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 Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Week 1 2026 Picks
Early games:
New England Patriots @ Seattle Seahawks (-3.5, 44) (8:20 pm, NBC, Wednesday)
San Francisco 49ers vs Los Angeles Rams (-3.5, 48.5) (8:35 pm Netflix, Melbourne, Thursday)
Buffalo Bills (-1.5, 44.5) @ Houston Texans (1:00 pm, CBS)
Baltimore Ravens (-3.5, 48.5) @ Indianapolis Colts (1:00 pm, CBS)
Late games:
Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings (-1.5, 45) (4:25 pm, CBS)
Washington Commanders @ Philadelphia Eagles (-4.5, 45.5) (4:25 pm, FOX)
Dallas Cowboys (-2.5, 49) @ New York Giants (8:20 pm, NBC)
Monday: Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs (-3, 42) (8:15 pm, ESPN)
Picks for every NFL game all season long...
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Picks 9/8/2026
 Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of September 6-12, 2026
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Celebrating Labor or Servitude?
Money Daily, 9/6-12/2026
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip Week 1 College Football Picks
Thursday, Friday games:
Colorado at Georgia Tech (-6.5, 60) 8:00 pm (ESPN)
Toledo at Michigan State (-10, 47.5) 8:00 pm (FS1)
Fresno State at 14 USC (-22.5, 51.5) 9:00 pm (FOX)
7 Miami (-24.5, 47.5) at Stanford 9:00 pm (ESPN)
Sat., Sun., Monday games:
North Texas at 6 Indiana (-40.5, 55) 12:00 pm (FOX)
Boise State at 2 Oregon (-24.5, 51.5) 3:30 pm (CBS)
Clemson at 11 LSU (-10, 51) 7:30 pm (ABC)
Wisconsin vs 4 Notre Dame (-21, 47) 7:30 pm (NBC)
19 SMU (-3, 52.5) at Florida State 8:00 pm (ESPN)
Picks for select NCAA games all season long...
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Picks 9/3/2026
 IdleGuy.com September 2026, Vol 3, #9
25 Years after America's Worst-ever Tragedy, Questions Linger. Lots more...
- 25 Years After the Twin Towers Fell on 9-11
- NFL & College Football Picks
- MLB Players of the Day
- MLB Pennant Races
- Higher Interest Rates Affect Everybody
- Late Summer Vacation Get-aways
- Tailgating, Then and Now
- What's Up in France?
- Free Downloads of 9-11-related books
- Fall Fishing
- Exercise and Relaxation
IdleGuy.com, 9/2/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 30 to September 5, 2026
Friday: BLS Says 162,000 Jobs Were Created in August, Mostly Teachers, Waiters, and Bartenders; Gas Prices Higher; Government Economics a Sham
Thursday: Markets Jumpy as Mideast Escalation Drive Oil Prices Higher; Yen Suddenly Spikes; Gold, Silver Higher; Payrolls on Tap Friday
Wednesday: Iran Escalation, Bessent's Twist and Flop, High Oil Prices Lead to Damage in Stocks; Gold, Silver Suffer Needlessly
Tuesday: Stocks End August on Sour Note; Start September with Lingering Doubts Over Interest Rates, AI, and Iran
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: No Go Jackson Hole; Gold, Silver Slammed on COMEX, Retail Not Playing Along; Oil, Gas Prices Trending Lower; Credit Risky
Money Daily, 8/30-9/5/2026
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Week 3 Preseason Picks
Early games include:
Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills (-3, 36) 7:00 pm
New England Patriots (-2.5, 35) at Cleveland Browns 8:00 pm
Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles Chargers (-4.5, 39) 10:00 pm
Houston Texans (-2.5, 36.5) at Carolina Panthers 7:00 pm
Late games:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-1.5, 35.5) at Jacksonville Jaguars 7:30 pm
Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles (-3, 36) 8:00 pm
Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs (-1.5, 36.5) 8:00 pm
Detroit Lions at Indianapolis Colts (-3, 35.5) 1:00 pm (Sat.)
Picks for every NFL game all season long...
