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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Seriously, we don’t.  No more than we trust edicts and pronouncements.  Encyclicals from the untrustworthy.  We’re out there with Diogenes, looking for the honest souls. Empty-handed, mostly.

The good news, such as it is, has it that this morning’s Focus Section – 20-odd pages on how bad the next couple of years could be – can be safely taken off your reading list.  Besides, sheep can’t read.

A bit less droll is our market outlook, where our natural-born optimism is tempered by digits. Today is a Bank Reserve Settlement Day – sometimes a moment of volatility – and then there’s tomorrow’s CPI read.

All boils down to a “This could be bad…”  Seeing that, it’s cinch ’em up and ride time.

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It would be audacious – but is there some player who would “kick America when she’s down?”In our “worst cases” department, some scenarios that could be lurking out of sight – and out of mind – until next week,  That’s when markets could get down to an approachable “bounce” level.

But from there?  The old saying is “Crashes don’t come at market tops – they come at lows – major support.  It’s when those fail that the future can shift in dramatic and unpredictable ways. We arrive there next week.

Of course that’s our 20 some pages of charts – and to be honest, hard telling at this stage, which presents the scariest future potential.

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