Month: March 2017

Alarming Talk? No, I Wasn’t Kidding nor was I delusional (any more than usual) when explained Thursday that my alarm clock failed to wake me up in time to write my usual (longer) Thursday morning Coping section.. A reader (the other one) thought my “precognitive oversleeping” was one of the best excuses ever heard.  Then … Read More

Trading in Asia was down a bit overnight.  A Bit week in Europe in the early-going, too.  And when I peeked earlier, the Dow was looking to drop another 25, or so at the open. This may be – in part – due to the Brits triggering the BREXIT move which will change the trade picture in … Read More

Strange, but super short Coping this morning. Overnight, my faithful travel alarm clock – that ran on a single 1.5 volt double A battery – decided to quit working.  I’ve had it since 1990 and to get that much use out of something is amazing in today’s “easy to break” world. I knew this was coming at … Read More

A fair bit on  the plate this morning.  In the Strategy area, we continue our discussion of three books that may provide a useful “look-ahead” reference series for the coming period of history. Under Tactics we take on the task of trading what may be one more small decline before the market heads up – … Read More

Hot off the Press Release: NEW YORK, MARCH 28, 2017 – S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for January 2017 shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months. More … Read More

Our topic this morning is Income Taxes which come due in about two weeks. Gotcher Tums supplies laid in? Before we start, a compliment to I.R.S.  The Ure family return was filed electronically early this month and already our 37-cent refund hit the bank account.  Nicely done! People tend to hold I.R.S. to account for … Read More

We expect the Dow to drop around 150 points at the open this morning. You can ascribe the problem to any of the following: The GOP failure to vote as promised on Obamacare repeal. The fact that Labels of Convenience are becoming obvious now (see Coping section for more) The fact that the Rest of … Read More

So, this man walks into the local county courthouse, al disheveled, drooling a bit, and wearing clothes that looked like they hadn’t been washed in month or two.  Reeked to high heaven. Worse, the man smelled like a hog pen, he was carrying an “Anarchy Now” sign, and most of his teeth had left with … Read More

Been reading a fascinating book (I’ll give you the title in a sec.) and it makes some amazing forecasts related to energy, some of which I hinted at in Friday’s Urban column. This morning we consider the economic implications but not before running Paul Ryan down for allowing turncoat Republicans of Convenience to escape being … Read More

The stock market will recover a bit more of its 200+ point nosebleed experienced earlier in the week. But there are many “moving parts” going on in background that you may not be aware of because they are not as simple to dispense and “keeping up with the class” is more than a 5-second Trump-bash. … Read More

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a picture of one of our dogwood trees that was blooming much earlier than expected because of (don’t make me say “climate change” or I’ll puke) an early Spring around here. This weekend, Palestine, Texas will celebrate the first of three weekends of Dogwood Trail Days.  To give … Read More

Although the Colonies have had to save British bacon a couple of times (WW I and WW II come to mind) they are generally good people and bright. But after the last radical Islamist did intentional harm it has become clear to us that the people of Europe (the Brits excepted) are some of the most … Read More