Current Research

Too many subjects and not enough time at Old Man Labs.  But, some of it is just damn useful so we will wade through a nicely sized helping this morning.

Talking trees, light crown construction,  and free energy are all on the agenda.

After the usual headlines, charts and half-caf.

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Reconsidering Nostradamus

Was he a “linguistic magician” or a “mystic linguician?” The latter, linguician, not to be confused with the language and music app for Android, of course.

What we deal with today is the logical problem of analyzing what to make of Nostradamus’ work, Especially in light of the fine work on point done by long-time friend G.A. (Stu) Stewart who runs the savory “The Age of Desolation” website over here where this morning’s topic is explained but without the technical detail.

We will delve head-long into the future, after first suffering word of the recent past (news) and consider how the markets are doing after the manic kick-off to the week.

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Spinning Up the Intel Platform

With War on the Horizon, time to dial things in. Back in 2015, we outlined how to build a fairly effective “home intelligence platform” using readily available online tools.  Until recently, however, there wasn’t much to “move the needle” in terms of international crisis. 

That has recently changed.  So this morning with get back into Cold War territory of “throw weights” and how many people can be killed in one massive attack.  Not for the faint of heart.

First, however, a few comments on America’s “Split-Level Justice System.”  And coffee, of course.

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The Mueller Market?

Can we blame the 460-point Dow drop Friday on the end of a political election report?

Because of travel, we will have an exceptionally short report this morning.  Assisted by an ill-timed Microsoft update that stole an hour of work time.  But, not like we’re the first victims under that bus.

For those wondering, yes Blood Sweat and Tears at the Apache Casino here in Lawton, Oklahoma was a real nice show.  I thought the sound was a bit “busy” in the first couple of songs, but as they rolled along, it kept getting better right up to the end after a two-song encore.  (I resisted my inclination to offer a lecture on “overlayering” which is when nearly a dozen instruments light off at once.”  Better mix (FOH and BOH) is to sub-group and not exceed four “layers” or everything gets cacophonous…  Like I said, though, I know when to shut-up.

OK, a mish-mash and then back to bed.  Man needs his sleep…

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The Problem with Immortality

It’s one more “world-ending” threat to consider.  Unlike the odds of a full-on nuclear exchange between parties on the Indian subcontinent, we don’t hear much in the daily fear-mongering about what could happen if the world got too much really good news from the field of medicine.

Rather than monger, though, we’ll look at an area of science where exactly this type of “economic breakthrough” might occur and take it from there.

After a few headlines and such, of course.

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Power in the Greater Depression (Ch. 10)

Installation is simple…but not really...

Today we cover the actual installation of solar panels and how to figure where to point them in the sky.  After which, we go through some of the final power-center considerations and then start to wire things up.

But all that will have to wait as we go through a few news headlines, and look at where markets seem to be heading in our chart section.

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Fats & Hats–Life by the Pound

Data-driven oddities to note before and after TSHTF

A lot of UrbanSurvival readers think our Peoplenomics.com site is only about playing markets, saving for retirement and generally getting one-up on The Money Game.

Surprise!   It’s not.

It’s really about getting the most out of life and we broadly define that as our transactional relationships with the world.

Today we serve up a longish report with some tantalizing (non-stock market) ideas.  The first as we reveal a potential cause of U.S. (and global) obesity rates which are non-apparent but which line-up with historical data well.  Do we have a new “magic weight loss regimen?”  Read-on.  (Maybe…)

The second morsel is looking at everything (right down to which car to buy) as an exercise in cost-per-pound analysisThere’s another surprise in the data there.

After our latest breaking economic news just out, and oh, sure, a handful of charts as we track the market through its latest gyrations…

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Power In the Greater Depression (Ch. 9)

Lifestyle and System Integration is our menu today.

Since we have taken the time in the previous 8-chapters to learn the basics of the sub-system components, we can focus on making intelligent purchase decisions today.

Which will lead into next week’s chapter on wiring it all up and how to navigate a “Co-Generation Agreement” if you’re planning to sell power back onto the grid.

We’ll get to this after a few headlines and our usual view of the market which continues to be more than slightly bearish overall.

Coffee?

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Sunspots, Markets, and the Invention Cycle

There’s more than what’s on the UrbanSurvival site going on.

So we’ll launch into one of the more interesting investigations we’ve done into the long-cycle timing of how civilization-moving advances come about.

Which matters, because we are right in the “peak invention” period of the 11-year (variable) solar cycle according to our research findings.

First, though, a few examples of fresh data to review and the daily charts.  But let’s begin with..

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Power in the Greater Depression (Ch. 8)

Advanced Chargers,  Inverters, and Grid-Tie

In today’s chapter, we’ll turn you into a prepper who “knows their stuff” about power inverters (that make AC from DC sources) as well as be inducted into the nearly occult world of computer controlled solar chargers using something called MPPT.

By the time we’re done, you’ll be ready to begin making seriously- competent alternative energy decisions. 

Even if you’re not putting in a big solar installation, this is mighty-fine knowledge to have in your “filing cabinet between the ears.”

First, a few headlines and then some charts of an increasingly preposterously-priced market.

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Documenting Life and Home

How Much is Enough?  No, I am not “George_the_Uber-Driver.”  That’s my son, FB page here. (sheesh).

After a short discussion of his experience with  how “cream always rises to the top” and “nut doesn’t fall far from tree” plus new Trade figures and our highly unorthodox look at the financial markets, we will drill into how much “documenting of your Life” is necessary these days in our Focus section.

Just one more shot of coffee and away we go…

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Power in the Greater Depression (Ch. 7)

Discrete Chargers and Inverters

In today’s chapter, we explore  some of the key “discrete” components of an alternative energy system.  They’re “discrete” in that they are somewhat “system agnostic” and don’t look at a data bus for other manufacturer “family” products in order to operate.

To make this as painless and possible, we’ve broken this chapter into two sections:  Charging and Inverting.  Under these headings, we further list by approximate price-point in ascending order which roughly tracks performance scaling. 

As in so many other areas of life, you’ll see how in power electronics, the saying “You get what you pay for…” applies, too.

Before we get to this week’s chapter, though, we have many notes on the “Future Matrix” for the upcoming week that will drive human events (and therefore markets).  A method to anticipate the future is outlined.

All this after our usual foreplay consisting of some headlines and commentary plus a view of the stock market using our Aggregate Index approach. 

Did I mention coffee and that massage business in Florida?

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