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Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL and College Football Picks
NFL Week 17 Early Games
NFL Week 17 Late Games
College Bowl Games Dec. 26-27
College Bowl Games Dec 28-30

College & NFL Football PIcks, 12/25-30/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of December 22 - December 28, 2024
Tuesday: Christmas Wish Lists of Famous People (Taking the rest of the week off)
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Take a Hit on Fed Jaw-boning; How's Your Port-FOLIA?; Gold, Silver, Bitcoin, Oil Lower; Chaos in Europe; Readying for a Trump Recession
Money Daily, 12/22-28/2024

Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL and College Football Picks
NFL Week 16 Early Games
NFL Week 16 Late Games
College Bowl Games Dec. 20-24
College Football Playoff Games - First Round

College & NFL Football PIcks, 12/20-24/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of December 15 - December 21, 2024
Friday: Dow Ends Losing Streak at 10; Up 0.036% and We're Supposed to Be Relieved?; House Bill Fails, Government Shutdown Looms
Thursday: Dow Down 10 Straight; NASDAQ, S&P, Gold, Silver, Bitcoin, Oil, Bonds Join the Rush to the Basement
Wednesday: Dow Losing Streak at Nine; Fed's FOMC Likely to Cut 0.25% Today; Wall Street Reaction May be Muted
Tuesday: Dow Losing Streak Reaches Eight; Fed Readies to Cut Key Rate Another 25 Basis Points
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Dow Down Seven Straight; Yield Curve Dis-Inverts; Gold, Silver Slaughtered; Oil Gains Probably Short-Lived
Money Daily, 12/15-12/21/2024

Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL and College Football Picks
NFL Week 15 Early Games
NFL Week 15 Late Games
College Week 16 Army-Navy + 2 Bowl Games
College Bowl Games - December 17-19

College & NFL Football PIcks, 12/12-16/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of December 8 - December 14, 2024
Friday: Stocks Stalling Out Mid-December; Dow Industrials Lower Six Straight Sessions; Gold, Silver Being Taken to Slaughterhouse
Thursday: November PPI comes in Hotter than Expected; Futures Fall, Gold, Silver Ripped Lower after Big Gains Wednesday
Wednesday: CPI In-Line, Who Cares?; Federal Government, Merrick Garland Slapped with Nationwide Injunction on CTA Constitutionality by Texas Judge
Tuesday: Stocks Sent Sideways; In Laughable Move to Suppress Gold's Price, CME to Begin Offering 1-ounce Gold Futures Contacts In January
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Bitcoin Tops $100,000; Dow, S&P, NASDAQ New All-Time Highs; Gold, Silver Continue Decline; Gas at Multi-Year Low
Money Daily, 12/8-12/14/2024

IDLEGUY.COM DECEMBER 2024 HOLIDAY ISSUE
Happy Holidays
Fearless Rick Turns 71 Into 17
What to Expect in The Trump Economy
College and Pro Football Picks
IdleGuy.com's Athlete of the Year
Gifting Food and Drink
Constipated Neocons
Christmas From A 1960s Truckstop Diner
Downtown Magazine's Holiday Sale
...and much more!
IdleGuy.com, 12/4/2024

Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL and College Football Picks
NFL Week 14 Early Games
NFL Week 14 Late Games
College Week 15 Early Games
College Week 15 Late Games

College & NFL Football PIcks, 12/4/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of December 1 - December 7, 2024
Friday: Stocks Retreated Prior to November NFP +227,000; Sold the Rumor and Appear to be Buying the News
Thursday: Bitcoin Vaults Over $100,000; Dow, S&P, NASDAQ Close at Record Highs; Bubble Economy Built by Welfare, Pensions, Social Security, and Credit Cards
Wednesday: How High is Up? Stocks at Record Levels and Going Higher; Wells Fargo Says S&P Will Hit 7,007 in 2025
Tuesday: What's the Big Deal About BRICS-Pay and Trump Tariffs? Some Background on De-Dollarization and Currency Debasement
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Rally Higher; Oil Continues Slump; Gas Prices Under $3.00 in Majority of U.S. States; Shiller PE: 38.54
Money Daily, 12/1-12/7/2024

Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL and College Football Picks
NFL Week 13 Early Games
NFL Week 13 Late Games
College Week 14 Early Games
College Week 14 Late Games

College & NFL PIcks, 11/29/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of November 24 - November 30, 2024
Friday: Dow Looking at Best Monthly Performance of 2024 as November Trading Closes Out on Black Friday
Wednesday: Thin Trade Expected Prior to Thanksgiving; GDP Steady at 2.8%; Dell, Workday, HP Lower After Earnings; Gold, Silver Rebound
Tuesday: FOMO Returns, Just in Time for the Holidays; Stocks Ramp, Oil, Gold, Silver, Crypto Lower
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks, Gold, Silver, Oil Power Ahead; Thanksgiving Week Looking Bullish; Market to Measure Black Friday, Rate Cut Projections
Money Daily, 11/24-11/30/2024

Fearless Rick & Coin Flip Football Picks Are Back!
NFL Week 12 Early Games
NFL Week 12 Late Games
College Week 13 Early Games
College Week 13 Late Games

College & NFL PIcks, 11/22/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of November 17 - November 23, 2024
Friday: Dow Posts Big Gains, Stocks Look for Positive End to Solid Week; Gold, Silver Higher; WTI Crude Stuck Near $70
Thursday: Stocks Appear Losing Direction after Last Week's Losses and Minor Gains This Week; Bitcoin Approaches $100,000
Wednesday: Wall Street All Business After Attempt to Trigger WWIII Flops; Walmart Beats; Target Retreats; Vance, Hesgeth, Gaetz Head to Hill
Tuesday: Neocons, Deep State, Davos Crowd Try to Start World War III, Bombing Russia to Keep Trump Out of Office, Blaming Brain-Dead Biden
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Politics Trumps Economics as Stocks Sell Off; Gold, Silver, Oil Continue Trending Lower
Money Daily, 11/17-11/24/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of November 10 - November 16, 2024
Friday: Trump Supporters Must Remain Vigilant and the Truth Must Be Revealed; Senate Will Fight Against Trump Nominees, Policies
Thursday: October PPI Fairly Hot; Fixated on Politics, Nobody Seems to Care; Dow Futures Riding High on Disney Results
Wednesday: Trump Names Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to Head Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE); October CPI In Line
Tuesday: Torrid Trump Trade; Bitcoin Goes Ballistic; Gold, Silver Slump; Oil Likely to Head Lower
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Trump Triumps Over Deep State, Wokeism, Democrats, Media Disinformation; Stock Market Roars
Money Daily, 11/10-11/16/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of November 3 - November 9, 2024
Friday: Trump Trade Boosts Bitcoin; Fed Rate Drop Discouraging; Gold, Silver Rebound as Historic Week Comes to a Close
Thursday: Stocks Romp After Trump Victory; Fed's FOMC Rate Cut on Tap
Wednesday: Donald Trump Takes Presidency; Decimates Democrat Blue Wall; Helps Carry Senate to Republican Majority
Tuesday: Election Day Has Arrived; Investors Betting on Trump Victory; Gold, Silver Bid; Buffett's Big Cash Horde Signals Downturn Ahead
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Consequential U.S. Elections, FOMC Meeting to Highlight Tumultuous Week Ahead
Money Daily, 11/3-11/9/2024

