The Chinese diesel heater is still working dandy out in the greenhouse lean-to we put up a year ago. Just this morning, there was light rain coming down about 4 AM and Zeus the Cat (dealing with old age issues) didn’t want to come in the house/. One button press, and within a half hour, … Read More
Feeling a bit compulsive, are we? You bet. We are in “field position” (to toss in some sports book lingo) to really drop – and hard – before whatever the Fed decision is coming Wednesday afternoon. One thing the charts are telling us? I won’t say it – better that you should see for yourself. … Read More
Ure is up to his you-know in critical projects around here. So, once again, we will revert to our laser-like focus on what really matters. First is the Fed and PPI The expectations data spread is wider than usual going into the Fed meeting next week. Chit-chat Tuesday and decision Wednesday after lunch fgor the … Read More
Of course, the problem is always “Which way will this puppy break?” While we never offer financial advice, we do – strictly for entertainment – have an interesting point of view on markets. The first is how cyclically repeating they are when viewed in the long-term. The second is that individual indexes don’t offer as … Read More
Our usual Peoplenomics fare is a hardnosed look at data involving cyclicity in long-term market directions. However, have you noticed that the Markets of late look like they may be taking our call of a massive third wave down collapse very much to heart? America is entering a “beliefs and values” crisis. Today we discuss … Read More
After the not wholly unexpected market decline Monday, there’s not really much to say about what happens next. Early futures revealed a slip and slide downward was possible, although, with Gold up $8 bucks early, and the dollar down proportionately, we wouldn’t be surprised if this wasn’t a small half-day (or better) rally. Futures were … Read More
WHAT???!!! No mention of the Hunter Biden revelations about Social Media and the FBI on the front page of the big DC paper this morning? But you already knew that, right? Huge story in the tech-competent thinking class, though. Language matters: Stonewall Idiom Definition (grammarist.com) With good reason… Miranda Devine of the New York Post is … Read More
First, a big thank you for prayers on behalf of ailing Zeus the Cat. His appetite is back a bit, and between hand feeding of food, some cat kidney pills plus a gentle application of deworming meds, he’s up and about better than a week ago. Now into the projects of this holiday screwed-up week… … Read More
Remember the Talking Heads song “Lifetime Piling Up“? Well, what’s going on now is a kind of rhyming riff off that. When long-denied social media fairytales turn out to be true. We expect a growing sense of confusion and uncertainty into year-end. Because stock prices no longer relate to growth, crypto gambles are turning into … Read More
Let me huff a bit on the whiteboard marker before we rock the morning for you… This being the 21st Anniversary of the Enron Collapse. (Ah….) So, here’s the “real deal” on jobs. Pop Size Matters U.S. population at the end of 2019 was around 328,239,523. (*George scrawls this on the board.) At the end of this … Read More
Hmm. Bunch of fresh data beginning with big layoffs in Tech: Challenger Job Cut report is just out: “U.S.-based employers announced 76,835 cuts in November, a 127% increase from the 33,843 cuts announced in October. It is 417% higher than the 14,875 cuts announced in the same month last year, according to a report released … Read More
Every year, we take a fearless poke at the future and explain our basis for ‘Life Planning’ for the coming year. The process is never simple, though. Something as complicated as one’s Life and as intricate as a global economy is more than a 5-minute essay! Today, we kick around some of the data sourcing … Read More
The important part of why the rollover is what matters now. Simply, when interest rates were at historic lows (less than half the rates of the Great Depression era) when a million-dollar home was sold, the majority of funds would be paid to the seller on closing. However, as interest rates have gone up, the … Read More