Early premarket futures were showing a DCB – dead cat bounce due at today’s opening. As much as we would love to be (Eric Hoffer style) true believers, that just ain’t in the cards today, kiddies.  Did I miss my meds? No.  But let me count the ways things can blow-up. We are into a three-day weekend … Read More

“The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent, in support of the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate. The Committee reaffirmed its policy of maintaining ample reserves in the banking system.” We are looking for the real dancing to begin in a half hour with Warsh’s first … Read More

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If you are old enough to remember the 1950s Mickey Mouse Club (on black and white TV): “Today is Tuesday, you know what that means…”  Guest Star Day!  Let’s meet today’s guest, shall we? No question in our mind what’s really going on.  Gavin Newsom – the California governator with presidential aspirations is going “Elvis Costello” … Read More

Sure, we will get to “the financials” in a moment, but I think the bigger story is a lot more complicated from the systems perspective than a few hit-and-run headlines. The Oasis Problem I have no idea how far you “domain walk” potential futures, but such lines of inquiry are especially useful on days when “Peace … Read More

Two weeks plus one day from now, do you know what happens? Mercury Retrograde! Here is why this is important, so follow along: When you are young, still think you are immortal and untouchable, you hear stories about “Mercury in retrograde” and you think: “Aw, that’s a load of horseshit.” Middle age is when your mind … Read More

This morning’s Peoplenomics opens with ChartPack: Launch Time? Markets have the smell of launch fever in the air, but that does not mean we are throwing caution overboard. The SpaceX buzz, oil/Iran headlines, and the coming Fed meeting all arrive at once, and our 1929 comparison work still leaves room for a push higher into … Read More

Even the paranoid in today’s (somewhat insane) world need a day off, once in a while.  This may be a good candidate – provided nothing silently or invisibly inbound from left field, or appearing as a flock of black swans doesn’t decide to land and spoil our most mundane of Friday outlooks. We will start at … Read More

Hell of a drop in the markets Wednesday. While futures pricing hinted at a possible “dead cat bounce today” let’s cut the bullshit and tell it “like it is.” The quality of life – as measured by after-obligations, true disposable income – hasn’t been moving much. America offshored its industrial base under the eyes of … Read More

Back in January, I did a Peoplenomics piece called “The Digital Anasazi,” looking at how once-great civilizations actually come apart. Not usually from one battle, one bad leader, or one bad economic number — but from too many stresses thrown into the blender at once. That is why today’s subscriber work updates the “news between” … Read More

Today’s “Urban Nav Check” will be nose down, all the way. At least, until it isn’t. Markets Likely to Discount Data Warring Belief Waves have their own set of rules  One of which is that when a Big Belief is under attack, all news may be ignored. But, only for a while.  Today’s poster child data … Read More

Navigating the over-hyped world isn’t too hard, but you need to understand that the picture doesn’t come into focus unless you look through the right lens. We like the long historical down to close-in data.  And here, we can see it clear as hell.  They – the financial powers that be – the pricks who … Read More