California’s Complexity Crisis

Or, how an obscure paper on complexity in computer programming and committee generation showed us what to expect in post-fire California.  Yep, a big one to wrap our heads around. because this one defines a great deal of what to expect in the modern world. Toss in the market results in the extensive ChartPack, and … Read More

Your Five-Day Future Map for a Three-Day Weekend

The Futuring game is always a fine one to play. Especially on a Long Weekend Friday. We like to “ballpark” what life could be like a week from now, by assembling the already-known Future events and then guessing the more probable event pathing to most likely outcomes.  If you were to do this as a … Read More

Retail Sales, UII Filters, Philly Fed #’s, Ex-Im Prices

Damn.  This is one of those glorious news days. When all I need to do is write an intro line to each item in a whole stack of important news releases.  So, while we wait for “what goes up” (to run the retail shorts ahead of options and wait for the inevitable downturn), here’s today’s … Read More

Better Personal Research

In our Focus today, a discussion of how to improve personal decision-support.  See, all of us who are life-long learners sometimes lose focus on the importance of “personal product development.” Before we tackle that, however, Consumer Prices just out. And yes, they’re up. In the ChartPack today ventures into financial pugilism as the Future will … Read More

Markets Telling Future? Maple Syrup & Aerosols

The markets – wading through Trump’s “pendency” and the fires blowing up – have been a bit disappointed.  But we have our eyes on tomorrow’s market action for a number of reasons. Tomorrow is a Bank Settlement day. Thursday is Index options Friday is stock options But above all, tomorrow is Retail Sales Clinical economists … Read More

California Dreamin’ Turns to Georgia on My Mind

At least somewhere will have a “rainy night in [Georgia]” tonight – with a nod to Brook Benton. Captain Gooding checks in today from lands east of the Appalachains. “”Here come those Santa Ana winds again…” from Babylon Sisters, by Steely Dan Southern California evolved to burn. The rugged hillsides around the Los Angeles basin, stretching north … Read More

Wolf Moon Monday: Markets Tremble, Raising Sons

You ready, Lupus?  No, not the disease.  We’re talking the Latin word for “wolf” because according to the Clan of the Cave George Tribe’s neolithic Tree Hedge out back, tonight is the Wolf Moon.  (First full Moon of the year.) As always, we are guided by the two-bit A.I. as to how Wolves, bulls, and bears might … Read More

ShopTalk Sunday: Cold Wx Chow, T2FD Out, Horse Cage In

First thing, we gotta talk about chow.  Because the weather is still cool.  In fact, there’s even a mention of SNOW in the local extended forecast out in the week-from-Monday range. This is when I don’t beat myself up too much for eating carbs.  Yeah, carbo toxicity and all that, but half a pizza is … Read More

Benchmarking Fire Disaster Recovery

There has been a lot of loose talk on the web about how fast – and whether – large portions of Los Angeles will be recovered. Much is spoken “without anchor.” A colleague, who contributes here on occasion under the nom de plume of Capt. Gooding is one hell of a researcher and we take his … Read More

The Fire Future was Seen

Not widely mentioned anywhere is that this Future was clearly seen almost a month ago. While there are many technologies that presently “look at Future” the success I speak of was specifically via remote viewing. Plus, with the market weakness Friday, a study of our ChartPack today will be most interesting as well. A number … Read More