In his book “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” Richard Bach lays out of the finest truths out there: “In the path of our happiness, lies the learning for which we have chosen this lifetime.” I was reminded of that by my son’s actions several times recently. First time was when he quit his job … Read More

We correctly told our Peoplenomics.com subscribers Wednesday morning to consider the possibility of a strong rally.  If you didn’t catch it, it came to pass – right on schedule – in Wednesday’s trading with the market rallying 306 points. You may not care (or, you’d ante up the $40-bucks a year for the good stuff in Peoplenomics), … Read More

Wednesday night, one of my neighbors called. “Sorry to call so late man, but did you hear that noise outside?” Sound asleep in my recliner, I can sleep through small wars, whatever Elaine’s got on TV, and probably a fair-sized meteor strike.  “No, what’d you hear?”  I was instantly awake and on point. “Well, it … Read More

You’re welcome! “For what?” To the beginning:  You saw the story in Vanity Fair just breaking? Keeping Up with the Kushners: With Jared Back on Top, Kim Kardashian Heads to the White House (Sub-headline) Months of talks between Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian is set to culminate in a meeting with President Trump, in which … Read More

Sure, the S&P, Case-Shiller, CoreLogic, housing report came out Tuesday. It was generally acclaimed as indicating more growth.  But, we’re seeing reasons to be cautious about what it foreshadows as we discuss this morning. After headlines and recovering from that nasty decline in the market Tuesday that left Mr. Bear happy-dancing through cocktail hour… More … Read More

Not the most polite question, to be sure, but worth asking with the release of this morning’s Housing Data.  Here’s the press release – see what you think: HOME PRICES NOT SLOWING DOWN ACCORDING TO S&P CORELOGIC CASE-SHILLER INDEX NEW YORK, MAY 29, 2018 – S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for … Read More

Reader Note:  We will put up a fresh post when the new Case-Shiller Housing Market data is released.  Look for the update about 8:15 AM Central. The return on my personal portfolio for the year should jump into double-digits, the way futures are looking this morning.  That’s because “when the market dumps, Ure jumps.” Ah, … Read More

The charts will come back to the top of this page as soon as I figure out how to get that done.  If you have an opinion on this, please post a comment. Charts take a long time to load on a mobile device and since the majority of our readers are on phones, tablets, … Read More

One of my sons-in-law is doing a better job of becoming self-sufficient than we are!  Elaine got word Monday that he’s gotten three young chicks and they are penned in the kitchen, entertaining the whole family as they grow up. While this seems to be a fine thing on the surface – especially for the … Read More

Short and to the point this morning.  Seems like I’ve been in this damned chair all weekend.  (I really have been…) First remark has to do with Bitcoin – which is down to $7,225. When you compare the “classic bubble of 1929” with the shape of the Bitcoin blow-off, it’s not very encouraging for the … Read More

For a lot of people, one Memorial Day pleasure is hitting eBay to see whatsup. There are all kinds of deals to be had, but what’s the really best way to get them? After years of buying mostly ham radio equipment on eBay, here are my shopping tips: 1. Be specific what you want. eBay is … Read More

Readers frequently ask “How do you get so much done?” and, since this is a site about economics, it’s time to confess.  But first, a short background story. Being the son of a firefighter, there are all kinds of skills that were passed on.  Including some dandy Life Management tools.  One of these is “When  … Read More

Don’t run off…you can still read most everything (but we have no idea where, exactly!). UrbanSurvival.com is undergoing an update this weekend and if you see anything out of place/wrong/missing, we know it ain’t right (and this will take a while)… We should be back with fresh content Monday…in the meantime, have a great weekend … Read More