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Picks 8/25/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 23 to August 29, 2026
Friday Extra: Jackson Hole Post-Mortem: Warsh Remarks Inconsequential; Market Disappointment Seen in Late Sell-off; Gold, Silver Victimized
Friday: World Readies for Warsh Address at Jackson Hole; Oil Flows Through Strait of Hormuz Improving; Silver Breaks Through Resistance, Heads Higher
Thursday: Nvidia Results Set Up Mini Tech Rally; Markets Remain in Doldrums Awaiting Warsh Speech at Jackson Hole Friday; Gold, Silver Lower After Hitting Resistance
Wednesday: Markets Stalled in Anticipation of Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole Speech Friday; Nvidia Cues Up Earnings Report After the Bell; Gold, Silver Test Resistance
Tuesday: Bessent Launches Economic D-Day; Markets Moan; Dick's Sporting Goods Falling to 2 1/2-Year Lows; Gold, Silver Lower; Crude Oil Remains Bid
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: The Week Scott Bessent Lost Control of Credit; Gold, Silver Respond with Massive Gains; Stocks Slump; Gas at the Pump Higher
Money Daily, 8/23-8/29/2026
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Week 2 Preseason Picks
Thursday, Friday games include:
Las Vegas Raiders (-1.5, 38) @ Houston Texans 8:00 pm
San Francisco 49ers (-1.5, 38.5) @ Los Angeles Chargers 10:00 pm
Carolina Panthers (-1.5, 37.5) @ Jacksonville Jaguars 7:30 pm
Saturday games:
Washington Commanders @ Detroit Lions (-4.5, 37) 12:00 pm
Buffalo Bills @ Cleveland Browns (-3, 36.5) 1:00 pm
Baltimore Ravens @ Minnesota Vikings (-3.5, 36.5) 1:00 pm
Chicago Bears (-1.5, 36) @ Cincinnati Bengals 7:00 pm
Philadelphia Eagles (-2.5, 36) @ New England Patriots 7:00 pm
Sunday (FOX): Seattle Seahawks @ Tennessee Titans (-4.5, 39) 8:00 pm
Picks for every game all season long...
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Picks 8/19/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 16 to August 22, 2026
Friday: Treasury Buyback Plan Has Rattled Markets; Gold, Silver Rallies Continue; Stocks Approaching Down Week as U.S. Debt Exceeds $40 Trillion
Thursday: Bessent's Buyback Bombshell Sends Gold and Silver Soaring; His Short-term Fix for a Long-term Problem Inadequate; Markets About to Reel
Wednesday: Financial Media, Government Desperate for Narrative News Stories; Lowe's, Home Depot, Target Report; Gold, Silver Soaring
Tuesday: World Carnage Begins to Take Its Toll; U.S.-Iran Tensions Escalate; Oil Higher, Gas Prices Rising
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Stocks Slow During Summer Doldrums; Gold, Silver Extend Rallies; Mideast Remains Relatively Quiet; It's Summer, Hit the Beach
Money Daily, 8/16-8/22/2026
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Week 1 Preseason Picks
Thursday games include:
Detroit Lions @ Cincinnati Bengals (-6, 38) 7:00 pm
Green Bay Packers (-1.5, 39.5) @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7:00 pm
Los Angeles Chargers @ Houston Texans (-1.5, 36.5) 8:00 pm
Friday, Saturday games:
Denver Broncos (-5.5, 38.5) @Atlanta Falcons 7:00 pm
Miami Dolphins (-2.5, 36.5) @ Washington Commanders 7:00 pm
Cleveland Browns (-1.5, 39.5) @ Chicago Bears, 1:00 pm
Los Angeles Rams @ Kansas City Chiefs (-2.5, 36.5) 4:00 pm
Philadelphia Eagles (-3, 36.5) @ Baltimore Ravens 7:00 pm
Dallas Cowboys @ Seattle Seahawks (-3, 39) 8:00 pm
Picks for every game all season long...
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Picks 8/13/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 9 to August 15, 2026
Friday: July Retail Sales Fall 0.6%; Nobody Really Cares; Stocks Look to Close Out Week Split: Dow Down, NASDAQ, S&P Higher
Thursday: July PPI Flat, Below Expectations; Stocks, Gold, Silver in Limbo with Rates on Hold; Oil Flows Continue to Satisfy Demand for Now
Wednesday: July CPI Comes in Tame, up 0.1% monthly, +3.4% Annually; Gold, Silver Get a Bump Higher as Inflation/Employment Debate Emerges
Tuesday: Investors Largely on Hold in Advance of July CPI; Mideast Uncertainty Sends Oil Higher as Gold and Silver Continue Rallies
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Gold, Silver Break Out; Stocks Rip Higher on Solid Earnings and Mideast Peace Possibilities; Congress Takes Five-Week Vacation (hooray!)
Money Daily, 8/9-8/15/2026
HALL OF FAME GAME KICKS OFF NFL PRESEASON
Carolina meets Arizona in the traditional start to the NFL Season. Fearless Rick and Coin Flip have the Pick!
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Picks, 8/6/2026
 IdleGuy.com August 2026, Vol 3, #8
Sports in focus for the August idleguy.com issue, with NFL and College football previews and baseball races heating up.
