Before we dig in, a couple of “housekeeping notes.” First is that the long-awaited adjustments to the (excessively hyped) job creation claims were dialed back a bit this week. And any armchair economist can see, the official number of people employed in July was only 57,000 more than in the same period a year ago … Read More
Might come as a shock what goes on in my office before you read a morning report. But there’s a lot of very good science to it and it seems to pay off in a very low stress level. Good BP numbers, sound sleep (conducive to lucid dreams) and a youthful appearance and energy level … Read More
The Scotch Bet is on: As measured by our Aggregate Index – cobbled up in the wake of the 2000 Internet Bubble bursting – we have to hit above 48,605.37. If it does, then I will have to pay my consigliere (for on-premises consumption) the Thanksgiving Scotch this year. HOWEVER, if we fail to close … Read More
Lawyers – especially tax attorneys, and super-especially ones with a CPA, do not enter into wagers about the market lightly. Yet, we found ourselves oddly at issue with just such a consigliere over the weekend. “I expect the market will go up to the Labor Day weekend. And because the “turn date” isn’t till the first, or … Read More
OK, maybe I’m a bit of an adventurer (offshore sailing, transcons in single engine, marrying an ex-Bunny, going to 930 detox, day-trading, writing…and high speed Morse guy…). But there is one thing about me you may not appreciate. I’ve been pondering Free Energy for 20-years now and actually have both a theory and a possible way … Read More
Since we can’t talk on cell phones and text, surely there must be something we can do that’s useful. Other than run over people who bother us and swearing at the top of our lungs… Quite by accident this week, I invented a new way to hone my personal trading skills while driving. You see, … Read More
Dog Days of Summer are here – and there’s even a spritz of rain in the local forecast for next week. Not the weekend to be vacationing in Bermuda, though. Need a hint? Since the whole frigging world is still expanding heat islands, here comes from government Brainiacs Nonstop heat: NOAA predicts 2024 may be … Read More
We have a new and exciting game for wide-ranging market day trading addicts like me. OK, and one ot two others around here. Game is “What’s Yahoo Doing?” Today, when we clicked on World Stock Indexes: prices, charts, percent change, volume, and news – Yahoo Finance the early morning futures prices were off in the … Read More
OK, how much money is an extra day, week, month, or year worth? With all our work on equal dollar indices and charts, the money isn’t worth much if it can’t buy you more time. So, we’re updating all of our research on anti-aging. Including various supplement protocols and how they fare in actual science-based … Read More
(See the Reader Advisory at the end of this column…) PPI (CPI Tomorrow) Producer Prices can be an indication of inflation in the pipeline. Here’s what’s just been announced by the government. (Pass me a grain of salt, would you?) The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.1 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the … Read More
Um…humor the Old Man. Give him a chance to roll out the rewrite of past lectures to you – ill0prepared – journalists who are trying to become famous. The advice? “Don’t write stupid.” Some examples? Sure. Let’s kick off with Trump falsely accuses Harris campaign of fabricated AI crowd photos. The problem here is that … Read More
Here you thought the Pun Police would have the weekend off. Nope. Our silly and small project of the weekend is assembly of a hose reel for up at the greenhouse end of the old place here in the woods. In addition to 100 feet of that semi-fancy stainless hose that promises to be less … Read More
It’s almost like a derivative function. But it’s designed as a pathway for the visually stimulated trader to make graphical observations over time that may improve trading. I know, sounds a little “out there” but you might find otherwise when you see the case. There’s always the small dose of overnight news flow to inspect, … Read More