Archive for the ‘Daily Issue’ Category

  “Get fired, no one will call you a quitter.” — CA Vikram VirmaPoor Mrs. Truss came to power in the Conservative Party in England by comparing herself to Margaret Thatcher. Apparently, she’s no Iron Lady. Poor Liz Truss… we… Read More

“We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” ― General George Patton “Greetings from Maine while out land yachting!” writes in reader Alan F. Land yachting, also known as… Read More

The markets traded sideways today. The Dow was up about 1%. Welcome relief as bank earnings give the broad market a little respite from the Bear. That being said, the word on the street still paints a picture of uncertainty…. Read More

This week on TWS: My good friend, James Howard Kunstler. Jim is a prolific author of both fiction and non-fiction books, a fellow bootleg podcaster and a serial blogger. He was a former writer at Rolling Stone Magazine. His 2008… Read More

Bank stocks rose on earnings release today. Leading the pack was JPMorgan, up nearly 3% on the day. Not missing a beat, JPMorgan’s chief Jamie Dimon was making his rounds, talking up his “book.” “Talking your book,” is a traders… Read More

“At the atomic level, the glass is 99.99% empty space. Hope this helps.” ― John Alejandro King Okay, we admit up front, it’s confusing. Our missives often look at the glass half empty. So when our guest this week, Gale… Read More

“Thank God for imminent doomsday.” – Jim Butcher “Y’alls ‘put-forths’ are definitely worth ‘taking in,’” writes reader Richard D. “In my opinion, your value increases by the number of fools who call you a fool,” adds reader William H. Yesterday’s… Read More

“Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Stephen King, Shawshank Redemption There’s a lot on our plate today… most of our colleagues have been scoffing at Ben Bernanke, printer-in-chief – he that made the “helicopter theory” a bundt –… Read More

This week on TWS: A contrarian idea from one of America’s foremost futurist economists.  Gale Pooley teaches business management at Brigham Young University in Honolulu. He has also taught statistics and analysis at Alfaisal University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His… Read More

“Pigging” is the method used to clean sediment build-up in pipelines. You may have known that before the Nordstream Pipeline was sabotaged. Or maybe not. Allow us to indulge in the mechanics: Devices known as “pigs” are inserted into a… Read More