Reader note: 7:12 AM. Bit later than usual with our Sunday Epistle. But there have been some strangish things afoot here… Texas Twilight Zone Yessir, fine Saturday in the outback, until we got to the power outage part at about 4:20 PM lasy night. Right in the middle of cocktails (champaign or rum) and the … Read More
How to become a High Output Production Writer (part 1). While Wednesday Peoplenomics reports are almost entirely income, expense, and getting-ahead oriented, several readers have asked for a “short course on writing.” We get to be “of a certain age” and the impulse to share with future generations is a natural instinct among “elders.” We … Read More
“The time has come”, the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes – and ships – and sealing wax – Of cabbages – and kings- And why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings.” From an earlier Jabber-Writer. Today, in lieu of news, some useful thinking points. Understand, many people … Read More
“What, oh pray tell Mr. Ure, are the meds you’re on this morning with such consummate blather?” Not necessary. Headlines are providing the insights. You see, we are watching a whole slew of “penny dreadful novellas” play out in real-time. We’ll get to the list, but first – for the Great Unwashed (the undipped sheep) the Wiki … Read More
“There’s more to Life than Money,” goes an old saying. Yet, perhaps because of the oddness of the times, we don’t pay a heck of a lot of attention to the non-monetary side of life. It’s like we denominate everything first in dollars, then in meanings like contribution to Life.. It’s a fixation that has … Read More
We need to begin by trying to understand what happened in Monday trading. Mostly nothing. In fact, as Robin Handler over at the Options Signal Service noted: “Here we are at the 4th of April. I didn’t see anything unusual. Surprise the world did not react to Russia bringing back the Gold standard. Let’s see … Read More
We are waking up to what COULD – before the day is out – Turn into a real bellwether trading day. The reason is simple: With the close of last week’s action, we were AT our 85-Day Moving Average in our Aggregate Index work, but there have been other indicators, as well. I mentioned a … Read More
This was a really busy week, around the old “trailer in the Outback.” So, before we get into the nibbins of actually making, a quick photo tour of what we were up to this week. For one, we managed to get the leftovers (tin scrap) turned into a reasonable raised bed garden. Going from this: … Read More
I’m writing another book – a novel this time – and you’ll find the research done for this one very interesting. You see, it’s a novel about what happens when Anti-Aging medicine really pays off. How does that friendly government of ours go about rooting out fraud on the one hand while, at the same … Read More
Like an idiot, I failed to play the end of month write down in markets Thursday. Long story, but the short of it is: Must be present to win. Which means no running tractors to offload a yard of prime raised bed composted soil if there’s a trade on. Unwatched money tends to wander off. … Read More
Nice and businesslike this morning: Starting with the odds-on World War III this weekend. War Risk Reduced? That might be a possibility if the happy-talk on point is right. But, as you will read, we don’t think the “reportage” on this has been particularly objective. So, let’s roll with some of the good coverage and then … Read More
There is a business model battle going on in plain sight that will largely determine our computing future. It’s one that I touched on in my book Broken Web: The Coming Collapse of the Internet in 2012. Even now, the battle is far from over. However, enough companies and institutions – not to mention regular … Read More
Up more than 19 percent year-on-year, says the new S&P/Case-Shiller housing report: YEAR-OVER-YEAR The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 19.2% annual gain in January, up from 18.9% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 17.5%, up from 17.1% … Read More