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Ever since the Housing Bubble bottom in 2009 we have suspected that this will be the “big one” of this lifetime for all around to see it.  That’s because none of the excesses of the financial system have been resolved, as an inspection of the Dollar’s purchasing power will reveal. While you’ve been sleeping (which … Read More

There we were, Elaine and me… Having out afternoon martins and musing about how yes, these are our Golden Years.  Bird watching while sipping and listening to Martin Denny tunes.  We moved on to discussing some of the finer points of the upcoming golf course development here at the ranch.  But there was a trip-wire… … Read More

Let me give you about 2,885 Words of Caution.  Yes, this morning’s Peoplenomics runs a little longer than usual.  But with good reason. You see, I’m going to show you why in a Crash, you may not want to be playing in the levered ETF game.  That bit of bad news aside, we do have … Read More

A suicide bomber hit the Manchester (England) Ariana Grande concert overnight – and event that has claimed at least 22 lives with five dozen more injured. UK prime minister Theresa May calls it another act of callous terrorist act, which obviously, it is. As ISIS claims responsibility for the latest heinous affront to civilization, there’s a potential lesson … Read More

I’ll tell you what it is,  in a single word, too: Depreciation. It’s a complicated matter, but the bottom line is that in order to save the economic system we purport to love, it’s time for a serious rethink of what’s a business expense and what’s not. (continues) We start with a short discussion of … Read More

We will get to the futures (yawn) and the Chicago Fed activity index (snore) in a moment. But first a word about climate change. No, we won’t get talking about India and China getting serious about longer-term government commitment to the idea, although the NY Times over here is solidly supportive in their reporting. (Continues) … Read More

This may be one of “them Texas tall tales” ya’ll have have heard about, but it began Saturday when I was burning the first of two pretty good-sized burn piles that have accumulated on the property.  Remember our “limbing-up” discussion? Elaine had successfully kept me away from burning until some “ground nesters” were done with this … Read More

Not a particularly in-depth report this morning, but some very interesting topics.  ‘First up is a discussion of how I made some “lunch money” on this week’s dead cat bounce in the market. Then a word or several more about Micro Homes, since my son is now actively thinking about building one. A few headlines, … Read More

Yes.  Tomorrow in Peoplenomics I will show you how I played the “dead cat bounce” in the market Thursday – which will likely continue a bit when the market opens this morning. As I told www.peoplenomics.com subscribers in our special report Thursday AM, my favored outcome would be a solid/tradable bottom for the short-term, and with … Read More

I know some of our readers have a hard time understanding why I allow (and encourage) posts from a reader (Jon) who sometimes seems like a sharp-shooter troll from the corporate-government alliance. But he does have value in that he will (occasionally) ask some hard questions deserving of thoughtful answers. Although he may not like some … Read More

I regret to advise regular www.urbansurvival.com readers that we will have to dispense with our usual charm, wit, and wisdom this morning because matters of a more pressing – long wave economic –  nature concern us today. Specifically, certain market indicators and behaviors are of such magnitude that we have to scrap the free side … Read More

There we were Wednesday.  Gloating at having unloaded out long position Tuesday afternoon (2:31 PM Eastern) when it became apparent that the country has been overwhelmed with a new kind of mental disorder. A strange dysfunction it it, too:  People using words like Buffoon-in-Chief and “impeachment” – all very strong and polarizing emotives – verging on … Read More

This morning we present some extremely specific predictions – more like tentative trading points – which should evolve over the balance of this year. No, we don’t rely on tea leaves or obscure code…just years of cumulative spreadsheets and data studies. While we don’t offer “financial advice” per se, we do offer an outline of … Read More