This being Christmas Eve Day, we have a lot to cover so I’ll keep the commentary light and the information density high. Market’s Nearing Peak? But when it comes, no one will know.  Main thing to hold in mind is that when you look back a year ago, and see that the market lows came … Read More

Breaking:  Durable Orders Crumble From the press release: “New orders for manufactured durable goods in November decreased $5.0 billion or 2.0 percent to $242.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today.  This decrease, down two of the last three months, followed a 0.2 percent October increase.  Excluding transportation, new orders were virtually unchanged.  Excluding defense, … Read More

Life in the city is grand.  Everything convenient, all services close-at-hand.  Yet there’s something special about holidays in the woods… Let’s start with the food part.  Since there are only two of us this time around, we’re not doing a big meal for Christmas.  Honestly, it looks like a toss-up between a couple of slabs … Read More

More specifics than generalities now, as we roll through the details of what we think will happen in 2020. Already, we have seen Bitcoin drop under $7,000 as one of our outlooks seems poise to fulfill.  Though $7,132 at click time today. Other outlooks are not particularly “scary” if you are “system independent” but if … Read More

Once upon a time, I thought the people who were claiming Obama was the Anti-Christ were a bit crazy.  Yet now that we behold the democrats fielding their new Weapon of Mass Deception and Election Destruction, we have to admit to a certain admiration for how The Beast’s minions are thinking outside the box. Yes, … Read More

Hey!  Aren’t we American’s supposed to be smart?  Exceptionally, right? Well, if we’re so  smart, how come December is such a screwed-up month and we’ve put up with it?  Talk about conflicted…. The way I see it, there are 62 days in December and January, right?  Who says  there HAS to be?  We’ve put up with … Read More

Normally, our Annual Forecast is a single issue, but I wanted to try something  bit different this year.  Instead of going through our usual Major Systems of Life (food, shelter, transportation, energy, environment, and finance) I thought it would be useful to look at two overarching generalities, as well. So in Part 1, some comments … Read More

With “Impeachment Day” nonsense overwhelming all the “news” channels, I got to thinking this morning “ Are we ALL missing something?”  Maybe so… Let’s back up:  While it’s true that HRC and the DNC came along to oust Trump within seconds of the win in 2016, it’s also true that the GOP has not always … Read More

The mind of the public is not on eartth-shaking economic news.  Evidenced by the top six searches on Google in the past day have been football-related. So being out of touch, and a bit greedier, we’ll begin with the  NY Fed Empire State Manufacturing outlook: “The headline general business conditions index held steady at 3.5. … Read More

First thing:  This is not medical advise… But, since it’s the time of year when we spend more time than normal around computers,  as someone who’s had eight eye operations over the past 35-years, I’ve learned more than I ever dreamed of about my eyes. Avoiding Eye Problems A regular visit with an eyecare professional … Read More

As humans begin to define their relationship with AI, is privacy already lost?  It’s a profound question we all need to answer at some level.   The Machines are here.  Problem is even those “secret questions” that secure “your identity” may just be means to profit from hacking what’s between your ears. Today, a step-wise discussion … Read More

BoJo Rocks It, Dems Losing It (Happy Triska) Boris Johnson, who ran on the Conservative ticket, promising to get the UK BREXIT from the Europrick’s Kingdom done, slammed victory in UK voting Thursday. In a move not to be missed by democrats pursuing their Digital Uprising/ Online Coup against Donald Trump, says over here “Boris … Read More

The next couple of months should go in economics history books.  Because, near as we can figure it, the US Fed (which didn’t change rates Wednesday, and barely even changed their press release) does  not have an infinite capacity to Make Up Money. Although the official Fed Balance Sheet won’t be out until after the … Read More