News

How did the entire world get sucked into its excessive consumption addiction?  This morning, we look at some of the people, inventions, and circumstances that have paved the way. But first, a look at a very few headlines and a HUGE problem forming in our view of markets.  The future, at least in some chart … Read More

Almost the “hot months” here in East Texas.  During June through the end of September, going outside can be a miserable task because it’s usually 80 F by 9:00 AM and the heat doesn’t really break until after sunset.  100-105 is not uncommon to  these parts and it may not break under 85-90 till past … Read More

Just out from Case-Shiller/S&P/CoreLogic: “NEW YORK, MAY 28, 2019 – S&P Dow Jones Indices 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 March 2019 shows that the rate of home price increases across the U.S. has continued to slow.” “YEAR-OVER-YEAR The … Read More

Writing a new book for our Peoplenomics.com subscribers (hoping to whip out Chapter 2 today).  The title of it is “The 100-Year Toaster.”  First chapter was up Saturday, for subscribers who missed it. Since this is a four-day workweek for many, it’s a grand time to ponder one of the central tenets of the book:  … Read More

Before we get into the “really useful stuff” – a word or so about the headlines this morning.  The “usual media hysteria” has been ratcheted up as people are becoming aware “News doesn’t matter.” I mean, think about it:  Up west of OKC (*Oklahoma City, for those who have never been south of I-80) there … Read More

Worthwhile reading for all, we hope, though especially Millennial’s, as we trace the “Death of Quality” in consumer goods.  As the trip evolves, we arrive at some interesting “facts” about the future. This being a holiday weekend, we hope you enjoy the outline presented here and will share any additional areas that might usefully fit. … Read More

It has been almost 10-years since we heard about Climategate.  That was the story of the jiggered-data that went into the global warning data tossed around in 2009 (November) at Copenhagen. As Wikipedia sums it: “The Climatic Research Unit email controversy (also known as “Climategate“) began in November 2009 with the hacking of a server … Read More

We are likely to see a decent-sized rally in the market at  the open this morning:  Despite weak Durable’s.  The futures were pointing well up and a survey of the Rest of World (RoW) points to a nice bounce-back. In Asia, for example, the Hang Send was up 0.32%.  While Japan was down fractionally, Europe … Read More

My buddy Gaye (https://strategiclivingblog.com) interviewed me Wednesday for an upcoming article she’s working on about social media’s role in life.  Gave me an opportunity to talk more about one of my favorite topics:  Asset-stripping of America. You see, thanks to “financial engineering” the world is changing – and not for the better.  That’s because we … Read More

Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems.  You will also meet TEWS (tethered-electronic) weapon systems).  You might see a frame of a video I made in 2004 on remote controlled surveillance e vehicles…and you might infer quite properly (now that all my NDAs in the area have expired) that I do have a fact-based vision of a very … Read More

Preparing to Sweat sounds a little “icky” but it’s very healthy. Here in East Texas, despite our not having hit 90-degrees yet (it’s a couple of weeks late this year), that doesn’t mean we are going “sweat-free” around the ranch. Take last Friday:  Got the UrbanSurvival column done and after a quick bite of food … Read More

We have just passed the 10-year anniversary of the 2009 market wash-out lows.  Where we head next is a worthwhile discussion. There are plenty of economic cycles to choose from:  There it the “presidential market cycle” which is likely more correlated to the 3-5-year Kitchin Cycle.  Then there’s the “10-year real estate cycle” which is … Read More

Out-trading algorithms and studying  SiM (Sell-in-May) theory is on the docket here for the next coupe of weeks.   We’ll get to the Chicago Fed outlook in a minute, but let me ramble for a bit… What makes this a “nice” time to visit the casino (stock market) is it’s like walking in at 3 … Read More