IDLEGUY.COM NOVEMBER 2024 ISSUE
A work in progress
With the confluence of events: World Series, Breeders' Cup, Elections, College Hoops Season Opening, NFL and College Football, the November issue of idleguy.com will unfold over the next 5-6 days, and possibly longer, with updates, depending on election outcomes.
However, Fearless Rick has the essentials covered.
College and NFL Football Picks on Page 7 Sports
Breeders' Cup Tips on Page 7a Sports Extra

IdleGuy.com, 11/1/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of October 27 - November 2, 2024
Friday: October Ends on Down Note for Equities; Gold, Silver Better; October Payrolls +12,000; Apple Lower, Amazon, Intel Higher
Thursday: Stocks Looking at Spooky Hallowen Trading; Futures Lower After Microsoft, Meta Warn Over AI Spending; Estee Lauder Slashed
Wednesday: Trump Trade All the Rage as Election Day Looms over Wall Street; Gold Makes New High; 6 Days Out
Tuesday: Earnings for Pfizer, Ford, McDonald's, Royal Caribbean Send Stocks on Diverse Paths; Gold, Silver Higher; Crude Oil Continues to Slide
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Election Day Countdown in Single Digits; Gold, Silver Maintain Recent Levels; Stocks End Winning Streak; Big Tech Earnings on Tap
Money Daily, 10/27-11/2/2024

IDLEGUY.COM WORLD SERIES PREVIEW
Yankees, Dodgers Renew Rivalry for 12th Time
Aaron Judge of the Yankees faces Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers in a best-of-seven Fall Classic. Since moving to Los Angeles, the Dodgers have eaten the Yankees twice in the World Series (1963, 1981), while the Yankees topped the Dodgers back-to-back in 1977 and 1978.
Who will break the tie?
Game 1: tonight, Friday, 10/25, 8:08 pm ET

IdleGuy.com, 10/25/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of October 20-26, 2024
Friday: BRICS, IMF World Bank Meetings Conclude; NYCB Announces 4th Straight Quarterly Loss; NASDAQ, S&P Look for 7th Straight Weekly Gains
Thursday: Kamala Lied About McDonald's; Walz Lied About China; They're Done; Earnings: Tesla, Airlines, IBM, Honeywell Moving Markets
Wednesday: BRICS Kicking World Bank, IMF Where It Hurts; Gold, Silver Continue Outpacing Stocks; Fire Your Financial Advisor
Tuesday: Google: From "Don't Be Evil" to "We Are Legion"; Here Comes the Crash as BRICS Summit Opens in Russia
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Silver Breakout Has Begun; Trump Surging Toward Second Presidential Term; Stocks Up Six Straight Weeks; Oil Lower
Money Daily, 10/20-26/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of October 13-19, 2024
Friday: Stocks Continue Grinding Higher; Gold, Silver Soaring; C'est La Vie
Thursday: Kamala Harris Destoryed In FOX Interview; Earnings Continue Positive Trend, Taiwan Semi (TSM) Rocks Tech Higher
Wednesday: Drive-by Earnings Look at Morgan Stanley (MS), Synchrony Financial (SYF), US Bancorp (USB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG)
Tuesday: Wall Street Increasingly Favoring a Trump Victory in Three Weeks
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Higher; Yield Curve Continues to Flatten Along with Gold, Silver, Oil; Oddly Dull Week; Stocks Open Monday, Bonds Off
Money Daily, 10/13-19/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of October 6-12, 2024
Friday: The Rich Get Richer; Money Concentrated in and Controlled by Fewer Hands; BlackRock, JP Morgan, Bank of NY Mellon, Wells Fargo Report
Thursday: Dow, S&P Close at Record Highs; September CPI Untamed, Smallest Y-O-Y Increase Since February 2021, But Too High for Wall Street, Rates
Wednesday: Prepping for Earnings Season; Banks Lead Off Friday; September CPI Thursday; Election Anxiety May Keep Investors Cautious
Tuesday: Two in a Row
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Dubious Non-Farm Payroll Data Boosts Stocks; Silver Readying for Lift-Off as Russia Adds to Wealth Fund
Money Daily, 10/6-12/2024

IDLEGUY.COM October 2024 Issue
Where else can you find: Fearless Rick & Coin Flip Football Picks
MLB Playoff Previews
The Case for Gold and Silver
The BRICS Summit
Events Calendar
Election 2024
Pacificsm in an Age of Violence
Edgar Allan Poe, Plato, Ben Franklin, Marcus Aurelius
Masterpiece Chili Recipe and much more...
IdleGuy.com, 10/1/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 29 - October 5, 2024
Friday: September Non-Farm Payrolls Shocking at +254,000; Wall Street Ignores Inflation, Fed's Error, Celebrates "Strong" Economy
Thursday: Mike Maloney's "30 Seconds to Midnight" Evidences the Bankruptcy of the Federal Reserve; Crisis Incoming
Wednesday: J.D. Vance Buries Democrats in Debate; America Needs to Fix Its Problems; Media Needs to be Corralled
Tuesday: Five Weeks Out from Election Day, Stocks Appear Toppy as Dockworker Strike Threatens Supply Chain Disruptions
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Go Ahead and Vote, Trump Already Won; Gold, Silver Continue Marching Higher; Oil Lower
Money Daily, 9/29-10/5/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 22 - September 28, 2024
Friday: August PCE Shows Modest Increase, Core at 2.7% Y-O-Y; Fed's Pandering to Markets Evident
Thursday: Gold, Silver Soar Overnight Into U.S. Morning; China Continues Stimulus Moves; $25,000 Gold, $300 Silver Possible
Wednesday: S&P, Dow, Gold All Make New Highs; Will Silver Break Above $32?
Tuesday: Stocks Static Following Fed Cut; FedEx Slashed; Bitcoin Higher; Gold Holds Gains
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: All That Glitters: Gold Ramps to New All-Time High After Fed Rate Cut Panic; Is the Future a Dead Space?
Money Daily, 9/22-28/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 15 - September 21, 2024
Friday: Thwarting the Business Cycle One Rate Move at a Time; Dow, S&P Make New Highs, So Too, Gold
Thursday: Fed Lowers Rate by 0.50%; Betting Against False Premises
Wednesday: STUPID PEOPLE LINE UP HERE: Fed Will Cut Interest Rate Today; 25 or 50 Basis Points is the Orwellian, Dystopian Question
Tuesday: Fed's Upcoming FOMC Decision Is Likely to Have Little Effect on General Living Conditions for Most People
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stock Market Symmetry Ahead of Key FOMC Rate Cut Meeting; Fed Intends to Blow Larger Bubble; Gold, Silver Love All of It
Money Daily, 9/15-21/2024

Fearless Rick & Coin Flip College & NFL Picks...
every week in the September Issue of idleguy.com
Thursday: Bills @ Dolphins (-2.5, 50.5) 8:15 pm ET
Friday: 7:30 pm 20 Arizona at 14 Kansas State (-7, 58)
Saturday: 12:00 pm 4 Alabama (-15.5, 50.5) at Wisconsin; 12:45 pm 24 Boston College at 6 Missouri (-16.5, 54); 3:30 pm 18 Notre Dame (-11.5, 45.5) at Purdue; 7:30 pm 1 Georgia (-24, 45) at Kentucky; and more...
Sunday: ALL NFL GAMES, including New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys, (-6, 46.5) 1 pm; Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions, (-7.5, 51.5) 1 pm; San Francisco 49ers (-6, 45.5) at Minnesota Vikings, 1 pm; Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs, (-5.5, 47.5) 4:25 pm; Chicago Bears at Houston Texans, (-6, 45.5) 8:20 pm

