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Ah.  the Joy of the Season.  Time to get hammered. What’s an old geezer to do when markets are closed, the kids are too busy, and there’s only so much idle chit-chat you can do on the 75-meter breakfast nets in the morning? Why, you get a wild hare idea to build something.  In the … Read More

Odds are rising the “hot word” of 2022 will be “NSNW.”  As if Covid 19 was not enough of a context scapegoat for financial markets, the odds are seen growing that the “next step” along the path will be war. Possibly of the NSNW sort. Interventionist Capitalism’s run may be ending sooner than we think:  … Read More

Troops are massing, a bioweapon continues its harvest, real incomes are falling compared to the Nation’s monetary base expansion, and we have sold-off most of our energy independence, not to mention the means to become self-sufficient. All while, America’s Fifth Column has been nurtured by know-nothings in social media while border jumpers soar to new records, … Read More

Merry What-mess? Durable Goods, new Jobless filing, and Personal Income Tales.  All better than coal (and more “climate-friendly” for the wokees). I know — how dare some old writer/columnist offer insights into the eggnog and fentanyl festivities.  But yes, seems to be how things look over here on the long end of the timeline. We … Read More

We offer our Christmas 2021 ebook on anti-aging experiments we’ve been conducting.  Think of this as the “personal live-fire drill” as time marches on. At 4o+ pages, this is one of our longer reports and thus we provide it as bot a .PDF and EPUB so you can pop it into your ebook reader or … Read More

Monday morning, our pre-open call was that “Market Puke Day is here.”  Sure enough, the Dow dropped 433-points.  On top of losses suffered in previous sessions. With Ipecac Syrup Day over, the market today will pretend the world isn’t going to hell in a hand basket.  The rising of sour bile might be held at bay … Read More

Market Puke Day is here.  This MAY be where we draw the line between irrational speculation and irrational media manipulation; we’re standing by for it. Here’s how the Rich Folks Laydown is going down: Bitcoin is ready to drop through the 46,000 level for lower regions. The Dow futures earlier were down nearly 400 points.  … Read More

When you look at the world through “de-monetized glasses” this week, there are three things highlighting Life.  Assembly of presents, personal changes at the Winter Solstice.  And of course, food. Some Assembly Required Over the course of almost 73-years, the relative importance of Christmas has changed a lot.  The old Sears Wish Book while watching the … Read More

Sometimes, history can help scale our “worst case” thinking.  In one of our “mainly charts” reports today, we look at (semi-recent) economic history and ask how bright are America’s enemies? The question is not moot:  Russia has outlined a number of “deal points” for standing down on their side of the Ukraine border. Since the … Read More

Thank God it’s Friday – before Christmas.  Just time to order yet-another tool slut delight. Since I have a fair bit of construction planned this winter, I decided to order a 3-foot impact driver drill-bit extension.  Deal on these is you can add or remove deck screws without bending over.  Yeah…old man workstyle.  Should have … Read More

Nothing-Burger Fed Decision.  But a nothing-burger is just what the shills were looking for.  Dow up 383 and change as a result and showing +212 early this morning.  Here’s the part of the Fed decision driving it: “In light of inflation developments and the further improvement in the labor market, the Committee decided to reduce … Read More

With some of the big issues out of the way, the rest of 2022’s drivers can be lined up and then some ideas tabled.   As always, UrbanSurvival and Peoplenomics are not about “making the most” but instead about “losing the least” as complexity hits the wall. This morning, we eye things like communications, transportation, and … Read More

Another Model appears! No, you perv, not the sort with staples in her midriff.  No, this is the kind that says things like “=’D-Data’!B808” and whispers sweet inferences like “=(AVERAGE(B723:B808))-B808” to our never-ending delight. This’ll take a minute to explain, so slurp-along and follow.  This is possibly useful with the Fed meeting today and announcement … Read More