But back when I was a little Baby G, and before I grew into an overly opinionated Super G, I remember watching the Winter Olympics.
I can recall, as clear as an azure sky in deepest winter, this one cat that made an impression on me, who had mad Style, Dash and Class. His name? Alberto Tomba.
Even as a baby G, I had a great eye for other G’s.
A Game recognizes Game situation, if you will. And I am not talking about Ed Hardy shirt wearing Mike “The Situation” either.
Tomba, along with typical scallywag behavior, also had a knack for dropping the verbals:
“I used to have a wild time with three women until 5 a.m., but I am getting older. In the Olympic Village here, I will live it up with five women, but only until 3 a.m.” -Alberto Tomba, on his training habits
Now that’s G. And truthfully, he breaks down exactly how you should train for all athletic endeavors.
Much respect to all those who came before us.
The whole thing is, there are many cats out there that claim “International Playboy“. But they are not students of the International Playboy lifestyle.
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
George Best is known as one of the most naturally gifted footballers of all time. In Northern Ireland (conicidentally, the same place my Father and Grandfather are from, Belfast), they even say “Maradona good; Pelé better; George Best.” And Danny Blanchflower said, “He has ice in his veins, warmth in his heart and timing and balance in his feet.”
But his achevements on the football pitch aren’t what make him a member of The G Manifesto Hall of Fame, its his achievements in partying and swooping fly girls.
Best always lived an extravagant lifestyle. And like all great athletes and Playboys, smoked cigarettes. When asked later what happened to the money he had earned in his career, Best replied: “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”
His love of booze and the International Playboy lifestyle eventually caught up with him, but he still plugged away until age 59.
And like many Irishmen, Best was also a master of word play:
He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn’t score many goals. Apart from that he’s all right.
– (his assesment of Manchester United’s David Beckham)
I’ve stopped drinking, but only while I’m asleep.
In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.
I might go to Alcoholics Anonymous, but I think it would be difficult for me to remain anonymous.
People always say I shouldn’t be burning the candle at both ends. Maybe they haven’t got a big enough candle.
It’s a pleasure to be standing here. It’s a pleasure to be standing up. (On being made Footballer of the Century, 1999)
Because I saw an advert on the side of a London bus inviting me to “Drink Canada Dry” (On going to play for Vancouver Whitecaps)
They say I slept with seven Miss Worlds. I didn’t. It was only four. I didn’t turn up for the other three.
Reporter Sue Mott, taking Best’s mobile phone number: “God, do you realise half the women in the world would pay good money to get that number?”
Best: “Half the women in the world have got it.”
And my personal favorite:
I used to go missing a lot…Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
Much like 2009 we expect 2010 to be more of a traders’ market as opposed to sitting in positions for extended periods. A successful trader will need to apply fundamental research and technical research by paying attention to seasonal tendencies, examining correlations commodity to commodity, monitoring the weather and most importantly being flexible with their positions. By this I mean to perhaps scale back your position size because of the volatility, trade both futures and options, and use hedging strategies. The two principal conditions to look out for this year are who wins the argument on inflation vs. no inflation and decoupling relationships between asset classes. To keep up to speed with our ideas we encourage investors to follow in our weekly commentary or daily blog.
The substantial swings we expect to see in 2010 commodity wide will force investors to be more attentive with their portfolios. Speculators, hedgers, and producers need to recognize that with this comes excellent opportunity but much more risk. While it is unlikely that we will encounter the same type of swings this year as the previous two, one will need to bring their best game to be successful at marketing, hedging, or speculating this calendar year. The good news is that more investors are trading commodities which are quickly becoming a critical component of the global economic system and a necessary asset in your portfolio.
We are looking forward to 2010 and see many opportunities that we’ll outline here. For further explanation and to keep up on an evolving basis follow our Weekly commentaries and on our blog’s Daily thought at www.mbwealth.com. Feel free to visit and give us feedback, we are always eager to see what other traders and investors are doing.
