Odds of future Fed Hikes may be diminishing thanks to computer models.  For those who don’t track such things, there is an incredibly interesting paper our from the Federal Reserve in its Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS). In  addition, a long discussion on Mexico which we’ve been writing about for a couple of decades … Read More

Sure, it’s fair to ask “Since when is a WeedEater (or, more properly a  )”Weed Eater W25SBK, 16 in. 25cc 2-Cycle Gas Straight Shaft String Trimmer” that Amazon had on sale for $89.95 this week, considered a “prepping item? Ah, my little gosling, you aren’t into looking at the Big – Long-Term – prepping picture, are you?  … Read More

Today promises to be like one of those “perfect crossword puzzles” you stumble on every once in a while.  You know the kind.  Hard as hell with just the right mix of brain-expanding terms and gimme’s.  The closer we move into “future” the more words we’re bound to “get right.” Another construct – as useful … Read More

Three very different pictures of the future are emerging at what we think of as the “financial sports book.”  And two of the three views are driven by some basic Elliott-wave thinking. The first future is the one that should near completion in coming days or weeks.  That’s the future where the big Wave 1 … Read More

EMP, HEMP, SREMP and other robust power design parameters. We don’t mean to go off the deep end here, but there is a new report out on one of our favorite “unknowns” – namely Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) effects. This morning, we review not only what some of the baseline data offers, but also present non-EMP … Read More

In less than a week, you-know-who will turn over the speed limit:  70. If I have time to complete them, several more books are yet to fall out of these fingers including one that is the extended-play version of this morning’s discussion of:  “Retirement Disease.” The idea is simple enough:  You look at most things … Read More

We have a blissfully short column this morning because the real “deal points” in the news flow this morning market America’s present mass-media-breakdown a prime candidate for diagnosis as bipolar disorder (Refer to your dog-eared DSM-5) although it could enlarge into a schizophrenic break. If I were a mental health professional (which I’m thankfully not) the … Read More

Just when I was hoping the bottom was in on the nearly-incomprehensible decline of American’s critical-thinking, here comes another example of how Musitics and Politainment are wrecking our future. The latest example of the blending of politics and music came with the Grammy’s.  A typical headline from Mediaite?  “Michelle Obama Shows Up at the Grammy … Read More

Charging is harder than you thought.  Regardless of your energy source, whether wind, low-head hydro, solar,  or that noisy old gen-set, there is still the problem of getting the energy into your deep-cycling long-term alternative energy storage battery system. It’s not as simple as it sounds.  This morning, we break down how to do it … Read More

While the long-pending breakdown of modern society has not yet arrived, we have to wonder what we’ll “do for a living” when it does? There are any number of choices, obviously: There will be a lot of openings for contract “musicle” to make sure that people who bother you are reprimanded even if “police” will … Read More

America has a new hot story du jour to come to terms with:  There are reports all over the place about how the parent company of the National Enquirer obtained some (ahem) bawdy photos of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and attempted to bury the story IF Bezos would….well, The Medium has a good run-down on it.  So, too,, does the NY Times … Read More

We see by the early futures that the odds of the market dropping 140 points at the open are better than the odds of remaining governor in Virginia. The technical problem for the market next week is simple enough:  At the time of our January options settlement the Aggregate Index was hovering around 22,681.  As … Read More

I have pushed-back the next chapter on our solar/renewable energy book to Saturday because a couple of readers asked me to take a look at Gold which has popped up over the $1,300 level recently. When I went through the data (which is something we love to do!) I found something that’s definitely worth thinking … Read More