Import prices are going which way, do you think? “Come on you dog-faced pony soldier…” Get this one right and the Slow Joe economics plan might actually make sense. No? Not enough drugs in the world to straighten that mess out? OK, the answer is: “Prices for U.S. imports increased 0.3 percent in July, after … Read More
Two data points to consider as we sneak up on the weekend. The usual unemployment filings – improved: Highlights are the non-seasonally adjusted (no BS actual) numbers. Screaming And the Producer Prices: Bad: Over 12% Annualized Rate: “The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 1.0 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of … Read More
Packing to Die: Suitcase between Your Ears should be on Amazon in a couple of weeks. This morning the final chapters for subscribers. Plus we’ll have those “hot off the boat” CPI numbers. On a more worrying front, one of our lawyerly readers has dug out documentation on how CDC has actual contingency plans to … Read More
After doing what, 9,000 posts (plus or minus) it’s always the writing challenge to come up with new – and useful – ways to frame the daily data drone. So, this morning, how’s about we approach things as though the world is crazy and insanity is contagious. Which, oh, bye-the-bye, it is… Optimism Being Cured Thanks … Read More
I do a reasonable amount of reading. Yet, I cannot remember a single definitive economics course, or book, explaining market dynamics under Mob Rule. Similarly, I can’t find many treatises on Mob Rule and Justice, either. Well, except for maybe The Myth of Mob Rule: Violent Crime and Democratic Politics. Lisa L. Miller. New York: … Read More
A short column today since I was too busy to write it earlier in the week. Which runs head-on into the 6:30 AM Lawnmower Gran Prix which goes flag-down Sunday mornings… I did want to chat with you about getting control of workspaces because as an older dolt, organizing too many projects is a continuous … Read More
Fat guys in red suits aren’t needed; not when we have a Federal Reserve and a conflicted bond market. Which combined this week to press stocks and bonds around like seldom happens. Gold down, bonds up? Come on, man! Next week, we shall see how it will work out since imbalances in the fundamentals don’t … Read More
Got out of bed this morning with an unusual urge. So unusual, that even after standing in front of the recycling station, it persisted. “What’s going on?” I wondered. Then it hit me: The Typical Summer High seems to be in play and with the market’s action Thursday, our Aggregate Index was screaming more upside…for … Read More
No, this isn’t an “I told you so!” column. It’s a reminder that reading and watching the news – plus keeping our ears to the ground – is done to keep us one step ahead of disaster. July 16th, in my report Prepping for Lockdown 2.0 – Markets in Denial? I told you we had … Read More
Two more chapters of my book “Packing to Die: Suitcase between your ears” today. In this one, we talk about postponing death. Lots of strategies to be kicked around… Sorry if the page is a bit slow to load. Not a server issue. Just a lot of words and charts. 14 graphics, and about 9,700 … Read More
Enjoy the going-nowhere market. Because while the early trading hype was a gain of 160 on the Dow at the open and another 15 on the S&P, we were in about this position in the Monday preopen. Then the market fell on its ass. Down 97 on the Dow and 8-something on the S&P. Although … Read More
We do, I assure you, live in a confused and ‘foxed-uniformed vertically‘ world. Hyper-complexity promised to solve all our problems. But, sitting in the Outback of East Texas, “confusionality” is abundantly clear. For example, when you decide to build more damns for hydro power and exporting of water to SoCal, what happens? Fish runs shrink … Read More
We depart from our usual hand tools and hands-on power tool enjoyment this weekend to begin work on a seminal project: The ultimate ham radio wire antenna system. Long-term readers of this site will remember that we’ve already done one spin on an improved HF antenna. Called Super Antenna iV it offered better performance than … Read More