According to the stock market (Dow futures -flat) all the riots overnight (mislabeled “protests” by insurrection-supporting media) is insignificant to our economic future and financial horizons. Then again, so is coronavirus.  Because we are well past 6-million global cases and expecting 7-million within a week.  Plus, there are now more than 372-thousand global deaths.  Markets … Read More

I have made an AMAZING discovery.  But, unless you’re an electronics engineer, with an emphasis on RF design, this would be gibberish without first attending “Antenna School.”  So let’s do that.(..beats watching riots.) If you’re new to ham radio, I will lay this out as directly as possible – in order – because the name … Read More

Events this week again underscore America’s increasing ability to “talk-past” one another. Outrage in Minneapolis is justified. But rioting in other cities?  And further, is burning out a police precinct building even if the mayor seemed to clear the way for it? Helpful Hint:  Digital Gardeners send their vegetables to riot. In play is the … Read More

More tomorrow (“Digital Gardening: Liberation or Insurrection?”)  for our  Peoplenomics.com subscribers.  But the short version is “The Future has been lit” as president Trump seems to be catching up with what I was writing about in my 2012 book “Broken Web:  The Coming Collapse of the Internet. ” Bullet Points: As in the previous Depression, … Read More

A full plate this morning:  Some critical outlook data has just been released.  The Federal Reserve is about to replay its role as a “failed deity.”  And we can make some generalizations about herd behavior at the top of Wave II’s. We will once again shy away from memes and “virality” in our discussion of … Read More

A practical discussion and hints on reducing the cost of living. With more people working at home, the kids being home and all that, it’s harder to do. But “convention be damned” as we say around here.  Let’s see if we can’t find some ways to make home both affordable and enjoyable – especially now … Read More

Let’s roll with the data in the Case-Shiller Housing data just out: “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 4.4% annual gain in March, up from 4.2% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 3.4%, up from 3.0% … Read More

We will be posting in two parts this morning – this being the first.  Housing will be out from Case-Shiller/S&P/CoreLogic (and whoever else has a hand in it) in a few minutes.  As – they say in Europe – Czech back. Funny Money Rocks For those slow-on-the-draw with  Excel, the Feral Reserve’s H.6 Money Stocks … Read More

The British market was about flat when we looked earlier.  But the French and German markets were screaming ahead – up well over one percent.   These print-crazed Globalists could tech Zimbabwe a thing or two, right? It may be Memorial Day here, but in other parts of the financial universe, it’as business and usual. … Read More

Ure is a gen-u-ine QRQ Extra Class Ham Radio geek.  QRQ means high speed Morse Code and some of us believe it enables a “direct digital” part of the brain.  Extra Class because there’s no higher certification offered.  And geek?  You don’t need help on that part… What is a Super-Antenna A Super-Antenna is something … Read More

Monday being a holiday, we get back to prepping for “whatever comes next.”  And with that the question of “If the world’s falling apart, what pieces of tech do you want to preserve? Right after our morning scan of headlines, the ChartPack, and of course, Podcast 21, which is right here. More for Subscribers      |||   … Read More

Two bullet points today:  The Usual Financial News and then I seek your advice and a judgement call about an interesting Intellectual Property (IP) “coincidence” – or something more.  First, the news… Hyperinflation Confirmed My consigliere (who may drop by the Peoplenomics podcast tomorrow) says in his work, the Fed’s now 171% annualized inflation rate (*most recent month, … Read More

Market Futures were down earlier when I posted this – earlier than normal – because Ure is on multiple missions around here today.  Time is of the essence.  [A saying that makes no sense beyond contract law…] GCMD:  Global Communicable Mental Diseases What occasions today’s early start was not being able to get back to … Read More