Even with inflation coming, if you have even grocery money, you can hedge. We tackle some absurdities are we review some of the obvious untruths and lies about Money. These are programmed into us from a very young age. The good news is that with a minimum of effort, you can do your own “de-programming” in the comfort of your own home. But, you will need to move quickly. For, as we detail this morning, …
Just out from Case-Shiller/S&P/CoreLogic: “YEAR-OVER-YEAR The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 12.0% annual gain in February, up from 11.2% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 11.7%, up from 10.9% in the previous month. The 20-City Composite posted an 11.9% year-over-year gain, up from 11.1% in the previous month. Phoenix, San Diego, and Seattle reported the highest year-over-year …
More coming for subscribers to our Peoplenomics.com site tomorrow. But if you want to “sense future” a bit, roll with this CNBC video via MSN which look at what roaring commodity prices may bring. A bit of strategy discussion tomorrow. Meanwhile, though, the Biden stock market is the strongest opening role since Dwight Eisenhower took the oval. But, as the Fed meetings on rates get underway, no question that the Fed is unlikely to move …
“This here is what’cha call a “target rich environment” to kick-off the week. Early Futures Don’t Tell The Dow Futures were up 8,, the S&P down 4-1/2 and the NASDAQ down 40. But with better’n two-hours to the open. Useless since no consensus there. This week (Palm Sunday week in Orthodox, Easter Sunday next weekend) all’s semi-quiet on the Eastern Front (Ukraine, if you live under a rock). The BIG Ukraine story is that 35-years …
We used to spend $600+ per year on pest control. Now? Less than $150 and a little bit of time. Pest Control and Time This is a dandy example of the UrbanSurvival philosophy in action: Select the lowest cost Vendor. And remember, you can be the Vendor! Begin by remembering that your time is worth something. You have two things you can do with “personal time.” You can turn it into savings or you can turn it …
Couldn’t resist: From LOOB: I Got a request for peanut butter cookies from a cake mix from an old friend that asked me to share it. so here it is.. thank god for my daughter who first turned me on to making cookies with cake mixes.. they are the best.. although when shopping for cake mixes make sure you taste test the dough since there are a couple of cake mixes out there that skimp …
Our Saturday ChartPack teases some interesting problems for the coming week. What we cannot possibly know, however, is how the Fed will response to increasing pressures. Toss in the “weak” Russian stand-back from Ukraine and several other low intensity conflicts and a historical parallel to World War I appears. Yep, complete with a Spanish Flu parallel. Again, it’s like a rhyme off prior history with a side of electronica and runaway social media anarchy. Which …
Although we had a good-sized pullback in the market Thursday, it’s far from conclusive which way this pig-of-a-market will fly. The green and blue traces Mr. Artist (lol) has penciled in seem to be indecisive today: The blue track is currently favored and the (crude, amateurish) small numbers lay out the Elliott possibilities for the blue track. Which would allow for some sideways today and into early next week. And then that “usually once-a-month thing” …
Reader Advisory First: Three changes in our operations here to be aware of. First. I have made a few tweaks in appearance and performance of the various websites that keep me busy. As of this morning, our Google Page Speed ranking for Urban is 87/97 (mobile/desktop), Peoplenomics is 100/100, ComputationalFuture is 98/99 and Ultra-Make is turning in 98/99. The modest delay on Urban (mobile) is due to ad loading. Our other projects remain ad-free. At …
An exercise in Future Forecasting comes into view. We take a concept from our “Invention Day” last Sunday and explore whether we can make a reasonable future forecast based on changing differential growth rates. If that sounds daunting, don’t run away and hide. Because, dear reader, you too are living in the Land of More. This has not only driven our selection of an economic system (grow or die) but also as structural limits to …
This being Adolph Hitler’s birthday, we have a natural inclination to be especially on guard against evil and its followers this week. And although we still h0ld that events which [MIGHT] lead to WW III will not happen until Orthodox Easter (May 2), what concerns us now is the degree of coming ripples in the fabric of mass consciousness. This assumes, of course, that there is such a thing. Anticipatory Fear We see it in a …