I know some of our readers have a hard time understanding why I allow (and encourage) posts from a reader (Jon) who sometimes seems like a sharp-shooter troll from the corporate-government alliance. But he does have value in that he will (occasionally) ask some hard questions deserving of thoughtful answers. Although he may not like some … Read More

I regret to advise regular www.urbansurvival.com readers that we will have to dispense with our usual charm, wit, and wisdom this morning because matters of a more pressing – long wave economic –  nature concern us today. Specifically, certain market indicators and behaviors are of such magnitude that we have to scrap the free side … Read More

There we were Wednesday.  Gloating at having unloaded out long position Tuesday afternoon (2:31 PM Eastern) when it became apparent that the country has been overwhelmed with a new kind of mental disorder. A strange dysfunction it it, too:  People using words like Buffoon-in-Chief and “impeachment” – all very strong and polarizing emotives – verging on … Read More

This morning we present some extremely specific predictions – more like tentative trading points – which should evolve over the balance of this year. No, we don’t rely on tea leaves or obscure code…just years of cumulative spreadsheets and data studies. While we don’t offer “financial advice” per se, we do offer an outline of … Read More

If I could give you all the answers, you’d be appalled, so I will just give you the barest essentials of the possible plotline of the ongoing media novel grounded in the last presidential election. Writ large today, we have the family investigator in the Seth Rich murder – he was the democrat national committee … Read More

Like all “modern” doctors, mine had been  after me for several years to get on the “statin bandwagon.”  In a medical way, he was right:  My HDL was running low 40s while my LDLs were up in the 260 area. Still, I had trepidations about it: I’d read extensively on both sides of the studies … Read More

This is one of those serious discussions where it would really help if you had read our in-depth www.peoplenomics.com report this weekend where we discuss a new kind of warfare. But, if you didn’t, there is a comment from a subscriber (here) that will hint in the proper direction.  As our subscriber wrote: “Mr. Ure … Read More

Yes it was Mother’s Day. Elaine was all set to have an “art play day” so she was looking through her art books, fine-tuning how each easel would stand, studying new acrylic paint mixing ideas…. You know, the kind of stuff Mothers Do when… (whenever that happens during the year.) My mission was to get … Read More

Abstract: A novel form of warfare is proposed. Having written about this kind of thing long ago (see my book: Broken Web: The coming collapse of the Internet, 2012) it is hardly surprising that we had something of a global hack on Friday. It was one that most people could avoid with some simple personal … Read More

Yeah,, the CPI numbers in a second.  But I wanted to begin this morning by tossing out what I think is a pretty good idea. Namely, that Donald Trump, should as I see it, ought to appoint Rudy Giuliani to head up the FBI where everyone knows there’s a job opening. Why Rudy?  Well, there are a ton … Read More

I thought you’d get a kick out of seeing how the futures gets to us… Last weekend my son (George II) was off skydiving at Lake Chelan (WA) testing new mesh network gear as a beta tester for www.gotenna.com. A couple of pictures he sent me will give you a sense of how much fun … Read More

FedSpeak, as we call it around here, is what happens between FOMC meetings.  The regional Fed chieftains (and chiefettes) go on the rubber chicken circuit where the pronounce upon all things economics. Off in the background, though, we’d point to two rather uncomfortable facts. These will give you “cause to pause” and wonder what the … Read More

A reader was wondering why our Peoplenomics.com column Wednesday didn’t focus on the firing of FBI whozzit James Comey. The answer is simple.  But it deserves some discussion here. That’s because Peoplenomics is about making money, getting a sustainable lifestyle going, and getting good value in return for the hard work you put into life.  … Read More