We won’t say the Market is being manipulated, but we will note the official read of today’s CPI numbers was: CPI for all items rises 0.4% in April; shelter, used cars and trucks, and gasoline up Typical hype in the face of Reality by corporate-own mouthpiece media? Inflation: Consumer prices in April rise at slowest … Read More
It all begins with rent. From there, we see a computer software design pattern kick it. From a single act of systemic compliance, a whole shitshow of logical consequences follows. One on the previous, day after night. There is a problem – existential in nature – that lurks with this “commerce model.” Specifically, the issue … Read More
Life marches on – and with it, me – off to get an updated eye prescription. So we will try to remain “focused” for a change. (Argh!) First item on the list is the National Federation of Independent Business report looking at forward conditions: Yes, they’re coming. But, no, not yet… Owners expecting better business … Read More
We have a number of important items on our “news budget” this week. Beginning with a virtual turkey in financial markets while the masses try to figure out what the Future holds. Apparently, it may not hold Joe Biden. NEW POLL: Trump Leading Biden By 7 Points in 2024 Race (mediaite.com). The reason for “show … Read More
With the return of G2 to family lands this past week, we’ll start with the father-son diet challenge part. Because I’ve watched my son’s approach to dieting and it’s really interesting. Almost Goggins-like hard core… When left (gun-banning) Washington State, he was about 200 pounds. A week later he was at 184. The secrets he used … Read More
Which we hinted at in the UrbanSurvival. column Friday. Today, we look into the rabbit hole and see how our “lookahead” is looking, if that makes sense. Quiet and busy spring day and the scent of coronation silliness hangs heavy in the air. So let’s focus on the useful part: Making a little money in … Read More
A short ramble today about investing in the stock market. There is no more “investing.” Unless you are Warren or Charlie, have the patience to go looking for under-valued stocks, have a buttload of money and more patience than Job, investing is in the same category as unicorns and honest elections. Maybe… The reality is … Read More
Stock futures were pointing to another down opening to markets. In the wake of the Fed hike Wednesday to the highest level in 16-years. Naturally, loving free dough, we snagged a little “lunch money” in the deal, but (I know this will sound odd) there’s no real pleasure to making a few bucks on a … Read More
A note from our Houston Bureau today drew our attention to a MARVELOUS post over at May 2, 2023 – by Heather Cox Richardson (substack.com). She – a history prof – does a great job of reciting the importance of the 14th Amendment which Slow Joe and Minions (plus pretenders in Congress) are ignoring when … Read More
This week, our research focuses on calendars behind human cycle recognition. Ever since the (failed) 2012 “End of the World” predictions of others, we have been fascinated with the question “What did they get wrong?” Turns out, there is plenty of opportunity to have screwed up a lot. Worse is that the Mayan Long Count … Read More
Fed meeting is likely to result in a quarter point hike in rates tomorrow afternoon. The only Big market mover (at least from our 5:30 AM vantage point) is that the Labor JOLTS report will drop at 10 AM Eastern. Set an alarm and click over to see the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey … Read More
[Reader note: We have discontinued MailChimp notifications of new content. Only 500-odd people were using it and it was costing almost $350 per year. We MAY go to “push notifications” – but your input is welcome.] Will today be “Normal?” Remote viewers have their shields up. It is the first of May, after all. Big doings … Read More
I have mentioned for a couple of months now that one of my sources, who I call “the doc for the men who stare at goats” fellow was worried about April (mid to second half) about a major “darkness” about to befall Earth. He (and his sources) weren’t able to put it into more precise … Read More