Monthly Archives: September 2009
A Serious Quake Question
Normally, this site is focused on that obscure backwater of socioeconomics called “Long Wave Economics”. The whole premise is simple as phi: Are there long term drivers which determine the course of the economy? You know – things like the … Continue reading
Pondering Food & Water Options
The big quake on Tuesday reminded me to mention again that there are (for now) plenty of interesting investments out there that a person could make in the ‘food growing’ department. To be sure, some of them are very inexpensive … Continue reading
Stand-Up Tuesday
After a couple of emails wondering if I had lost my marbles (yes!) when I suggested on Monday that the top was in last week, people are demanding answers. “George the market was positively buoyant Monday!” was a typical rejoinder. … Continue reading
Back to the WuJo: Brain Creases
OK, so much for this morning’s normally light-hearted look at the days events. Time to get back in touch with the serious stuff going on in George’s WuJo. If you’re new around these parts, this is where we follow … Continue reading
Now That the Top Is In?
Didn’t seem like the Dow dropped 155-point last week did it? There was so much meandering about that it lost any sense of meaning. Yet the number to watch this week will be that 1035-1040 area on the S&P because … Continue reading
Coping: With the other 85%
If you haven’t read the latest (genuine) www.halfpasthuman.com report, not one of the modified ones floating around torrent sites, you may not be hip to the great mental gulf that is starting to really build among people. to sum it … Continue reading
Global Takeover in View?
Depends how you want to take this week’s news and I don’t know if you caught the Alex Jones show Friday, but if you click over to YouTube, Bob Chapman of the International Forecaster and Alex Jones state the obvious: … Continue reading
G-20 Stress
In what seems almost like a replay of the ‘battle of Seattle’ the scene of the present G-20 meetings in Pittsburgh is not exactly a glowing example of peaceful protest nor restrained response as 20-odd people have been arrested so … Continue reading
Coping: With Future Technology
Interesting article in the Daily Mail Online today under the heading “Cooker that ‘grows’ meat in your kitchen beats teleporting fridge and two-second clothes cleaner to win design prize“. With our recent focus on advances in antigravity technology and … Continue reading
Been Fired Yet?
Had a call from Robin Landry after the market close on Wednesday. He tells me there is a chance – a slight on, but definitely ‘non-zero’ that a move of the market to the downside today could set us up … Continue reading