The Ugly Patterns First Highest Level Pattern first: I began work on the Aggregate Index in 2001 when it became apparent (in the wake of the 9/11 event) that terrorism “seemed to appear” just in time to swing the public’s attention away from $5 to $8-trillion in losses in the Internet Bubble from March 2000 … Read More

Transportable wealth – the kind you can take with you – can only be stored between your ears and in your heart.  It’s a scientifically backed fact that most people don’t want to face.  Let alone inventory, assess, plan, and evolve action plans toward excellence. That’s why I’m writing a “practical book” on the topic.  … Read More

Welcome back from what I hope was a delightful weekend for you and yours.  Pretty chill around here…a good thing. Some of our weekend accomplishments included several new items off the 3D printers, a well-manicured lawn, lots of work on the space-time bending problem, and pages 49-77 of my newest book “Packing to Die:  Suitcase … Read More

Since the U.S. markets are closed today, and we’ll skim through a few headlines first.  But then, how’s about we do some really far-fetched fun stuff?  Woo-Woo? I’m going to explain a theory of “light pumping” and how a new “whole body light” technology may be just ahead.  I’m doing this mainly to “put it … Read More

This being the Fourth weekend, a lot of us – with kids too far away to visit – will be working on projects in the shop, instead. Which begins (as many mornings) with a check of how things are coming on the 3D printer farm here.  This first project – snap of it in previous … Read More

Since I am in and out of the shop today, I thought I’d put up a General Purpose post so people can comment on whatever on on their [alleged] mind. I will likely take a look hourly (all comments are human-reviewed, unlike socialist media) so have at it.  Good taste and sensible, though. Meanwhile, wanna … Read More

Over what we hope will be a quiet long weekend, it’s useful to ponder and “big picture” America’s Prospects.  Truly a mixed bag this year. Which we will muse on, right after a few headlines and the ChartPack which is definitely in a “caution zone.” More for Subscribers ||| Not a Subscriber? SUBSCRIBE NOW! ||| … Read More

Holiday ho! So we’ll roll with a deeper neuron firing exercise today… Data Bulge Worries Us Is something happening next Wednesday that I missed the distro on? I simply put dates into a search engine and…what’s this?  We will have to turn on the Princeton EGGs, too. Smart People Matter Economics and human behavior are … Read More

There are a ton of moving parts leading up to the four day weekend.  But overall, no “life-altering events” are seen until July 8th, or later. What say we roll through these in reverse-order because I’m writing (some of this) prior to the job cut and unemployment filing data? Kona is easily covered: Variety being … Read More

Latest installment of my book this morning deals with a process called  Destructuring.  Up to page 71 today.  Where it fits in the process of “filling the suitcase between your ears” is worth a few minutes of your time. First though, a ton of data to wade through including (besides headlines) the new ADP Jobs … Read More

Just out from Case-Shiller, S&P/CoreLogic – fresh housing data: “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 14.6% annual gain in April, up from 13.3% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 14.4%, up from 12.9% in the previous … Read More

Ahead of this morning’s Housing report (which we will post about 8:15 Central time) I found myself pondering the lack of useful headlines and wondering more about Future. Not that headlines aren’t revealing a few things: Yes, it was hot in the Pacific Northwest yesterday and it will be hot – maybe hotter – today.  ‘Crazy hot’: … Read More

Seattle, Portland, and the backside of the Cascade range are all looking at busting records today.  We’ve penciled in “Sweattle” and “Portnix” as new city names better suited. Mainly Arizona but with a contender in New Mexico, massively huge fires are still running away.  Among Arizona fires, the Telegraph fire is 180,756 Acres, while the … Read More