IdleGuy.com, 9/12/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 8 - September 14, 2024
Friday: Gold Reaches Record High As CPI, PPI Reveal Fed's Upcoming Policy Blunder; Unionized Boeing Workers Go on Strike
Thursday: Rigged Much? Nvidia Saves the Day; Why Bitcoin Is a Serially Bad Investment; Gold, Silver and Government's Hidden Hand
Wednesday: Irrational Markets to Remain Irrational; Trump Loses Debate; CPI Lower in August; Chaos Deterred, For Now
Tuesday: Monday's Dead Cat Rally Has No Heat; Oil Continues to Lag; Trump-Harris Debate May Change Political Landscape
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Have Worst Week in Over a Year; Treasury Yield Curve Dis-Inverts (2s-10s); Gold Stable; Oil Price Collapses
Money Daily, 9/8-9/14/2024

IdleGuy.com September 2024 Issue
Idleguy.com's BASEBALL & FOOTBALL EXTRAVAGANZA
is up on the web and It's A BANGER!
Football Picks
Baseball Update
Party Recipes
Beer Selections
Why Guys Like Sports
Money in Sports
Football Book Downloads
Instant Replay, Paper Lion, Semi-Tough, Ring Lardner, Toast of the Town
Much, much more
IdleGuy.com, 9/3/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 1 - September 7, 2024
Friday: Stock Futures Bouncy After BLS August Payroll Data; Tug of War Over 25 or 50 Basis Point Cuts in Fed's Face
Thursday: Stock Market is Fake & Gay; Inspired Americans Opt for Hoarding, Self-Interest, Hard Assets
Wednesday: Stocks Whacked First Day of September Trading, Fear Gripping Markets From Japan to Germany
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Age of Delusion Accelerates as Fed Primed to Cut Rates, Stocks, Bonds Vacillate; Gold (MONEY), Silver, Oil Take a Break
Money Daily, 9/1-9/7/2024

Fearless Rick & Coin Flip Week 1 College Football Picks
In the sidebar of page 7 Sports of the Idleguy.com August 2024 issue Fearless Rick and the ever-trusty coin flip pick Labor Day weekend college games including Saturday games:
12:00 pm (14) Clemson at (1) Georgia (-13.5, 48.5)
12:00 pm (8) Penn State (-8.5, 51.5) at West Virginia
3:30 pm Colorado State at (4) Texas (-32, 60.5)
3:30 pm (19) Miami (-2.5, 54) at Florida
3:30 pm UTEP at Nebraska (-27.5, 49.5)
7:00 pm Western Kentucky at (5) Alabama (-31.5, 59.5)
7:30 pm (7) Notre Dame at (20) Texas A&M (-3, 46.5)
7:30 pm Fresno State at (9) Michigan (-21, 45.5)
Sunday:
7:30 pm (23) USC at (13) LSU (-4.5, 64.5)
Monday:
7:30 pm Boston College at (10) Florida State (-15.5, 50)

IdleGuy.com, 8/31/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 25 - August 31, 2024
Friday: Ho-Hum, Another Record High for the Dow; Fed's BFF, Core PCE Meets Wall Street Expectations
Thursday: AI, Nvidia, Earnings and Lead Balloons in a Present Value Market
Wednesday: Trouble in Paradise? After Powell's Promise and in Advance of Nvidia's Earnings, Stocks Struggle for Gains
Tuesday: Courting Chaos and Demise of the Dollar: Project mBridge, the "Unit", BRICS and the BIS
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Preparing for Chaos; RFK Jr., Jerome Powell Reshape Destiny; Silver, Gold Lead Stocks Year-to-Date
Money Daily, 8/25-8/31/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 18 - August 24, 2024
Friday: Stocks Flatten Out for the Week, Fed Chairman Powell to Speak at Jackson Hole; Travers at Saratoga
Thursday: BLS Lies Exposed, Albeit Too Late; If We're Not Already in a Recession, We Soon Will Be; Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Wednesday: BLS to Release Benchmark Revisions to Jobs Data; Good for a Laugh or Maybe 400 Points on the NASDAQ; Is Bad News Good? Good News Bad?
Tuesday: Insane Rally in Stocks Continues; Gold, Another Record; Silver Gains; Oil Depressed; Tech Valhalla, Kamala!
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Had Best Week of 2024; Gold at Record High; Oil, Gas Continue Lower; Keep Buying Stocks as Fed Approaches Rate Cut Decision
Money Daily, 8/18-8/24/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 11 - August 17, 2024
Friday: 53 Years of the Dollar Standard
Thursday: Retail Sales Romp, Up 1% in July; Cisco, WalMart Explode Higher; U.S. Economy Rocking, Yet Wall Street Still Wants Rate Cuts
Wednesday: CPI Up 0.2% in July; Up 2.9% Year-over-Year; Markets Steady
Tuesday: Wall Street Rides PPI Fumes while U.S. Economy Deteriorates; Gold Sets Another Record on COMEX; Credit Card Debt Extreme
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Wild Wall Street Heads Into the Unknown; Will Stocks Crash or Dash; Silver on Sale; Oil, Gas Prices, Up or Down?
Money Daily, 8/11-8/17/2024

IdleGuy.com August 2024 Issue now Online
Don't miss Idleguy.com August 2024 with NFL and College Football Forecasts, Major League Baseball Update, Why Trump Needs to Win in November, Acquiring Lifetime Supples, a Ring Lardner short on Ty Cobb, Toast of the Town, Events Calendar, Historical August Events, How to make Shrimp Scampi or Linguini with Clams the right way, stocking your spice rack, and more.
IdleGuy.com, 8/6/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 4 - August 10, 2024
Friday: Stocks Head into Friday's Session Still Down for the Week; Oil Higher; Gold Rallying; Bitcoin Trimmed
Thursday: Weekly Unemployment Claims Drop Slightly; Dancing on Wall Street; Stocks Remain Under Pressure
Wednesday: Now Comes the Hard Part: Convincing Retail Investors to Buy the Dip
Tuesday: Monday Mayhem: Institutional Pump-and-Dump Enters More Serious Phase with Election Three Months Ahead
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Monetary Madness Underway as Stocks Slump, Yields Plummet, Banking Risky, Commercial Real Estate Implodes
Money Daily, 8/4-8/10/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of July 28 - August 3, 2024
Friday: Wall Street Panics as ISM Manufacturing PMI Craters, Non-Farm Payrolls Collapse to 114,000 in July; NIKKEI Crashes
Thursday: How High is Up? Wall Street Rocks on Speculation of a September Rate Cut
Wednesday: Stock Futures Point to Moon Shot Open; Boeing Gets New CEO; ADP July Jobs +122,000; Fed Rates at 2:00 pm ET
Tuesday: Wall Street is Very Mixed Up; Uncertainty Usually Begets Declines; P&G Punished as Consumers Pull Back; PayPal Shines
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Magnificent 7 Stocks Lost $2 Trillion Over Past Two Weeks; Dow Up Four Weeks in a Row; Gold Rebounds, Oil Down
Money Daily, 7/28-8/3/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of July 21 - July 27, 2024
Friday: Fed's Fave, PCE Index Doesn't Show Inflation Slowing Much at All; Core Stuck at 2.6% Annualized
Thursday: 2nd Quarter GDP Red Hot at 2.8%; Rate Cuts Go Buh-Bye; Stock Futures Stable; Oil, Gold, Silver Crushed; NIKKEI in Correction
Wednesday: Here Comes the Pain: Alphabet (Google), Tesla 2nd Quarter Disappoints, Sending Global Shockwaves, Futures Reeling
Tuesday: Companies Are Missing Revenue and Profit Targets, But Still Being Bought; GM Profit, Revenue Up Big
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Slaughter at the NASDAQ; Gold, SIlver, Crude Oil Slashed: President Trump, Biden, Kamala?
Money Daily, 7/21-7/27/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of July 14 - July 20, 2024
Friday: Gambling for Fiat
Thursday: Markets in Turmoil Though Investors Remain Complacent
Wednesday: Dow Explodes Higher on Tuesday, but Looks to Give Back Wednesday; Gold Reaches All-Time High Near $2,500
Tuesday: Stocks Continue to Soar; Gold Near Record High; Bank of America Disappoints
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Trump Safe After Assassination Attempt; RNC to Hold Convention Starting Monday in Milwaukee; Gold, Silver Seen Spiking Higher
Money Daily, 7/14-7/20/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of July 7 - July 13, 2024
Friday: PPI Rises, Stocks Look to End Week Higher Despite NASDAQ Drop Thursday; Gold, Silver Lower
Thursday: CPI Drops 0.1% in June, Up 3% Annually, Prompting More Calls for the Fed to Cut Interest Rates; Gold, Silver Soaring
Wednesday: S&P Rips Higher, Up Six Straight, Nine of Last Ten, 18 of Last 24 Sessions
Tuesday: Stocks Continue to Advance Despite High Valuations; Bitcoin Trends Lower Into Bear Market Status
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: June Payrolls Sent All Assets Through The Roof; Gold, SIlver, Stocks, Bonds, Oil All Winners
Money Daily, 7/7-7/13/2024

