I’m thinking the latter – but as the week unwinds with jobs data starting tomorrow through Friday, we ought to get a better bead on things. Driving markets to the upside, we know that the Federal Reserve has been pumping up the H.6 money stock lately at a 9.5% annualized rate (Table 2, H.6 here).  … Read More

If you head over to https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2017-august-21 you will see there is a useful list of cities and the times associated with the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21. That in itself is no news flash, but since this eclipse will be happening when the market is open, and there is plenty of woo-woo around all … Read More

Let me share just one point from our Peoplenomics.com report our Saturday for subscribers:  Friday was a down day for the market, overall. Oh, sure, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up almost 34-points.  But declines in the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 were such that if you had equal dollars in all three, you … Read More

Every so often I have dreams that seem to tell me something about the future.  Last night, I had not one, but two dreams (and a portion of a third) that dealt with cruise ships. To be sure, there is a story in the news that had caught my eye Sunday while scanning the headlines … Read More

It’s a topic that gets little to no play in prepping and doom porn sites.  Yet, in the event of “an actual emergency” one of the major problems facing the U.S. is how to handle the people that would be displaced from unsustainable grid hard down conditions. Today with ponder on that, plus toss in … Read More

A buddy of mind (local ham radio op) forwarded an email that you might see making the rounds.  It features an assortment of pictures of people in various settings absolutely glued to their phones. At the end is a picture of Albert Einstein with the quote “I fear the day that technology will surpass our … Read More

Personal Efficiency discussion today:  Every so often, a reader here or there will ask “How do you get so much done?” The answer, I’m afraid is not terribly impressive. I don’t have some huge “secret sauce” off in the corner, but there is a simple approach that will let people double – or maybe triple … Read More

We see that the market ready to pop to the upside this morning.  Not surprising, given that the Fed is still keeping “money easy” with low rates – for now.  And also since the next “Grand Distraction” for America has now being launched by the collapsing news networks. That’s the transgender discussion and what happens in .mil … Read More

Whoa! That was sure a “bolt out of the blue.” Had a call this week from a respected colleague who asked me about our “Seven Major Systems of Life.”  Those, in case you forgot, are food, shelter, communications, energy, environment, finance, and transportation (Continues below)   While I can’t tell you who this colleague is, let’s … Read More

The tragedy of San Antonio this week got us started thinking in some unusual ways as we looked at causes of – and future implications – of human trafficking. People will go to great lengths to move to new areas.  Maybe there’s a business model in that? Toss in the ChartPack and some headlines, and … Read More

Just in from S&P/CoreLogic: NEW YORK, JULY 25, 2017 – S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for May 2017 shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months. More than … Read More

We think it’s a pretty safe bet that the Fed won’t raise rates this week when their decision is announced on Wednesday.  But it’s also clear to us that the Fed is definitely grinding its foot into the floorboard with printing to keep this ol’ pig of a market going up – for just a … Read More

One of the things that makes us all ‘urban survivors’ is that we have an interest in self-determination. Now, to do this at work is hard, which is why so many of our readers are into gig work, contract work, and consulting.  No boss means more fun….except that then come quarterly taxes, insurance shopping, and … Read More