Another indicator of how well we are doing in the real economy is flying. And I am going to take a little bit of no traditional approach. Let us look at “Producer Price Index by Industry: Other Airport Operations: Airport Parking” We can also look at TSA checkpoint travel numbers (current year(s) versus prior year/same… Read More »
The United States is 4% of the world population. It consumes 25% of the oil in the world. Most it goes to transportation. So by monitoring the status of transportation one can get an idea of how well the economy is doing. This is just the total vehicle being sold. Let us look at the… Read More »
At what point is the debt going to matter, albeit personal debt or government debt. And although some think that centrals banks cannot go bankrupted since they owe the printing press, individuals might not have that option.
Those how have leverage in life get head faster. Whether it is mechanical leverage or leverage in negotiations. Think of it as just and extension to your current tools. Here of course we are talking about financial leverage.
A collection of rules I made and keep revisiting to remind me of them and help me avoid making the same mistakes.
Avoid index trading, it has proven to be dragged in one way or another by few stocks. Just like in society, the “big boys” control the index. When fear is high, the reward get high as well. Doubling down is not always the way to go or the way to “go”. But be aware of… Read More »
With a little bit of planning, forward thinking and establishing decision trees, a whole lot of time wasted can be avoided and a whole lot of good opportunities can be captured.
When you see cheerleaders and puppeteers working hard to persuade the public that we are just going to a small short time glitch, you better know that things are very serious. And if the 30+ million unemployed have not convinced you of that yet we can take a look at some of the sale numbers.
“Warren Buffett rescued Corporate America in 2008. He’s got $130 billion in cash to do it again”, this is the headline from CNN on Friday May 1st. I could not help telling myself, this must be a mistake. The FEDs have lower interest rates to zero from 2.5. The congress has approved couple of Trillion… Read More »
The “man” is always trying to spy on you. There is not really much you can do and your options are shrinking by the minute. I mean hell, Walmart now has your picture because you want to buy tomatoes and lettuces. While you still can there are few things that you are able to do… Read More »