Busy as hell around here (though I know it has been coming). Spring is in the air and for one old man, two deck plans and a generator shed plus greenhouse repairs, plus… well, to the column, huh? VIX, Volatility, and CFNAI We figure another hard down (or blow-off rally) will happen this week. Because … Read More
The philosophy of workmanship, purpose of life, and durable projects is served up for brunch. A Project Gutenberg page, The Project Gutenberg eBook on The Way to Wealth, by Benjamin Franklin. (free) deserves a bookmark. For in it, Franklin speaks of Practical Matters: “Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee:” and again, “If … Read More
When “reality bites” you’ll want to have the peroxide handy. Rinse out the wounded past and get on with the living. Think about all the incisors! We’ve got rumors of Ukraine turning over, a president who is doing more housecleaning than Heloise (hint, hint). And the Left is getting darned near desperate. Thing that worries … Read More
The mount of “actual” news is not particularly awe-inspiring today. Been a bitch of a cold week, the scalar project (1 orf 2) is ready to ship out of the lab. But there is a certain “hollowness” to it all that seems less than promising. A decades-old saying (from when I taught the fine art of … Read More
Here’s an update on our Ebbinghaus view (much more legible than this morning’s). Converge and then a break, anyone? Here as a PDF. 20250220midpt -g
Did you read the Fed notes when they came out Wednesday afternoon? No? (Can’t blame you, there’s a real life going on elsewhere…) Anyway, the VBD (Very Big Deal) of it is the Fed is worried in their rate talks about the impact of tariffs which will be along in just over a week say … Read More
Paradoxically, we can learn about “what’s ahead” by looking over our shoulders. Because this being “birthday week” there is a ton to consider about Life. Which often gets overlooked in the “noise floor of current events.” Some pointers along the way, the many charts in our daily ChartPack, and some possible outcomes from presently evolving … Read More
We are looking at a modestly higher opening in the early Futures prices after the holiday. But it’s not too even and God only knows what’s really ahead. First on prices: Stock Futures point higher (1/3 pct) but we don’t trust ’em. Too early. Inflation fears are back – in a big way. Gold is … Read More
With our Presidents Day activities (getting a scalar prototype out the door this week_) most of today will be devoted to work in Ure’s Old Man Lab. I don’t talk about it much – people’s eyes tend to glaze over, but it’s a very well-appointed place to hang out and do work on the fringe-stuff … Read More
We need to begin at the beginning, I suppose. Because I am working with a colleague who is investigating something, and needs a PEMF (pulse, electro magnetic force) device to interact with, I have been up to my butt in Tesla/scalar antenna designs this week. And, curiously, how to simplify the design to use all … Read More
Birthing of Network Radio in the 1920s with a modern rhyme with Social Media is one thinking point today. Along with how stock tips are mimicked by :crypto tips” which no one seems to understand, yet. Radio networks vs. Social media. Stock tips versus Crypto tipso’s. and Smoot-Hawley 2 – the Trump Sequel. This being … Read More
With the strong rally in the stock market Thursday, the markets had the “look and feel” (to us) of getting into a “Buy the Rumor, Sell the News” mode ahead of today’s Retail Sales numbers and the Fed Industrial Production data shortly. The Fed has already taken away the punch bowl with the appearances of … Read More
With inflation back *(as we explained in the Peoplenomics report Wednesday), you’d naturally expect PPI to jump and that’s not even taking in tariffs: “The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.4 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices rose 0.5 percent in December 2024 … Read More