The problems in another African nation are sadly not only predictable, but on schedule as another corrupted national election appears to have taken place. The […]
A Preparation for Hyperinflation or Worse?
While these pages were busy recovering from surgery, a story broke about Walmart initiating a change of its price labeling system from "paper" to digital. This video from ABC-36 WTVQ is a sample of what was rolled out to little concern: While this might seem innocuous enough as Kohl's has had this system in place for years to offer "flash" discounts to customers, this was before the era of commodity shortages, rapid inflationary surges, and economic instability that has happened long since that was the norm. Is this something new? No, not really but now that it has appeared in stores, the story gets media coverage. It actually was announced via Walmart's website on June 6, 2024: New Tech, Better…
A Preparation for Hyperinflation or Worse?
While these pages were busy recovering from surgery, a story…
Wash, Rinse, Repeat: Stocks Hit Another All Time High
But Where oh Where Have I Seen this Before Before…
Trucking’s Pre-Recession Warning or Impending Recovery?
The recent recessionary directional indication from the 4th quarter GDP…
It’s TACO Tuesday And Trump is Chickening Out Again; Or is He?
The proverbial "fog of war" continues to descend faster than…
Silver Price Surges: The Good News and The Bad News
Today, the long ago forgotten other monetary metal finally broke through what was considered a key psychological resistance point of $35.00 per ounce. As these […]
US 10 Year Treasury Trades Like a MemeCoin
This is not a sign of a stable US Government bond market boys and girls. Other than badly named cryptocurrencies that trade wide and loose, […]
The Trucking Industry Once Again Warns About the Recession Risk
The rapid surge of cargo from Asia into the West Coast ports of the United States and the resulting surge in freight be it via […]
When Argentina Calls Us a Banana Republic
As time permits between current era articles, I like to recover the archives which were lost when my old system and its backups crashed and […]
10.18.24 Bank Failure Friday Returns: First National Bank of Lindsay, Lindsay, OK
No sooner than my guest on @MacroEdge Radio, Melody Wright, finishes our discussion about distressed financial institutions and bank failures, here we go again. From […]
Stock Market History Often Repeats With Great Pain
During the course of the day, I often end up in discussions on X, the old Twitter, with many individuals about the stock market, economics, […]
The EnviroCommies Have Officially Hit Peak Stupid
As yours truly was scrolling through 8K’s from the banks a headline hit on my X (Twitter) feed which summed up the definition of peak […]
Inflation is Under Control, Unless You Eat, Drink, Need a Doctor, or Drive a Car
The unfortunate part of enjoying a self-enforced news blackout during a hurricane is that one misses the big picture economic news events which keeps us […]
Warning: Stocks are NOT Good Indicators of When a Recession is Coming
This morning while catching up on my podcasts and economic news I listened to one of my favorite stock commentators make a comment which made […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Martinique Edition
The usually peaceful French Caribbean colony of Martinique has erupted into flames over the past several weeks. Before a review of the news and video […]
Buckle Up Fellow Floridians, Here We Go Again
The next twenty-four hours are going to be incredible. The 48 after that, possibly even more so.
BLS Delivers Another Masterful Work of Propaganda
Last night when this author penned a piece predicting what would be a normalized estimation for the non-farm payrolls report, there was little indication of […]
October 4th Non-Farm Payroll Preview
The first Friday of the month is tomorrow which means of course the Bureau of Labor Statistics gets to release the monthly revisionfest also known […]
The Biden-Harris FEMA Lie About Hurricane Helene Relief
There are lies. There are damned lies. Then there is the absolute spew from the Biden-Harris administration out this week when they were caught flat-footed […]