The Consumer Price Index is out just now, but before we get into it, a couple of “core” problems to be considered so you take the data in context. The first point has to do exactly with the “core.”  The Federal Reserve uses a variant of the CPI called “core.”  It’s the increase (or decline) … Read More

The stock market is already AT NEW HIGHS – it just hasn’t hit the news yet because individual indices – like the Dow – have not confirmed. That’s where our Peoplenomics.com subscribers have a leg-up on other investors.  You see, we use something I developed long-ago to get at the Truth of Markets – which … Read More

Yes, that’s right – the Blow-off Top may be here – and it could be a doozy! So we have a couple of things on this “Make Money the Old-Fashioned Way” checklist today:  In the short-term, an “averaging top” idea.  Then an in-depth in our ChartPack with some of the “Golem” notes.But then, in the … Read More

I recently sat down for a few minutes with a young man – just going off to college for his medical profession specialty –  to coach him a bit on how to succeed in the world of higher ed.  Two things were the focus of our talk:  Speech and the “mechanicals.”  Those are the “business … Read More

In my 2012 book, “Broken Web The Coming Collapse of the Internet” I made a remarkable assertion. When America gets into the next economic Depression (just ahead, wait for it…) there will be a massive government drive to take over the Internet.  In fact, to emphasize my thinking at time, here’s a piece of… Chapter … Read More

“What’s a PWoP?”  [ PWoP, N. pronounced pee-wop] That’s shorthand around here for People (or Person) Without Purpose.  And, it’s a mighty-fine topic to take up on a Monday morning when so much of the daily news-flow, here in the summer doldrums, is like reading an amateur’s attempt to re-write the always-entertaining Hints from Heloise.  … Read More

We’re coming up to the time of year when people begin to unload motorhomes – cheap.  Fair-weather RV’ers look at depreciation and the cost of insurance and maintenance in winter.  Best deals?  Likely after deer season.  First week of January, or shortly after in many states. I have been watching the prices of them closely … Read More

“The What?” Art of Making Money, of course! Since we are still in the lazy part of summer – and we expect the market to be screaming to new highs in the coming few weeks, we will focus  – as all natural-born gamblers would – on the art of taking money from the house. After … Read More

Short course in business:  6 P’s. Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance. If you are new to the idea of “prepping” rest assured the field is infinitely large and totally overloaded with mostly useless crap – especially on the web.  I say this, having started UrbanSurvival in 1997.  In the 20+ years I have been writing … Read More

One of the things beaten into my head in grad school back-in-the-day was to always look at Standard Accounting Ratios (SARs). A fine example is when looking at long-term data, you don’t go back and look at how many people were working last month, or even last year.  You go back and pencil out the … Read More

We find ourselves in an interesting kettle of fish today with the markets taking the Fed decision Wednesday NOT to move rates as a negative.  Forget the fact that most experts were predicting no move.  That doesn’t matter to a world “on edge” about the Middle East, trade discussions, and, oh yeah, the ongoing left-wing … Read More

Both involve making money. One has to do with our “heartbeat of the market” that we discovered hidden in the data recently.  Not perfectly regular, but close enough for trading. So one deep though this morning deals with a new finding in the “heartbeat.”The second is how we plan to play the Fed announcement today. … Read More

There is  an art to living that doesn’t get enough attention, as we see it:  People don’t focus enough on effectively spending their money. You see, once you have a roof over your head, the difference – particularly when asleep – between living in a MacMansion or a double-wide trailer is approximately zero given the … Read More