Super short column today because we may be down to “short strokes” in terms of “How does all this work out?” Data First: Inflation Shows Labor’s out with Employment Costs – which are one of the price drivers when you go shopping: “Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1.0 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month … Read More
There is a near-genius level post in the comments section from overnight which has an odd “echo of future” if you read it just so. Fellow noticed the story about a week back that mentions a small flotilla of Russian landing craft had put out to sea; Russia’s Landing Ships Are Headed To The Mediterranean … Read More
Personal Hysteresis and Latency Planning. Which is totally worth (verging on absolutely necessary) considering when markets are running hard and fast while we’re all trying to figure out how to make “the most” out of what have turned into very uncertain times. We’ll begin with some basics of “cause and effect” then move to a … Read More
Just out from Case-Shiller/S&P/CoreLogic: “YEAR-OVER-YEAR The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported an 18.8% annual gain in November, down from 19.0% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 16.8%, down from 17.2% in the previous month. The 20- City Composite … Read More
We sat out the manic Monday market decline – and furious rally that followed Monday – for a number of reasons: Statistical and Medical, mainly. Lot of anti-aging notes at the bottom of this morning’s column (see ATR below). We’ll do the medical in the Around the Ranch section. But, as to the statistical? The … Read More
And whether we like it, or not, the high-risk window for a regional war in Europe is here. Reprising, along the way, an event set-up very reminiscent of The Guns of August. Hand me an Archduke? Three, Three, Three Stories in One! Like the Mighty Circus, it’s hard to follow what’s going on in all … Read More
Before we get into the (possible Wave 4 rally leading into war shortly) – and the Philly Fed and Unemployment claims – let’s pause to fire neurons at psycho-social controls used by Globalist government proxies, lest you get lost translating the Big Libretto of Life. Knowledge (as we explained in (excruciating detail) in Wednesday’s Peoplenomics … Read More