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Nothing like woo-woo research to sharpen the mind on a long holiday weekend.  So this morning, thanks to a major contribution from my consigliere and one of my odd “woo-woo” dreams, we will kick over a few rocks in psychic realms.

Of course no morning is complete without a pass through headlines.  And in today’s ChartPack we will explore how long the Friday bounce off the 200-Day Moving averages could last once we get back to work

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If we want something to “Memorialize” this coming weekend, buddy do we have the shiznit for ya’ll.  America hasn’t just lost it to China in major industrial categories (shipbuilding comes to mind) but the “rest of world” is kicking our “short of vacation” butts.

U.S. Baseline: The U.S. has no federal mandate for paid vacation or public holidays. The average PTO (personal time off) is estimated at 10–15 days (10 vacation days after 1 year, increasing with tenure, plus some employer-provided holidays).

No, friend, the place you want to work is either Kuwait (43 paid days off per year) or (OMG) Russia!!!  Why those rotten-bad-nasty commies are getting a national minimum of 24 vacation days plus 8 federal holidays. None of which counts weekends!  And we’re demonizing them?

And why have US workers “busted-hump” to fund NATO?  When All EU member states mandate at least 20 paid vacation days, often supplemented by public holidays, making most European countries rank above the U.S…

Back on script:  Today we explore the earlier times in ‘Merica – back in the Land of the Free days – when we invented the Autocamping category in the 1920s..

But first, is Inflation going to Save us?

And saving the worst for last?  Our ChartPack this morning is the most dire I have written in more than 20-years.

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This is where we look ahead and size up what we can about next week.  Because while the past is full of interesting ideas, those have already “locked” into history.  What seems like it would be more useful would be an in-depth summary of things that will likely impact us (large and small) before they get here.  Thus, giving us a chance to plan around them while there’s time…

First, though, a crater impact survey as the US Dollar is about to get the “Moody’s blues…”

Of course, the usual Saturday fare is served as well: A few “locked” headlines and the ChartPack which reveals how this pig of a market is doing almost unspeakable things.  At least, things not normally observed in the modern times.

For us, this is a nearly ideal weekend to work on a broader topic; PLM or Personal Life Management.  It will be a kind of mini-focus for the weekend.

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World has to run a “gauntlet” between now and 2050 as we explained last week.  Now, we need to inspect how that choice is laying out in more detail.  With the hope that by doing so, we will see where the “muddle-through” might be found.  Turns out the pivot-point may be the shelf life and skills required from humans. Dopamine-driven dopes.

We focus, therefore on the declines of pleasure and purpose then explore how that, too, blows up sooner than not if we don’t do something about it.

And it’s here the “threading needle of figure problem” comes into view.

A few headlines to warm the neurons and then the ChartPack for the visual cortex.  But then we’re into “the heart stuff” where the purpose of humans in a machine-dominated world begins to glaze over…

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You may not have time for 50+ pages of last-minute checklist and thinking notes… So it will be available in the Peoplenomics Bookshelf part of the Master Index.  And sorry, don’t mean to sound cavalier or too cynical, but we’re in that kind of world now.  Notice?

Also for your breakfatudinal (zat a word?) munch reading, the chart pack is a dilly today, too.  (Say, ever have a dill with Saturday breakfast? (Without a beer?)

And if that doesn’t leave you “in a pickle,” some of the morning’s headline analysis may land you on the shrink’s couch before lunch.

“‘The Peoplenomics Survival Planner (The Last-Minute Prepper’s Pre-War Edition) is a useful guide focused on practical self-sufficiency for uncertain times, covering three critical areas: quick survival foods that can be grown rapidly (like sprouts and microgreens), long-term survival gardening with calorie-dense and diverse crops (like potatoes, beans, and squash), and high-value cash crops for crisis barter (such as hemp, tobacco, and garlic).

 It also provides detailed herbal home remedies for common health issues, a step-by-step immediate action plan for preparedness, a family-sized shopping list, practical home defense strategies for two people, essential survival knife selection, and a guide to emergency communications, offering a complete blueprint for resilient, sustainable living in crisis scenarios.” 50-odd pages of PDF.

Second cup, Glaucon! . As we ponder deeper meanings of The Republic (ch.10). Allegorically, of course.

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We are hoping for an “Eartbloom” before 2050 but there’s one hell of a gauntlet to run first.  Time to take a closer look because 20 years can come and go in a heartbeat.  the “good news” – such as it is – is that we do have time for avoidance maneuvers but how many will pay heed to the Threat Board?

