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I don’t know why, but the other day I happened to be looking for some Mung bean sources and I tripped over a few sites that were making miraculous claims for sprouts. Beam sprouts. Well, sure, they’re good and all, but as I got into it, there turns out to be an ingredient in sprouts … Read More
There has been some speculation in the financial press (such as it is) that Housing might begin to soften sometime after the first of the year. Reasons? Debt saturation of young people, interest rates firming to rising, and so forth. But there’s another factor: A lot of people who are Baby Boomers (like us, for … Read More
(book title then article begins if graphics are down) Reader Note: If you are just catching on, each Thursday we’re are doing a chapter each week of a book I’m writing for Millennials – teaching the insights that will (hopefully!) allow them to live long and prosper – and be around to clean up after … Read More
What’s more, News is going Consumer-direct. Join us this morning for a step into the world of Mesh Networks and you’ll see with astounding clarity how Trump has radically changed the playing field of “Old Style News” dissemination. With the network topology in plain site, of course the NY Times will have to reduce its … Read More
The “news budget” this week is pretty interesting: Consumer Prices tomorrow, Housing Starts Thursday, but just more FedSpeak on the rubber-chicken circuit Friday. The BIG event Friday will be the Trump Inauguration ceremony in front of the U.S. Capitol. High noon, Trump will be sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts . Just … Read More
Minor disaster here at the Ranch Monday: Our Rain gauge broke. Could I have fixed it? Ummm… I suppose so, but it was getting sun-damaged and I felt like living large a bit, so I went shopping. Here is the data as collected by Old Man Labs research: NCAA Penn State Nittany Lions Rain Gauge: … Read More
With the markets closed, here at Uretopia Ranch, other than a hellatious amount of rain overnight, there’s little to do with all the computing horsepower at Old Man Labs. We are left with little to do but look at how various media are still using the commemoration of Dr. King’s death to drive wedges between Americans. … Read More
[From my Peoplenomics.com Report #800-B of Saturday shared with universal subscriber support that we work to get this idea out there.] I wanted to jot down a few ideas based on a “lost commodity” in America: The Art of Thinking Big and doing something about it. Due to the feminization/neutering of America, old-fashioned male whupp-ass … Read More
Yes, Retail Sales Matter and we have a fresh one just off the press over at Census. Here’s how it looks: Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for December 2016, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, … Read More
Crisco-what-a-phobia? Oh! Triska then… Many items on the agenda this morning, so let’s begin with a note from reader Sherlyn on the Millennial’s Missing Handbook chapter from Thursday’s report. She writes: “I would appreciate it if you could give a brief example of how these methods can be applied to our personal lives. I am … Read More
Some FedSpeak and Import Prices in a minute. But first we need to point out the Kennedyesque risks presently faced by Donald Trump as he’s gotten “in the face” of the U.S. intelligence community by running his own “sting operation” on them. We would not be surprised to see one of Trumps first actions after … Read More
(book title then article begins if graphics are down) Reader Note: If you are just catching on, each Thursday we’re are doing a chapter each week of a book I’m writing for Millennials – teaching the insights that will (hopefully!) allow them to live long and prosper – and be around to clean up after … Read More
A kind of short-form companion to our recently presented eBook for subscribers on Sales, this morning we roll through the six stages of marketing. Although mainly useful if you have a management position in a company, being aware of these steps will help you in many ways, including how you “size up” companies you are … Read More