IdleGuy.com July 2024 Issue
The Eagle Has Landed! Idleguy.com July 2024 Celebrates Independence with articles on Measuring Wealth, Impactful Supreme Court decisions, Outdoor Entertaining, The Fugazi Debate, July Events, a Ray Bradbury short, Summer Reading list, updated and continuing coverage of Major League Baseball, Wimbledon, the Open Championship, and more.
IdleGuy.com, 7/4/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of June 30 - July 6, 2024
Friday: Full Session Friday After June NFP Shows +206,000, April, May Revised Lower; Bitcoin Sent to Woodshed, Below $55,000
Wednesday: Celebrating What's Left of Independence, Liberty, and Freedom
Tuesday: Rally Fuel Is Spent; Silver Top First Half Asset
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Dull Week Ends Poorly; Transports Rally 2%; Rates Higher on Long End Treasuries; Oil, Gas Up
Money Daily, 6/30-7/6/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of June 23 - June 29, 2024
Friday: Lunatics on Wall Street Pine for Rate Cuts as PCE Improves while US Economy Approaches Recession; Middle Class Vanquished
Thursday: 1Q GDP Final Revised to 1.4%; Recession Risk, Unemployment May Force Fed to Cut Sooner Than Expected
Wednesday: Rate Cuts Maybe, Maybe Not; Stock Splits All the Rage at NVDA and Chipolte; Futures, Metals Slide
Tuesday: Bitcoin Tumbles; Nvidia Stumbles
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Summer Slowdown Ahead, Though Stocks Could Go Either Way; Gold, Silver Slashed Again; Oil Rises
Money Daily, 6/23-6/29/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of June 16 - June 23, 2024
Friday: Futures, Options Expiry Sets Up Volatile Friday; Trump's Chances Improving on Tax Proposals
Wednesday: Juneteenth Closes Markets; Russia Ready to Retaliate Against Sanctions; Oil Higher; Gold, Silver, Bitcoin Flat
Tuesday: Retail Sales, FAIL; $50 Billion Loan to Ukraine FAIL; Russian Sanctions, FAIL; U.S. Economy FAIL; Juneteenth, FAIL
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Fed Standstill, Softer Inflation Send NASDAQ, S&P, Precious Metals Higher; Week Ahead Appears Light on Data
Money Daily, 6/16-6/23/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of June 9 - June 15, 2024
Friday: Tesla Voters Re-Approve Elon Musk's Record Pay Package; Stocks Looking at Rare Down Friday; Dow a Real Drag
Thursday: Fed Stays on Hold; Wall Street Enjoying the Ride; S&P, NASDAQ Mark All-Time Highs
Wednesday: May CPI Unchanged from April; Many Companies Facing Bankruptcy Even If Fed Lowers Rates; FOMC on Tap with Recession Looming
Tuesday: IMF Warns That AI May Produce Chaos; Banking and Real Estate Likely at Most Risk
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Markets Bounced Around After High-End NFP Jobs Report; Reckoning Coming with May CPI and FOMC Meeting Wednesday
Money Daily, 6/9-6/15/2024

Belmont Stakes Preview, Analysis, Picks - June 7, 2024
Fearless Rick has a video up on Page 7 of the June issue of idleguy.com along with complete text from the video and a $40 wager for the Belmont at Saratoga including Win, Place, Show, Exacta, and Trifecta wagers.
Everything is on page seven of the June issue of idleguy.com, linked above.
IdleGuy.com, June issue, 6/7/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of June 2 - June 8, 2024
Friday: Non-Farm Payrolls Scream Higher in May, Up 272,000; Wall Street Displeased with Strong Economy
Thursday: The Gloves Are Coming Off; Will Turkey Join BRICS?
Wednesday: JOLTS and ADP Employment Report Bolster Bull Case for Fed Rate Cuts
Tuesday: Crude Crushed; Stocks in Relentless Pump and Dump Mode
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: All Assets Struck Lower; Stocks Stage Late Friday Rally; American Governance Reaches New Lows
Money Daily, 6/2-6/8/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of May 26 - June 1, 2024
Friday: Normal Has Been Cancelled
Thursday: Buh-bye Tesla, BYD's Qin L and Seal 06 Have 1,300-Mile Range and $13,000 Price; Musk's Pay Package Under Siege; Dow Stocks Suffering
Wednesday: Inflating Away with $3 Coffee, $12 Burgers, and $10 Substack Subscriptions
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: All Nvidia, All the Time; NAZ up, Dow Down; Transports Near Correction; Gold, Silver Stomped at COMEX, Retail Stable
Money Daily, 5/26-6/1/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of May 19 - May 25, 2024
Friday: Nvidia Post-Mortem: Ugh! Stocks Headed for Losing Week; Grandiloquence of Ukraine Fantasy at US Chamber of Commerce
Thursday: There Is No Value in the Current System
Wednesday: Non-stop Nvidia Nonsense
Tuesday: NVidiots on the Loose
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Dow Closes Above 40,000; Gold Sets Another Record; Silver Soars Beyond $31; Oil, Gas Prices Remain Stable
Money Daily, 5/19-5/25/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of May 12 - May 18, 2024
Friday: Stocks Take a Breather; Gold, Silver Continue Advancing; Rate Cut Expectations for September High
Thursday: Dow, NASDAQ, S&P, NYSE Composite All At Record Highs
Wednesday: CPI Continues to Rise, Albeit at a Slower Pace in April; Retail Sales Flat; Wall Street Jubliant; Gold, Silver Higher
Tuesday: Federal Reserve Needs to Hike Rates, Not Lower Them, as PPI Still Hot, Inflation Not Nearly Under Control, Ruining America
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Dow Stocks Dominate, Up 8 Straight Days; Gold, Silver Back Toward Recent Highs; Oil Prices Stable; Happy Mother's Day
Money Daily, 5/12-5/18/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of May 5 - May 11, 2024
Friday: Dow Powers to 7th Straight Session Gain; Gold, Silver Rip Higher; Clown World Continues to Push for Lower Rates
Wednesday: When Will the Fed Lower Interest Rates and Why Is the Stock Market Obsessed With That?
Tuesday: Stocks Grind Higher; Disney Profits, Shares Lower
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Rally Friday to Achieve Weekly Gain; Gold, Silver Under Suppression; FJB; Ukraine a Losing Proposition
Money Daily, 5/5-5/11/2024