- NFL & College Football Previews
- MLB Players of the Day
- MLB Pennant Races
- The Middle Class Lie
- Dalton Trumbo defies congress
- Back-to-School Expnses
- Sandwiches and Bagged Lunches
- Looking Back at One-Earner Families
- Free Downloads - Malcolm Gladwell, Upton Sinclair, William James
- Hunting Seasons; Rifle or Shotgun
- Travel: Where the Dollar Goes Farther
IdleGuy.com, 8/2/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of August 2 to August 8, 2026
Friday: Gold, Silver Soar Overnight; BLS Reports July Job Losses of 23,000; Wall Street Thrilled with Weakening Economy
Thursday: Dow Up, Tech Down as Wall Street Cruises through Earnings; AppLovin Stunned, Down 18% on Earnings Miss
Wednesday: Dow, S&P 500 Close at New All-Time Highs; Disney Profit Rises, Will Add to Dow Surge; AMD Punished for High Capex
Tuesday: Dow Makes New All-Time High; S&P Should Surpass Previous High Today; NASDAQ Lags, But May Soon Out-Perform; Hormuz Open? Oil Lower
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Markets Lack Direction; Employment in Focus; Iran-U.S. Spat Continues; Gold, Silver Punished; Oil Higher
Money Daily, 8/2-8/8/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of July 26 to August 1, 2026
Friday: NASDAQ Ends Six-Session Losing Streak with Big Rally; Amazon Higher on Solid Quarter; Apple Spanked After Missing EPS Estimates
Thursday: Quiet Fed Chairman Warsh, FOMC Send Stocks Reeling; Market Uncertain, Futures Deceptive, NASDAQ Down 9.78%; GDP Miss, +1.5%
Wednesday: NASDAQ in Correction Mode, Down Five Straight Sessions; Oil Rises on Resumption of Military Strikes at Saudis; Earnings Mixed, Futures Lower
Tuesday: Monday's Trade Was Not a Rebound; Chip-related Stocks Send KOSPI down 10%, NIKKEI down 4% in Asia; Sell-the-News Prevails in U.S.
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: As Stock and Bond Paper Promises Diminish in Value, Hard Assets Like Gold, Silver, Commodities, and Small Business Investments Will Flourish
Money Daily, 7/26-8/1/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of July 19 to July 25, 2026
Friday: Stocks Seek Comeback Following Thursday Tech Rout; Oil Drops, but Remains High; AI Narrative May Have Blown Up
Alphabet, Tesla, Spiking Oil Prices Send Markets into Tailspin; Treasury Yields Rising; Stocks Under Severe Pressure
Wednesday: Churning Markets Appear Ready for a Change; Big Tech Names to Announce After the Close; War in Middle East Heats Up
Tuesday: Recipe for a Correction: Stocks Flat to Lower After Reporting Earnings; Yields Rising on Long-Dated Maturities in Treasury Market
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: War Ramps Up Again in Middle East; Oil Prices Explode Higher; Stocks Take on Water, even as Earnings Emerge; Silver Shattered
Money Daily, 7/19-7/25/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of July 12 to July 18, 2026
Friday: America's Middle Class Under Assault; General Malaise and Poor Sentiment Strikes Wall Street; Oil, Interest Rates Spike
Thursday: Earnings Solid Overall; Sell the News in Play; Gold, Silver Continue Under Pressure
Wednesday: PPI Soft in June, Down 0.3%; Market Reaction Subdued as WTI Crude Approaches $80/Barrel; IBM Bellwether Drops 25%, Should Continue to Fall
Tuesday: Banks Lead Early Earnings Calls; CPI Falls by Most in Six Years Due to Lower Gas, Oil Prices; Wall Street Split on Inflation
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Lindsey Graham Dead; Iran-U.S. Conflict Escalating; Bank Earnings to Dominate the Week; Crude Oil, Treasuries Near Breaking Points
Money Daily, 7/12-7/18/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of July 5 to July 11, 2026
Friday: Stocks Generally Higher Because the System Works That Way; Fighting the Fed and the Government Is a Not a Strategy; Keep Buying
Thursday: America's Failure at "Football" Exposes the Myth of Exceptionalism, Skewers the Narrative, and Makes the U.S. Look Stupid and Weak
Wednesday: Trump Calls Iranians, "Scum," Believes Ceasefire is Over; Oil Jumps; America Led by Criminals Has Poisoned Markets
Tuesday: Wall Street Continues to Rally as America First Becomes Entrenched in Rhetoric; Stocks At or Near All-Time Highs with No End in Sight
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: A Quiet Week Ahead as U.S.A. Celebrates 250 Years, 3rd Quarter Commences; May Be a Slow Summer with Lower Gas Prices
Money Daily, 7/5-7/11/2026
 IdleGuy.com July 2026, Vol 3, #7
Happy 250 America
The July 2026 issue of IdleGuy.com is all about America as it celebrates 250 years of freedom, liberty and greatness. Some of the articles in this landmark issue include
- Road Trips to Historic Sites
- Making of the American Male through the Founding Fathers
- Comparing 2026 to 1976 editorial
- The Unresolved Argument between Jefferson and Hamilton
- Peach Cobbler, Whiskey Smash Recipes
- Sports: MLB All-Star Game, British Open, Wimbledon, World Cup coverage
- MLB Players of the Day
- Thomas Paine's Common sense
- Free Downloads - Founding Documents, de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, more...
