TL;DR: This week’s ShopTalk: how a messy bench, a junkyard childhood, and a 3-horsepower gas engine explain the fine line between dopamine and deliverables. Then we offer a few “brain sharpeners” to keep handy in the workplace. And we end with a ponder (Prime Big Deals days ahead) if your shop doesn’t need a stool.” … Read More
The market’s gone full carnival again — screens glowing, traders chanting “To the Moon!” while the old pros quietly cinch their parachutes. With Washington shut down, no one really knows what the economy’s doing; the official dashboard is dark, and we’re all watching by the glow of the instruments. This week’s Peoplenomics takes apart the … Read More
TL;DR: Old news nose spotted this one at 10 AUs: 3I/ATLAS is our Lo-Cal Nothing Burger. However, got whacked with EQ Tireds Thursday. GovDown saunters along, and with limited space and money, what’s the best options for Prime next week? Outing Chicken Little Even Elaine and I watched the “half past hysterical” reports on YT … Read More
TL;DR: The D.C. two-step and circular firing squad continues to short-change Wee People. Failing to Deliver – and there’s no “Customer Service Dept.: Job whacking continues lighter, and we look for a low-level business model solution to yardwork. Let’s Run the Numbers: We still don’t see a reason for the Fed’s rate cut – based … Read More
(A Glimpse Inside Peoplenomics: Issue 1217-A) History has a habit of rhyming—sometimes in whispers, sometimes with a bullhorn. In this issue, we look at two rhymes playing out in real time. The first is the rise of socialism: how it surged in the 1920s out of war, inflation, and dislocation, and how it’s back again … Read More
Just out from Case-Shiller/S&P – a Month-over-month decrease: Year-Over-Year The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 1.7% annual gain in July, down from 1.9% the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 2.3%, down from 2.7% the previous month. The 20-City Composite … Read More
TL;DR: Our dance card (and “the pattern”) is full today. Part 1 here is SATTP (short and to the point) with Part 2Housing in a few minutes. Focus around here is squeezing amps from solar… The Future is Ure’s Dow futures were down a bit more than 100 early. S&P was down about 15, too. … Read More
TL;DR: We have a strong sense this could be a “Buy (the) Rumor, Sell (the) News” week. To help you score, a checklist is provided. Mourning in Michigan but coincidence nags. And Working Weather is here for Fall. Daylight Time is a month off. BR-SN Means “Buy the Rumor, Sell the News” which – we think … Read More
This is not a normal Sunday. We’re staring into a week that has more moving parts than most months get, and they’re grinding together in ways that could spark real trouble. If you’ve lived long enough, you know the smoke smell comes before the flames. This is one of those times. We’ve caught the “whiff … Read More
Keep your head down this coming week. If you’ve been reading UrbanSurvival for any length of time, you know I’m not in the habit of hyping ordinary weeks. But next week has all the fingerprints of a compressed storm window: soft or hot housing numbers, an all-hands military meeting at Quantico, labor data rolling out … Read More
TL;DR: Full Moon theory is probably wrong but we have a future plot. Yeah, Russiagate was a Lie, Comey. And our chess game with the Future out many moves. Markets and the “Lunarcy of ’29” Ask a beat cop, people in the ER or the EMTs hauling the inbound; they will all mention Full Moons. … Read More
TL;DR: Markets braced on durables, GDP, and UI filings with gold near $3,800, silver $46, BTC $111.5K. My consigliere’s dark dart toss runs from Israel–Iran nukes to a 2029 bio-war, stitched to financial collapse. Out here, even a dead cat vanished by vultures — a reminder the Presence still cleans up when it must. Durable … Read More
Two tracks this morning: The Secret Service telecom bust in NYC and the possibility of a sleight of hand with a Crypto-based Dollar reset. All very important stuff – and it comes on a bank settlement day with a Treasury series auction mid morning. Toss in our usual odd quip here and there and 23-charts … Read More