Well, well, well… We’re about ready to make a sizeable bet on the S&P 500 busting or – under – the 3,000 level before the election. Because as of this morning’s future’s pricing, looks to me like we MAY be about to start another wave down. Let’s Chart This Out… (This is the kind of … Read More
Another nominee is presented in our quest to find the Grand News Unifier. That is, the person, organization, or affinity group that could be blamed (or credited) with much of what passes for “news.” Interesting topic, I hope you’ll agree. Just as soon as we ramble through some headlines and ponder a mid-week “Hold ’em … Read More
When I got up this morning, stock futures were up another 200 on the Dow and the balance of the market was looking bouncy as well. Things have calmed down a bit. But the big deal is the Fed statement tomorrow. The problem – which we’ve repeated many times over – is that there has … Read More
The headline captures most of it – in terms of “all the news you need to know” this week. Unless we get a real -legit – left field event. So – as I have been threatening for days months YEARS – I really will be doing shorter columns. Too much to do here. Hard to … Read More
I normally don’t get irked and amped enough on Sunday to write not one but two columns. However, exceptional stupidity requires someone stand up and call bullshit. Since stories – like this one earlier this week in the New York Times are selling the “Party Line” on “climate change” – “A Climate Reckoning in Fire-Stricken … Read More
Many items on the agenda this morning. Not the least of which is the… Fires Still Raging Our condolences and support to families in California and Oregon who have lost homes and valuable personal effects in the raging wildfires out west. Talking to friends up in the Seattle area, it’s much the same story up … Read More
Rapid Knowledge Acquisition on 3-D Printing with a side of Computer Numerical Control is on the agenda today. Along with our ChartPack which has sure been getting interesting, here lately. A few headlines and then “Ready? Set? Print!” More for Subscribers ||| Not a Subscriber? SUBSCRIBE NOW! ||| Subscriber Help Center
Most people don’t have any idea what their CPI exposure is. In other words, how much more do you need to make (per hour, monthly, or annually) to actually keep even with the price of things going up? Given that we have been running somewhere around the 2% Cost of Living Range, do you have … Read More
To set the mood for today’s look at what’s ahead for the economy, we recommend a 2-minute warm-up exercise consisting of your choice of: Train Wreck compilation 1 Train Wreck compilation 2 Track Wreck compilation 3 Train Wreck compilation 4 Or, if you have 17-minutes, the 2010-2020 Train Wreck compilation… This last one is especially … Read More
Screw the “usual” few headlines this morning. We’ve got bigger fish to fry. Age-Adjusted Return on Investment in the focus section. Plus, with the markets indicating at least something of a bounce at the open, a look at techniques to “know when to fold ’em.” Peoplenomics gets into a lot of strange and interesting areas … Read More
WIGO? What Is Going On. And this morning the answer is “Oh, nothing much – just Joe Biden’s Depression getting organized. No – not a political assessment – just what our charts over on the Peoplenomics side of the house are hinting at. Let me run it down for you and you will catch on very quickly. First: … Read More
Market are closed, but we never stop working around here. Menu this morning is a few grisly headlines, shop action, a contributed cardboard miracle begins, and a proud papa note. Oh, plus a side of weather change and “crank the mower” time. Ready? Dancing Dollars, Destiny Dips Although U.S. markets are closed for the holiday, … Read More
Go out to fire, police, and emergency medical people. In order for “the rest of us to have it off” there are people sweating their butts off to keep the country intact. Had a call this morning from firefighter/EMT son George II who’s working a big forest fire up in Oregon. As a CV-19 technical … Read More