Retracements are one of the most interesting features of stock market performance.  You will see a big decline (like from Sept. 2) when people come to their senses.  Then you get often-times manic, insane rallies – like the one we have been in this week. It’s the stuff of Elliott Wave 2 bounces  – sometimes.  … Read More

Think of them as eWMDs as we fit them into the overall evolution of WMDs over historical periods.  Which matters because in ways, there’s much on the internet today that fulfills the functionality of a conventional WMD.  As we will discuss. A couple of economic notes on data and that mess of whatever was pawned … Read More

Just an advisory that we found a very interesting document that had been published about 10-days ago that had very little (liberal, left-biased) media attention.  Yet it is – in our modest view – the kind of thing that should be front and center in Chis Wallace’s questioning tonight of the (polling) front-runner Joe Biden. … Read More

Monthly Case-Shiller/S&P/CoreLogic data is served: NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 – S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for July 2020 show that home prices continue to increase at a modest rate across the U.S. YEAR-OVER-YEAR  The … Read More

As happens once a month, a two-part report today:  The S&P Housing report will be posted about 8:15 Central time. We are also working on shorter reports.  Not that I don’t love to write, mind you.  But the reports on the Peoplenomics.com subscriber site are chewing up processor time.  Tomorrow we have a piece on … Read More

Looks – based on early futures – like the market is heading skyward with the Dow pointing to a +350-point pop at the open. Unfortunately, there are too many moving pieces for the rally to be called sustainable on a number of fronts.  We can wade through them one-at-a-time and I think you’ll see what … Read More

For the past quarter – that is from June 21 to this week – “woo-woo” had taken the summer off.  Not sure why, but sometimes its like that in Life.  Woo-woo is there for a while – and then  poof! It’s back. We know there has been a “seasonal shift” in woo-woo because we’re back … Read More

SATR simply means:  “Sunday Around the Ranch” where we cover a  hugely and bigly of stuff going on in our lives.  I have almost a dozen items on the list this morning including the art of buying things, LookingOutsidethOftheBox has before and after pix of his “cardboard bar” which is nearing completion.  Plus the gobs … Read More

Age-old question here, but with some different views.  Including how personal consumption of “Happiness tools” may be changing from social distancing. A few headlines and the chart pack, too.  Which is getting very interesting in light of the Fed tossing more money into things this week… More for Subscribers   |||  Not a Subscriber?   SUBSCRIBE NOW!   … Read More

You may not be aware of the aeronautical term FIKT.  It’s pronounced “FICK-tee” when you talk to NTSB or state aircraft accident investigators.  It stands for Flight Into Known Terrain. Given UrbanSurvival is about long wave economics, where we periodically replay grand waves of euphoria and depression, talking about crashing makes a good bit of sense … Read More

“I just vahnt to suck your vahllet!”  Yes, the all-American horror movie is back and playing the lead is Wall Street.  Likely to play through Halloween, when the democrat-driven Election Hysteria promises to be the next block-buster at failing media does the only trick it knows:  Crisis-Rolling. Before we lay out two interesting “Jobs” stories, … Read More

I know I tell you all the time:  No one stands up and waves a flag when a big market move may be beginning.. So, kindly overlook my standing on the bench in the shop with two red microfiber cloths, a railroad flare, fog horn, and farting for all I’m worth. But could it be … Read More

Calamity Cash Flow our topic, as promised, today. While it’s obvious that “If you can’t touch it, you don’t own it…” It’s also true that even if you can touch, doesn’t mean someone won’t try. This is a problem when the “law” is on their side – so a discussion this morning as we rehash … Read More