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Early premarket futures were showing a DCB – dead cat bounce due at today’s opening. As much as we would love to be (Eric Hoffer style) true believers, that just ain’t in the cards today, kiddies.  Did I miss my meds? No.  But let me count the ways things can blow-up. We are into a three-day weekend … Read More

Most people think artificial intelligence means robots replacing humans. Not in our greenhouse. Our AI gardener doesn’t carry a shovel, pull weeds, haul water, prune tomatoes, or pick cucumbers. What it does do is remember. It remembers soil conditions, fertilizer applications, temperatures, flowering patterns, planting dates, expected yields, and the thousand little details that leak … Read More

There is almost too much to cover this morning, but I want to cover the most important parts so if I get a little “texty” and “bullet-pointy” please hang in because there is a ton-o-useful about to slap your screen. Forget “news” for a minute.  This is raw future condensing into locally real. Frontier Operators and … Read More

Reader Read-In Note: In all that “spare time I have” I began a website earlier this year based on Hour-A-Day-Gardening.”  That site got a warm reception, but as always, time for that project became limited, though it served a critical purpose in my life.  See, most gardens fail because people don’t begin by making a … Read More

Ah, the glory of an  Easter Sunday, huh? I like getting a bit of down time. (Actually slept in until 4:46 AM!) Except, as you might expect, my idea of down time is a little rough around the edges. Mainly, it means a change from head work to thing work. The workaholism never changes – … Read More

After expressing my outlook – that only a fool would hold a long market position over the three day Easter stock market break beginning from today’s close – I waded into the deep end of the pool again.  With one of those high-leveraged option plays that can work out nicely. Trump & the Dancing Titanic … Read More

This market has (trying to remember the old saying here…) “More up and downs than a bordello on Saturday night.” I mean, think about it.  Dow was up Wednesday +305 points.  Early futures this morning? -316. That’s a whole lot of action, but we’re not seeing much traction, Jackson. News Flows and Other Woes Grab the Kleenex, … Read More

This is a two-parter today.  Here, I spill my guts about markets and (living in the) woods life.  Then, across the top of the hour, the Case-Shiller Housing data rolls, so y’all come back, here? First, congrats to The Economic Fractalist for calling the break well.  I think he’s posting on Thursdays, so be sure to … Read More

A few minutes after 5 AM in East Texas. I’m in “the chair” and locked to do battle with the “smell-checker” while keeping the rapier wit honed to a surgical edge. EXCEPT: It’s a “Day off.” Well…sort of.  This week is my 77th birthday.  And I’d like to thank the U.S. Congress for one of the … Read More

Fortunately, I didn’t have to spend much time with the daily tracking of the “luny left” because Reader Ray laid it all out in a Comment section remark here in response to the Saturday Peoplenomics report: When Price Stops Mattering, Brace yourself. Because the core concept on the layout table today is from the old … Read More

Power, Prices, and Preparedness: Three talking points with the hash browns: What Trump said in Greenland, what it means, and how he’s out on the margins now. Markets slammed through the 85-Day average to the downside.  This is likely the rally above before lower. And the Mainstream again underscores its failure to empower the people … Read More

Is this really ShopTalk?   Maybe: It’s really about aging, agency, risk, and dignity.  Let me read you in. Every so often a reader letter lands that isn’t really about tools — it’s about starting over.  Two things stood out in this week’s mailbag:  First, it comes from a long-time reader – she’s 73.  And she lost everything … Read More