TL;DR: Wake up! It’s Monday! OK, now you can go back to bed. Nothing has changed overnight. Market is still reprising Bubble-UP (If you’re old enough to remember.) But a Woo-Woo financial dream has really blown my socks off. Powell On Deck Thurs as GovDown Rolls There. Covered the whole week’s financial snooze for you in … Read More
TL;DR: This week’s ShopTalk: how a messy bench, a junkyard childhood, and a 3-horsepower gas engine explain the fine line between dopamine and deliverables. Then we offer a few “brain sharpeners” to keep handy in the workplace. And we end with a ponder (Prime Big Deals days ahead) if your shop doesn’t need a stool.” … Read More
The market’s gone full carnival again — screens glowing, traders chanting “To the Moon!” while the old pros quietly cinch their parachutes. With Washington shut down, no one really knows what the economy’s doing; the official dashboard is dark, and we’re all watching by the glow of the instruments. This week’s Peoplenomics takes apart the … Read More
TL;DR: Old news nose spotted this one at 10 AUs: 3I/ATLAS is our Lo-Cal Nothing Burger. However, got whacked with EQ Tireds Thursday. GovDown saunters along, and with limited space and money, what’s the best options for Prime next week? Outing Chicken Little Even Elaine and I watched the “half past hysterical” reports on YT … Read More
TL;DR: The D.C. two-step and circular firing squad continues to short-change Wee People. Failing to Deliver – and there’s no “Customer Service Dept.: Job whacking continues lighter, and we look for a low-level business model solution to yardwork. Let’s Run the Numbers: We still don’t see a reason for the Fed’s rate cut – based … Read More
(A Glimpse Inside Peoplenomics: Issue 1217-A) History has a habit of rhyming—sometimes in whispers, sometimes with a bullhorn. In this issue, we look at two rhymes playing out in real time. The first is the rise of socialism: how it surged in the 1920s out of war, inflation, and dislocation, and how it’s back again … Read More