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FIRST, PETER LYNCH WANTS TO BE YOUR FRIEND
CNBC producer Jeff Daniels received an invitation today to be LinkedIn to Peter Lynch, the Fidelity fund legend who currently describes himself as a "Research consultant at Fidelity Bank."
The invitation said, "I am interested in expanding my network into the media space by connecting with people like yourself. I have written several books regarding investing and spent many years at Fidelity. I hope you'll accept my friend request as I have a future project you may be interested in. Peter."
Jeff's never met the guy, but why not? What might the "future project" be?
I went onto LinkedIn and found Lynch's profile
And then I wondered, who else famous is readily accessible on the site? I decided to aim high, AND FOUND THIS!
It's Barack Obama's profile, where he describes himself as "President of the United States". Oh. I went ahead and sent him an invitation to join my network. I'll let you know how that goes...
NEXT...YEAR OF THE BEAR?
Kung Hei Fat Choi! It's the Chinese New Year, The Year of the Ox, which maybe should be called The Year of the Bear. According to CNBC's Ariel Nelson, oxen have not been good for the markets. During "ox years", the Dow rises a little over 4 percent on average, and the S&P rises a little over 3 percent.
The markets do best during "pig years", but the next Year of the Pig isn't until 2019, a full decade away.
However, next year will be The Year of the Tiger, when, on average, the Dow rises a little over 11 percent and the S&P shoots up nearly 12 percent.
But watch out! Back to back, in 2013-2014, will be the Year of the Snake and the Year of the Horse, the two worst performing animal years out there.
ONE MORE ANIMAL ITEM
For every PR professional who has gnashed teeth over a client incapable of doing decent media interviews, and for every journalist who has wanted to strangle an interviewee for repeatedly giving vague, one-word answers, watch and learn.
Once again, we revisit PR veteran David Moye and his PR Puppet Theatre.
Last time we dropped in, Moye was counseling "John Crabinski" on how to convince fisherman to stop fishing for crabs, something beyond Mr. Crabinski's cry of "Don't Catch Crabs!"
This time Moye is painfully trying to coach actor and author Lambo Field, who hopes to promote his book about life in Hollywood. However, Lambo is reluctant to discuss the "affair" he claims he had with Gene Wilder during filming the Woody Allen movie, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask."
As Lambo, a lamb hand puppet, explains to Moye, not everyone is "out of the pen" when it comes to interspecies love.
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