Don’t look too closely:  America may be on computer-assisted policy auto-pilot and that could explain a lot of Trump actions lately. A number of readers are confused by my outlook on the Trump presidency.  So this being a semi-holiday, I thought it would be a good time to explain what MAY be going on. If … Read More

Yep… markets will be closed in the U.S. tomorrow and we have a boatload of reasons NOT to want to hold stocks over three days when you’d be “locked in” to holding for the longer term. As we explained to Peoplenomics readers some months back, people have three ways they can “play the market” – even … Read More

Don’t we all work hard enough for “the man” as is? Tomorrow is one of those days I hate. It’s a semi-vacation day. The rich (and those who make it possible for them to be so) down on Wall St. will have tomorrow off.  The Bond market will be closed. Worst of all, most Americans … Read More

We dispense with all the usual formatics this morning to deal with the One Question that Matters. What’s the right move at this precise time and place that a person trying to preserve their retirement accounts and such MIGHT consider given where we are in the Economic Long Wave? It’s a complex question and while … Read More

Some things are just predictable. Take the overnight economic developments: Japan was down 0.27%. The Hang Seng was down 0.72% Germany and France with down a bit. But the UK rallies. Amidst this, U.S. futures were flat and, as we explained in a special report for our Peoplenomics.com subscribers Monday, there was some art involved … Read More

Simply, it’s the lack of sufficiency in how whole nation’s think and act. With the West and Russia going eye-to-eye in Syria (again) and with the U.S. Navy moving into the Western Pacific within striking range of North Korea, as China masses 150,000 troops on the North Korean border, I thought it might be productive … Read More

I  rocked it today.  Not a big win, but this time I conscientiously journaled every move, since a number of subscribers have asked about my thinking processes between the Peoplenomics Oscillator updates at mid week and on weekends. You asked….so here’s how we rolled.  Thought by thought. Blew out of my long position, if even … Read More

Words out of Asia verge on alarming at this hour as a machine translation off the Korean news agency Chosun uncovers this: “As the United States announced its independent North Korean behavior and moved the United States Navy’s nuclear-powered [Vinson] (CVN-70) carrier class to Singapore, the Chinese army has deployed about 150,000 troops in two groups … Read More

At the macro-economic level, we are not yet in “field position” for war.  Leastwise, according to how the economic long wave has worked in the past.  Usually we get big depression than big war. Besides, you know how you can tell it’s NOT “game on” for war yet? The lights are on. If the lights … Read More

This being a four-day workweek for some, the morning ritual struck me as a useful UrbanSurvival topic. The reason for the short workweek is Good Friday which, if you don’t mind my saying so, is an oxymoron.  ALL Friday’s are good although when the day was pegged way back when, I doubt the inter-denominational marketing … Read More

A couple of big items on the agenda this morning.  In the ChartPack section we work through what some of the initial Syria results are in terms of market impacts. Then, in the Focus piece, we consider how homes and car prices might fare in the opening couple of years of a Second Depression when … Read More

First thing out of the hopper is the Employment Situation report just issued by the Labor Department: “The unemployment rate declined to 4.5 percent in March, and total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 98,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services and in mining, while retail … Read More

We have been noticing a story making the rounds about “Old-fashioned rest stops disappearing in some states…” Although it appears in many newspapers, we tracked it back to the Pew Charitable Trusts’ website here. Since Elaine and I semi-regularly head out on 5,000 mile driving trips, we have been thinking deeply about this problem. Most … Read More