We can begin this morning, to paraphrase reader Andy, “running right on schedule.”  Today, we are focused on the “musical constructs” of world-ending war.  It’s graceful, interesting, intellectually challenging. And – oh! – terminal.  But don’t go getting the blues because in a cosmic sense the Blues is playing lead in human affairs lately, in case you … Read More

What humans have been doing so far has not worked out especially well.  Sure, we have 8-billion people.  Which – and this is a hard one to conceptualize – is 40-times larger than it was in Jesus’ time; people numbered only 200-million back then. Even so, mankind was even then territorial, fighting wars, and using … Read More

Honestly, not too much to look at in the news flows overnight.  If you like Trump-bashing, plenty of filler and time-sinks out there. But, if like us, you’re looking for indicators of Future, y’ain’t gonna find ’em in courtroom filled with political psychodramas. Housing Starts Came in stronger than we expected,.. M’eh. Future’s just turned … Read More

We’re going to talk about “Hearing the Music of Life” today. Even a wordsmith (maybe, someday) learns a new word now and then.  Today it was that an acceptable plural of the (singular) tempo is “tempi.”  Arizona may complain. We don’t talk too much about “tempi” (tempos) to the flow of news.  A useful way … Read More

After an absence of several weeks, and after Goofle said (by nicely ignoring our Ultra-Make site for ads) we have elected to bring ShopTalk Sunday back home.  So, um, here we is. Just in Time for Bug Season If you live “up north” the bugs are not out yet. But here in the Sun (and bring … Read More

There is an interesting story to being able to “see the numbers in your head.” Not as individual data bits, but rather in a proper context.  This simple visualization tool just “comes natural” to some people; for others it’s more difficult. The way to improve your skill to mentally process numbers gets a short overview … Read More

Glorious it is brethren when the Universe sends you a profound message of Truth. I was looking up the latest draft of a House bill just now and this is what the Congressional Servers dished up: Minutes?  (coughs)  Years, maybe? So simple. So True.  So…um…on point. Write when Congress is back on real work, George@ure.net

You may (or may not, who knows?) have seen my note yesterday about how we “ought to see a rally” in markets – and it could be a smoker today.  Because Retail Sales will drop Monday.  Which could (in our delusional view) trigger the Fed to actually raise – not lower – rates on a short-term “emergency basis” … Read More

I only ask because the market has been screaming what seems to be an emerging future that will go something like this (not advice, just a dice roll, of course…): Gold will hit $2,400 overnight – Silver will hit $29 onite. Close today is a sucker deal for Bears – we expect the Dow to … Read More

Remember the lyrics that matter today?  (Cue Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven) That’s because Retail Sales will be reported Monday morning. Sure, we have minor stuff now (Producer Prices and fresh U.I. filings in a sec. if you like looking up the supply chain’s hiney) and tomorrow we get some import-export numbers.  But it all … Read More

Wanted you to see how Minor 1, micro 2 turns into Minor 1, micro 3 down.   With this, our overnight trade which cleared in the extended session was up 3.978 percent overnight. Good thing we don’t do advice and I only mention my personal trades and then after the fact.  Though figuring out the … Read More

Ever wonder why miracles and woo-woo don’t happen more often? And what this might have to do with how we make a buck in stocks and other investments? OK, so it’s a longish ramble and lots of stats discussed conceptually.  But all triggered by a case of materializing silverware in our household. Woo-woo stuff. Much … Read More

With a huge nothingburger served up by the eclipse Monday, we had to wonder what would be moving in the following day to fill the “information void” that is an industry unto itself, anymore. Not much, turns out. Back when Mark Twain was (famously) editing an agricultural paper, “the news” not “dog bite man” but … Read More