Once upon a time, there lived a group of crazy people. But they didn’t know they were crazy…at least at first. You see, they had all come to trade with one another and – as their medium of exchange – had used bits of gold and silver. Things went well, for a while. But then … Read More
We stopped (as promised) at the Outback for lunch Monday and while talking with our server this time, different fellow from before, that he’d recently returned to Texas from Iowa..up around Des Moines. “How’d you like Iowa?” Inquiring minds want to know. Well, turns out that it’s a pretty nice place – but that’s after … Read More
Oh, not overtly; no, of course not. But if you read the Federal Reserve’s latest H.6 Money Stocks Report, down toward the bottom of the page is this marvelous disclosure. What this is saying is that the Fed is sloshing out cash and equivalents (M1) at a rate approaching 12% per year. Now, let’s put … Read More
Normally, I would not bring up a restaurant chain in a column. However, because the content concerns itself with the general public’s need, interest, and concern, I feel it is worthwhile posting this note on my website for all the world to see. Both readers, in fact. Let me say one thing up front: this … Read More
Apparently, someone missed his meds this morning. Maybe it was because of all the celebrating that we got out of our short position with a little money ahead – even after commissions and fees. Or, and here’s the hard part to swallow: Because there are a certain number of objective facts that line up in … Read More
What has been keeping prices of general goods from going up has been the rampant deflation in the goods sector, and the highlights here would be old-style high-def TVs and such going down in price. I recently saw a 60” non-name brand on sale at Wally-World for $399. Almost bought it, too. I mean, a … Read More
You may not have noticed it – since we don’t make a “big deal” about it often, but we have a link that sends us periodic (and anonymous) news tips. We like to have a way for people to send us interesting story ideas that they wouldn’t necessarily want their names attached to. Here’s a … Read More
Oh, Hallelujah! An actual economic press release for a change: “ U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES – APRIL 2016 The price index for U.S. imports rose 0.3 percent in April following a 0.3-percent increase in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The increases in both April and March were led by … Read More
Before I roll back the covers on a data point or two, a word about one of the many people in my life I don’t think I have mentioned before. I will refer only to his first name, since he is still out there on the cutting (or bleeding) edge of technology – in an … Read More
The 2DH project is code for our Second Depression Handbook which is, in turn, a collection of Peoplenomics reports and outlooks on how what the world ahead may look like when the big Debtberg we have been watching melt since 2000 finally rolls over and sinks the civilized world – such as that is. This … Read More
We have the futures looking up this morning. But, let’s pose the really important question: Has the global turmoil, competitive currency devaluations, and such all passed us by? OR is the alternative explanation – this is a pause – a more likely explaination? Obviously, my vote would be for the latter for a couple of … Read More
We received a lot of emails and reader comments about our recent post explaining why modern homes may have something of a “trap you in bad/dumb energy” system built-in because of the open door between many home’s bathrooms (and specifically toilets) and the master bedroom. The idea went that bad “Chi” of Feng Shui was … Read More
Even if you don’t subscribe to our (darned good) www.peoplenomics.com website, this morning’s freebie is that we are in a modest downward channel that could last another week or three. Driving this is the fact that our Global Index was down nearly 1,200 points last week, including some damage out of Asia (think Japan) and … Read More