April 10, 2013 — Sometimes it can be very entertaining – not to mention  sharpening of the mind – to write a fictional account of the future since it  puts things into perspective which otherwise might be dismissed by logical  mind.  Too easy, many times, to dismiss a good – and credible – scenario simply  because the mind creates logical objections that are tantamount to saying  “They’d never do that!”  Examples may be found as near as Pearl Harbor, or at  site of the Twin Towers which, we recall, had already been hit previously in a  terrorist attempt.  But before we “Go Clancy” on you, the usual sober looking at  the morning’s news and the very much inebriated markets which were hitting the  rocket fuel to an extent that has to make North Korea envious.  But as we all  sadly reminded, space is not the final frontier yet: dirt is.

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April 6, 2013 — Unlike tomatoes, which do well in plenty of sunlight, there are some  aspects of economics that do better in the dark.  Dark in in ‘things the little  people don’t know’ because – if they did – there would be pitchforks at the  ready and villagers at the gate.  This morning, a short summary of several areas  where the whole field of economics is getting right up to the ragged edge:  Everything from the Nth customer problem to the crashing of the labor  participation rate, to a 260 gB data dump that outs the names, places, and  amounts of keep trusts (of high net worth individuals) and corporations who are  rather expert at tax dodging.  This is especially troublesome because we’re just  nine days from the ‘little people’s’ tax deadline.  So have the blood pressure  meds at the ready, and turn  up this Youtube tune to set the mood…it’s where economics is.

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April 3, 2013 — One of the greater mysteries of the “prepper” movement is “Why?”   After all, on the surface things are not terribly bad, despite my sometimes  acidic remarks about markets.  As the car and truck report showed Tuesday,  things aren’t all that bad.  Unfortunately, in many ways they are – and will  likely continue so for the foreseeable future. So this morning’s focus report  will be on developments on (and about) the Korean peninsula.  Before we get into  developments and the personal contingency planning, however, a review of other  headlines and plenty of coffee is in order.

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March 30, 2013 — Several readers have asked me for a review of  Bitcoin and any thoughts/feelings I have on them since there are already  reported to be millionaires in the making in the land of digital currency.  Can  peer-to-peer finance work out better than top-down finance?  Or is it just  another bubble?  A discussion follows an explanation of how it works and how you  can get some Bitcoins for yourself.  Before we go there, however, there are the  dreary morning headlines, not to mention trying to make money the old fashioned  way, in the meantime.

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