- Cycling on Roads and Mountains
IdleGuy.com, 7/1/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of June 28 to July 4, 2026
Thursday: Stocks Continue to Rally; Futures Race Higher on Employment Data (57,000 jobs in June); Happy 250, America!
Wednesday: Stocks Finish on High Note as Second Quarter Closes with Massive Gains; What Lies Ahead May Be a Little More Difficult to Discern
Tuesday: Dow Industrials Add Alphabet to the 30 Stock Roster, Dow Jumps to All-Time High as Speculation Remains a Key Driver
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: NASDAQ, Gold, Silver, Oil Lower; Inflation Fears May Be Overblown; USA's 250th Birthday Approaches; June Jobs Report on Tap
Money Daily, 6/28-7/4/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of June 21 to June 27, 2026
Friday: Everything Going Lower as NASDAQ Sees No End to Selling Pressure; Oil Bitcoin, Gold, Silver, Treasury Yields All Falling
Thursday: All Systems Go as Micron Technologies and IBM Re-Ignite Chip Sector and AI Race; Gold Silver Boosted by May PCE Index
Wednesday: This All Sucks: Rigged Markets, Dishonest Media, Corrupt Government, Power and Internet Outages
Tuesday: Stocks Mixed as Markets Eye End of Month, End of 2nd Quarter: Futures Pointing to Massive Tuesday Selloff
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Warsh At Fed Nixes Advance Projections on Rates; Iran and U.S. Getting Down to Negotiating a Lasting Peace; Oil Lower, Gold, Silver Look Like Bargains
Money Daily, 6/21-6/27/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of June 14 to June 20, 2026
Friday: Unfinished Business: Stocks Seek Reconciliation with New Realities in Persian Gulf and at Federal Reserve; Fighting Between Israel and Hezbollah Escalates
Thursday: Well Done, Mr. Warsh; New Fed Chair Sticks to Principles, Does Not Tip Off Press, Traders to Future Policy in First FOMC Press Conference
Wednesday: There Are Some Good Reasons Why New Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh Will Signal Future Rate Cuts to Markets and Traders in First FOMC Presser
Tuesday: Middle East Peace Sends Stocks Soaring; Dow Hits Record; Gold, Silver Recover from Recent Lows, Oil Down, Gas Prices to Follow
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Will a Peace Dividend Emerge? Trump, White House Expected to Announce Peace Deal with Iran Sunday, June 14
Money Daily, 6/14-6/20/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of June 7 to June 13, 2026
Friday: The Inconvenient Truth: There's Enough Oil for Everybody; SpaceX Blasts Off with Record-Setting IPO
Thursday: May PPI Red Hot, but Investors Focused on Friday's SpaceX (SPCX) IPO; Stocks May Take a Breather from Recent Selling
Wednesday: Is Wall Street Willing to Shrug Off Highest Inflation in Three Years on 'Better than Expected' Basis? Futures, Gold, Silver Rally on May CPI Release
Tuesday: Buying the Dip is Tuesday's Main Theme; Stock Enthusiasts Undeterred After Friday's Leg Lower; Investors Weigh Asset Class Options
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Time to Panic? NASDAQ Suffers Largest Point Loss Ever; Gold, Silver Smashed; Bitcoin Slashed to 22-Month Lows
Money Daily, 6/7-6/13/2026
 IdleGuy.com June 2026, Vol 3, #6
Summer Fun
- Road Trips
- Back Yard Grilling Tips
- Making of the American Male
- Expensing Vacations
- Independence Timeline
- Sports: NBA, NHL Finals, Belmont Stakes, World Cup, MLB All-Star Game
- MLB Players of the Day
- About Idleguy.com and AI
- Hemingway short story/li>
- Free Downloads - Travel Guide, Beaches, Grilling
