Most people don’t have any idea what their CPI exposure is. In other words, how much more do you need to make (per hour, monthly, or annually) to actually keep even with the price of things going up? Given that we have been running somewhere around the 2% Cost of Living Range, do you have … Read More

To set the mood for today’s look at what’s ahead for the economy, we recommend a 2-minute warm-up exercise consisting of your choice of: Train Wreck compilation 1 Train Wreck compilation 2 Track Wreck compilation 3 Train Wreck compilation 4 Or, if you have 17-minutes, the 2010-2020 Train Wreck compilation… This last one is especially … Read More

Screw the “usual” few headlines this morning. We’ve got bigger fish to fry.  Age-Adjusted Return on Investment in the focus section.  Plus, with the markets indicating at least something of a bounce at the open, a look at techniques to “know when to fold ’em.” Peoplenomics gets into a lot of strange and interesting areas … Read More

WIGO?  What Is Going On.  And this morning the answer is “Oh, nothing much – just Joe Biden’s Depression getting organized. No – not a political assessment – just what our charts over on the Peoplenomics side of the house are hinting at.  Let me run it down for you and you will catch on very quickly. First:  … Read More

Market are closed, but we never stop working around here.  Menu this morning is a few grisly headlines, shop action, a contributed cardboard miracle begins, and a proud papa note.  Oh, plus a side of weather change and “crank the mower” time. Ready? Dancing Dollars, Destiny Dips Although U.S. markets are closed for the holiday, … Read More

Go out to fire, police, and emergency medical people.  In order for “the rest of us to have it off” there are people sweating their butts off to keep the country intact. Had a call this morning from firefighter/EMT son George II who’s working a big forest fire up in Oregon.  As a CV-19 technical … Read More

Why is it 4:15 AM and why is Ure running antenna models? The answer is simple:  The end of summer is upon us.  When the weather cools down, things here heat up.  Hot coffee on a cool more, clear head, and a zillion ideas to run down. But first…. Goodbye Swamp Cooler A couple of … Read More

Elaine and I were having the afternoon toddy Friday when she asked an interesting question – one I’ve been asked many times: “Where does all your energy come from?” I don’t mind sharing the answer because it’s so simple – obvious – and so many philosophies have tried to tariff (that is  charge) for what … Read More

The rest of the year?  We need to have us a little talk about that.  As usual, with “visual aids” because things are beginning to look might dicey from where we sit. Since this is one of my few actual 2-3 day weekends, we will dispense with headlines.  A suitable tradeoff for working on the … Read More

Students of economic depressions may be pretty clear on where America “went wrong.”  Well, at least they should be clear in about five-years or so…the point of today’s outlook: The American economic system?  Strong as ever.  But its fatal weakness? Economic contraction.  We living in a system that has been optimized as a  growth model.  … Read More

Covered my first “real” election in Seattle back in 1970. Wes Uhlman was elected mayor that year.  Stayed up – did the “victory party rounds’ jammed an old Sony TC-110 cassette recorder mic in everyone’s face.  Winners said the same this as today – ditto for losers. Well, except maybe the losers then were a … Read More

UAPs and UFOs are explored in this survey article. In a lot more depth than planne d – 33-thousand words worth.  Still, with end of summer at hand and little of much interest until markets begin to break down, why not expand our horizons, a bit? A few (short) headlines and the ChartPack. With a … Read More

Every so often my consigliere will call with a pertinent observation.  When the phone range Monday, boy, was I in for a treat… “Do you think the Fed likes socialists or Marxists?” “Uh…well…hadn’t been the #1 thing on my “thing to figure out” list, but sure… it’s an interesting question, no doubt.  Say, why do you … Read More