Recession? No – Try Depression Next

I thought a reader was playing with me.  When I opened the suggested link: Stock futures fall after the Nasdaq Composite closes at a 2-year low. Not like this wasn’t obviously in the works, already.  Especially since we have been forecasting a sub-30-thousand reading in our Aggregate Index work for months and months. We’ll update … Read More

Ben’s Prize, Vlad’s Payback, & Musk’s Designs

One looking for a path into the uncertain future can’t be sure of just what to make out of today’s roll of headlines.  Some news is hopeful, yet others not so much. Let’s begin on the positive side. Ben’s Prize Former Fed boss Ben Bernanke has shared the Nobel Prize in Economics this year.  Not … Read More

Pass Out the Nukes – Greasy Joe Stuff

Oh my God, what a grand Thursday it is.  Ure’s back from the Big Bad Ugly Rally we warned was coming and is ready to open a can of whup-ass on some Bulls. See, the thing is, there is very little in the headlines supporting anything near the “Build Back Better” fairytale. Walk with me. Challenger … Read More

Lifeboats and Earthships

A study of charts, early futures, ADP Jobs data, and a fresh book chapter on tap here.  After a manic running of the bears Tuesday, reason seems to be back with futures pointing lower ahead of the opening. Our focus is back on the “what’s personally actionable” aspect of future living. Imagine, if you will, … Read More

Market’s Worse than 1929: Shows Axial Symmetries

Sometimes I feel like a damned politician.  In fact, it’s been said (by Coleman Cox in the previous Depression) that “Writer’s aren’t supposed to have money, unless they be writers of checks.”~ 1931 in “As I See It.” This is not the first time I’ve partly missed the gangplank but got the right boat.  I … Read More