With my right-hand raised, I do solemnly swear (cussing is more my style, but whatever) to write shorter columns.  Which will be more to the point.  Focusing on being a close-in map for coming events. Temporal Lobes This week’s timeline features a quiet (read: rally) early.  However, then things get interesting at mid-week. Other than … Read More

It was only natural for the topic to come up (winter heating).  It had been a fine Saturday, and with temps still around 72F my martini and Elaine’s champagne were enjoyed on the screen porch. As the sun poured in, weakened by winter’s approach, Zeus the Cat wandered in, looking for human companionship.  Neighbor Dan … Read More

Although there’s a chance of collapse in coming weeks, the powering ahead to new all-time-highs has interesting implications. Some of which may turn into good, old-fashioned, money-making propositions. This morning, not only will we consider the nature of “fifth waves” but we’ll do some research training along the way. Right after a few headlines and … Read More

No sooner had Joe Biden arrived in Rome (where we assume a “kiss the ring thing” will be photo op material [we have some alternatives, lol]), their markets began to tank.  Looks to be coming over here, as well. The Thursday Rally was completely comprehensible just on the basis of “He’s gone!  Can’t do anything … Read More

Real GDP growth is up 2 percent – much less than “hyped for.” But event this is likely overstated with the H.6 Monetary Base up >30% YoY…

I have been on a number of major financial news sites this morning and have yet to see anyone making a big deal about just out trade disaster data today. We had this on the line well ahead of the open for our Peoplenomics.com subscribers but check this out: “Advance International Trade in Goods The … Read More

OK, let’s say – just for the halibut – that we wake up some morning like tomorrow – and our worst fears all show up.  What is our immediate reaction?  Got “salvation” preset to roll in one click? Years ago, we talked about how fire departments operated in the “old days.”  This was before databases … Read More

Just out from Case-Shiller/S&P/CoreLogic: “YEAR-OVER-YEAR The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 19.8% annual gain in August, remaining the same as the previous month. The 10- City Composite annual increase came in at 18.6%, down from 19.2% in the previous month. The 20- City … Read More

Two statistical realities will pop today. First will be the Case-Shiller/S&P/CoreLogic Housing data.  We will cover that in a special second update.  But without looking, we are certain that the picture for Housing has never been brighter.  People who own property profit from inflation.  It’s why government can “get away with it.” Where “it” is … Read More

In traditional economics, money was defined generally as a “storehouse of value.”  Yet, to even the least-informed, this linkage has been mostly shit-canned. The problem is one of runaway leverage. Once upon a financial fairytale, the story was sold far and wide that America was using a fractional reserve currency.  In other words, when a dollar was … Read More

Not to spoil the “time off” notion of Sunday, but there’s a Twitter posted video for you to see and understand.  Because?  It explains how people with first and second Covid shots will be treated as “unvaccinated” – thus moving the dishonesty of medical statistics to a new Biden propaganda high! See it here. You … Read More

Rather than an in-depth outlook on a general lifestyle and economic issue, we’re focused this weekend worrisome charts for markets next week.

Since Urban is (nominally) a long wave economics site – which gets wildly off-track because its writer-in-chief is seriously ADHD – we will try to keep things in order by starting with some “economic reality.” All-Time-Hype We continue to sit with market’s poised for a monstrous collapse in coming weeks based on our Aggregate Markets work.  Yes, … Read More