150th Kentucky Derby Analysis and Picks - May 4, 2024
Late Saturday afternoon (just before 7:00 pm ET), 20 horses will spring from the starting gate in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, the first jewel of the Triple Crown of horse racing. Fearless Rick, as his tradition, has prepared a video and written analysis of the entries for public consumption. Check out Rick's Picks for a $50 Derby bet that may return $100s... or not.
Everything is on page seven of the April/May issue of idleguy.com, linked above.
IdleGuy.com, April/May issue, 5/3/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of April 28 - May 4, 2024
Friday: Payrolls Come in Short at 175,000 for April; Wall Street Loves Bad News; BRICS, Foreigners Shun U.S. Dollars in Trade
Thursday: Markets Whipsaw Post Fed Meeting; Peleton Sucking Wind; Carvana, Stock Futures Soaring; Oil at 6-Week Low
Wednesday: Stocks Tumble Ahead of FOMC Decision; April Worst Month for Dow Industrials Since September 2022; Fed on the Hook
Tuesday: Will Wednesday's FOMC Policy Statement Make Any Difference?
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Reverse Course, Gain; Gold, Silver Lower; War Hawks a Little Trigger-Happy; Interest Rates Nearing Highs
Money Daily, 4/28- 5/4/2024

IdleGuy.com April/May 2024, Vol. 1 #4
Better late than never, the April/May edition of Idleguy.com features an eclipse cover and includes Part 3 of the Playboy expose, "Ben Kohn Hates Bunnies", plus advance info on the Kentucky Derby (May 4), two new books available for download, mint julep and healthy drink recipes, updated calendar, editorial, money, and state of the world articles, plus short fiction and the popular Toast of the Town quotes. The new editorial format will include updates to most pages throughout the month of May.
idleguy.com, 4/23/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of April 21 - April 27, 2024
Friday: STAGFLATION
Thursday: It's All Downhill From Here; First Quarter GDP Disappoints at +1.6%; Futures Slump
Wednesday: Tesla Shares Jump as Company Misses Expectations; Senate Approves $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package; Early SNAP Benefits
Tuesday: Stocks Rally After House Passes Ukraine, Israel Aid Packages; Gold, Silver Slammed; Earnings on Deck
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: NASDAQ Slaughtered; Dow Near UNCH for Year; Gold Makes Another Record High, Silver Follows; More War Funding from Congress
Money Daily, 4/21- 4/27/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of April 14 - April 20, 2024
Friday: Israel Strikes Back at Iran; Japan, S. Korea Prepare to Intervene in Sliding Currencies; Stocks Head for Corrections
Thursday: Stock Market Weakness Becoming More Obvious as Strong Economy Narrative Fails, Interest Rates Rise and Fed Can't Cut
Wednesday: Are Markets Already Beginning To Correct?; Magnificent Seven Stocks Appear Vulnerable; Military Funding on Tap in Congress
Tuesday: World War III Hasn't Yet Begun, But Rumors Will Be Readily Circulated for Public Consumption and Insider Profits
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: As Iran Strikes Israel, Markets Will Need to Keep Cool Monday; Gold, Silver, Oil Expected to Rise; Bitcoin Slapped Silly
Money Daily, 4/14- 4/20/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of April 7 - April 13, 2024
Friday: Banks in the Tank, Slashing Credit Loss Provisions; Gold Soars to Another Record; Silver Fast Approaching $30/oz.
Thursday: March PPI Tame at 0.2% Monthly, 2.1% Annual Increase; Stocks Prepare to Erase Prior Day Losses; Head for Positive Week
Wednesday: CPI Up 3.5%; End the Fed; Kick Biden Out
Tuesday: Buy Silver While It Is Still Grossly Undervalued
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Gold, Silver Rising Rapidly as Alternatives to Fiat Currency; Stocks Suffer, Bond Yields Rising with No Rate Cuts in Sight
Money Daily, 4/7- 4/13/2024

NCAA Tournament Blog on idleguy.com
National Championship:
9:20 pm ET (1) Purdue v. (1) UConn (-7, 145.5)
Preview, Pick, Tournament Conference Scoreboard and more...
IdleGuy.com, 4/8/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 31 - April 6, 2024
Friday: Thursday's Decline Tied to Middle East Conflict, Iran, U.S. Hegemony; March Employment Up 303,000
Thursday: Investors Await Friday's Non-Farm Payrolls After ADP Reports Private Employment Up 184,000, Initial Claims, 221,000 Last Week
Wednesday: Signals Are Flashing Red For Stocks as Bond Yields Rise, Gold, Silver, Oil Gallop Ahead
Tuesday: No Fooling: Sluggish Start to Second Quarter for Bubble-High Stocks; Gold Rush Underway; Fed Rate Cuts Unlikely
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Happy Easter; Everything is More Expensive Now; Gold, Silver Break to New Levels; Oil at 5-Month High
Money Daily, 3/31- 4/6/2024

Elite 8 NCAA Hoops Previews, Picks: NCAA Tournament Blog on idleguy.com
Winners of these weekend games advance to the Final Four.
Saturday (3/30):
6:09 pm 3 Illinois v. 1 UConn (-8.5, 154.5)
8:49 pm 6 Clemson v. 4 Alabama (-3 1/2, 164.5)

Sunday (3/31):
2:20 pm 2 Tennessee v. 1 Purdue (-3.5, 147.5)
5:05 pm 11 NC State v. 4 Duke (-6.5, 142.5)
Tournament Conference Scoreboard and more...
IdleGuy.com, 3/30/2024

