Liberals Who Can’t Read

As you may know, we keep several “live now” channels up and streaming when news flows and market action is high.  Days like, well, today. We couldn’t help but notice that ultra-liberals of 18 states and the city of San Francisco have already filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s Executive Order on anchor … Read More

Trump’s Day 1 – Markets Begin Sorting

In some aspects, it was an All-Day Circus. By historical measures, it was unprecedented. Over the course of the week, markets will begin the “rebalancing project” of America’s Future, a good place to begin our discussion.  Because most of the mainstream is obsessing over Trump issues sweeping pardon of supporters charged in the Jan. 6, … Read More

Hipocrisy Watch

Sometimes, the headlines lay it all out. You just have to keep all the moving pieces in mind. Pope Francis calls Trump’s plans of mass deportation of immigrants ‘a disgrace’ And yet, just last week: Vatican cracks down on illegal entry into its territory. A side of double standards with that, Your Holiness? -ure

ShopTalk Sunday: Antenna Questions Answered

Welcome to midpointing a 3-day weekend. Where we expect to get a lot done. Let’s begin with this from a reader: (from a dislocated W2 ham radio op in the Woodlands, TX) “I remember you purchased a “mystery antenna” from K4TR, and were going to evaluate it?  Any feedback on it would be appreciated.” Oh … Read More

California’s Complexity Crisis

Or, how an obscure paper on complexity in computer programming and committee generation showed us what to expect in post-fire California.  Yep, a big one to wrap our heads around. because this one defines a great deal of what to expect in the modern world. Toss in the market results in the extensive ChartPack, and … Read More

Your Five-Day Future Map for a Three-Day Weekend

The Futuring game is always a fine one to play. Especially on a Long Weekend Friday. We like to “ballpark” what life could be like a week from now, by assembling the already-known Future events and then guessing the more probable event pathing to most likely outcomes.  If you were to do this as a … Read More

Retail Sales, UII Filters, Philly Fed #’s, Ex-Im Prices

Damn.  This is one of those glorious news days. When all I need to do is write an intro line to each item in a whole stack of important news releases.  So, while we wait for “what goes up” (to run the retail shorts ahead of options and wait for the inevitable downturn), here’s today’s … Read More

Better Personal Research

In our Focus today, a discussion of how to improve personal decision-support.  See, all of us who are life-long learners sometimes lose focus on the importance of “personal product development.” Before we tackle that, however, Consumer Prices just out. And yes, they’re up. In the ChartPack today ventures into financial pugilism as the Future will … Read More

Markets Telling Future? Maple Syrup & Aerosols

The markets – wading through Trump’s “pendency” and the fires blowing up – have been a bit disappointed.  But we have our eyes on tomorrow’s market action for a number of reasons. Tomorrow is a Bank Settlement day. Thursday is Index options Friday is stock options But above all, tomorrow is Retail Sales Clinical economists … Read More

California Dreamin’ Turns to Georgia on My Mind

At least somewhere will have a “rainy night in [Georgia]” tonight – with a nod to Brook Benton. Captain Gooding checks in today from lands east of the Appalachains. “”Here come those Santa Ana winds again…” from Babylon Sisters, by Steely Dan Southern California evolved to burn. The rugged hillsides around the Los Angeles basin, stretching north … Read More