One of the big stories, beginning to get some traction is how the rain in California (as much as 11-inches in a few places) could drive up the price of food this spring. This is not a “remarkable first” in human history. Not even close. A selection of reads to lay out some corner posts … Read More
As long as dams hold, and forecast models don’t break, the worst of the weekend weather in California is now passing. But it has been one hell of a storm. Mudslides, winds exceeding hurricane force, and places with more than 7-inches of rain. Let’s do a quick post mort, shall we? SoCal first. As you … Read More
Only a couple of quickies this morning: Too early to tell for certain but looks like the war news flow hasn’t gotten too much heavier. Leading to an early dart toss for an up day in markets tomorrow. IF things remain calm. Ultra-Make.com website rolls through solar panel and system maintenance while we do the … Read More
The Future is getting more predictable by the day it seems. So this morning, a few thoughts on how it could roll out in coming days and weeks. Plus our anticipated rally to fill a critical trading box? Well, we almost got there Friday.Or, did we? Toss in an earthquake in Oklahoma and floods coming … Read More
I said all of what I had to say (about mis-direction over actual Jobs data) in our Thursday column. As we expected, the Big Bouncy Thursday was a reasonable call. Which brings us to this morning’s coverage of the Bureau of Labor Statistics “offishul” jobs report. To make this easy for you to follow, we … Read More
Slow is good. OK, a little grating sometimes. But overall, slow is sometimes the best course. BBT (Big Bouncy Thursday) Big Bounce Thursday is our beginning example. The Dow sold off more than 300-points Wednesday. Mainly because the Federal Reserve didn’t cave-in to the habitual panhandlers on Wall Street who always want something (like a … Read More