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We are looking at a modestly higher opening in the early Futures prices after the holiday. But it’s not too even and God only knows what’s really ahead. First on prices: Stock Futures point higher (1/3 pct) but we don’t trust ’em. Too early. Inflation fears are back – in a big way. Gold is … Read More
With our Presidents Day activities (getting a scalar prototype out the door this week_) most of today will be devoted to work in Ure’s Old Man Lab. I don’t talk about it much – people’s eyes tend to glaze over, but it’s a very well-appointed place to hang out and do work on the fringe-stuff … Read More
We need to begin at the beginning, I suppose. Because I am working with a colleague who is investigating something, and needs a PEMF (pulse, electro magnetic force) device to interact with, I have been up to my butt in Tesla/scalar antenna designs this week. And, curiously, how to simplify the design to use all … Read More
Birthing of Network Radio in the 1920s with a modern rhyme with Social Media is one thinking point today. Along with how stock tips are mimicked by :crypto tips” which no one seems to understand, yet. Radio networks vs. Social media. Stock tips versus Crypto tipso’s. and Smoot-Hawley 2 – the Trump Sequel. This being … Read More
With the strong rally in the stock market Thursday, the markets had the “look and feel” (to us) of getting into a “Buy the Rumor, Sell the News” mode ahead of today’s Retail Sales numbers and the Fed Industrial Production data shortly. The Fed has already taken away the punch bowl with the appearances of … Read More
With inflation back *(as we explained in the Peoplenomics report Wednesday), you’d naturally expect PPI to jump and that’s not even taking in tariffs: “The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.4 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices rose 0.5 percent in December 2024 … Read More
Can we now model our life’s future with AI? Yes, seems so – we have just done it. When I wrote my recent book “Doctor Between Your Ears – Practicing Practical Longevity” – I didn’t have any way to validate all of our operating assumptions as we cobbled up an integrated approach to life extension. … Read More
I apologize for not approving comments Monday – I was simply so immersed in AI working on tomorrow’s Peoplenomics report, that I literally lost track of time. OK, so what’s so interesting? Well, there are two articles in the works. The first one – tomorrow – is titled “40 More Years from AI.” In it, I show … Read More
Although the Eggo’s won the Super Bowl, and it was incident-free for an attending president, Life will not veer too much of the projected path into the Future. For one, we are still facing a mountain of issues with the ever-compounding National Debt, and this is despite the best efforts of DOGE to track down … Read More
It was terribly busy around the homestead this week. So I don’t have a specific article (or pictures). No, the dog didn’t eat my homework. Just there were no pictures that really made sense. For example, I tossed my Skil 20V jigsaw in the trash barrel Friday. Went to use the damn thing and it wouldn’t … Read More
Has the Market called SB59’s outcome with the weak close Friday? And are there parallels between Trump ending runaway bureaucracy and the collapse of Chinese Civil Service at the end of the Qing Dynasty? We think the answers are Yes to both. But the details? Well, that’s what the 50-yard seats around here are all … Read More
We will be getting a lot of work done here this weekend: With most of America distracted by competing delusions. First is the hysteria over Elon Musk, who is trying to get a handle on “Where’s all the money been going?” The left (and slow-motion Marxist insurrection) is going absolutely crazy because the Deep State … Read More
Super short column this morning, as I have been hip-deep in (stuff) around here. Doctor appointment for usual blood draws – I may live a while longer, lol. Comments on safety of Zetia are welcome in Comments…. Job Cuts Markets had a good day Wednesday, but we are becoming concerned (with DeepSeek and all the foam … Read More