Let us being this article by articulating that this is not an attack on President Instability. But by God, these pages have promised to call […]
Year: 2025
Retail Meets the Rising Sun and Trump Tweets(Again)
For over one year of excessive exuberance the financial media has proclaimed that retail has finally surpassed financial managers in guessing how and what to […]
Nobody’s Learned Nothing
Those of us who sound like the old guy yelling at clouds or at the morons who leave their shopping carts in parking places because […]
History Says This Market is in Deep, Deep Trouble
Where or where is the modern day Charles Merrill? The memo issued by Charles Merrill to get out of debt was so dramatic, that on […]
The Unemployment Report Wasn’t So Bad; or Was it?
For those that have followed this page for almost twenty years now, one has to understand that I do get fired up and emotional about […]
3/7 NFP Outlook: Big Nothing or Big Trouble?
At 8:30 a.m. ET tomorrow morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics issues it’s latest greatest act of fiction with a guesstimate of how many jobs […]
Credit Markets are Starting to Send Warning Signs
The masses are glued to the latest headlines from President Instability and the insanity that the markets have been through the last 48 hours. Headlines […]
Smack my Head (SMH)
It’s probably nothing but…. Ok, maybe it is something. But this rollover has to pierce the 200 level to be taken seriously. However, the failure […]
The Vix is Back
No real commentary is necessary beyond singing along to this song… Crank it up bears… Charts don’t lie, we’re heading towards the danger zone:
Speculation Inflation
There are times in American history where inflation is a structurally obvious measure of monetary and price appreciation and the government logically reports the data […]
Assclownery
For all of my readers and friends, since the election last year, I promised to call balls and strikes. I am a Thomas Massie, Ron […]
The Specter of Personal Gold Ownership
To say this has been one hell of a week in the markets so far is an understatement. I do not recall which of the […]
Are the Markets Approaching a Penn Central Moment?
“It is evident that the country cannot continue to advance prices and wages, to curtail production, to expand credits, and to attempt to enrich itself […]
The Surge in Military Recruitment: Patriotism or a Recession Indicator?
Before I start throwing numbers out to the masses, I respect nothing more than any man or woman who volunteer for the United States Military […]