A great evil lurks in the world – unseen by all but the few who manage to hold an open mind against a sea of group-think zombies. It’s the massive spread of disposability. Got started slowly: Once upon a time, mid dieselpunk era, there was a certain substance to life in these United States. One wage-earner could keep … Read More
Seems to be a frequent conversation here at the ranch, lately. Should we pick up stakes and move as a team; to set our sights on a distant shore, pursuit of a fresher dream? Damn hard one to answer – and since it is Sunday – a day of supposed rest and re-creation in theory … Read More
A totally engrossing topic is on tap this morning: What should old people do – once they get old and are comfortably well-off? It may seem an absurdity to even consider it – especially if you are young and working one, two, or even three jobs and some side-hustles. But, believe me, if you remember … Read More
Let’s face it, this hasn’t been much of a year for people – as economic distortions are popping out all over the place. One example, from my own family: My son (G II) up in Seattle can make more driving for an online ride-sharing program than he can working as an EMT and even some … Read More
Long Wave Economics is one of the most engrossing pastimes in the Universe. That’s because there is always a new way to look at things. Conventionally, the Kondratieff Wave (spelled Kondratiev by revisionists who haven’t read thee earliest translations, such as those by the American Economic Society circa 1933 where the Kondratieff spelling is used) … Read More
We have to laugh at the mainstream media (again). While the bmajor news headlines Wednesday involved the biggest-ever one day gain for stocks, there’s been a distinct lack of context in many reports. While indeed the Dow 30 rose 1,086 points, it’s also significant to use that very early futures were pointing to a 400 … Read More
Just out is the latest Case-shiller/S&P/CoreLogic monthly Housing Data. “NEW YORK, DECEMBER 26, 2018 – 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 October 2018 shows that the rate of home price increases across the U.S. slowed … Read More
Buy The Freaking DipsTime?The Dow futures are up a couple of hundred points in advance of the Case-Shiller Housing Data that we’ll update you on shortly. (Refresh at 8:15, or so for the housing data… But, the main thing – covered in more detail in our Peoplenomics.com report for subscribers this morning – is that … Read More
Wednesday reports normally contain extended comments as a “focus” section. However, today, due to the holiday line-up this year, we will instead focus on charts only and also provide an abbreviated news review on the UrbanSurvival.com site. A Focus piece will be presented Saturday. And, if that’s not screwy enough for you, we will also … Read More
As I have mentioned previously, both Elaine and I decided in 2018 to get our DNA testing done. While there are lots of “privacy issues” claimed, we believed that the potential benefits outweighed the risks by a good margin. For example, I now know that my body metabolizes certain drugs faster (and some slower) than … Read More
Here’s a head scratcher for you: As of 7:16 AM Central time, Yahoo was showing the Dow futures down more than 700 points, but the FinViz display was showing down in the range of 150-points. So, it will be an interesting morning to watch…which set of futures will be right? We should know shortly…maybe holiday … Read More
There are many joys of working with your hands…the pride of bringing something back to life being foremost among them. Unfortunately, there are many problems with “restoring” and “refinishing’ so we thought it would be useful to pass-along some of our lesser-known tricks. Let’s begin with paint: It can be miserable stuff to remove. However, … Read More
Time for us to present our view forward – as 4 “use cases” for 2019. It is not a pretty outlook, but we have to present what the data – and larger non-market contexts are telling us. With some Maalox at the ready…here goes… More for Subscribers ||| SUBSCRIBE NOW! ||| Subscriber Help Center