Can we please set aside the national drumbeats of racism and politics?  At least for a cuppa coffee… There are much more positive things to be spending our mental processor’s time-slices on. True, you can tell a fair bit about a person why “where they go” when they are not working on a problem. It … Read More

This morning we come across an old problem which is cropping up again. Call it a move by the PowersThatBe, or call it whatever else.  But the facts are that more stumbling blocks to “living on the cheap” are cropping up, again. First, however, a look at a few headlines and how our Peoplenomics Oscillator … Read More

Five cops dead, half a dozen wounded at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Dallas.  Snipers took out the cops. Another half-dozen wounded. There is a very simple test one can apply when trying to sort out complex questions like those raised by the assassinations overnight:  When does this become domestic terrorism? “18 U.S.C. § … Read More

A number of readers have been asking me what I think of the FBI director failing to refer chargeable information to the Department of Justice.  The answer, in case you are not a Peoplenomics reader, is more likely best explained with a couple of simple concepts.  In order for you to really understand the events … Read More

Here comes a bunch of news: We have some hot jobs data out which we will get to in a second. But the main feature of today is some penciling of data that offers hope of a minor week-ending rally before (perhaps) finding a tradable low next week. The “double bottom” I talked with Peoplenomics … Read More

I went into town Wednesday to see my regular doc (normal blood work) and we got to talking about this and that. Afterwards, because we had touched on guns (he’s an M-4 owner, I’m an AK guy) I got to wondering if anyone had ever seen what I describe as a “Ricochet Table?” What I’m … Read More

“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