Reader Note: We will be direct and to our points this morning due to lightning storms rolling through our part of East Texas this morning. Perpetual Rally? No, or course not. But, in our Aggregate Index work, we were anticipating a high of 23,723.38 and at the close Wednesday it stood at 23,747.95 about 24.6 … Read More
“You are Where You Think.”Yes, that’s right. There’s more to Life than making money so today we stretch-out a bit and do extreme home make-overs.More than even what you eat, I believe people’s environment determines their productivity and, in the special case of home, you are very-much influenced by the vibe of the dwelling you … Read More
I am just back from a 5-day adventure experienced in 5-hours of dreaming. That’s in my “second life” for I’m a oneironaut. A “oneironaut” is a person who explores other worlds in dreams. Sure, most of us go to sleep at night and will occasionally remember a snippet of a dream once back in the … Read More
Reader Note: Tomorrow morning’s report (Wednesday’s are a bit like Anything Can Happen days here) is a long one – about 5,000 words in length and it’s a bit of woo-woo from my “other life” you may find interesting. Just saying, plan a second cup tomorrow…or blow it off and come by Thursday for our … Read More
While the U.S. continues playing victim to “fake news” and putting up with the digital online revolutionaries and digital uprisings (as in the Smollett case), we are pleased to report that the UK Guardian is providing great coverage of what we’ve labeled Digital Mob Rule (DMR). Their story, “Facebook labelled ‘digital gangsters’ by report on fake … Read More
Odds of future Fed Hikes may be diminishing thanks to computer models. For those who don’t track such things, there is an incredibly interesting paper our from the Federal Reserve in its Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS). In addition, a long discussion on Mexico which we’ve been writing about for a couple of decades … Read More
Sure, it’s fair to ask “Since when is a WeedEater (or, more properly a )”Weed Eater W25SBK, 16 in. 25cc 2-Cycle Gas Straight Shaft String Trimmer” that Amazon had on sale for $89.95 this week, considered a “prepping item? Ah, my little gosling, you aren’t into looking at the Big – Long-Term – prepping picture, are you? … Read More
Today promises to be like one of those “perfect crossword puzzles” you stumble on every once in a while. You know the kind. Hard as hell with just the right mix of brain-expanding terms and gimme’s. The closer we move into “future” the more words we’re bound to “get right.” Another construct – as useful … Read More
Three very different pictures of the future are emerging at what we think of as the “financial sports book.” And two of the three views are driven by some basic Elliott-wave thinking. The first future is the one that should near completion in coming days or weeks. That’s the future where the big Wave 1 … Read More
EMP, HEMP, SREMP and other robust power design parameters. We don’t mean to go off the deep end here, but there is a new report out on one of our favorite “unknowns” – namely Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) effects. This morning, we review not only what some of the baseline data offers, but also present non-EMP … Read More
In less than a week, you-know-who will turn over the speed limit: 70. If I have time to complete them, several more books are yet to fall out of these fingers including one that is the extended-play version of this morning’s discussion of: “Retirement Disease.” The idea is simple enough: You look at most things … Read More
We have a blissfully short column this morning because the real “deal points” in the news flow this morning market America’s present mass-media-breakdown a prime candidate for diagnosis as bipolar disorder (Refer to your dog-eared DSM-5) although it could enlarge into a schizophrenic break. If I were a mental health professional (which I’m thankfully not) the … Read More
Just when I was hoping the bottom was in on the nearly-incomprehensible decline of American’s critical-thinking, here comes another example of how Musitics and Politainment are wrecking our future. The latest example of the blending of politics and music came with the Grammy’s. A typical headline from Mediaite? “Michelle Obama Shows Up at the Grammy … Read More