While we sit around waiting for the Global Upside Breakout (or fifth wave failure) to clarify, we have some interesting theoretical ideas to bounce around this morning… In coming weeks, we will get back into the more prosaic problems of Urban Survival in the Age of Funny Money…but for now,, we’re seriously focused on helping … Read More

Yee of little faith. No, our blow-off may not begin today (as we have been hoping with a very large long-side position on the table by our standards) but we remain hopeful the world will shortly see things our way. Allow to to explain how markets work in our nut-job  point of view: If you … Read More

I have been perplexed recently – although not the first time – by a continuing erosion in people’s reading skills. It seems that with the advent of GoPro videos and YouTube people’s interest in reading have been dropping dramatically. Paper thin attention spans. We may begin posting MP3s to YouTube with our morning remarks. Although … Read More

By our East Texas Outback reasoning, Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed was the only one at the FOMC meeting this week who seems to “get it” with regards to the coming mega bubble and blow-off that could come close to doubling the Dow from today’s levels between today and a year from July. Go … Read More

simple title art) Reader Note: If you are just catching on, each Thursday we’re are doing a chapter each week of a book I’m writing for Millennials – teaching the insights that will (hopefully!) allow them to live long and prosper – and be around to clean up after us Old People who made a … Read More

This week I’ve spent a little time looking into what some have called “new electrics” but which seem likely to really fall more under the description “New Sources” – of power. But we don’t stop there – as we go looking at how New Sources may be using a fair bit of silver to make … Read More

Time for the Grown-Ups to discuss Healthcare Spending… The basic question posed by the Wall Street Journal headline this morning is really “What’s a free lunch worth?” They point to a Congressional Budget Office report: “CBO Sees 24 Million More Uninsured, $337 Billion Deficit Cut in Coming Decade With GOP Health Plan.” Let’s do the … Read More

Or, we could call this morning’s Coping articling “Shop Time for Bozo.” A more (or less) practical report this morning on progress being made on spring cleaning of Ure’s all-purpose Old Man Labs support shop. The organizational plan is blocked out as Excel gobs but you can get the general idea: Red for saws, gray … Read More

Once again, the Great American Hype Machine is set to roll with a “Horrible Winter Snow Blast” like it is supposed to mean something.  I haven’t bothered to look for it, but I’m sure someone will give it a name.  All part of the branding process. Yes kiddies, it will snow tomorrow – up to … Read More

The story told to me by Pappy, back before the dawn of political correctness, involved a certain Native American who was reported to have said: “What man is so foolish. He cuts a foot off the bottom of his blanket. Then he sews it to the top of his blanket and believe he has a … Read More

That’s the global Purchasing Power High of financial markets. We approach this entirely tongue in cheek (d’uh) but in the light-hearted discussion there’s a a butt-ugly bit of truth. When you look at things in just a certain way, the whole world has made less than zero REAL economic progress in the past 17-years. But … Read More

First thing I did this morning when I got up was run to the big screen in the living room and fire up FinViz to see how the futures were doing. As subscribers know, I’ve got my butt way, way, WAY long the market because by my calcumlations (sic) the Dow should begin to go … Read More

Got a fine note from warhammer Thursday morning. He’d asked me whether I knew of IONS – the Institute of Noetic Sciences – and I had to confess – was a member for a good while including while Dean Radin was there. Radin, for those not keeping up with the class, was the author of: … Read More