- 3 new pages: Travel - Mind, Body, Spirit - Outdoors
IdleGuy.com, 6/1/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of May 31 - June 6, 2026
Friday: NASDAQ Slides, Stock Market Surprised at May Non-Farm Payrolls as Wild Week Concludes
Thursday: Wall Street Scary Plunge Nothing to Concern Traders; Gold, Silver Rebound; Bitcoin At Lowest Level Since October 2024
Wednesday: Stocks Continue Gains Despite Mideast Tensions; Gold, Silver Remain Underinvested, Rangebound; Bitcoin Headed to Crypto Hell
Tuesday: Stocks Continue Upward on Strong Momentum. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Victoria's Secret Each Up More then 30% Pre-Market
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Iran-U.S. Stalemate Has Brought Oil and Gas Prices Down Though Future Remains Uncertain; Gold, Silver Stuck in Ranges; Employment Numbers Out Friday
Money Daily, 5/31-6/6/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of May 24 - May 30, 2026
Friday: Dow, S&P, NASDAQ All Close at Record Highs Thursday; Buffett's Buy of Macy's Turning Heads; Dell Reports Blowout Quarter, Sends Stock Soaring
Thursday: New Highs on Dow, S&P, NASDAQ; 1Q 2026 GDP Steady at 1.6%; Durable Goods Jump 7.9%; PCE Index Up 4.5%; Retailers Mostly Post Strong Earnings
Wednesday: Back-and-Forth With Iran Continues as NASDAQ, S&P Make Records; Oil Tumbles; Gold, Silver Lower; Dick's Down On earnings Miss
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Iran 'Deal' Remains In Focus at White House; Gas Prices Stabilize; Four-Day Trading Week Upcoming; Stocks Gain, Oil Range-Bound
Money Daily, 5/24-30/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of May 17 - May 23, 2026
Friday: Stocks Gain on Deal, No Deal Momentum; Friday Looking to Close Out Good Week to the Upside; Mentions of AI in Quarterly Reports Boosts Share Price
Thursday: No Deal with Iran Sends Futures Lower, Oil Higher; Nvidia Fails to Impress; Walmart Slips, Ralph Lauren Soars; Bot Replacement Surgery Now a Concern
Wednesday: Day-traders Rejoice as Market Turns in Predictable Ways; Stock Futures Higher; Oil Down; Interest Rates Remain Higher; 10-year 4.65%; 30-year 5.18%
Tuesday: President Trump's Inside Trading Is Criminal and Impeachable; Trump Warns Iran, Again, with Social Media; Americans Crushed by Inflation
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: American New Normal Emerging with $100 Crude Oil, $5.00 Gas, 4-5% Inflation, 5% Interest Rates and Volatile Stocks Near All-Time Highs
Money Daily, 5/17-23/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of May 10 - May 16, 2026
Friday: Trump China Trip Produces Little in Terms of Resolution to Iran or Taiwan; Stock Market Sniffing Out America's Weaknesses; Oil over $100
Thursday: Stocks Continue Higher Despite Inflation Terror; Trump's China Gambit a Ruse; Rug Pull or Maybe Not?
Wednesday: Trump In China for PR Stunt; No Major Developments on Mideast or Taiwan Expected; Stocks Reel as PPI is Highest in Three Years; Futures Tanking, Oil Rising
Tuesday: CPI Comes In Red Hot, Inflation Rising at 3.8% Annually; Trump, Republicans Likely to Lose Midterms, Won't Matter to Wall Street; Silver Breaks Out, $93 Next Target
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: With Trump China Visit Imminent, Stocks Do Not Pause with Tech Titans Leading the Way; Gold and Silver Marked Higher; Oil Stuck in $90-$110 Range
Money Daily, 5/10-16/2026
 IdleGuy.com May 2026, Vol 3, #5
PROSPERITY
- Emerson-James-Hill: The Success Connection
- AI Fears Unsubtantiated
- Oil Shortage: Who Benefits? Who Loses?
