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Instead of our usual 4,000 word long discussion of something we have three topics this morning.  Although, any one of them could be treated as book length material.

First is Donald Trump promising big news this afternoon.  Then, there’s one of our oscillators that suggests we hit a potential turning point at the Friday highs.

But the real guts of today is the Personal Prepping Audit which we will attend to last.  mmade necessary by an amazingly timed power outage…

Oh, yeah…our emergency power systems are all working just fine…

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Now that I’ve published the Small Trader Power Tool set – and subscribers have enough back-loaded historical data (nothing proprietary, just the Aggregate Indices we create) –  to at least begin back-testing their own trading ideas, I’m trying to “move on” to the projects that resonate most with me and which are both interesting plus offering some real future for humanity.

One of these topics is “lost technology.”

In addition to prepping and ham radio, of course, since there may be a Depression coming (they seldom send out invitations), the four projects that really “grab me” right now are the ones that have been rattling around in my head since the book-before  the book Psychocartography

On top of ultra-serious prepping, there are things like  sound-driven levitation, space-time warping, brain hacks, and unique explorations into historical events that may have much more basis in literal fact when viewed from the perspective of a modern, open-minded generalist.

Today, in what I hope is a refreshing break from markets and money and along wave economics (our focal stock-in-trade) we’ll instead consider some of the issues attendant to recovery of lost technologies.

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With little more than Trump-bashing over  Wall funding and resultant government shut-down in passing headlines today, we abandon our regular report format in order to offer a software manual to accompany the Small Trader Power Tool (STPT)  workbook (a collection of worksheets in a single file) being released concurrently..

As you know, I have been fascinated with the use of market aggregates as a particularly useful way of considering Big Picture financial market behavior.  All based on the idea that there is just so much money in the world at one time available to bid prices up, or down.

So while congress bemoans the closure – which could be over in an instant if the presidential non-signing was over-ridden, we will keep our eye on the ball – which is looking at the Big Picture for guidance on how the future might roll out.

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Not your “normal” Peoplenomics topic, for sure.  But, this is not so much about my specific back pain fixing, so much as it’s a lesson in using available resources and applying rigorous process to attain a designed result.

This coming Saturday, we have the “subscriber-sourced” Small Trader Power Tool (release candidate 1, lol) coming along.  Plus a few remarks about what happens when the  talks in DC fall apart.

So, coffee-up…as we ponder whether the rally of recent days will survive to the weekend.

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Today, we’re into the “fun stuff” – the kind of thing I used to do and got paid well for doing:  Working out algorithmic software solutions to complex problems.

Since we are de-emphasizing the day-to-day trading discussions, we thought it would be fun to use the occasion to whip up some new – and maybe a bit unconventional – tools to make sliding a few more dollars into the bank a little less work…

Peoplenomics, as I’ve defined it, is the study of people economics.  So, what’s the point of studying “matters economic” if we can’t take a bit off the top for ourselves?

We’ll release the first draft of the tool next weekend along with some additional notes on algorithmic trading.  But, it sure looks through “the tool” as though the Dow jump of +747  Friday  was more algorithmic than humanistic, to us.

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While we normally publish Peoplenomics twice weekly, due to the markets being closed Tuesday for New Years, there’s not much new.  So we will be along with our usual report Saturday…(Yes, I took a day off…)

A totally engrossing topic is on tap this morning:  What should old people do – once they get old and are comfortably well-off?

It may seem an absurdity to even consider it – especially if you are young and working one, two, or even three jobs and some side-hustles.  But, believe me, if you remember our three laws of life, you may actually get to the point where you’ll have a little side hustle (that’s fun) and be able to ponder the bigger questions like “What’s the absolute BEST way to retire?“

The answer should be clear:  Retire with a purpose.  Fine.  But, how, exactly does one go about finding “purpose?”  Our topic this morning after some warm-me-ups and a few charts…

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Wednesday reports normally contain extended comments as a “focus” section.  However, today, due to the holiday line-up this year, we will instead focus on charts only and also provide an abbreviated news review on the UrbanSurvival.com site.  A Focus piece will be presented Saturday.

And, if that’s not screwy enough for you, we will also be doing a special update on the UrbanSurvival site at about 8:15 AM Central to include the latest Case-Shiller/S&P/CoreLogic Housing numbers.

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Time for us to present our view forward – as 4 “use cases” for 2019.  It is not a pretty outlook, but we have to present what the data – and larger non-market contexts are telling us.

With some Maalox at the ready…here goes…

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As you know, every year I try to project how the coming year will go.  Ever since my discovery  of a “heartbeat to the market” last summer, I’ve been waiting for the chance to apply that discovery to presenting a possible future course for the market.

While I’m still working on the math and outlook for 2019, what we can discuss this morning is the new technique of market analysis that I cooked up in order to integrate several perspectives.

So – with 20 charts this morning – we will explain how the future looks based on a combination of visual and computational techniques I call “The Trading Boxes…” 

After a rasher of headlines and beans.  Our standard fare…

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A simple enough question.

Not so simple to answer.

As the markets are lining up for a potential “hell week” to come, what with the Fed meeting and all, we look mainly at the charts today and ponder what “news” will come along to fill-in the picture so the ‘sheep’ won’t get the pitchforks and “go France” on political leadership.

So, chop-chop!  Bean-up and roll…

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Once again, our unconventional way of thinking has produced some useful ideas to ponder. This first is “how does government control people who might lose faith in depreciating money?”  A well-discussed concept here.

In addition to pointing out how Social Credits are just another control scam, we will also be revealing a fine chart of our latest spin on the “Trading Golem”

Read on…and thanks for subscribing!

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This is one of those columns it sickens me to write.  But, since we believe our approach to be data-driven, there are some elements in news headlines and in the technical formation of the market that offer the prospect of a presidential departure and succession in the near future. Mid-2019?

This morning, we scrap our usual orderly format to focus on this one critical point.

Because we need to “think the unthinkable” in order to stay ahead of the pack.  To do that, we need to consider how it will all be played out. 

In doing so, hopefully, we’ll be able to protect our personal capital and understand the flow of “news to come…”

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