Yeah – we need to piss test Wall Street. And the NYC Media Moguls. A rally based on what, Friday, for crying out loud? America deserves full disclosure of who’s getting what money (perks and comps) for doing such a horrible spin on the economy and blowing the stock market skyward with smoke and hype. … Read More
Socialism’s darlings on the West Coast are starting to find their future is dimming quickly. Today, we consider latest Housing numbers – where the declines are clearest in financial terms. But, even beyond this, the ancillary data supports the notion of moving “Back East.” Toss in a barrel full of liberal Constitutional abandonment and excess … Read More
A blow-off high at the market close Friday could face disappointment this coming week. Not only is there a Fed meeting on June 13-14,, but we also have recent less-than-stellar news about inflation. In all, while we admit to – even plan for – a continuing market rise for another two months, the late July … Read More
Graceful engineering ideas time – something to FWD to Elon Musk? – as we consider the Surgeon General’s concerns on Social and propose radical solutions. This is as discussion about the Magic Bullet that could save Twitter for Musk and turn it to a “best of class” concern, again. No, it’s not turning off your … Read More
A Quest for Answers. Markets this week closed above a critical “trading box” so it means its time to start penciling out more inflection points ahead. As we figure it now, without a Chinese move on Taiwan or the (eventual) escalation of to tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine (besides depleted uranium which will poison their … Read More
Mediterranean? Keto? Paleo? Bewildering choices, We have a few ideas. Which is well-timed since right after this morning’s post, Elaine and I go in for fasting blood draws. Key to us is the idea of “instrumentation” of senior health. In addition to the electronics of aging – a recording pulse-ox, CPAP data software, and a … Read More
Our main focus today is on the balance of this month and into next from an economics and charts perspective. Because there is a split – quite obvious when you read financial headlines. One faction is expecting “recession avoidance” because of the big, powerful, American economy. The other still sees dead banks walking as the … Read More
It all begins with rent. From there, we see a computer software design pattern kick it. From a single act of systemic compliance, a whole shitshow of logical consequences follows. One on the previous, day after night. There is a problem – existential in nature – that lurks with this “commerce model.” Specifically, the issue … Read More
Which we hinted at in the UrbanSurvival. column Friday. Today, we look into the rabbit hole and see how our “lookahead” is looking, if that makes sense. Quiet and busy spring day and the scent of coronation silliness hangs heavy in the air. So let’s focus on the useful part: Making a little money in … Read More
This week, our research focuses on calendars behind human cycle recognition. Ever since the (failed) 2012 “End of the World” predictions of others, we have been fascinated with the question “What did they get wrong?” Turns out, there is plenty of opportunity to have screwed up a lot. Worse is that the Mayan Long Count … Read More
A “mini focus” in our ChartPack considers “Country Rotation” of Super Powers – something which has been in place for more than 700-years. Not often described, it’s more of a driver behind modern events than most realize. Fed week is about to begin and with it, odd of at least a quarter point rate hike … Read More
Past global wars have never to such an extend, relied on the continued construction and operation of foreign assets. As tensions continue to increase worldwide, but most noticeably in Ukraine and Taiwan, we can appreciate the changing role of “foreign assets.” Today, we use our thought frameworks to look ahead to the coming few months … Read More
We call today’s discourse “Thousand Paper Cuts Trading” with good reason. We begin this fine spring weekend by asking what do Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Mel Ferrer, and Omar Sharif have in common? If you guessed “That 1964 blockbuster “The Fall of the Roman Empire” you’d be right. Which is really our main point this … Read More