We have been telling you for years: If you are young, don’t expect to retire until at least 68 – and as of this morning it looks like the FRA (full retirement age) could be bumped to 70. Take a careful read of A bipartisan group of Senators is talking about raising the retirement age … Read More
When I checked early this morning, Crypto’s leader (BTC) was down into the $23,800 range. Considering the high this week was over $25,000 three days ago; this was hardly encouraging news. The story out Thursday that got very little play was a joint statement by the Federal Reserve, Comptroller of the Currency, and FDIC. Bottom … Read More
Wherein we put on our Casino hat (which looks suspiciously like green eyeshades) and take a whack at beating the House. Because there are times when crossing trends do matter. Even though we botch specific bets badly (don’t ask about being stopped out Tuesday) we still love matching wits with the Odds. Of course, more … Read More
Our “Monday on Tuesday” ponder is this matter of whether time is a pure notion, or one vastly misunderstood. I mean, conventional thinking is that time is relatively linear in how it works. You go 5,280-feet in one minute and it’s a nice 60-(statute) miles-per-hour. Over large spans of time, therefore, linearity seems to work. Scales … Read More
Now that I’ve rolled over 74-years-of-age, I have increased the daily dose of cynicism medicine. Because, by God, Inquiring Minds Want to Know… As the Birthday Weekend wraps up we just throw all the so-called news in the blender and see what sticks. Markets are closed in the U.S. because they can. Crooked Border Biden … Read More
No. We will not tell you here how to build a differential trading model, though on Peoplenomics.com for subscribers, sure. Instead, we will only give you the Big Picture based on early Futures prices today. The grim news today is that IF the market closes at the early futures pricing, THEN we are increasingly likely … Read More
Out of recognition of my personal dopamine addiction tendency to over-trade a bit, we need to begin with the set-up going into a three-day weekend. This is one I MAY short. Because things will likely be runaway positive next week, or we will slip down the icy slope toward global collapse (and war to follow). … Read More
As the Global brinksmanship continues, some useful thinking about Warstyles is due. While it’s said that “generals fight the last war over again” we see with the recent Party Favors War (PFW) that the guests in the Next War will have a considerably different UX (user-experience) than previous encounters. So much has changed, and more … Read More
Yes, we’re figuring things are going seriously off the rails, and we are holding a (painfully expensive so far) short position against the market going into today. We think it’s way overpriced. Why? (CPI) Well, that’s a good one, ain’t it? We are at an illogical point, even up through the futures this morning before the … Read More
No, you can’t buy our DreamTuner system – or download the Dream-Steering app. Yet. But this morning we will explain for subscribers how a new combination and some code to link up some off-the-shelf products might allow people to experience mental enhancement. As you will read, the product will be useable in two modes: The … Read More
Although we are able to snipe occasional lunch money in this pig of a stock market, the amount of real Truth out there is getting harder to find. Data! Market futures slipped a bit on this. Meanwhile: Do I believe Labor Department data “Series Id: LNS12000000”? Because if you did believe it, you’d be agreeing … Read More
On the surface, this promises to be a fairly quiet week, data-wise. The news flow is less than inspiring, because the “shoot down” of the Chinese weather or surveillance balloon has turned everyone in Washington into even bigger Buffoons than before. Sounds impossible, we’ll admit. Tomorrow we’ll get a taste of international goods pricing, but remembering … Read More
Just out from S&P: “NEW YORK, JANUARY 31, 2023: S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) 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 November 2022 show that home prices declined across the United States. YEAR-OVER-YEAR The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National … Read More