Metals: Copper is not a market you can put a position on and forget about as swings have just become too large. Prices in the last 4 years have been under $1 and over $4. Off their lows which were established in late 08’ early 09’, prices have rocketed higher by almost 270%. At this point we say prices are too high and we would expect a set back; a trade back to $2.40- 2.60 is not out of the question. The demand out of China was one of the main driving factors in 09’ and if we were to see that pace slow one would expect a correction to ensue so pay close attention to copper earmarked to China this year. Copper continues to act as a very accurate barometer on global economic sentiment and if prices are either extreme or moving higher or lower at a swift pace do not ignore the warning signs. Gold saw record highs last year trading over $1220/ounce but after a wash out early this year we would expect new record highs. Before we would expect that to really develop we would anticipate the masses to get out of the trade and for this trade to be far less crowded. As we hinted at last year, when the markets are leaning only one way the ensuing move is generally in the opposite direction. Though we feel gold has and will continue to serve as a store for value, we expect the move higher in 2010 largely to be driven by more investors realizing that we have inflation around the corner. The 50 day moving average comes in just below $1000/ounce and at about that level serves as a 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level so that would make sense for a back off point. The closer we get to that level or if we even get below that the level, the lower one is able to buy gold and the more bullish we are. On the upside we are expecting to see a print very close to $1400/ounce this year. Silver outperformed gold in 09’ and we expect the same outcome in this calendar year. Silver failed to get back to its highs reached in early 08’ while gold hit fresh record highs, so in my eyes silver has some catching up to do. Furthermore, the gold/silver ratio that you need to be aware of as a metals trader we view to be way too wide. This spread has decreased from the wide level we saw in late 08’ of 85:1, but at the current level the spread is still at 61:1 when historically it has been closer to 30:1. The 50 day moving average in silver comes in just above $15 and though we think a loss of 18% from the current level may be a stretch, we would maintain a buy the dips mentality in silver with a price objective on the upside of $22-24 in 2010. In both gold and silver we would suggest buying the dips we see the first part of the year because if things go as planned we may not see those levels again this year. Additionally we would suggest scaling into the trades and utilizing a combination of futures and options as we expect volatility to persist.
Financials: While there are consequences if a large institution tries to move the Equity market and it is frowned upon when Central banks intervene in the currency market, I presume that when the government manipulates the bond markets we are supposed to turn a blind eye. That is what the story was in 2009 as we feel that the government controlled the flow and moved the Treasury market higher and lower as it saw fit. What should be the driving force in this market this year, is the perceived direction of interest rates and the eventual tightening which we expect to start around mid-year. The Fed may want to leave rates low for an extended period but when countries around the globe raise their rates the US cannot let the spreads widen significantly or it will suffer dreadful consequences. If we are right on stocks moving lower the flow of money may keep prices of Treasuries afloat temporally early in the year, but we suggest a short bias in Treasuries in 2010 as we expect more downside than upside potential. We see a trading range in 30-yr bonds of 124’00 to 108’00 and in 10-yr notes of 123’00 to 110’00. More than likely most of our trade recommendations in the Treasury complex will be the short end of the curve as opposed to the long end as we will be positioning clients in long dated put options and short futures in Euro-dollars to take advantage of the coming interest rate tightening. We made a similar prediction last year and hindsight tells us we were early but we continue to think risk/reward this is one of the best trades one may see in a lifetime. Let’s get real where can interest rates go from here? The key is to scale into positions and not add any substantial size until the market proves you right. We think once the Fed starts raising rates this trade could last 2-3 years. The key will be to stay with the trade, recognize this trade is not glamorous but if rates move to 7.5%-10% in the coming years this trade should reap hefty rewards. I should have known as the S&P bottomed in March 09’ at “666” that there was an uncharacteristic move to follow. The 50% appreciation got many investors back some money that was well deserved but what we should take away from a move like no other is we may be facing a crisis like no other. This should serve as a warning much like a loud horn before a devastating crash. By no stretch of the imagination do we think we’ve seen the worst; with growing unemployment, another leg down in real estate, the lack of consumer spending, mounting US debt, the rising cost of commodities and a rise in interest rates to come we Do NOT see the light at the end of the tunnel. Early this year we could see an attempt at 1175/1200 in the S&P, 11000/11250 in the Dow and 1950/2000 in the NASDAQ but we expect a sizeable correction to follow. Are we calling for a double dip, not at this point, but our downside targets are as follows: 825/875 in the S&P and 8000/8500 in the Dow, and 1400 in the NASDAQ. This market will continue be a stock pickers market and the days of buying and holding are dead. With still so many unanswered questions it is extremely difficult to predict what the right move may be. As investors we are in unchartered waters and making up the rules as we go.