I will be discussing a period labeled “The Gauntlet” in our modeling.  Today’s  report may be especially timing with one of the Gauntlet data loci’s on the verge of nuclear with overnight missile launches between India and Pakistan – both nuclear powers.

To cheer you up after? A few headlines and we’ll do the final ChartPack before the FOMC meeting announcement this afternoon.

But for now, how about we kick it off with war in store? And more…

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Where we look at the angle of the dangle (or the rate of rise) in ridiculous rallies toward predictable conclusions.  Sure, it sounds a little complicated, but we could have a much longer (and maybe boring) discussion of how this approach to the “math of markets” is not dissimilar from the take-off angle of a bullet and it’s ultimate distance covered horizontally – with similar implications.

We all fall down.

Why, toss in some weather aftermath, a few headlines from the front lines of social hysteria, and it’s a fine morning to do “real effort” before getting to the “important work” in ShopTalk tomorrow…

[Reader note:  Trying to put more emphasis on look-aheads into the coming week.  Since the news of the moment is “in th4e can” and not much to be done about it.  On the other hand, an eye toward the temporal horizon sounds like a reasonable thing to do.

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The odds of humanity reaching 2050 are about half the odds that we will blow-up the planet first. That’s one of the most troubling takeout’s from a major project around here that involves historical research, A.I. modeling, and someone’s modest writing skills.

In the first of what’s likely to be a multi-part series, we consider the Big Picture first:  does the world need to “get global” in order to find the resources and brainpower to become a space-faring culture?

First, though, the mid-week madness as we go through  the latest Trump-bashings, fresh jobs data and a new GDP reading.

And then a detour into our stock chart collection as the marker smelled a bit “toppy Tuesday” at yesterday’s close.

Then we get into it. With a “TL;DR” summary for the time-challenged and 7-thousand words for those thoughtful enough to wade through  it.  And this is only Part 1?

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Everything from Employment to Housing to Wars.  Promises to be a spectacular week in news developments.  And as things come into focus, we expect there will be market reactions.

A bleary-eyed ogle of future, then, the weekend beckons…

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If you listen closely, you may be able to hear them.  Lamestream media has used a fairly ‘light dose’ of Smoot-Hawley being replayed in Trade Wars.  But, there are other – more subtle – things to be watching now.

Because, you see, it’s not just important to understand the generalized risk of a Second
Depression.  It’s also important to “get the timing right.”  Too early and you can lose a pile of dough.  Too late, though, and that’s just as bad.

Leaves us with the “Thinking Person’s” task:  Are we on a Replay of 1929?  And if so, were exactly are we?

We won’t get it all right.  But at least we will have a closer eye on the development storm than the Johnny-come-latelies who will be along shortly.

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In addition to the usual news analysis and cynical eyes on the markets, we venture off into woo-woo land today.  Holiday weekend, time for mind to wander, that sort of thing. As you will see, there’s some reason to do so.

As one AI explained “it may be a calibration event.”

If you’re not joining in the speculative side of speculation with us, here’s hoping you have a great Easter weekend..

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In recent weeks, a couple of people have asked “How do you think like you do?”  Truth is?  Thinking is every bit as much a discipline, as going to the gym, say.  Some people talk about thinking – while other people never quite get around to it.

Before I finish up the rest of the book I’m currently writing (“Downsizing…“) I wanted to share a very quick overview of what will be a later chapter in the next book.  Which is on the evolution of Brain Amplifiers.

Since we have – at least for some – a three day weekend coming up, I figure this would be a dandy time to do some serious “thinking about thinking.”

After we roll with a few headlines – eye options and get ready for the market closure Friday.

I call it “QuackSmart: A Ducky Theory of Instant IQ Enhancement.”

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With “Spring sprung” we have our weather eye to the coming year, or three.  Asking – as any reasonable person would – Where is the safest place to deploy hard-earned assets to save you money purchasing power and get it to the “Other Side” of whatever comes next?

Some of the traditional hidey-holes have changed so we kick off the emerging focus with a look at some of the choices out there.

When you couple the outlook with some of the headlines about Iran and a possibly divided Ukraine to come, and then add in some weather outlooks, a muddle-through appears.  Apparition-like for now, but even a foggy aim-point is better than none at all, we reckon.

Toss in the ChartPack and there will be plenty of thinking points for the rest of the weekend, we’re sure..

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