Since we’re going into the “slow holiday weeks” I thought it would be useful to work on self-discipline. Which by extension includes organization of “life parts:” in addition to finances.. This came up because my consigliere will be visiting from this weekend and over the Thanksgiving period. Not a big deal, but I decided to … Read More
Breaking: Housing Data Low rates have set things ablaze: “Privately?owned housing units authorized by building permits in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,461,000. This is 5.0 percent (±1.7 percent) above the revised September rate of 1,391,000 and is 14.1 percent (±2.1 percent) above the October 2018 rate of 1,281,000.” T’ain’t Funny McGee Fibber McGee & Molly aide, T’ain’t nothing funny, anymore. Even the late-night clips I’ve been through have run out of left-wing slurs on Orange Man. So much so, in fact, that recently Bill Maher seemed to be almost (can … Read More
Been an interesting year from the perspective of an economics student. Because the “new thing” globally is SynGro and MUM. SynGro is short, obviously, for synthetic growth. The way SynGro works is this: You “make-up” a problem, “make-up” a solution, and turn it into a huge business model. I’d have to go back to … Read More
We had our first good-sized storm come through Texas earlier this week and it brought to mind a laundry-list of winter storm items that we do as a matter of course. Life in the woods, and all that… If you’re new to home ownership (617-thousand homes were sold in the USA last year), here’s a … Read More
With the stock market closing the week in record high country, we focus today on ways to tell when we have started to turn down. One of the simplest tools to use are simple trend channel lines. If you have a spreadsheet program which some chart tools, you can skip the technical 2 or 3 … Read More
We’ll have a “plain speaking” report this morning because there is so much else going on at the ranch – more on the subscriber side (Peoplenomics.com) tomorrow along with the new market charting thoughts I mentioned Wednesday. The main things to be looking at today include the Retail Sales figures, the ongoing circus in Washington, … Read More
Hardly worth all the media-hype, the “show trial” put on by the House democrats Wednesday. The only good part what when the “star witnesses” – neither of which had talked or directly head the president which turns all this into third and fourth-hand testimony – what when Jim Jordan asked “What’s the impeachable crime.” He … Read More
solutions to the problem revealed in a recent Bloomberg story “Richest 1% of Americans Close to Surpassing Wealth of Middle Class .” As one who has always enjoyed “word problems” in math classes, we can achieve some remarkable insights by carefully reading “the facts”. As you will see when we outline wealth concentration as “The … Read More
Shearing of the Sheep. “We the People” is not ewe and ewe, as the US in U.S. has checked-out and headed for parts unknown. The problem comes down to a simple “We have lost our values and our hustle.” In place of American Exceptionalism (ask Hitler how challenging that worked out), we have turned into … Read More
‘Peach of a week ahead. Oh sure, Consumer Prices come out Wednesday and of course the month Retail Sales figures. But the main reason the premarket is down is because the so-called “Impeachment Inquiry” goes into overdrive (and streaming) this week. Not getting as much play as the third (and fourth)-hand political commentary is a … Read More
I’ll be first to admit it: Most of our “weapons” (*for property safety and self-defense) make a lot of noise. Lots of noise. While it’s true that noise isn’t all bad – people a mile away can hear you’re armed with some heavy long guns – it’s also not always good. A bit of thought … Read More
If you live in the city, or can afford to exploit others to do your yard work, you may not see the humor in this. But there I was, feeling all smug and satisfied with myself. After an overnight frost, I’d gotten to work with the leaf blowers and had cleaned off the gravel between … Read More
Big discussions today on Fed Repo actions, the rise of Non-depository “banks,” the Berlin Wall 30-years later, and some business activity numbers. We’ll stick mostly with useful numbers and concepts this morning. All worthwhile ponders as we continue watching the Great American Subpoena Festival in the District of Corruption. After some caffeine, headlines, and … Read More