For specific strategies contact us via e-mail http://www.mbwealth.com or telephone at (888) 920-9997 / 954-929-9898. For the most part investors reading this analysis want to be more hands on, however we suggest taking a look at our managed futures section and consider diversifying further via CTA’s with proven track records.
Risk Disclosure: The risk of loss in trading commodity futures and options can be substantial. Past performance is no guarantee of future trading results.
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
Yesterday on “Old-School G Move Week” on The G Manifesto, we broke down the data sheet for: Give Back to The People.
Today, we are doing a way old-school, almost extinct move: Help an Old Lady Across The Street.
Anytime I am rolling around the streets, Custom Suited Down, heatered down, spiting Game at fly girls, I always keep my eyes peeled for old ladies that need help across the street. This is a real classy, stylish move.
First off, you are helping someone, so your Karmic account goes off the charts. And if you are anything like me, you can always use help in squaring your accounts.
A huge side benefit of this move is that fly young girls check you while you are doing it. Any International Playboy, worth their weight in gold, can then transition the momentum into a swoop on a girl on the other side of the street.
It has the same effect as dancing with the grandmother at the wedding. Or chilling with the older kittens at The Racetrack.
Young kittens will see you talking with them and think you have tons of class. The old kittens also have some funny stories, and when you charm them they introduce you to their family and other young kittens. Source
I have done this move from New York to London, LA to Tokyo, while I destroy fake players and my rivals get broke, Yo.
Just make sure you look both ways before crossing the street.
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
I always try to Give back to The People. From small, humble gestures around Christmas time, to handing out Turkeys to the less fortunate during Thanksgiving. And I always do these things Custom Suited Down while smoking grits. For Style points, of course.
Whenever you give back to The People, you should never expect anything in return. You should do it because it is the right thing to do.
If you give, without expecting anything in return, a curious thing happens: You become more G.
It will help make you the best person you can be. And that person swoops mad fly girls.
“While you’ve been reading this three Haitians have died under heaped-up stone unrescued and an AIG executive has earned two hundred dollars for helping wreck the world economy, and he’ll earn three thousand more in the next hour while twenty more Haitians die.”
In light of the earthquake in Haiti, now is good time to start giving, if you haven’t already.
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
The Five Stairsteps performing “O-o-h Child” on Soul Train
“As a matter of opinion I think he’s tops
My opinion is he’s the cream of the crop
As a matter of taste to be exact
He’s my ideal as a matter of fact” - Mary Wells, singing about me.
#9 The G
Some of you may not have heard of this guy before this year. Chances are, if you found his website, then you already know that you can’t afford his extravagant lifestyle. However, The G defines what it means to be cool. By keeping up with his blog (http://www.thegmanifesto.com), you will find little ways and insights on how to make yourself a cooler guy and separate yourself from other guys in your socio-economic group. The G will teach you what it means to game with swagger, and he truly is a player that is in a league of his own.
This is very hard to disagree with (although I should have been #1), and is very flattering especially since I have never really felt I was a part of the whole Pick Up Artist Movement. At all.
But its true, I have on more that one occasion been called “A Statesman of Cool”. Similar to Ozwald Boateng.
Swooping girls is not all just “Game Technique”. Its about making yourself a better, stronger person.
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
Once again, it’s the late night opium den patron, watching Exotic Dancers shaking, midsection got the 8 in, Savile Row pimping, with that International Playboy system diction, spitting the non-fiction, without contradiction, never wearing “Affliction”, till I get the crucifixion and my drug addiction causes my dereliction in every jurisdiction with benediction.
Often times, people come up to me on the streets when I am Custom Suited Down, handing out $5 bills to little kids in my neighborhood (old-school G Move) out on twenty-two Heartache Avenue and ask me, “Yo Michael, How do you swoop 100 girls per year?”
Great question.
And, since I am sick of people asking me, here is how it’s done:
2 Fly Girls per week
First thing you have to realize is that swooping 100 fly girls per year, is only swooping two fly girls per week. Once you wrap your Rasoodock around it, it doesn’t seem that difficult anymore, right? Hell, these days my Game is so strong, I could probably wear off-the rack suits, be a boring non-smoker, and stand on my head and still pull it off. Initiative comes to thems that wait.
