I’ve been re-reading a fascinating book on the how math really can ‘shave the odds’ in a gambler’s favor.  The Hill and Wang book “Fortune’s Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street.” What makes the book worth reading is it a) shows the relationship between technology, … Read More

One day this week, I’ll be sending one of my sons-in-law our trusty old Tecsun PL-660  shortwave receiver.  We’ve had it a good long while and its main use around here has been listening to CoastToCoast AM with George Noory out of WOAI in San Antonio late nights. This particular SOL has done more actual prepping than … Read More

A few Monday AM thoughts on something that comes up all the time over cocktails:  People have bigger dreams than they have budgets. Since this is (nominally) an economics website, I sometimes feel compelled to hold up the mirror to society and ask the genuinely brave to have a look. Simple questions only: 1.  Have … Read More

This is one of those stories I wanted to sit on for a while because, even now, the weirdness of it is rather remarkable.  It’s another one of those remarkable “adventures in The Realms” where dreams reveal themselves to be an alternate reality, not just a place to hang out when we sleep.  Sometimes they … Read More

For those not following the recent work here for subscribers, the short version  is that we have been hard at work on building a spreadsheet “Golem” in order to better advise our trades. While we are not releasing our underlying spreadsheet, we have revealed more than enough information so that someone modestly skilled in the … Read More

Years back in my Major Market News Director’ing days, I saw lots of market research about what people wanted to know about when the news came on. Some of the thought-leaders at the time included the Associated Press and (Frank N.) Magid and Associates -both of which are still around today. Back-when, we learned that … Read More

When the idea of X.10 home automation came out, I was lukewarm to the idea of using computer technology to make living “lazy” – as in “turn the lights on for me” lazy. When I went through the X.10 commands list, there were obviously some things that would be nice to have around the ranch. … Read More

We think Google should kill all Android phones in Europe and tell the EU to piss off.  Details follow… If you are a shareholder in Google, how does it feel to have the Hoodlums of Brussel’s (the “sprouts” of socialism) declare themselves to be your new more than equal partners? That’s what most commentary on the … Read More

The American Left has a serious problem:  They are running out of “shock talk” to spew. Allow me to show you a few facts – and then how the Left (and liberal types) are trying to bury their terrifying shortage of shocking terms. First a couple of identical news searches to make the point: On Bing’s … Read More

A golem is something like an automaton (or more correctly: an animated anthropomorphic being) in old Yiddish literature. Sounds like a spreadsheet to us! In the modern sense, it may evolve into yet another trading tool designed to provide additional information to the serious (OK, greedy, then…) trader in search of a dollar. Today – … Read More

Since you may be young – and haven’t studied either long wave economics – or history – except to pass a test, perhaps – you may not be laughing at the Digital Mob Rule which appears now on an Internet (and social media) near you. The Constitutional Government of these United States is under attack, … Read More

We don’t often talk about prepping as related to “water safety” but a phone call this week not only caused my hair to stand on end, but also spontaneously combust! Some people we know were planning a boat-ride.  It’s summer and while fun, there is a tremendous amount of prepping that goes into even an … Read More

We begin this “summit week” with a few notes about the online digital revolution that’s underway.  What we shorthand as The Webolution. For new readers, there are now two governments in most countries of the world.  A constitutional government (old paradigm) and an online government (new paradigm). The difference is simple:  Constitutional governments can run … Read More