MLB American League Preview
Insights, predictions for all 15 teams including Yankees, Astros, Rangers, Tigers, Twins, Orioles, Rays, Mariners and more...
MLB National League Preview
Insights, predictions for all 15 teams including Dodgers, Cardinals, Braves, Phillies, Marlins, Diamondbacks, Giants, Brewers, Reds, Cubs, and more...
IdleGuy.com, 3/26/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 24 - March 30, 2024
Thursday: Stocks Set to Close Out Week, Month with Healthy Gains; Gold Soars Past $2,200/oz.
Wednesday: Stock Market Rally Nears Fifth Straight Month of Gains; Trump, DJT Soars; Oil Lower as EIA Reports Crude Build
Tuesday: Bitcoin, Gold, Silver Leading Stocks in March; Baltimore Harbor Closed as Ship Collapses Bridge
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Welcome to "Weimerica", Where Everything Costs More, Every Day
Money Daily, 3/24- 3/30/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 17 - March 23, 2024
Friday: Stocks On Track for Huge Weekly Gains Thanks to Fed's FOMC and Dots; Silver Suppression Continues; Oil, Gas Higher
Thursday: Post-Fed, Everything Is Higher; Gold, Silver, Stocks, Interest Rates, Food, Gas, Oil, Bitcoin All Up, But, Three Rate Cuts Assured
Wednesday: FOMC Day: Does Wall Street Imitate Lemmings, or Is the Mass Psychosis of Fed-Speak More Akin to Swallows or Geese?
Tuesday: Futures Sink After Nvidia Presentation Disappoints; Wall Street Nervous Over FOMC, Fed's Inflation Hawks, Dot-Plots
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Gold Takes a Breather as Silver Soars; Stocks Lose Again; Treasury Yields Higher Along with Gas Prices at the Pump
Money Daily, 3/17- 3/23/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 10 - March 16, 2024
Friday: Wall Street Insiders Painting the Tape Practically Every Day; Silver Gains Again, Approaching Key Level
Thursday: Inadequate Retail Sales, PPI's Surge Suggests Inflation Has Consumers Tapped Out; Silver Makes Dramatic Gains Over $25/oz
Wednesday: Stocks Rally as Gold, Silver, Bitcoin Are Temporarily Punished by Elitists; Future Appears Uncertain for Equities
Tuesday: Everything Should Make You Very, Very Angry; CPI Shows Inflation Persistent; Why You Should Not Be A Slave
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Situation Critical; Gold, Silver, Bitcoin Gains Signal General Economic Trouble
Money Daily, 3/10- 3/16/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 3 - March 9, 2024
Friday: Non-Farm Payrolls Soar to 275,000 Jobs in February; BRICS Planning Digital Alternative to Dollar for International Trade
Thursday: House Averts Shutdown; Senate to Act, Biden to Sign; Bitcoin, Gold Continue to Ramp Higher; ECB Announcement Due
Wednesday: MAGA Rules as Trump Nears Nomination; Haley Out, Nuland Retires, Neocons on the Run; Ukraine a Lost Cause
Tuesday: SUPER TUESDAY: In Praise of Mike Johnson, Leading the Charge Against the Deep State, Helping Gold, Silver, Bitcoin to Record Highs
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Oil at 4-Month High; Gold Sets Record Price; NASDAQ Closes at All-Time High; Super Tuesday Approaches
Money Daily, 3/3- 3/9/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of February 25 - March 2, 2024
Friday: Boring Week for Stocks Draws to a Close
Thursday: The Wait is Over: PCE Shows Inflation Slowly Declining, as Expected
Wednesday: As Bitcoin Goes Parabolic, House and Senate Leaders Struggle on Spending
Tuesday: Retailers Macy's and Lowe's Throw Cold Water on Recent Market Gains; Gold, Silver Higher
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Nvidia Moved Markets; Dow, S&P, NIKKEI Close at Record Highs; the Future is Clouded
Money Daily, 2/25- 3/2/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of February 18 - February 24, 2024
Friday: Nvidia (NVDA) Sends Dow, S&P to All-Time Highs; NASDAQ Just Misses; Markets Up 20% and More Since November
Thursday: Nothing Matters Except Nvidia (NVDA) As AI Chip Maker Blows Away 4Q Earnings Estimates
Wednesday: Western Narrative Crumbling; Amazon to Replace Walgreen's on Dow; Bayer Slashes Dividend 95%
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks, Bonds Take a Breather Amid Economic Realities; Gold Lower, Silver Higher; Oil at Three-Month High
Money Daily, 2/18- 2/24/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of February 11 - February 17, 2024
Friday: Rate Cut Protagonists in Celebratory Mood After Retail Sales Slide in January; NIKKEI Approaches 34-Year-Old Record High
Thursday: It's Time for Biden, Harris, Sullivan, Blinken, Nuland, Rice, Mayorkas, and Most of Congress to Resign or Be Removed
Wednesday: After January CPI, What's Next for Markets?; Is the Fed Already Off Track?
Tuesday: NIKKEI Soars to 34-Year High; January CPI Disappoints at 3.1% YOY; Stock Futures Reeling; March, May Rate Cuts Off the Table
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Gold, Silver Lower, Seeking a Near-Term Bottom; Bitcoin Pops; Election Influence Appearing in Markets
Money Daily, 2/11- 2/17/2024

Super Bowl Theories + Fearless Rick & Coin Flip's Game Picks
The NFL season ends Sunday with the Super Bowl in Las Vegas as the AFC's Kansas City Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers, champions of the NFC. Fearless Rick and Coin Flip Picks are featured along with a discussion of conspiracy theories surrounding the Big Game.
Also, check your football smarts with the idleguy.com Super Bowl Quiz and
Super Bowl Results and MVPs 1967-2023.
idleguy.com, 2/6-11/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of February 4 - February 10, 2024
Friday: Tucker Carlson's Interview With Vladimir Putin Pales Compared to Super Bowl Viewership; CPI Revisions Send Futures Towards Moon
Thursday: S&P Closing in on 5000; Stocks Look Weak, Overpriced; Disney Up Sharply; Gold, Silver Flat
Wednesday: NYCB Looks Like Next CRE Casualty; Silver Hits Bargain Basement
Tuesday: Bears Get Cheap Thrill as Stocks Fall, Recover; Bond Yields Grind Higher
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Fed Remains Steady on Rates; January Job Growth Huge; Earnings Good Enough for Stocks to Rally
Money Daily, 2/4- 2/10/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of January 28 - February 3, 2024
Friday: Looking at a High-Flying Friday as January Non-Farm Payrolls are Huge; Meta Announced Dividend; Amazon Beats
Thursday: FOMC Stands Pat; Fed Appears Hawkish, Sending Stocks Screaming Lower; Futures Higher Thursday
Wednesday: Fed Decision Looming, Stocks Are Set to Take Off to New Heights; Google, Microsoft, Boeing Report
Tuesday: Michael Hartnett Was Right, but Wrong; Vince Lanci is a Follower; ZeroHedge Steals; Treasury Only $760 Billion Short This Quarter
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Uncertainty Reigns as Earnings Roll, FOMC on Tap; Gold Silver Remain Bargains; Oil Up
Money Daily, 1/28 - 2/3/2024

Fearless Rick & Coin Flip's NFL Conference Picks
The NFL post-season winds down to four teams for the right to advance to the Super Bowl. Fearless Rick and the coin flip have picks and previews for Sunday's big games.
Sunday:
AFC 3:00 pm Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Ravens (-4, 44 1/2)
NFC 6:30 pm Detroit Lions @ San Francisco 49ers (-7 1/2, 51 1/2)
idleguy.com, 1/28/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of January 21 - January 27, 2024
Friday: Economic Data, Corporate Reports Sending Mixed Signals; Core PCE for December Falls, Prompting Calls for Rate Cuts
Thursday: Non-GAAP, Adjusted, Diluted Earnings May be Misleading; Investors Deserve Better; Are They Being Played for Fools?
Wednesday: Earnings Reports Suggest Big Gains for Stocks on Wednesday; SAP, Netflix, Progressive Leading the Way
Tuesday: Earnings Season Gets Into Full Swing; Middle East, Ukraine Remain Unresolved; China's Economic Woes Deepen
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: S&P Marks Record High as Treasury Yields Spike; Gold Remains Above $2,000 with Silver in Focus
Money Daily, 1/21 - 1/27/2024

Fearless Rick's NFL Divisional Round Picks
Saturday:
4:30 pm Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens (-9 1/2, 43 1/2)s
8:15 pm Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers (-9 1/2, 50 1/2)
Sunday:
3:00 pm Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions (-6 1/2, 48 1/2)
6:30 pm Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills (-2 1/2, 45 1/2)
idleguy.com, 1/18/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of January 14 - January 20, 2024
Friday: Wall Street Sees What It Wants to See, Disregards Bad News
Thursday: Taiwan Semi Gives Wall Street a Woodie; Humana Disappoints in Health Care; Davos' WEF Affair an Irrelevant Exercise
Wednesday: Trump's Big Win in Iowa, Rate Cut Hopes Fading, Better Retail Sales Fueling Downside for Stocks
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Plenty of Weakness Everywhere but Employment; Bitcoin ETFs Flop; Gold, Silver Appear on Verge of Breakout
Money Daily, 1/14 - 1/20/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of January 7 - January 13, 2024
Friday: Bank Earnings Struck with One-Time Charges by FDIC; PPI Softer than Expected
Thursday: 11 Bitcoin Spot ETFs Approved by SEC; December CPI Runs Hotter than Expected, up 3.4% Annually; Oil Tanker Seized by Iran
Wednesday: Bitcoin Spot ETF Approval (or not) Grabs Wall Street Attention; Futures Flat-lining; Markets Breathless
Tuesday: Stocks Bumped Higher, Oil Sent Lower on OPEC Price Cuts; Clown World Markets a Global Embarrassment; 30-Year Yield 4.17%
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Ugly Start to 2024 for Stocks and Bonds; Earnings, Government Spending Ruckus to Shape Trading
Money Daily, 1/7 - 1/13/2024

