Charts and Trading Remarks

Wednesday reports normally contain extended comments as a “focus” section.  However, today, due to the holiday line-up this year, we will instead focus on charts only and also provide an abbreviated news review on the UrbanSurvival.com site.  A Focus piece will be presented Saturday. And, if that’s not screwy enough for you, we will also … Read More

Coping: Water Heaters – A Hidden Alzheimer’s Risk?

As I have mentioned previously, both Elaine and I decided in 2018 to get our DNA testing done.  While there are lots of “privacy issues” claimed, we believed that the potential benefits outweighed the risks by a good margin. For example, I now know that my body metabolizes certain drugs faster (and some slower) than … Read More

Crashmas Eve Day

Here’s a head scratcher for you:  As of 7:16 AM Central time, Yahoo was showing the Dow futures down more than 700 points, but the FinViz display was showing down in the range of 150-points.  So, it will be an interesting morning to watch…which set of futures will be right?  We should know shortly…maybe holiday … Read More

Prepping: Derusting & Refinishing

There are many joys of working with your hands…the pride of bringing something back to life being foremost among them. Unfortunately, there are many problems with “restoring” and “refinishing’ so we thought it would be useful to pass-along some of our lesser-known tricks. Let’s begin with paint:  It can be miserable stuff to remove.  However, … Read More

2019: Falling Markets, Digilantes Ride

Time for us to present our view forward – as 4 “use cases” for 2019.  It is not a pretty outlook, but we have to present what the data – and larger non-market contexts are telling us. With some Maalox at the ready…here goes… More for Subscribers       ||| SUBSCRIBE NOW!       |||   Subscriber Help Center

Prepping: Monkey Fleecers or Aliens?

A short rap this morning about the measurable reality and how to avoid becoming a victim. While I’m not a yuge Carl Sagan fan, there is much to be gained from reading his “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” and then inspecting your personal depth of knowledge when any new technology … Read More

Correction: One of Our Rare Errors

Yes, I make them, too.  (Especially writing at 5 AM, lol). It is the Trade Date that controls the reporting…most of the time. A reader referred me to the discussion over on the Zacks website with this juicy morsel: “In almost all cases, the trade date controls the tax-reporting year for a stock sale. That … Read More

Trumplems? Or, Tax-Loss Selling?

Before Launch: Let’s do the Only Chart That Matters 2019 sure looks like a peach, don’t it? Although the market futures are showing a decline this morning, that latest crackpot theory we’ve been kicking around over on our Peoplenomics.com subscriber side (“Trading Box Theory”) offers a very short-term outlook that the market could turn turn … Read More

Markets: Exactly As We Said

Last Thursday morning, before the open, I told you what we believed was in the offing:  A good-sized market decline this week.  Specifically, this part matters: ” And based on this (wildly delusional, incredibly speculative, and obvious whack-job) line of thinking, we anticipate the S&P 500 could trade down to 2,473.98 and (again this is … Read More

The “Trading Boxes” Technique

As you know, every year I try to project how the coming year will go.  Ever since my discovery  of a “heartbeat to the market” last summer, I’ve been waiting for the chance to apply that discovery to presenting a possible future course for the market. While I’m still working on the math and outlook … Read More

Wednesday Woo-Woo: The Oneironaut Notebook

In case you missed it, I am a Oneironaut.  Since the term may not be familiar to you, here’s the definition:  A “oneironaut (plural oneironauts) is person who explores dream worlds, usually associated with lucid dreaming.” It is both a blessing – and a curse. The blessing part is being able to “lives two lives” while … Read More

Markets: Passing Phase of Self-Sabotage?

Got yet-another crackpot view of the market that has evolved since our discovery of the “Market Heartbeat” that was laid out for Peoplenomics.com subscribers (Report 880B, “July 14, 2018:  Heartbeat of the Market found!  (Golem #1)“). This new theory says the recent spike in selling could break and the markets could recover between now and early … Read More

Market Wrestling: Fed Rates vs. The Santafier

December Global Financial Wresting‘s (DGFW) feature match this week involves a handful of powerful central bankers in a tag-team fiasco against a lone, overweight (and looking like a CHD victim waiting to happen) old man in a red suit.  Who do you bet on?  After being sent to their corners for the weekend following what … Read More