Been one hell of a week, hasn’t it? Market’s set to take a breather this morning. Fed regional chieftess Michelle Bowman’s likely to offer some level-headed assessments after the quarter point cut. And the markets are trying to figure out “Where next?” They hit the top of a trend channel on new highs Thursday, but … Read More

Fill’er to the rim – or is that brim? Odd ducks be quacking in the land of Sim. Will this be “Joe Go Day” with a side of Fed Shock?  Hmm… Charts that Wow! New all-time Aggregate Index highs came rolling in after the Trump win and today we are expecting some carry-forward and maybe … Read More

We’re glad we got out and voted Tuesday. But with the polls closed, and all but the law-faring, protests, and scorched earth to go, the real question is “Now what?” We are dividing this up into piles: ‘Short-term prior to Jan. 20’ which could be a scorched earth period. The Lawmaker pile – because control … Read More

This is, of course, election day.  We’re still trying to sort out whether to vote, but the “Yes, let’s do this thing” is winning. For the moment.  But that doesn’t mean we are please with any of the candidates. The motivator for us is the promise (by one) to put people we admire to work … Read More

Seat backs and tray tables to their full upright and locked position?  You may wish to make one last run to the lavatory before we begin our descent into…um… With the (militarist left) governor of Washington state already activating the National Guard – and reports that Oregon has done the same thing – see: Portland … Read More

I usually don’t post on Sunday (other than the ShopTalk column which follows). But this one story sums of the radical left’s agenda.  Because up in the northwest governor Jay Inslee activates Washington National Guard ahead of Election Day/ Something to think about here was a little Ure family wisdom from my upbringing (in the fifties):  … Read More

There are six topics to go over in lieu of a project report this week. More insight into why Urban will become paywalled, idiocy of Daylight, ER Roulette, D’Lynn’s “Thinking Sandwich”, radiation monitoring plans, and one other topic (or I just can’t count). Daylight Time Stupidity Ask people with serious sight impairment what they think … Read More

Don’t look now, but the comparison with 1929 is back.  So today we’re throwing a pencil at it. Because while 1929 can never happen again, runaway inflation of asset prices not only can but there’s a fair case it has been underway since summer. Of course, a few (obligatory) headlines and the preview of the … Read More

Yes. The stock market “fell out of bed” Thursday, but trust me: it wasn’t all bad.  The market was painfully bloated and over-priced. Use case for financial Ozempic. The good news – and bad – is that the two after-closing reports weren’t bad.  Although Apple beat in many accounting categories, there’s that little hole in … Read More

Let’s start with the big one – because it is likely to establish that another so-called conspiracy theory – ain’t so theoretical after all. clif is antiselenite on X: “$100 Billion…suing for chemtrail damages…” / X You should take time to read the entire article carefully.  This is his plan – and others may file their … Read More

Big doings today with the final couple of chapters of our Longevity playbook plus the new ADP jobs report just out. But, that’s not all. There’s the usual last-minute silliness that comes with virtually all elections and there’s the usual assortment of shock-and-awe as the markets continue their levitation act.  A bit of perspective on … Read More

But, seriously, what did you expect in a much-higher-than-acknowledged inflationary environment? “S&P CORELOGIC CASE-SHILLER INDEX RECORDS 4.2% ANNUAL GAIN IN AUGUST 2024 NEW YORK, OCTOBER 29, 2024: S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) today released the August 2024 results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. The leading measure of U.S. home prices recorded a 4.2% … Read More

At the Ranch – Reader Note:  You may get an “odd response” from this website while I am doing the final round of tuning before we go behind a paywall Feb. 14, of next year.  Our present web tuning is designed to speed up the site, but while the ads are gone, so are a … Read More