An Old Reporter’s Notebook Is a Fine Instrument All the PPP — print press peers — used to carry them. Corsaletti. Carson. Sperry. And even, rumor had it, Richard Buck. Buck, after all, built the original Cost of Nothing index, sounding one of the earliest alarms on what later became politely known as “customer charges.” … Read More

Or: Why Domains Matter When the Game Is On and the Store Is Closed (OK, there is a ShopTalk: Pay reader Egor the “over.”) We’re Not “Game” Super Bowl Sunday is a funny day. Half the country is focused on a ball game, the other half is pretending they don’t care, and somewhere around kickoff a … Read More

It’s Super Bowl weekend — but instead of hype and halftime noise, today’s Peoplenomics report takes a hard look at something few people ever question: why taxpayers are still paying for private sports empires. In Frank’s Weekend: The High Cost of Private Sports, we trace the hidden financial machinery behind stadiums, bonds, and “public-private partnerships,” … Read More

My friend – who later would become a “whale” – and who (I heard) got out of crypto – and hasn’t looked back – told me years back to buy Bitcoin.  “Accept a couple of BTC for Peoplenomics…” I remember him saying.  That was when BTC was a dime and we were sharing temporal research … Read More

Full agenda today so here’s the snapshot.   And Now Here’s Your Host: Wild George Pretend today I’m a “shock jock” – And you just tuned in to the Wild George Sez show. One of the few remaining English-language, non-thumping programs left on AM radio… He reads the headlines: “Challenger Job Cuts report is just out.  But … Read More

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What Matters More Than the Noise Two signals today deserve serious attention — and neither has much to do with the shouting matches dominating cable news. First, the jobs picture. ADP’s January number came in at just 22,000 jobs created nationwide, a figure that borders on stall speed. Normally, we’d look to follow-on data to … Read More

Here’s the Simple Truth: Some people who owned silver and gold sold during the collapse. Others held and are in no hurry to sell. There’s a marvelous lesson on how to Play Life for minimal losses – which is ou r stock-in-trade around here:  Have a firm idea of when you will sell any time you buy … Read More

There is increasing activity in China and the Western (rabid) social media about war – in one form, or another – around February 17th.  This isn’t just on social – it’s also showing up in Google Search trend analysis. On the left, you’ll see mid December, a spike in mid January.  But we are most concerned … Read More

I was planning to have my little deck project done a long time ago.  I was able, materials were on hand, but something else held me back:  weather. See, when you hit 77 you’ll find a little “voice alarm” that will go off in Ure head.  “Cut yourself some slack…you deserve to enjoy a build like … Read More

Most people spend their weekends drowning in headlines that won’t matter by Monday — while missing the few signals that will. This week’s Peoplenomics cuts through the noise with a simple question: what actually changes people’s lives in the next 72 hours? Weather, shutdown mechanics, markets, supply chains, and geopolitical risk all get ranked — … Read More

Seat belts fastened?  Seat backs and tray tables up and locked? Futures down hard before breakfast. The market’s daily reminder that confidence is a perishable good.  A kind of “just ahead of Valentine’s” massacre in finance is swirling. Fair warning: this is one of those mornings where the market opens first — and then something … Read More

The news drives people to drink.  Old news directors in particular.  But now, there’s so much “Slip ’N Slide” to the headlines, we just sit back (stone sober) and wonder how the world could possibly get any stranger. Then we turn on the feed-screener and, oh boy. Things haven’t “hit the fan” but we can … Read More