Remember back in the day when every economist predicted Japan was going to be the largest economy in the world? They sure nailed that one, except for the fact that it’s 86% smaller than that of the U.S.
Those 1990 Predictions
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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What a Knob, Eh?
A fascinating and tragic tale:
Reddy, Kilowatt?
Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG) isn’t as sexy as, let’s say, a quantum computing company, but it presents an interesting short setup. For the uninitiated, PG&E is the utility company for much of the West Coast (except Palo Alto which, as you might guess, has provided itself its own utility named, cleverly, Palo Alto Utilities).
At the Cusp. Again.
After a long delay, the CPI is going to come out Friday morning an hour before the opening bell. A number of big ETFs look poised to leapfrog across their respective former highs, such as the S&P 500:
Energy Gap to Consider
Celebrated chartists such as I are able to look at the chart below and draw conclusions from it without assistance from any human or AI system. The chart is crude oil and the trend………is UP.
Thank you. I’ll be here all week.
