TL;DR:  We’re “bubbling a cauldron of scary, silly, and frankly stupid as the week draws to a close. Another drug boat hit, but blow of a different type in the Caribbean. Meanwhile a word about time-budgeting in our life management notes… Newsoween: Scared Yet? GovDown drags out, the Fear Party rants about destruction of the White … Read More

Every civilization eventually forgets what made it strong. Ours is forgetting faster than any before it — not because we lack memory, but because we’ve outsourced it to machines that do. The web that once promised universal knowledge has become a patchwork of walled gardens and incompatible truths. The Splinternet isn’t coming; it’s here, and … Read More

TL;DR: An amazing level as a daily market peak and the weekly close are about to duke it out.  Meanwhile, the web broke Monday and the Ure’s did their doctor visits, too…. Markets: Technical Contradictions Markets are putting on a better crime drama than anything on streaming, lately.  The “crime drama” today is the nearly $100 … Read More

TL;DR:  The odds of a market rally into tomorrow’s New Moon is possible.  The war fronts are stable (bad).  And GovDown may last until Turkey Day – My! What a fit! Fly Me to the Moon? Our consigliere, an otherwise rational tax attorney, able to leap tall CREs and LLCs, did a tremendous study of market … Read More

TL;DR:  We do interesting things on the Peoplenomics side of the house.  Like an August 2025 article on Food Reactors.  Not all of it is shared here, but enough so you’ll get the idea of what they are and how to play along on your own shop time. What’s a Food Reactor? Two ways this can … Read More

Short for Adaptive Non-Linear Order-Metric Algorithm.  Which does what? Reflects the intent to quantify how “ordered” or “coherent” market movement is while accepting that behavior is non-linear and adaptive to regime shifts. Somewhere in here, you’re likely to get confused.  But let me line up events for you. In our Tuesday Peoplenomics we began teaching … Read More

TL;DR:  Markets wobble, metals scream, and AI writes history—just another Friday at the ranch. Where things are clearing with the last chapter of my next book down on silicon… Here, Hold This Bag… We may be at the long-predicted inflection point. Not touted by the Mainstream Financial Shills, but why would they?  It’s when the … Read More

TL;DR: Yes, Before Wars, runups in markets are not uncommon.  General news flow is lame except for courts as GovDown crawls along.  And some changes in our “solar thinking” to ponder. Rally Dandy? I won’t kid you – on the personal financial statement this has been a dandy past couple of months.  Well, except for … Read More

Focus on the Important and today it’s learning to write a personal app. Our Focus today is on learning to become a skilled user of AI to write your own apps to shortcut stock trading investment decisions.  This is the first of what’s likely to be two or three parts. Then?  Ever wonder when life … Read More

TL; DR: Are Gold and Silver hinting at hyperinflation coming to America? In the M.E. more “peace plan” over-sell.  And Peoplenomics readers will become “instant quants” starting tomorrow… Now we begin with the Shutdown Disaster. Future “Starts to Suck” I’m going to give it to you straight: The Shutdown is rippling and job losses will … Read More

TL;DR:  The early futures were saying a strong rally at the open today, But we think a reversal mid-week.  Around the ranch? Speed demon coding and a Writer’s group? Markets Suspend Gravity A lot of people were surprised by the market sag Friday. But not us.  We told our Peoplenomics subscribers over the weekend to look … Read More

TL;DR: Our ham radio fascination with signals so weak feels like your ears will bleed is discussed in depth. But first,  a review of the artificial line between “work” and “play” – a worthy contemplation when you get some time to reflect and “choice wisely” on things. Shops Vs. Hobbies Been having one of those … Read More

Not a pretty Friday on Wall Street — and not much prettier in the headlines. When Trump fires a shot across Xi’s bow and Beijing answers it reminds the world how the U.S. “forced Japan’s hand.” Before WWII, traders tended to duck first and think later. Friday was a duck (or ostrich)day. Markets closed the … Read More