More Evidence 2021 A Bummer I made a personal  “investment policy decision” last week:  I’ve decided not to play the market until after the presidential inauguration January 20, 2021.  There’s simply too much that can go wrong – too many hidden variable to mess with.  Plus a ton of contrary and conflicting views. Before we roll … Read More

1st: A Dough-Check Dow futures aren’t rising:  Down over 100 with 60 min. to the open. Driven mainly by virus fears.  Oh, and no-go on dough from the slow… We Warned You of This! For months we’ve been saying “Once past the Election, lawmakers in the District of Corruption would return to their well-trodden path:  … Read More

Learning From Our Kids When you creep up into your 70s, one of the things you wonder is “Gee, if I were younger, how would I live in today’s world?” I’m fortunate.  I consider the offspring:  One daughter is  a mental health counselor, working on a masters.  The other daughter is going up the food … Read More

There are lots of us – old men of the web who have been writing about pendency of collapse for 20-years (or longer) – and a quiet consensus is beginning to form. It’s not evident unless you either subscribe to a lot of specialist future-oriented publications, or whether (as many newsletter writers do) you simply … Read More

Job & Trade Data Federal Employment report: “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 245,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 6.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) … Read More

TCDC’s Arrive A brief explanation on Peoplenomics, but condensed here:  We’ve deployed some new tools to  hone our trends-driving focus a bit on the things that matter most in the information space UrbanSurvival transits. One involves “Tag Cloud Driven Columns” [TCDC’s] because – as a mere human – it’s too easy to become distracted from things … Read More

One of our readers requested we turn a carefully tuned eye toward some of the longer-term outcomes of CV-19.  Among the question is “What is it doing to the divorce rate?” We can already see a wide swath of “social destruction” because of the virus.  Yet, in the longer term, is it possible that “What … Read More

You DID Pay Attention, Right? It  seems to happen every month, but on which day is only semi-predictable.  And the amount of month-end sell-off is uneven, as well… Still, as we have advised  Peoplenomics.com subscribers, there is usually a day toward the end of the month when Big Money squares up with Banks (and whoever).  … Read More

Hyper’s Cyber Scam? DBSYDN. Our early morning guidance for the week.  (Don’t Buy Shit You Don’t Need!) Take for example this morning:  Got up super-early because we didn’t over-eat because we didn’t do our turkey this weekend.  Simply too much going on around here. But there – 5:22 AM today – I spied something I … Read More

Ready Or Not… It’s almost here.  2021 looms. With a little free time on holiday weekends, it’s useful to turn off most of the hype-crazy mainstream media.  Instead, try doing a “personal performance audit.”  Designed to answer key questions.  Like? “Did I have a Plan this year?” In the unlikely event you did, “Did you … Read More

-things I learned This Week: Turkey is for Our Convenience Not the calendar’s. We will not be doing the turkey Sunday, as planned (rescheduled from Thursday). Because we both have other things we’d rather do. Messing with a 20 Lb. turkey didn’t sound like as much fun as tossing a pot roast in and letting … Read More

That’s an interesting bet given the VIX was under 20 Friday.  Means no one is afraid.  Saw those levels in February, didn’t we? We’re guessing there will be more presidential election concerns and possibly conflict.  The Middle East beckons.  Since war is the historical outcome of economic declines, we should expect something, somewhere to light … Read More

First You Need a Plan I can’t emphasize this part enough. Before you visit another website, turn away from the screen and list the half-dozen things you – YOU (the one with the money) – really want to accomplish in 2021. Steal Your Eyes from Click Bait!  Every time you see a “news story” about … Read More