Been a wild week around here.  So my special thanks for us for a couple of readers who have generously shared from great ideas to roll with this weekend. First up, our star gem cutter up in  Albuquerque checks in with? “Nancy’s Most Excellent Crab Cake Recipe” First, I use a 10 1/2 inch seasoned iron … Read More

Two Big Adventure stories hold focus this morning:  Where the markets go from here and how to deal with some remarkable healthcare issues.  Since Urban is about economics and prepping (mainly) let’s start there. Mo Money – Mo Money! Yeah – after calling for a war-time-like effort at Job Creation, the Fed Boss this week seems … Read More

These are times that our grandchildren will hear-tell about.  Because we are now in process of working through the biggest financial bubble since at least the South Seas Bubble and, arguably, Tulip Mania (1632-1637). Is this an Economic Bubble? The answer, at least to us, is hell yes!  Let’s look at one asset class – … Read More

The adventure of Elaine’s hip surgery takes priority over…well….everything. So because we are up to so-deep in medical issues, 11please excuse missing a day. As of click time:  Dow futures were up about  100.  Big winner in markets was the Hang Seng overnight. And  our cherry on top is Bitcoin, which was quoted this morning $46,280. … Read More

Right out of the chute today,  a nod to the National Federation of Independent Business.  Which issued a not-so-happy outlook today:  “The net percent of owners expecting better business conditions falls 55 points in 4 months.” Additional Details: “WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 9, 2021) – The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index declined in January to 95.0, down 0.9 from … Read More

Welcome to another in our series of idiotic time (and taxpayer money-wasters) from the mean-spirited Congress. Which will gavel in today to another distraction to keep Amerizuela fired-up so as to avoid the plebes asking questions.  Like “Where the F is our stimulus checks?” Much more important that getting bills beat-back, roof over the head, … Read More

Worth having a discussion about senior housing accessibility for two reasons this week.   First is wife Elaine who will have a hip replacement sooner, or later.  We went to “hip school” last week (more on this in a minute) and learned a lot about what to avoid. Second was – when I went to the … Read More

In our pre-Super Bowl edition, we mainly focus on the ChartPack.  With a functional replay of the 1929 collapse and bounce complete, is there an on-side kick ahead?  Or, are there flags down on the field? Both possibilities are examined.  After a scan of a few headlines and a look at the week ahead.  Which … Read More

We hear-tell we have children (*and grandchildren) but with CV-19, we don’t get many people braving the electronic fencing and mine fields to come visit us. But a lot of our friends, who remained in the same city as their off-spring, are lucky enough to have kids.  So that means, when they come over, best … Read More

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