“Savior Joe” has not only stopped Covid in its tracks – just days prior to taking the Oath, but by the Hype-Along Headline crowd Monday, he was also bringing fresh confidence to the markets. Typical of Financial Press deceit was this type of headline: Record High? Isn’t that true? Well, yeah…sort of…um…MISLEADING!!! It’s why we turned … Read More
Wow! What a computational mess! Apparently the latest updates to the worldwide beta testers of W10 have left us in some kind of purgatory, so until we figure WTF, we will keep today shortish and to the pointish. [Hint: In edge://settings/system turn off running tasks in background, turn off running processes when Edge is closed…and … Read More
One of my favorite “toys” died Saturday. A mysterious death: the power would not cycle on for my (formerly) reliable Heathkit SB-220 linear amplifier. Dead as the proverbial door nail. Things like this usually happen when I’m planning something not in agreement with Universe. Specifically, the Major and I had penciled in a 75-meter ham radio … Read More
The U.S. is going down an inflationary path, now. It’s just a matter of when it gets here and how hard it will bite. Not only did Congress abdicate its mandated money creation role, but with the Nixon-era slamming of the Gold Window, we have been adrift on a sea of Made Up Policy (e.g. … Read More
While Elaine continues on the mend from hip surgery (we did the P/T deal Friday afternoon), the joy of coming home to good food after just can’t be beat. The kitchen remodel project was, it goes without saying, delayed by the lack of two people to “work the project.” I can do a lot of … Read More
Ah, wonderful wash-out on Thursday, no? I can almost imagine the conversation now (remember, this is fiction, right?): Some WH Idiot: “What we need is to have the masks stay on longer, Dr. Powell. So if you could think of something that would lows down the demasking so the whole CV-19 thing doesn’t look so much … Read More
We always pay close attention when BIG (>7.0) earthquakes take place. The latest down off New Zealand today: Event type: Earthquake Region: Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Geographic coordinates: 29.747S, 177.224W Magnitude: 7.8 REVISED 8.1 Depth: 10 km Universal Time (UTC): 4 Mar 2021 19:28:30 Time near the Epicenter: 5 Mar 2021 08:28:30 Local standard time … Read More
Our Peoplenomics subscribers are probably way ahead of you on this. But, since we feel some compulsion to share cautious outlooks, a couple of ponder points before we roll into the morning minutia and slow Joe rag. International Events Driving My consigliere‘s biggest concern is between now – and perhaps a year off – China is likely to … Read More
Very. Roadmap to collapse, anyone? After we kick-around the ADP report and a few headlines, we will lay out a possible track for the next two months. Two new charts appear with some date ideas and things to watch in the period ahead. Not a pretty picture, but instead, the kind of thing that has … Read More
Quick! What was our headline Monday morning? “Job Weekly Rally – Imploding America.” So, how’d our “rally” work out? Well, up more than 600 on the Dow and up 90-something in the S&P. Today? Well, things promise to be a little more challenging. Telling the Future – Based on Stock Prices? People pay an inexplicable … Read More
As I admitted to Peoplenomics subscribers Saturday, there’s a reason I clicked out of a short position in the market Friday. Two chart snips will “tell all.” The first is the 1929 comparison. In our work here, there’s a (small) chance that a top could be in. But, before going lower, even after the initial break … Read More
It was time to take a walk around the yard Saturday. Besides the obvious (put in seeds, lay out bug killers and a round of weed n feed) there were a number of “signage” projects that showed as needing work. Visual Cueing Theory When comes to designing a space, you will have a progressively cooler – … Read More
Once again, the daily news flow provides some interesting insights into the cyclical nature of human behavior and the emerging Digital World Order (DWO). In ways that may be useful when looking at macro crowd-level behaviors among humans. Perhaps even more interesting, from the perspective of historical rhyming, is the tax decisions this week which … Read More