Fearless Rick's NFL Week 18 Picks
Saturday:
Pittsburgh Steelers (-3, 34) @ Baltimore Ravens
Houston Texans (-1 1/2, 47 1/2) @ Indianapolis Colts
Sunday:
Jacksonville Jaguars (-3 1/2, 41) @ Tennessee Titans
Buffalo Bills (-2 1/2, 48 1/2) @ Miami Dolphins
Note: all road teams favored (ain't gonna happen)
idleguy.com, 1/6/2024

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of December 31, 2023 - January 6, 2024
Friday: BLS Says Employment Up 216,000 Jobs in December, Much to the Dismay of Wall Street Pivot Pushers
Thursday: Magnificent 7 Stocks Sold Off First Days of 2024 for Tax Purposes; Expect Markets to Stabilize, Gain Ground
Wednesday: Stocks Tumble to Open New Year as Apple Downgrade Resonates Across Markets
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: 2023, The Numbing of America; NASDAQ Had One of Best Years Ever; Gold Near All-Time High
Money Daily, 12/31/23 - 1/6/2024

Just Dropped IdleGuy.com Janaury 2024
Volume 1, No. 1 is available for your viewing pleasure, featuring the IdleGuy.com Man of the Year, 2023 Year in Review, continuing coverage of college and pro football, interviews of Elon Musk and Alex Jones, book, movie, and music reviews and downloads, articles on $15,000 Gold (James Rickards), Retirement without Savings, VAT Taxes, The Great Taking, Toast of the Town, Joe Biden - Fall Guy, Why to Avoid Jury Duty, AI's Threat to Writers, the 2024 Sanity Test, Part 2 of Ben Kohn Hates Bunnies, and much more. Check it out!
idleguy.com, 12/30/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of December 24 - December 30, 2023
Friday: End of the Line; Last Trading Day of 2023
Thursday: Treasury Notes and Bonds Have Been Rallying Along with Stocks Since October; Gold Reaches New High
Wednesday: Stock Market Rally Continues Post-Christmas; Gold, Bonds Along for the Ride into Year End
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP Christmas Edition: Stocks Gain, Oil Higher Second Straight Week; Gold, Silver Have Upside Momentum
Money Daily, 12/24 - 12/30/2023

IDLEGUY.COM December 2023
What do Tucker Carlson, Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, John Valby, Sable Holiday, Jenny McCarthy, David Letterman, and James Earl Jones have in common? They're all part of the idleguy.com Holiday Issue, released 11/23/23.
IdleGuy.com, December, 2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of December 17 - December 23, 2023
Friday: November PCE Comes in Tame, Sending Futures Higher; Gold Heading for $2,100; SIlver Reaching for $25
Thursday: Stop Losses, Margin Calls, Liquidations As Dow Drops 475 Points; NASDAQ Sheds 225; Engulfing Session Has Implications
Wednesday: Dow Up More Than 5,000 Points Since Late October; Oil Rises on Mid-East Troubles
Tuesday: Stocks Continue Rally; Nippon Steel Buys US Steel for $14.9 Billion
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Fed Signals 2024 Rate Cuts, Markets Soar; In the Background, Gold Is Replacing Treasuries
Money Daily, 12/17 - 12/23/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of December 10 - December 16, 2023
Friday: NY Fed's Williams Says Rate Cuts in March May be Premature; Futures, Gold, Silver Slide Friday Morning
Thursday: It's a Christmas Miracle! Dow Makes New All-Time High; Gold, Silver Soar; Bonds Ballistic on Fed's Dovish Tones
Wednesday: Israel is Engaged in Genocide; Final FOMC Meeting of 2023 Concludes at 2:00 pm ET Today
Tuesday: November CPI Perfectly Fine at 3.1%, As Expected; Gold, Silver Make Ideal Christmas Presents and Are Sale-Priced for the Holidays
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Slowly Make Gains; Gold, Silver Hit Highs, Then Fall; Armageddon Approaches
Money Daily, 12/10 - 12/16/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of December 3 - December 9, 2023
Friday: BLS Says 199,000 Jobs Created in November, Unemployment Rate 3.7%; Wall Street Clown World Reacts
Thursday: More Layoffs, Fewer Jobs is Music to Wall Street Ears, but, for How Long?; Oil Falls Below $70
Wednesday: Weak Jobs Data, Tortured Logic Sends Stock Futures Higher; ADP November Jobs +103,000; Rally at Stall Speed
Tuesday: Is the Rally Over? Bitcoin Roars; Gold, Silver Slashed as US Dollar Hegemony Struggles to Stay Relevant
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: GOLD! STOCKS! BONDS! BITCOIN! Welcome to the Holidays at Clown World Casino
Money Daily, 12/3 - 12/9/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of November 26 - December 2, 2023
Friday: Dow Rocks Higher to End November; Gold Price Makes History
Thursday: Gold Price May Make History; Core PCE Lower, Prompting Calls for Rate Cut Next May
Wednesday: Why Is Everything Going Up?; Shades of 1999; New All-Time Highs in Sight
Tuesday: Larger, Global Trends Emerge as Stocks Look Limp; Gold, Silver Streaking Higher
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: A Little Tranquility as Government, Media Engage in Presidential Politics; Argentina's Election; Gold, Silver Gain
Money Daily, 11/26 - 12/2/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of November 19 - November 25, 2023
Friday: Oops! IRS Does It Again; Tik-Tockers Can Relax; Gold, Silver Ripping Higher; Friday, Half-Day Session
Wednesday: Rare Losing Session Tuesday for Stocks; Nvidia Earnings Top Estimates; Crude Oil Gains, Sildes
Tuesday: Tuesday in Doubt; Dollar Down, Gold, Silver Up; Government Racket Targets Binance
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: China is #1; Gold, Silver Keep Rising as Oil Heads Lower; Stocks, Bonds Bid; Happy Thanksgiving
Money Daily, 11/19 - 25/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of November 12 - November 18, 2023
Friday: BJ's Issues Warning Guidance; Stocks Beginning to Look Expensive; Oil Price Continues Lower
Thursday: Stocks Uncertain and Moody After Walmart Earnings; Silver Rally in Go Mode, Near $24/ounce
Wednesday: October Retail Sales, PPI, Target Earnings Keep Rally Going; Bonds Subdued; Silver Nears $23.50
Tuesday: October CPI Flat; Stocks Bounce Higher; 10-Year Note Yield Off 14 Basis Points; Dollar Down; Oil, Gold, Silver Up
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: What Inflation? Bitcoin Booming; Stocks Mooning; Treasuries Under Cover; Gold, Silver, Oil, Gas Cheaper
Money Daily, 11/12 - 11/18/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of November 5 - November 11, 2023
Friday: Sobering Look at Markets as Fed's Powell Shocks; Oil's Bear Market; China's Downturn
Thursday: S&P, NASDAQ on Record Winning Streaks; Bitcoin Soars; Gold, Silver, Cash For the Win (FTW)
Wednesday: Stocks Rally Longest in Two Years; Oil Continues Slump
Tuesday: Which Way Are We Going? Indications That Last Week's Rally May Have Been a One-Off Emerge; China, Gold, Silver, Oil All Sinking
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Have Best Week in a Year; Bond Yields Slide; Gold, Silver on Hold, Oil Continues Lower
Money Daily, 11/5 - 11/11/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of October 29 - November 4, 2023
Friday: BLS October Non-Farm Payrolls: 150,000; In Line with Estimates; Apple Warning Not Significant
Thursday: Stocks Gain Globally as Fed Signals Inflation Defeated; Starbucks, PayPal Beat, Advance; Gold, Silver, Bitcoin Higher
Wednesday: Stocks Continue to Rally; US Treasury Says It Needs Less Funding Than Expected; ADP October Jobs: 113,000
Tuesday: Stocks Miraculously Rally for 16th Monday in last 17; UK Council Bankrupties; Pfizer Losses Grow on Paxlovid Fail
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Creamed; Treasuries Tamed; Gold Surpasses $2000, 4.9% GDP Fails to Impress
Money Daily, 10/29 - 11/4/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of October 22 - October 28, 2023
Friday: Stocks Suffering Through Brutal Week of Selling; Transportation Average Down More than 5%; Gold Near $2000; Bitcoin Bid
Thursday: The Planned Collapse of the Tech Bubble is Well Underway; Everything is About to Be Sold Off
Wednesday: Fed Saves Stock Market; Investors Hopeful on Tech, Earnings Rebound; Oil Lower as WWIII Averted (for now)
Tuesday: Stocks Set to Rebound After 10-Year Note Reverses Course; Gold, Silver Lower
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Rocked (again), Yields Sky-High; Gold, Silver, Oil Remain on the Move; Gas Prices Tame
Money Daily, 10/22 - 28/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of October 15 - October 21, 2023
Friday: Troubling Prospects for US Stocks as Interest Rates Continue Rising, Earnings Are Hit or Miss; Gold Closing in on $2000
Thursday: Stocks Remain Under Pressure as 10-Year and 30-Year Yields Near 5.00%
Wednesday: As Bond Yields Rise, Stocks Are Feeling the Pain
Tuesday: Goldman Sachs Misses, Bank of America Posts Strong 3rd Quarter; Retail Sales Up 0.7%; Investors Worried
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Global Issues Unresolved; Gold, Silver, Crude Oil Higher, Gas at the Pump a Relief
Money Daily, 10/15 - 21/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of October 8 - October 14, 2023
Friday: Big Banks Post Big Earnings for 3rd Quarter; Stocks Seeking Positive Week
Thursday: CPI Higher Than Expected; Walgreens Misses EPS Estimates; Israel Readies for Assault on Gaza
Wednesday: Mistakes Are Beginning to Pile Up as Ukraine Is Overshadowed by Israel and Fed Wants to Stop Hiking Rates
Tuesday: The Fourth Turning Has Arrived with BRICS+, Self-Sufficiency Rising
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Broken Markets, De-Dollarization, Yield Curve Madness Point to Recession; Oil, Gold, Silver Lower
Money Daily, 10/8 - 10/14/2023

