With apologies to Gary Zukav, world-class physicist and author of “Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics.” I can’t resist turning a good phrase. Chinese should be barred from Statistics. But, as dictatorial States will, they have no problem making up a False Reality and shoving it down people’s throats. Vitriol? No … Read More
We expect the market to open seriously down this morning for several reasons, not the least of which is the seriousness of COVID-19 is dawning on people other than us. As of writing time, Dow futures were down 178 points on the Dow, but we will see how the Fed plays the repo and reverse-repo … Read More
Although the Trump-haters are out in force – trying to drum up another phony impeachment drive – there and still several much more important stories in play this morning, so let’s use brain cells instead of our adrenals, shall we? Wuhan Scorecard Death toll is up to to 1,384 and the confirmed cases (which China … Read More
Consumer Prices are just out from thge Labor Department: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.2 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.5 percent before … Read More
Breaking: Challenger Jobs Cuts soar to an 11-month high: Job cuts announced by U.S.-based employers jumped 106%, from December’s total of 32,843 to 67,735, the highest monthly total since February 2019, according to a report released Thursday from global outplacement and business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Last month’s total is … Read More
Doggonit! If I had just looked at the market charts, instead of working in the shop this weekend, I would have seen that the Chiefs were going to win. Because? (For those of us not hooked on Vegas-style T&A half-time shows, having sourced our own locally…) Investopedia has a good article on the “Super Bowl … Read More
The Huge National Distraction (impeachment sham) underway in the District of Coercion is keeping more Americans from seeing the bigger picture. Since I like to write (both non-fiction AND fiction), I thought this morning’s serving of brain-stimulant should be a short FICTIONAL story that came to mind as I was doing my red-light therapy … Read More
I apologize to subscribers, as this is the type of thing that more properly belongs on our Peoplenomics site ($40-bucks a year), but there’s a time-sensitive development in the futures market this morning that is worth kicking around. If you’re not a subscriber, there are several things you need to do to keep up with … Read More
I mentioned on the Peoplenomics report Wednesday that the fellow who is probably America’s best financial astrologer, Arch Crawford, was predicting a long-lasting impact – on the order of years from an event – that would happen sometime in the past week. Well, to us, it looks like he has nailed it. On the other hand, … Read More
Whew! A looong-ass weekend of programming and writing for Peoplenomics, the new Ultra-Make.com site, and even doing a few tweaks here like that fancy Accessibility/Font-Sizer over at the top of the right column over this way somewhere >>> A great weekend, nevertheless featuring (*don’t mean to go on endlessly, but the projects done list is … Read More
Some 2019 restrospective in the first section this morning. But, if time is short for you, skip down to “Today’s Real News” – a big headline and you can’t miss it. New post around 8:15 with the Housing data, so check back. We’ll serve-up this morning’s “rasher of news and comment” but first, a few … Read More
A couple of items on the stock market, best taken visually. One is the overall view of how periodic advances and declines in the stock market line-up in similar ways. Nice way of saying “All collapses are self-similar” to one degree or another… OK, so.. When is “The Top” Here? This is a “What number … Read More
Sure, there are a number of “economic stories” we could lead with this morning. But, weekly variances in mortgage applications at a time when part of the nation has been in the deep freeze and it’s a holiday week to boot? Seriously? Of, later on, yet-another forecast of “investor confidence” will be out…but we don’t … Read More