There is only one way the market can collapse next week:  That is if the K.C. Chiefs score a huge upset on Super Bowl Sunday. The hell of it is?  We think that’s a pretty good possibility.  But follow along the ‘business logic’ of it all and we shall see come Sunday night… Higher than … Read More

Jobs, Markets, or scammy Medicare insurance providers?  Where do you want to start? Jobs it Is Just out is the latest job cuts report from Challenger. Before we roll with it, though, some simple math.  One can take the new jobs created report from ADP and then subtract the following number (this morning’s Challenger report) … Read More

Trend Your Friend?  Problem is, which Trend is someone talking about? Today we lay out use of differential trend detection tools. And does it fit with your personal investment style? Especially when the Buy’ed ’em Fed is rolling with a “desperation cash dash” into markets to play Beat Back the Clock which was, until yesterday … Read More

Wow.  Didn’t think I could ultra compress Life into such an all-encompassing headline, but as the old saying goes:  If you want something done, give it to a busy man.  At least for a few weeks, that’d be me… Spring garden chores beckon, along with replacing a roof panel that blew off the greenhouse in … Read More

I know a number of readers who are expecting the market to be hard down this morning.  Boy!  Are they in for a disappointment! On the other hand, a pragmatic market player (of both long and short positions, depending on opportunity) might be proud enough to report his short-trade exit Friday though it was admittedly premature: … Read More

Since I’m updating my book “How to Live on $10,000 a Year – Or Less…” over on the Peoplenomics side of the house (free there, update will be $4-bucks here when done), this whole matter of America’s Assinine Auto Addiction (quadruple A) was my focus Saturday. Cars as Investments Pappy always taught that cars were … Read More

Just couldn’t stop writing or working, after all. Workaholic?  Yah think?  After stepping out of a short trade, a bit early Friday, though taking profits is never a bad thing, I continued working on the update to my book “How to Live on $10,000 a Year, Or Less.” Pertinent chapter because we talk about economic … Read More

Our sincere and heartfelt thanks to an UrbanSurvival reader who finally couldn’t take it any longer… Apparently not impressed with our “Di Giorno thin crust Suprema” which is then modified with mushrooms, more sauce, more cheese and baked before the very doors of hell. We appreciate the salvation offered herein: Guest Recipe #1 I can’t … Read More

This isn’t a column – more like a book today.  So tomorrow, Charts only on the Subscriber side (Peoplenomics).  There’s much that needs to be said.  Everyone needs to hear. Employment Costs and Personal Income are the “hot stories” to begin with, so let’s dispense them, first:  1) Government workers are doing better than you: … Read More

Bubble players are fascinated with anomalies like GameStop and Bitcoin.  (BTC $31,565 at click time.) But eventually – as the notion of “bubblehood” seeps into the public mind – such deviations from what used to be normal regress to historical means. Did you see where Reddit co-founder calls GameStop frenzy a ‘bottom-up revolution,’ shifting power to … Read More

Today, hardcore economics with a side of woo-woo.  Futures were down hard ahead of the Fed rate pronouncement this afternoon. Won’t mince words here except to remind all readers that we are in a period of extreme risk when we look at how the run from 2009 to now has paralleled the 1921 to 1929 … Read More

On track to be up 10% for CY 2020 at this rate. The press release scoop: S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Shows Annual Home Price Gains Climbed to 9.5% in November 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 9.5% annual gain in November, up … Read More

A toot’s day benediction from Mr. Tired and Cranky who has been up all night working. We have been telling anyone who will listen that a lot of “us plain taxpayers” are mighty pissed that the clown posse on Capitol Pill can’t seem to get their heads out of their butts when spending OUR money.  … Read More