Some “way out” thinking is in order. Basics first:  Do you have, every moment of every day, an “instant escape plan” in mind?  If not, it may be time to at least begin mapping a personal remediation plan for this deficiency. Classes of Escape Plans:  At one level, you need such plans for land, air, … Read More

Lab notes today on some of our “further-out” thinking. Including oddities like the study of local earth currents and “earth batteries.”  Where does over-unity fit? While there has been “buzz” around the internet for years about  coming “new electrics” with much energy (and hype) focused on things like the over-unity motor quest, I think there … Read More

Overs the years, I have gotten a ton of questions about the UrbanSurvival and Peoplenomics.com websites.  One of the most common is “How does one go about building a good quality website?” It is not particularly difficult, but before we delve into it, let’s make sure it’s the right move for you.  Website ownership is … Read More

Our first conversation tidbit today is really a lot more interesting than the run-of-the-mill, daily installment of political chicanery and spin by the co-opted corporate media.  We prefer to study real data which suggests that yes, there really is reason for concern about the near-term future of the economy. Besides market futures being not-far from flat … Read More

I swear to God, people can’t read. Democrats can’t read the freaking transcript.  Financial reporters can read the lack of a China trade deal, and now – as stupid goes viral – we see the Europeans can’t read British consensus.  Where is Evelynn Wood when the country needs her? I will grant you that the … Read More

“You can’t take it with you?”   Who says?  Sure, you can’t take a “load of gold with you” – and we’d emphasize to the coinsters that you can’t take cryptos, either.  But, since you have a suitcase between your ears…. What can you take with you when you die?  Well, that’s a fairly deep rabbit … Read More

Early Dow Futures were showing the market ready to pop a further 80+ points to the upside today.  Yet, there may be a simple technical reason:  Options expiration is just ahead.  And lots of bears like to buy just out-of-the-money put options (that go up in price as markets come down) in the fall. Yet,, … Read More

We begin this morning with a few remarks, though not as in depth as the Saturday Peoplenomics report, on how the “trade deal” hyped all-to-hell-and-gone last week is largely phony. The short reason is politics.  Since trade deals involve what?   Revenue.  And all revenue bills must begin in the House of Representatives.  And the House … Read More

I bet you don’t know too many people who roll out of bed at 4:00 AM, even on Sunday, and are seriously at work within minutes, do you?  I mean besides the one who is offering you these “insider notes for a high output life”? Being successful in life is not particularly difficult.  Must be … Read More

Unlike a Casino, you alone decide when to take your bets off when trading stocks. Which is why, when markets run against you, looking at  stocks as an analog to “gambling” is the most rational course.. This is a topic of great interest here because it has been a brutal week for bears.  This morning … Read More

We will get to this morning’s import and export price data in a minute.  But, the most important issue on my plate today is how to play this market.  Not an easy decision…but waiting could become even more costly. Based on  the early futures today (about 5:30 AM Central) our favored “Replay of 1929” track … Read More

CPI: Prices Flat Just out: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in September on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.1 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. Increases in the … Read More

Today we pencil out how much money might be made in the stock market decline of 1929.  Such a decline would begin tomorrow or as late as next Monday and would  continue to almost Christmas, as some of our models suggest, there is still a lot of “processor time” to be thinking about other topics … Read More