- Events Calendar
- Money and Success
- Sports: Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Triple Crown
- MLB Players of the Day
- Toast of the Town
- Exclusive: AI short story
- Free Downloads - Think and Grow Rich; Complete Works of William James
- Themed Recipes for Cinco de Mayo, Preakness, Indy 500
IdleGuy.com, 5/4/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of May 3 - May 9, 2026
Friday: April Non-Farm Payrolls: +115,000; Middle East Hostilities Escalate; Stocks Seek Another Week of Gains
Thursday: Sick Medical System: Nearly Half of Americans Have High Blood Pressure or Diabetes or Both, Due to Roving Benchmarks; Oil Lower, Gold, Silver, Stocks are Up
Wednesday: Truth is Becoming Less Identifiable and Discernible as U.S. Narrative Focuses on Peace Negotiations with Iran; Stocks, Gold, Silver Rally; Oil Drops
Tuesday: Stocks Open Week to Downside, Look to Rebound Tuesday as "Project Freedom" Seeks to Free Up Strait of Hormuz to Commercial Traffic
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: It's All Wrong and You're Just Beginning to Notice; Governments Are Killing Entire Economies: U.S. National Average Gas: $4.45
Money Daily, 5/3-9/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of April 26 - May 2, 2026
Friday: ExxonMobil, Chevron Post Profits on Higher Oil, Gas Prices; CNBC Claims They Didn't Profit from War; Gas is Over $6.00 in Cali; $4.41 National Average
Thursday: Mag Seven Stocks Flat Overall; 1Q GDP Reported at 2%; Annual PCE, 3.5%, highest in 2.5 years; Gallon of Gas Hits $4.31, Highest in Four Years
Wednesday: Trump Mocks Iran Again; Seagate Soars 15% Pre-Market; Fed Rate Decision at 2 pm; Four of Mag7 Stocks Report After Bell Wednesday
Tuesday: Pizza and a Drink: Domino's Down, Coke Up, as Food Retailers Confront Inflation, Competition; Rambus (RMBS), Spotify (SPOT) Slaughtered in Earnings Rout
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Middle East Flush a Bad Poker Hand; Higher Oil Prices Mission Accomplished; Stocks, Gold, Silver Rise and Fall in Tandem
Money Daily, 4/26-5/2/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of April 19-25, 2026
Friday: Stocks Look to End Week On Positive Note After Up-and-Down Sessions; Intel Soars, Iran Possible Breakthrough Reported
Thursday: Corruption in Markets and Government Has Never Been as Bad as Right Now
Wednesday: Stocks Slide Tuesday, Set for Up-Ramp Wednesday as Trump Extends Ceasefire, Seeks Way Out of Middle East Quagmire
Tuesday: Middle East Drama Drags On; Stocks Poised for More Gains; Neither Iran nor U.S. Has Sent Delegations to Pakistan for Peace Negotiations
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Criminal Behavior in Financial Circles and the Decline of Western Civilization; Oil Drops, Stocks, Gold, Silver Gain as the World Suffers in Silence
Money Daily, 4/19-25/2026
 Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of April 12-18, 2026
Friday: In Sudden Shift, Iran Claims Strait of Hormuz 'Completely Open'; Pentagon Calls on Ford, GM to Ramp Up War Production
Thursday: Oil Blockades, Failed Peace Talks, Hugging Jesus Results in 11-Day Rally Sending S&P 500 and NASDAQ to All-Time Highs
Wednesday: Tax Day: Pay Up or There Will be Consequences; A Few Reasons Why You May Not Want to Pay
Tuesday: Blockade Melt-up Morphs Towrd Advanced Gains as Bank Stocks (JPM), (C), (WFC) Report and Emperor Trump Tries on New Clothes
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Fact and Fiction Not Discernible, U.S. Moves to Blockade Oil Out of Persian Gulf After Negotiations Fail; U.S 1Q Earnings Begin
Money Daily, 4/12-18/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of April 5-11, 2026
Friday: US GDP Growth Stalls in 4Q 2025 to +0.5%; March Inflation (CPI), Up Alarmingly by 0.9%; Witkoff and Kushner to Negotiate for U.S. along with VP Vance
Thursday: Middle East Ceasefire on Tenuous Hold; U.S. and Iran Negotiators to Meet in Pakistan Saturday; Strait of Hormuz Closed, May Re-Open Conditionally
Wednesday: Apocalypse Averted: Iran, U.S. Each Claim Victory in Last Minute Ceasefire; Vance, Rubio to Lead U.S. Delegation; Stock Futures, Gold, Silver Soar; Oil Lower
Tuesday: In Defiance of All Logic, Society and Economics Are Turned on Their Heads; Conditions Worsening in Middle East Conflict
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Middle East Dilemma Unlikely to Be Soon Resolved; Oil Spikes to $110, Highest in Nearly Four Years; U.S. Average Gas: $4.09
Money Daily, 4/5-4/11/2026
 IdleGuy.com April 2026, Vol 3, #4
This one's a Sweet Treat.
- All about Strawberries: history, recipes
- AI Assistant Publisher is best employee ever
- Tax Day cometh April 15
- Events Calendar
- The War Nobody Voted For
- Sports: FINAL FOUR, NBA, NHL Playoffs, Grand National, the Masters, and more...
- MLB Players of the Day
- Toast of the Town
- Ambrose Bierce short story
- Free Downloads - Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.), War is a Racket (Smedley Butler), The Machine Stops (E.M. Forster)
- You will love it!
