Wednesday night, one of my neighbors called. “Sorry to call so late man, but did you hear that noise outside?” Sound asleep in my recliner, I can sleep through small wars, whatever Elaine’s got on TV, and probably a fair-sized meteor strike. “No, what’d you hear?” I was instantly awake and on point. “Well, it … Read More
You’re welcome! “For what?” To the beginning: You saw the story in Vanity Fair just breaking? Keeping Up with the Kushners: With Jared Back on Top, Kim Kardashian Heads to the White House (Sub-headline) Months of talks between Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian is set to culminate in a meeting with President Trump, in which … Read More
Sure, the S&P, Case-Shiller, CoreLogic, housing report came out Tuesday. It was generally acclaimed as indicating more growth. But, we’re seeing reasons to be cautious about what it foreshadows as we discuss this morning. After headlines and recovering from that nasty decline in the market Tuesday that left Mr. Bear happy-dancing through cocktail hour… More … Read More
Not the most polite question, to be sure, but worth asking with the release of this morning’s Housing Data. Here’s the press release – see what you think: HOME PRICES NOT SLOWING DOWN ACCORDING TO S&P CORELOGIC CASE-SHILLER INDEX NEW YORK, MAY 29, 2018 – S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for … Read More
Reader Note: We will put up a fresh post when the new Case-Shiller Housing Market data is released. Look for the update about 8:15 AM Central. The return on my personal portfolio for the year should jump into double-digits, the way futures are looking this morning. That’s because “when the market dumps, Ure jumps.” Ah, … Read More
The charts will come back to the top of this page as soon as I figure out how to get that done. If you have an opinion on this, please post a comment. Charts take a long time to load on a mobile device and since the majority of our readers are on phones, tablets, … Read More
One of my sons-in-law is doing a better job of becoming self-sufficient than we are! Elaine got word Monday that he’s gotten three young chicks and they are penned in the kitchen, entertaining the whole family as they grow up. While this seems to be a fine thing on the surface – especially for the … Read More
Short and to the point this morning. Seems like I’ve been in this damned chair all weekend. (I really have been…) First remark has to do with Bitcoin – which is down to $7,225. When you compare the “classic bubble of 1929” with the shape of the Bitcoin blow-off, it’s not very encouraging for the … Read More
For a lot of people, one Memorial Day pleasure is hitting eBay to see whatsup. There are all kinds of deals to be had, but what’s the really best way to get them? After years of buying mostly ham radio equipment on eBay, here are my shopping tips: 1. Be specific what you want. eBay is … Read More
Readers frequently ask “How do you get so much done?” and, since this is a site about economics, it’s time to confess. But first, a short background story. Being the son of a firefighter, there are all kinds of skills that were passed on. Including some dandy Life Management tools. One of these is “When … Read More
Don’t run off…you can still read most everything (but we have no idea where, exactly!). UrbanSurvival.com is undergoing an update this weekend and if you see anything out of place/wrong/missing, we know it ain’t right (and this will take a while)… We should be back with fresh content Monday…in the meantime, have a great weekend … Read More
The answer is just ahead, possibly within weeks. This morning we go through the chart cases, wave counts, and some data…none of which is totally convincing. And when in doubt? Sit on your Wallet! More for Subscribers ||| SUBSCRIBE NOW! ||| Subscriber Help Center.
If you sneak out of work early today, you won’t be the only one. Millions will head out for what’s functionally the real start of summer, regardless of what the “official” calendars might claim about June 21st. The price of gas is over $4-bucks now in a lot of places, and in New York over … Read More