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Of course, the “offishul” job report doesn’t come until this time tomorrow.  But already, we have two indicators out to consider.  The first of which is the Challenger Job Cuts Report.  If you’ve been booing president Trump, might want to keep reading… “CHICAGO, January 4, 2017 – U.S.-based employers announced 32,423 job cuts in the … Read More

Prepping:  Last weekend was SKN – Straight Key Night – in ham radio circles.  I had gotten everything ready for the event – moved equipment around, rewired the antenna switching, moved power, control lines and more.  Everything seemed set… But, as soon as I fired up the old Gonset GSB-100, the room began to get a … Read More

It will be here before you know it:  The millions displaced and unable to stay on the “social conveyor” we so proudly tout as an “American thing.” The displaced?  Fast food workers, truck drivers…and the list is nearly endless.  Robotics is coming. So is the A.I. war on humans.  The A.I. will defend the “rights” … Read More

A short course in how to be an international banker is on tap today.  Although it would be wonderful to announce that science has experienced a breakthrough and we’re all immediately destined for a world without want, instant gratification and fulfillment, where calories don’t count, and such. Regrettably, that’s not on the breakfast menu.  Try … Read More

Housing:  Last week, a female reader was asking where can a woman (or any gender) go to learn shop skills, if they didn’t pick it up in school… The answer to this is both simple and hard (a Zen thing) because there are tons of ways to learn. First, though, a little background on why … Read More

Just for Fun:  Elaine and I are sleeping in this morning, so rather than roll-out at the ugly hour (4:30 A) I thought it would be fun if we collected as many New Years Resolutions as possible this morning. Go ahead….think of some good ones and post them as comments. I’ll be checking several times … Read More

A “point and to the short” report this weekend since most of our subscribers will be too busy counting up the gains for the year and engaged in tax planning and such. Nevertheless, an intriguing question has arisen from this week’s trading and we need to consider some of its implications. So only a few … Read More

Almost a Peoplenomics report this morning – which you can thank our subscribers for.  The detailed charts will be up for them tomorrow. While it is a major talking-point amongst believers in conservative economics, the notion that this year has been marked by a huge “Trump Bump” in the markets, a more even-handed appraisal of … Read More

Prepping/Comms:  Take it from UrbanSurvival Actual – this is a very big deal – this weekend – in celebrating the heritage of ham (amateur) radio.  Starting Sunday night to Monday night is Straight Key Night – SKN for short. There is still a pretty good base of us “old timers” who can copy Morse code at 30+ … Read More

Data first.  It’s easy to explain the market weakness over the past few days:  People may have done a bit of selling in order to put some cash in the bank for 2018.  Today, though, unless you’re trading options, the settlement in three days won’t be in this year…so we half-expect a minor rally. About … Read More

Health/Environment:  As the year draws to a close, a survey of what we’ve gotten done over the course of the year makes for an interesting cup of tea. On the plus side, we haven’t missed a column, health is good, Peoplenomics has been spectacularly good at being on the “right side” of the market.  And … Read More

We have again seen a spectacularly correct year in our outlooks for the market.  Importantly, we have also grown our ability to ‘get it right’ this year on several fronts. But we won’t make a foolish forecast of optimism overall, although that was an easy call last year.  The reason?  We have a large (and … Read More

Looks like the market will open to the downside this morning – about 50 points worth on the Dow and even more – percentage-wise – on the NASDAQ. There are plenty of explanations for why this might happen, not the least of which is people selling a bit now to pay some of the taxes … Read More