IdleGuy.com, 4/1/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 29 - April 4, 2026
Thursday: The Bad Clown Show Continues, as Does the War In Iran and the Rigged Casino on Wall Street; Americans are Fed Up with Government
Wednesday: April Fools? Did Trump Actually Signal an End to Middle East Aggression or Is This More 6D Chess? Stocks Embrace Peace, for Now
Tuesday: TACO TUESDAY Trump Shamelessly Plays Politics with War, People's Lives, Suggesting Middle East 'Off-Ramp' for United States
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Keeping Score in Middle East; Preparing for a Greater Depression? Oil Spikes, Stocks Slump; Gold Silver May Have Found Bottoms
Money Daily, 3/29-4/4/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 22 - March 28, 2026
Friday: War Narrative May Be Wearing Thin on Wall Street; S&P Looking at 5th Straight Weekly Loss as Trump Extends Yet Another Iran Deadline
Thursday: Trump's 'tweets' and 'truths' Make Trading Risky; Overall, Stocks are Lower Since End of January; Gold, Silver on Sale in Weird Twist
Wednesday: Getting a Grip on the Present Condition by Looking at Future Outcomes in Middle East and Beyond
Tuesday: Market Gains Based on Grand Delusions Are Difficult to Sustain; U.S. Facing End of Empire Events as Talks with Iran are Proven False
Monday: WEEKEND WRAP CONCLUDED: Trump Finds the Off-Ramp to 'Cut and Run' as Markets Reach Breaking Points
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Trump 6D Chess? We See What You Did There in the Middle East; FULL REPORT MONDAY
Money Daily, 3/22-3/28/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 15 - March 21, 2026
Friday: Who Is Winning?; Stocks in Correction Mode; Gold, Silver Begin to Recover; Oil Approaches $100, U.S. Average Gas Price is $3.93
Thursday: Stocks, Commodities Unraveling as Middle East War Goes Off the Rails; Fraud, Corruption Leading the Way to Economic Destruction
Wednesday: Trump Supporters Fading as Venezuela Wins WBC over USA, Iran Hammers U.S. and Israel, PPI - even without recent energy price hikes - Up 0.7% in February
Tuesday: Stocks Turn Higher on Fake "Talks" Between US and Iran; Iran Denies Interaction; Oil Lower; Gold, Silver Flat, Awaiting Fed
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: 'Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain' the Most Recent Gaslighting for Americans as Middle East War Extends into Third Week
Money Daily, 3/15-3/21/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 8 - March 14, 2026
Friday: Trump, Bibi Risking Massive Loss in War vs. Iran; Oil, Gas Up, Stocks Looking for Friday the 13th Good Luck to Save the Week
Thursday: Wasssup? Conflicting Stories Keeping US/Israel Narrative (We're Winning!) Alive; Oil, Gold, Silver Higher; Rubio, Hegseth, Bondi Housed at Military Bases
Wednesday: US Markets are Neither Free Nor Fair; Oil Prices Rise; Images of Destruction in Israel and on U.S. Military Bases Being Censored; CPI Tame
Tuesday: Stocks Rally, Oil Price Loses Punch as Trump Signals Early end to War with Iran; Israel Battered; Gold, Silver Rise; Casino is Open
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Oil, Gas Skyrocket After Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz; Stocks Sink; Treasury Yields Rise on War Fear; Gold, Silver Fail to Respond
Money Daily, 3/8-3/14/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of March 1 - March 7, 2026
Friday: BLS Non-Farm Payrolls: U.S. Shed 92,000 Jobs in February; Retail Sales Down 0.2% in January; Oil Spikes to $87/Barrel; Middle East in Flames
Thursday: Congress Diddles Over War, Sex Crimes While the World Burns; Hegseth is Wishful; Iran Slamming American Interests in the Gulf
Wednesday: Mideast War Continues to Rage; Gold, Silver Battered on COMEX, Spot; Stocks Recover From Early Losses; Asia, Kospi Smacked Hard
Tuesday: Middle East War Escalates as Israel, U.S., Iran Trade Missiles and Bombs; U.S. Stock Futures Show Heavy Losses in Pre-Market; Stocks Lower Globally
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: WAR with Iran; Anthropic AI Booted by War Department; Investors Flood into Treasuries, Gold, Silver; Oil About to Break Out
Money Daily, 3/1-3/7/2026
 IdleGuy.com March 2026, Vol 3, #3
- 2026 MLB Baseball Preview
- Why AI, Why Now?
