Just Out: “NEW YORK, AUGUST 28, 2018 – S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for June 2018 shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months. More than 27 years … Read More
Reader Note: Look for the Housing Update at 8:15 AM (plus or minus coffee) so check back… How much of a Stock Bubble will the Trump Administration get? My consigliere and I talk about this on a regular basis and it all comes down to a combination of the social mood, technical innovation and change, … Read More
Here we go with another late-summer Monday in the “world gone insane.” Mass shooting, dead senator, and Hawaii cleanup dominating the news flow elsewhere… Like back in the day, when Disney theme parks had ride tickets (with things like Space Mountain being an “E” ticket) this would have been about a “B” ticket week. On … Read More
We recently decided to take down our www.ruralpioneers.com website, but there are a number of very useful articles buried in the archives of that site that should be considered today because they offer very valuable – timeless – advice to preppers and contingency planners of today. Here’s an example from 2004 where I wrote up … Read More
This morning we focus on the one investment move that’s likely to matter this fall: When do we head out the casino door and let the place fall apart? Both the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 will open Monday from Record Highs, but the Dow has been non-confirming. First though, a check of a few … Read More
With just a week to run before the last “sunny holiday” of the year, it’s time for the two-bit sunburn avoidance reminders. The Basics: 1. You need to have sunscreen around at all times when outdoors. No doubt about it, excessive UV (and B in particular) increases the odds of melanoma. 2. You may not … Read More
Which it does, right now, in Hawaii. Hurricane Lane is taking a swipe at the islands from the south-southwest: With up to 30″ inches of rain coming, a lot of the island’s infrastructure may be damaged. The American Radio Relay League – the largest of the ham radio organizations – has radio gear ready for … Read More
As I was contemplating the pending arrival of the hurricane now bearing down on Hawaii, an odd possibility crossed my mind: Could the hurricane have some impact on the geological activity of the Big Island now in progress? Let’s take it from the top and see where things lead. Starting with the NOAA SitRep as … Read More
This morning we do a rethink on one of those “soft” relationships in economics: Between the performance of the stock market and the operation of commodity markets. All this because? We like to develop trading-support models. Intuitively, if you have a modeling system like our “Golem” spreadsheet (and understand it is offset from actual results … Read More
Extremely Important: Electric Shock (ES) as in lightning can induce cardiac arrest as well as central nervous system (CNS) paralysis. UNLIKE a heart-attack-induced cardiac arrest, prolonged application of CPR – into several hours has returned people to life after shock. Most people – including EMT’s and paramedics don’t know this territory well. Hell, I’ve been … Read More
My old, dog-eared copy of Technical Analysis has been one of my better friends in trying to understand the market. And one of the most interesting of stock pattern formations is something called the “Double-Top.” To save time (and because its summer and I’m lazy and this ain’t Peoplenomics), here’s the short-version of it from … Read More
While the early futures today point to a modest 60-points up around the opening, there’s a very interesting question we have about Global Money Flows. Our logical thinking goes something like this: We notice on the commodity side that things not pegged to the dollar are up. Gold is up $10 and silver is bouncing. … Read More
In just a few short months, winter will be upon us. With it, ham radio comes into its own. Nightime propagation in winter can be spectacular on the lower ham bands; 40, 75/80, and 160-meters. These correspond to the 7-7.3 Mhz, 3.5-4 MHz, and 1.8-2 MHz bands. During summer months with longer hours of daylight … Read More