sized box)



Bob Brinker's Marketimer newsletter dated 10/3/07 which remains bullish














An orange knit hat Kubota logo, a baseball, a necktie with cameras for decoration, an obvious counterfeit $10 bill , and 7 Kubota baseball hats.

I received this package from Jimmy Friday 10/19. On that day the Dow Jones dropped over 300 points. It was also the anniversary of Black Monday, 1987 when the Dow Jones dropped over 500 points.

Jimmy did not provide any explanation as to why he sent the box or as to what the contents of the box signify. I am attempting to deconstruct the enigma of the package and will add my thoughts when I figure it out.

Being financial, clearly the date of arrival, the Marketimer newsletter and the counterfeit $10 are related. Being apparel, the stocking hat, the necktie and the baseball hats are related. I believe the baseball symbolizes the nexus of the relationship between the two sets of objects--baseball with baseball hats and baseball with baseball players receiving huge salaries. Also the baseball is timely since the baseball playoffs are currently taking place.

On the 19th the S&P 500 closed at 1500. In his August and Septemeber newsletters, Bob recommended index purchase should the S&P 500 fall with the 1430-1470 range. Even with the fall in stock prices, his prior advice has yielded a small but still positive result. Should the index again fall into that range, Bob recommends purchases in the Oct. 3 newsletter that was part of the package.

What is Jimmy saying by including the phony $10 bill? Is he saying that Bob's advice is worthless? Only in the future. can we evaluate the worth of Bob's advice in terms of dollars. Rather, I believe that Jimmy is making a larger point that the value of money is transitory and that is pointless for us to expend their our entire lives pursuing it. To Jimmy, the market and money are symbols of great human effort with no spiritual redeeming value.

With his apparel items, Jimmy is contrasting the freedom of the the outdoors (the hats) with the restrictive environment of the corporate world (the tie). The cameras decorating the tie symbolize the constant scrutiny one finds himself under in the corporate world.

I have much more to say, but I am afraid I have lost my mind. To be continued maybe........................