[Reader note: We have discontinued MailChimp notifications of new content.  Only 500-odd people were using it and it was costing almost $350 per year.  We MAY go to “push notifications” – but your input is welcome.] Will today be “Normal?”  Remote viewers have their shields up. It is the first of May, after all.  Big doings … Read More

I have mentioned for a couple of months now that one of my sources, who I call “the doc for the men who stare at goats” fellow was worried about April (mid to second half) about a major “darkness” about to befall Earth. He (and his sources) weren’t able to put it into more precise … Read More

We may come to a time of “impact risk this week” and, along with it the possibility of supply chain disruptions looms large. I speak, of course, about the May Day celebration of International Workers Day and – at least in China – Youth Day on May 4th.  Millions in China will turn this into … Read More

Ure lost $49 in the stock market Thursday.  Which, as I will explain, was a very good thing. This is a primo example of one of our Trading Laws discussed Thursday.  The one that warned: Don’t hold a loss.  Not even for an hour. Sure enough, I went into a trade which, it turned out, wasn’t a bad call, per … Read More

Turbo Thursday begins with another “Kiss and Collapse” ponder.  This is ALL about making money, so listen up. You see, there is some axiomatic thinking that many people “playing stocks” just never seem to figure out.  Not surprisingly, even with help, their “returns” are often in the range of annual inflation. Some simple ideas that have … Read More

I guess today’s Housing report matters, to the degree you can drive by looking in the rearview mirror.  We’d mentioned before that it seems like a slow topping process was ongoing as net-to-seller due to higher interest rates was coming home to land on the mini-bubble: S&P CORELOGIC CASE-SHILLER INDEX DECLINES MODERATED IN FEBRUARY YEAR-OVER-YEAR … Read More

Posted earlier than normal due to Housing update due (a Bulldog edition) Technical Tuesday around here is usually the “after action” analysis of my latest day trading frenzy.  To save the asking, yes, I made some lunch money on that short position taken near the close Friday. Was it George Peppard, “the Colonel” (a/k/a Hannibal … Read More

Money Monday, and we will see in coming hours if my going short into the close of stocks Friday will be a hit or a miss.  Small wager only – no point bleeding out before The End. Likely the most interesting part of this morning’s column is towards the end.  In the Around the Ranch (ATR) … Read More

For a little while, looks like: Active Warning: Yes NOAA Scale: G4 – Severe NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 45 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents – Possible widespread voltage control problems and some protective systems may mistakenly trip out key assets from … Read More

Since I lived full-time on my 40-foot offshore capable sailboat for nearly a dozen years up and down the West Coast, I should begin with a sailing story. When I bought the boat (following a legendary expensive divorce), it was a dandy cross between Peter Pan’s adventures and living in Superman’s “Fortress of Solitude.” Just like … Read More