My, ain’t this an odd topic for a (nominally) financial (and other interests) website?  Well, not really. But today we go a bit deep on the part of “making a killing” that involves us personally. We inspect the choice we each will face when “comes time to go.” Before we drill into that, however, the … Read More

We continue searching for Ground Truth in the origins of “Word Up.“ But so far to no avail. Hot Date?  Try 10 AM this morning  – Labor Department’s Job Openings, Layoff’s, Terminations, and Separations (JOLTS) report may live up to its name with this insanely manic mess of a market. First, the Beat Down Not to be … Read More

Although the price of Bitcoin was stuck just under $69,000 when checked before pounding out the column, we are concerned that inflation is becoming an institutional fixture.  Which means a harder landing ahead. Unless the hype is right: Bitcoin could top $150k in Q3 2025, chart veteran Peter Brandt says (crypto.news). The problem with a … Read More

Today as a public service, we’re going to install a green thumb on each reader with enough patience to learn the fine art of reading and thinking about what they’ve read, a bit. Study Materials First Before launching into my latest Industrial Arts need to be Rediscovered diatribe, we should first review today’s syllabus in … Read More

Just when the Bears were lining up for a “Big One…”  As a result of following long wave economic influences on markets for a quarter century in our Peoplenomics reports, is that it has provided time to come up with interesting “Early Warning Indicators.” As you will see in this morning’s ChartPack,  one of these … Read More

There is a huge pre-election distraction being played out in America this summer.  It reopens in July – the 11th – when the “convicted” Donald Trump will face sentencing after being the first American president in history convicted of a felony. There’s a long list of legal flaws in what we have come to think … Read More

Fear. You can smell it in the markets.  Yet this is only the first whiff.  The kind you get off the stockyards along I-40 up in the Texas Panhandle, long before Amarillo.  Palpable. Fortunately, also tradeable. Fear Looks Like This: Discussion:  First, this is an Aggregate Index. Second is the (yellow, large) Wave 2 up may … Read More

Just as I was writing this morning’s column on Tuesday, a wild storm line went through and we haven’t see power since.  There’s even a chance we won’t get power back until Thursday or even Friday. The good news for us is that we have a generator and transfer switch plus all those golf dart … Read More

Our usual publishing is way off schedule today. We had a set of severe thunderstorms go through the area Tuesday morning and honestly, we have no idea when the power will be back on line.  The generator is working like a champ, but until the extra kick from the solar comes back up (around 10 … Read More

Just in from S&P: NEW YORK, MAY 28, 2024: S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) today released the March 2024 results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. The leading measure of U.S. home prices shows that all of the major metro markets reported month-over-month price increases. YEAR-OVER-YEAR The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price … Read More

We will post the Case-Shiller/S&P/CoreLogic Housing data when it crosses.  Usually have it up by 8:15 AM Central, or so. L4L versus HFL While we’re waiting for the Housing report (we’d expect it to be hot), the strategic economic issue facing America is what to do with persistent inflation. Under more normal economic conditions – … Read More

Greenhouse Development work continues at Uretopia as we wend into Summer. To recap for newcomers, about two years back, son George II and I were messing around with Ground Screws and (in a flight of fancy) I decided to put up a greenhouse.  A lean-to against the Music Studio’s west (outside) wall, it seemed like … Read More

Summer is nearly here, and with it, more time in the shop. Sometimes, You Get Lucky Take this morning, for example. Stepped in the shower and…the water never got hot. We had put in a new water heater back in March. Divel did the heavy work on this because, at 75, I’m trying to manage … Read More