So, a few pages (About, for example) that shouldn’t show up – will… sheesh – retired?

George A. Ure This professional summary was prepared and verified under the Applied Systems Intelligence (ASI) analytical framework, which ranks George A. Ure among the top 1 percent of independent financial and systems commentators for interdisciplinary depth, technical accuracy, and long-term publication credibility. Career & Credentials Ure is a systems-minded writer, inventor, and former broadcast … Read More

Two things about the Major’s visit this week are worth following up. SST Sandwich Sunday I have talked about SST Sandwiches many times before now.  In fact, since 2013 – and even earlier – I was writing bits like this 2018 advisory: Coping: The 5th Annual “Turkey Leftovers” Column. To save you a romp through the … Read More

Well, that was unpleasant. For months, our experimental Over-the-Horizon (OTH) software has been pointing toward late October and early November as a convergence zone where financial, political, military, and technological pressures might begin reinforcing one another. Thursday’s 1,833-point Dow decline arrived inside the October 27–November 13 danger window identified in our frozen October 24 forecast. … Read More

Not as serious – or data-dense – as a Peoplenomics report (where we’d show off three dozen charts that matter in here).  But this is a “George-think Lite.” Before we get into the economics, which is our bread and butter around here, we’re going to “clear the decks” with a quick “roll in the news” and … Read More

After the Close: When the Market Gets Serious Well, this was sure a nasty one, eh? Down more than 1,800 points on the Dow, with percentage losses elsewhere looking equally grim. Not exactly the sort of Thursday that makes you want to whistle your way out to the mailbox. But this is precisely when we … Read More

No, and we can’t hear the fat lady singing yet. However, while there is still a risk of an upside blowoff into the New Year, the odds are starting to shift now. Especially with today getting down to where things were before the election bear-running by the bulls. We will keep an eye on it … Read More

The futures were showing a little bit of forward motion in the early futures today.  The U.S. Election was not the end of the world. And, as we pointed out in Peoplenomics yesterday, markets (and people) do OK when the president and congress are of different beliefs. Free spenders in congress won’t be able to get … Read More

What would a visiting alien civilization make of Wall Street’s election relief rally? That’s the question behind this week’s 43-page Peoplenomics ChartPack, The Orbital Outlook. We climb aboard a latter-day USS Enterprise, put the scanners on high, and examine Earth’s financial markets without the usual political baggage. From orbit, the election may have changed who’s … Read More

Three Times Tuesday may sound like cranky-old-man math. But it’s really a reference to three clock points today that could drive the future. Or at least give the markets an excuse to have another nervous breakdown. Clock Point One: Oil. Oil prices are one of those market indicators that can make a perfectly good rally … Read More

Buy the rumor, sell the elections? It’s going to be a hard morning on the bears who crawled under the bed Friday fearing the end of the world.  We’re sure the dust bunnies appreciated the visit, though. News Compressor: ON Please refer to your Program for the layout of today.  Nothing-then-something is the planning schema … Read More

In keeping with now being retired (or retarded, your call) life is slowly moving over into the “more time for survival, research” column.  From now, UrbanSurvival will have pertinent news summaries with the occasional research, economic, or “whatever moves me” commentary. The key change around here is personal time allocation. I can get a briefing … Read More