Before the morning ramble begins, just a quick comment on “seeing what’s coming.” In other words, “the Future.” Specifically, we’ve got concerns over a possible “target of opportunity” just ahead. But let’s back up, first. During my life I’ve had the honor of deeply interviewing people whose work on suturing has been widely ignored by … Read More
What was it I said in the column this morning? Here, let me help: “And I’m pretty-sure I had the “earthquake tireds” last night…so we shall see…In the Valley Between Eclipses, now.“ Why are we NOT surprised at: Event type: Earthquake Region: Oaxaca, Mexico Geographic coordinates: 16.035N, 95.909W Magnitude: 7.4 Depth: 23 km Universal Time (UTC): … Read More
George’s view on Bitcoin’s decline continues spot on. And we ask this morning if the march of international communism is going more on plan than most can see. Especially with California’s turn left as a nearly separate country coming into view…
For the attention deficit, we will start with the graphics first. I told several people that I would have to call them back Monday because Elaine and I are in the middle of a large remodeling project of the guest quarters. Elaine does the design part: “Here take this old sionk and vanity and turn … Read More
OK – this is where life gets interesting, if you’re data-centric and systems-aligned enough to admit the data sometimes gets weird. I just woke up from a powerful wave of what felt like “the EQ Tireds” passing by. Which is what, exactly? Something – when you live long enough – you sometimes catch in advance … 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: Yawner in the pre-open as markets recalibrate post-Fed. The Future is challenging to sketch in, and a four-seasons earthquake near Japan overnight. Markets Hit Snooze This is really a “now what?” “Alexa: set snooze alarm for Monday…” Clickiocity We can’t get too worked up over the Kimmel story. But, related, we see this as … Read More
International Trade data has just dropped. After I tell you this is a “rear view mirror” stat and the Trade Salad is still being tossed. Here’s the view: Exports, Imports, and Balance June exports were $277.3 billion, $1.3 billion less than May exports. June imports were $337.5 billion, $12.8 billion less than May imports. The … Read More
An odd column this morning. I had the “earthquake tireds” on Wednesday. This is an area where science and woo-woo overlap. Is there a quake coming? Newsworthy one, perhaps? Not bigly and hugely – kind of 6 to7 point somethingly. But, I have learned to pay attention when such “vibes” show up. Not that we are … Read More
Depending on your coffee load, you may (or may not) remember my mentioning last week that I had the “earthquake tireds.” For whatever reason, I am one of those people who is very sensitive to earthquakes in advance. I get terribly tired and all I want to do is go back to bed and sleep. … Read More
Along with that, we’ll have a few remarks on other items, including our earthquake discussion on “earthquake tired” from the UrbanSurvival column of Friday which – as a whole bunch of readers have noted, nailed the 6.4 in Taiwan. But above all, we will look at the issues in the charts as next week shapes up to be a kind of “last chance” in our Aggregated Indexes work.
Seat belts fastened? Seat backs and tray tables up and locked? Futures down hard before breakfast. The market’s daily reminder that confidence is a perishable good. A kind of “just ahead of Valentine’s” massacre in finance is swirling. Fair warning: this is one of those mornings where the market opens first — and then something … Read More
TL;DR: Markets look for footing after the Thursday slide. Gold’s holding over $4,000 on futures and Bitcoins wobbling $121,000 to $122,000. Fortunately, we solved a scanner problem and look to steal music from past lives. Yeah…it’s interesting, alright. Just not conventional. Markets: So Far, So Good We laid out the “expected path” of how the balance … Read More