Good News About Nuclear War, Survival Shopping

If you think the flight of the Wagner Group’s leader from Russia ends the chance of nuclear war this summer, maybe you haven’t really been asking the right questions. Think back on your history.  And in particular read on the Trojan Horse – Wikipedia. Was Wagner Group a….. WW III Question Stack A starting point … Read More

Charts Whisper a Grim Future

IF (and is still iffy) the top of Wave 2 is in – and the market continues sliding into a major Wave 3 Down – certain aspects and timing about Future become clear.  Because while there was much hype Friday about a “coup in Russia – like it was good news in some way – … Read More

Futuring: Debris Field or Minefield?

The reports that the navy knew – sort of – that the submersible Titan had suffered an implosion near the scene of the Titanic came as little surprise. But, as these things will, it tweaks our thinking onto new pathways.  You see, words have power. A simple new word in our thinking processes can change our future.  Reporters are … Read More

DC Mud Wrestlers – Markets Getting Shaky?

CFNAI and the new Unemployment filings in a sec.   Top of the Day for us – and it is funny – trust me – is the latest… Wave of Irrational Congress It was just lovely to read and watch: Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Boebert a ‘Little Bitch’ on the House Floor.  Other reports were very similar … Read More

Housing Data Up as Market “Walks the Line”

Monday on a Tuesday – cool invention!  Is this a great country, or what? Because of the “breaking” natures of events, the submarine search is better handled by outfits like Sky News. Housing Vs. Interest Rates Just dropped by the FedGov is today’s report on Housing Starts. What gets to be the “interesting calculus going … Read More

Life on Holiday “Hold”

G2 wandered through at quarter-to-four AM – on his way to “Cheat the Devil out of some Souls” in emergency medicine – some people actually have to work today… “Pretty much how it works, Dad.  Looks deceptively easy from the 30-thousand-foot level…” He was referring to a flowchart I’d been pondering: While difficult, it’s not impossible. Review … Read More

Market Rally? “Double Holiday Weekend” Driving…

In fairness – although no one has a clue about that, anymore – the market had already rallied to a potential key-reversal level Tuesday and Wednesday.  What many simply forgot was the old saying “Beware pre-holiday rallies.” One holiday is “unofficial” – Father’s Day  (like Mother’s Day), as notes Wikipedia: “The single most common date … Read More

Remedial Econ: War in Wave 3 Down? Retail Sales, Trantifa

Start time:  03:25 AM Ure is up early because the scent of Money is in the air.  Too early to be certain, so were glued to the “events horizon.” (news flows) Big Money on the short side of the market may arrive shortly because of where we are in long wave economics. “Where’s that?” Retail … Read More

Inflation Data Rolls – Outback Diet Update

The biggest news of the day in financial circles is the just-dropped CPI numbers.  Since, with the Fed FOMC gaveling-in today, this will be the last official big data read on inflation. The modest improvement in the top line number was mainly due to the energy component dropping.  The Saudi hikes will eat that in … Read More

Soon Don Gone? Trump Kampf Ahead?

History doesn’t precisely rhyme.  But it gets pretty damn interesting when you take in the whole sweep of it. This morning, in the wake of Justice Department Charges Trump in Documents Case, along with the revelation that 12m Americans believe violence is justified to restore Trump to power, it’s time to look at “how we’re in … Read More

FedThink Thursday and Market Waffles

On the surface,  today is starting off as another ho-hum.  But, when we look beneath the surface, there are some Big Important Moving Parts creaking into place. Fed Consumer Spending+ We detest the Fed’s lack of “data candor.”  A familiar example began when St. Greenspan decided to hide the broadest measure of Money Stocks – … Read More

On Ancient Humans and Modern Markets

We enjoy contrast.  Without it, life is blurry, unclear.  Meaningless. Yet today, we may be working toward the answer to the big “Where we came from” story. Two important pre-prints have landed.  One Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi | bioRxiv while the other is 241,000 to 335,000 Years Old Rock … Read More

ShopTalk Sunday: Ham Radio Safety Chokes, ALZ Lite (3)

With the return of George2 (KF7OCD) to family lands, the interest in having a “rock-em-sock-em winter on the low frequency ham radio bands is back in focus. There’s a whole PowerPoint on what needs to be done.  But when it’s warm is a great time to launch antennas into trees. Or, climbing gear-equipped sons. It’s axiomatic … Read More