“The Devil makes spreadsheets for idle minds…” is our theme this morning. It follows a weekend of reviewing 1930’s price data on typical goods including things like food, apparel and even cars.  What I found out is rather shocking.  I mean I AM one of those gold and silver bugs. My research this weekend raised … Read More

The news items follow the Coping section today. Don’t ask..just go with me on this… (eom)

Depending on how long you have been following the adventures here on www.urbansurvival.com, you may, or may not, know that we sort of wrote the book on prepping. This dates back to my living on a fully kitted-out 40 foot offshore sailboat for 10 years. Though we never got further south than Mexican waters off … Read More

Is it America’s last “real” birthday?  Some would argue the point. There are several “deals” which have come into focus that are quickly changing our estimates of the future.  And for those, of course, come our outlooks for people and hence the markets. Jobs Rule This Week While the Dow may open down 100 on … Read More

(Republished from Monday by request) US Markets are closed today.  We will publish our normal reports tomorrow. As we take (I hope) a few minutes today to remember those who have made this great nation possible, I would like to propose a few simple changes to foundational concepts that government these occasionally United States. We … Read More

Yeah…we all make them.  Hell, I left a 20% four-day trade on the table this week because of something as simple as a damn phone call. This morning we kick around some of the ways to avoid the pitfalls and reinforce those good decisions we make, or don’t stay in the markets long. That as … Read More

My buddy Don the Bond Trader (Don Bondo) called just after the close Thursday to point out that the European Rocketry Club – better known as the EU – is giving a reported $150-billion or so to Italy to keep them from going Tango Uniform. No, it’s not a surprise since the WSJ had reported … Read More

This being the Fourth of July weekend, and all, I wanted to share a grand note from long-time reader and contributor Oilman2 who also makes some mean-ass homemade wine. We are both a little concerned about the direction the country is taking, having now decided to start chipping away at constitutional rights to keep and … Read More

Yes, we are going through a process right now of trying to discern the “most likely future” but we are doing so in an incredibly “noisy” environment. It’s very, very easy to make a whole ton of money investing – IF you have a rock-solid idea about what the FUTURE will look like. Problem is: … Read More

I haven’t done one of these for a while – talked about woo-woo –  but it’s always good to hear from a traveling Son of the Republic (of Texas) who is presently self-exiled to Indonesia. Bernard Grover sent me and world-famous author Joseph Farrell a that tills some familiar soil in the Land of Woo … Read More

This seems to be in  play right now – 72 years after the fact. But will it be able to hold the remnants of the EU together? We shall discuss this and some mighty interesting charts…so bean up. More for Subscribers       ||| SUBSCRIBE NOW!       |||      Subscriber Help Center

Damn, Damn, and double-Damn. I didn’t catch my fish yesterday. Oh, yeah, this is still a column about my never-ending efforts to make a buck the “old fashioned” way – by taking money from other traders.  The term “fishing” though is exactly how to make money when markets are in decline and feeling along a … Read More

This morning, I want to share a comment from a reader who lives outside the USA (Ecuador) who used to be a very big deal in advertising in a large eastern seaboard city. She was kind enough to relate some personal experience related to the topic we got to Monday, namely the role of Big … Read More