Not Spooky! idleguy.com October 2023 Beta Issue
The October release was a neat trick after missing three deadlines, but will be a treat to many, with three pages of IdleGals, the conclusion of the Fearless Rick interview, Toast of the Town, advice column, feature article on BRICS expansion and more.
idleguy.com, 10/3/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of October 1 - October 7, 2023
Friday: The Jarring Reality of Global Manufacturing Contraction; US September (Pure Fiction) NFP: 330,000 Jobs
Thursday: Down 11% in Past Week, Price of Oil Sending Bearish Signal Across Global Markets
Wednesday: Tuesday's Rout Looks Worse on Heels of Speaker Chaos in House of Representatives; Oil Spilling; Gold, Silver Bounce
Tuesday: Fourth Quarter Begins on Sour Note; Stocks Continue Steady Decline; Oil, Gold, Silver Prices Head Lower
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Congress Avoids Shutting Down Government with 45-Day Reprieve; Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Silver Dumped
Money Daily, 10/1 - 10/7/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 24 - September 30, 2023
Friday: Core PCE Lower; Goods Inflation Re-Accelerating; Stocks Looking to Finish Week and Month on High Note
Thursday: Stock Bounces Hiding Technical Market Damage; Yield Curve Dis-Inverting as 10-year Note hits 4.65%
Wednesday: Stocks Get Whacked as Bond Rout Extends; Clueless Congress Confounds Capitalists
Tuesday: Stocks Chill to Start Crucial Week; Bond Yields Spike; Bond Rout Well Underway; Concerning Hedge Fund Bond Short
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Preparation is Prudence; Long-Lasting Yield Curve Inversion Leads to Deep Recession or Depression; Hard Assets a Must
Money Daily, 9/24 - 9/30/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 17 - September 23, 2023
Friday: Stocks Ravaged Since FOMC Decision; Bond yields Spiking as United States Faces Funding Crisis
Thursday: Fed Holds Steady at 5.25-5.50% FF Rate; Stocks Sink on 'Higher for Longer' Outlook
Wednesday: FOMC Decision Likely to Be a Pause; Wall Street Can Continue Stealth Distribution
Tuesday: Stocks Sideways in Pre-FOMC Trading; Oil, Gold, SIlver Bid Higher
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Despite Rising CPI and PPI, Fed Watchers and FOMC Appear Unconcerned; Oil, Gas Prices Near One-Year Highs
Money Daily, 9/17 - 9/23/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 10 - September 16, 2023
Friday: CPI Higher; PPI Higher; Inflation Higher; Stocks Higher; Stupidity Through the Roof
Thursday: PPI Soars by 0.7% in August, +1.6% YOY; Retail Sales Higher as Well
Wednesday: Inflation Resurgent as August CPI Registers +0.6% Monthly, 3.7% Annually
Tuesday: Greed, Fear, and Loathing in America; Taxes, Inflation, and Extortion
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Signals Emerging that US and Global Economies Are Headed for Trouble; Stocks Lower, Yields Higher, Oil Up
Money Daily, 9/10 - 9/16/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 3 - September 9, 2023
Friday: Investors Cautious; Stocks Sustain September Losses as Funding Pressure Builds in Congress
Thursday: Stocks Rise as Senate Confirms Fed Nominees; Silver Continues Slide; Futures Point Lower
Wednesday: September Not So Kind to Investors as Saudis, Russia Extend Oil Poroduction Cuts, Congress Girds for Funding Battle
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Tax and Debt Slaves Celebrate Labor Day (No, really, it's a holiday about working. Seems kinda dumb.)
Money Daily, 9/3 - 9/9/2023

Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 27 - September 2, 2023
Friday: August Was Worst Month for Stocks in 2023; August Non-Farm Payrolls 187,000, Unemployment Rate 3.8%
Thursday: Market Braces for More Bad (Good) News as PCE Deflator Gains, Unemployment Claims Drop (Uh-oh!)
Wednesday: Stocks JOLTed Higher, Bond Yields Ease as Bad News is Good News Rules Markets
Tuesday: A Somber Farewell to the Good Old Days Thanks to Brandon the Imposter and Criminal Congress
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Banks, Retail Took a Hit, Treasuries Re-Elevated, BRICS Add Six, Jackson Hole a Pit; Gold, Silver Ascendant
Money Daily, 8/27 - 9/2/2023

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