In higher education circles it would be called an SER (self-evaluation report) and people would read it knowingly. This morning we review how well our market model has done this year (amazingly well, BTW) and we consider a bit of what’s ahead for 2017.  But, not before some talk of the new CPI data (which … Read More

As we outline (eventually getting to the point in Coping this morning), ultrasociality seems to be the new ruling paradigm.  Thanks to one of our brilliant readers, who used the phrase “like Microsoft software – there’s a million ways to do something,” Ultrasociality may be a great key for understanding the world in a new way.  (Suggested reading: Ultrasociety: How 10,000 … Read More

Communications:  We begin this morning with an interesting phenomena up on the “gurney” here at  Cleat Through Labs. We look at the problems around us and wonder how much of it is being whipped up by electronic versions of mob rule? Let’s back up for a second and understand how it happens.  Maybe the best … Read More

Environment/Health:  Here’s a health tip that we picked up from Zeus the Cat that I’d completely forgotten about.  Yet, it is potentially one of the easiest health pick-me-ups you can find.  The effects aren’t huge – at first – but it’s one of those slow poisoning deals that may constitute an unseen attack on the middle class. So … Read More

Big Trouble in River City.  And in Texas,. California, Washington, and wherever else you want to look. Although, if you live in the Northeast, here’s a peachy example of how media-egocentric the Northeast is:  CNN blares “California wildfires now larger than New York City and Boston Combined.”  See how this works?  The media is NE-centric … Read More

This morning we take a jaunt into the very heart of economic thought.  We’ll be looking at the component-level as to what “makes up” price discovery. What we come to is the idea that we have emphasized the wrong thing. E.G. the existing paradigm has promoted high unit-volumes of goods.  But, QUALITY has been abandoned … Read More

Before we get into the fresh press release from the Labor Department, a word or two about bubbles.  Bubble?  What bubble?  Oh…this bubble: Bitcoin hits $17,000 as bubble fears mount. They never end well.  Read that again: never. I mention this because we are witnessing the parabolic rise of Bitcoin.  Don’t get me wrong, it has been … Read More

Finance:  I laughed when I went back and read Thursday’s UrbanSurvival column.  Reason?  I’d forgot to mention that FOMO is ‘netese for Fear Of Missing Out.  Not that anyone flagged me on it; most of our readers have well-above room temperature I.Q.s. Following up on the Coping article from Thursday – about G2’s pal who lives in her … Read More

I love it  Bitcoin was all the way up to $15,361 when I looked.  And, since I sold my short position in the market, I’ve been more than pleased to watch Bitcoin because it’s a sort of “coincident indicator” of the National Delusion we’re all presently living under. Seriously?  A year ago Bitcoin was what?  … Read More

Housing:  I hadn’t heard too much from my son for a while – and got to wondering what was up with him so I rang him up and he’s got a new GF.  No news there EXCEPT:  The new GF has figured out how to totally game “the system” in a crowded big city – … Read More

Ure is tired this morning — that’s what happens when one stays up all night and talks on CoastToCoastAM with George Noory.  As a result,, this morning we will have a blissfully to-the-point discussion of the charts and the new book (and print edition with free Kindle version) is just out, Dimensions Next Door: Hacking … Read More

A special note for CoastToCoastAM listeners: (You will need to click on this post to see the chart) We have been tracking the apparent “resonance” between the psychological mood of the country now as compared to the Roaring Twenties.  In the chart below, you can see how closely the advances fit. (Continues below)   Just … Read More

When I’m not writing books, pursuing projects in Old Man Labs, or just trying to keep up with 30 acres of land that gets 55-inches a rain a year, our main focus continues to be on long wave economics. The “hero” of this field is Nikolai Kondratiev who proposed that there is a regular 48-64 year … Read More