Roll out
I don’t really feel bad for most guys who don’t swoop 100 girls per year. 99 times out of 100, they simply don’t roll out at night often enough. Me? I steady go out 3 to 5 nights per week, suffering the tortures of the damned. Tortures of the damned.
I swoop fly girls, puff Heaven Haze, not just the weekends, that’s seven days.
Custom Suits, sharp as a Miyamoto Musashi’s Katanas
The next thing you need to do is dress mad sharp. Hell, I have Custom Suits in my wardrobe that if I put them on a mannequin in the middle of top tier nightclub they would swoop 50 top notch girls per year on their own.
Dressing sharp will make swooping the girls easier, obviously, but more importantly, you will have Style while you are swooping (and I don’t mean that bald Pick up Artist who wrote The Game either). It is pointless to swoop mad girls in glittery Ed Hardy shirts and suspect designer jeans with rhinestones. Because, when all is said and done, you are still wearing glitter and rhinestones.
So, wear gear that hits hard like Macho Camacho and Vargas, find your targets, and peg the market.
Las Vegas
At some point in the year, you are going to have to hit up Las Vegas. The reason? You need to roll thru a place where you can go “Murder Machine” and swoop like five girls in a night. There is no place is easier to swoop five girls in a night than Las Vegas. Most times when I do this, I just keep my door to my Salon Suite at Wynn propped open. Otherwise, I am struggling with that damn room key all night. Lately, I have been considering asking Steve Wynn to put in a revolving door for me.
Swooping five girls in a night just makes your life a lot easier, like some of the tips in Tim Ferris’sThe Four Hour Work Week. Maybe I should write a book titled, “The Five Fly Girls Swoop Night”.
Minnie Ripperton (Inside My Love) - Proof That Angels on Earth do exist.
Stick and Move like a Young Muhammad Ali
You are going to have to move cities often and stay nimble, like your humble author, if you want to swoop 100 fly girls per year. Many American cities can get cooked pretty quickly. And, forget it if you are hitting up a town. Hell, I can cook a place like Laguna Beach in just a few weeks and have every guy in the town wanting my blood spilled. Do like Muhammad Ali and I do: Stick and Move.
Gentleman’s club Little known fact: The one who controls the top Gentleman’s Clubs in each city is usually the top Playboy in each city. (Unless, of course, the guy who controls the Gentleman’s Club works at the Gentleman’s Club.)
The reason? The top G at the top The Gentleman’s Club swoops fly girls on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. These are nights that most run of the mill “players” stay in. Most weeks, I will have three or four girls already swooped by weekend time.
Un-Pick up Girls
When you swoop 100 fly girls per year, you can’t have girls play you close like Nutella plays toast. You have to learn how to Un-Pick up Girls.
I am actually working on this new futuristic Game Technique, that is wrapped so tight that the drug dogs can’t smell it, where you swoop a girl and Un-swoop her almost simultaneously.
The whole relationship with the girl gets caught in a time space continuum and the swoop frames are incredibly collapsed. Real post-apocalypse type stuff with a new twist. So dope that even Alicia Keys won’t be telling my secrets.
It’s so innovative that the world might start spinning the other direction. Creating a whole new market like G Manifesto Hall of Fame Member, Marc “The King of Oil” Rich.
I will un-wrap it, break it down and bag it up when I conclude my research. Baggies and Blue Tops, Purple Tops, Red Tops, Push Drops. (Trust it will be Puro, un-cut raw, and no Arm and Hammer.) You won’t be able to feel your face.
Sometimes, I feel like I am the Jonas Salk/ José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha of this Game Sh*t.
Side note:
Teddy Pendergrass, Rest in Peace. Huge loss, and true G.
I floated some CASH to Haiti. If you want to do the same, Click Here for The Red Cross. A huge part of being a G is helping those in need.
And treat every fly girl you swoop like a lady.
The Rest is Up to You…
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
Then I remembered Poppin’ My Collar which sampled Willie Hutch’s “The Theme From The Mack”:
I had never seen the video before. But I saw some solid lessons there.
I know many people are having a tough time stacking chips in the Down Economy, and these little hustlers at the beginning of the video really show The Art of Selling.
They use a great opener, get right down to biz, offer a solution, compliment the buyer, Then Close Hard.
I really love that closing line; “So, are you gonna help us brothers out, Or What?”
Its a real universal closing line that you can almost use in any situation:
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