- Conversation with Claude AI
- Events Calendar
- State of the World
- NCAA Players of the Day
- Toast of the Town
- Steak Primavera
- Free Downloads - Michael Hudson, Roger Ver
- Money: Understanding Sector Rotation
- Grantland Rice: Casey's Revenge
IdleGuy.com, 3/1/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of Februray 22 - February 28, 2026
Friday: AI Strikes Again: Jack Dorsey's Block (XYZ) Cuts Jobs in Favor of AI, Stock Soars; January PPI Shows Inflation Remains Above Fed Target
Thursday: Nvidia Smashes Expectations, as Usual; Fails to Ignite Confidence Rally; US-Iran Talks Continue Toward Peaceful Resolution
Wednesday: Trump SOTU Draws Battle Lines for Midterms, Portrays Democrats as Un-American, Softens Tone on Iran, Gives Markets a Boost
Tuesday: The Core Message of AI: Skate to Where the Puck is Going and Won't Get Fooled Again with IBM Under Assault
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Tariffs, Trade, Flow of Crude Oil, Military Conflict, AI Encroachment, Probably Nothing; Stocks, Oil, Gold, Silver Rise as Bitcoin Fails
Money Daily, 2/22-2/28/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of Februray 15 - February 21, 2026
Friday: GDP Drops to 1.4% in 4th Quarter of 2025; PCE Holding at 2.6%; Conflict with Iran Possibly on the Weekend Agenda; Markets Shaky
Thursday: Jobless Claims Near 5-Year Lows; Trade Deficit Widens Despite Tariffs; Ebay, Deere, Walmart Lead Earnings Parade as Futures Slip on Iran Fears
Wednesday: Fiverr, Another AI Casualty, Drops 23% After Earnings Report; AI Is a Rolling Juggernaut of Labor Destruction and Repositioning
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: AI Begins to Ravage Industries; Major Changes Afoot; Middle East Quiet, Though Tensions Remain; Oil Drops, Gas Rises
Money Daily, 2/15-2/21/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of Februray 8 - February 14, 2026
Friday: Stocks, Silver Got Rocked Lower Thursday; Friday the 13th Setting Up for Volatile session; January CPI Reported at 2.4% Annually
Thursday: Stocks Continue Sluggish Trade, Seeking Catalyst; Cisco, AppLovin Report, Both Down 7%; Bombing Iran this Weekend?
Wednesday: Inflate AND Die; January Jobs up 130,000, Netanyahu to Arrive in DC; Many 4th Quarter Results Poor
Tuesday: Stocks, Commodities Trade Sideways as Volatility Takes Time Off; Earnings Trickle In; Dow Hits New Record
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Lies and Consequences
Money Daily, 2/8-2/14/2026
  Fearless Rick & Coin Flip Super Bowl LX (60)
The grueling 17-game season and a series of post-season wins comes down to one final meeting between the NFC's Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, out of the AFC, for one chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy in the big game.
Game Time: Sunday, February 8, 6:30 pm (ET)
Location: Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
NFL Super Bowl Football Picks, 2/3/2025
 IdleGuy.com February 2026, Vol 3, #2
- What Really Happened at Davos (satire)
- Greenland, Venezuela and America First
- Simple Minestrone Soup Recipe (delish!)
- Winter Olympics
- NCAA Players of the Day
- Super Bowl LX (60)
- Free Downloads - Hemingway, Steinback, London
- Money: Stages of Rallies and Declines
- Indonesian Folk Tale
- Daytona 500
IdleGuy.com, 2/1/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of Februray 1 - February 7, 2026
Friday: Rough Week for All Asset Classes with Increased Volatility in Stocks, Crypto, Precious Metals; Bitcoin Down More Than 50% Past Six Months
Thursday: Bitcoin Losses Will Fuel More Speculation, Money, Job Losses; Earnings Reports Faltering; Next 90 Days Appear Troublesome
Wednesday: ADP Reports January Job Gains of 22,000; Economy at Stall Speed; Government Lies Rampant as Friday's Non-Farm Payrolls Delayed
Tuesday: No JOLTS, No Jobs As U.S. Government Partially Shuts Down Again; PayPal, Rambus, Fubo Among Poor Earnings Reports; Iran, Nothing
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Wait Until Monday; Silver, Gold, Bitcoin Marked Down on Final Session of January; Stocks Drop; Iran Still Quiet; Oil Spikes Higher
Money Daily, 2/1-2/7/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of January 25 - January 31, 2026
Friday: Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh for Next Fed Chairman; Gold, Silver Down Sharply with Foreign Markets Closed; Stock Futures Signaling January Flat or Lower
Thursday: Gold Soars with U.S. Attack on Iran Imminent; Earnings Keeping Major Averages Near All-Time Highs
Wednesday: FOMC Policy Decision on Tap; Japan Bonds Stabilized, for Now; Trump Threatens Iran with Missile Strikes; Ukraine Over and Done?
Tuesday: Gold, Silver Rise and Fall Monday the World of the Usual Suspects and Not Important Long Term; Precious Metals, Stocks Should Continue to Rally
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Davos Wraps Up with More Uncertainty than Before; Gold, Silver Power to Record Heights; U.S. Belligerence Beginning to Wear on Allies
Money Daily, 1/25-1/31/2026
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip 2025-26 NFL Conference Championship Picks
The Denver Broncos knocked off the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round, 33-30, in overtime, while the New England Patriots defeated the Houston Texans, 28-16. The two meet Sunday afternoon in Denver for the AFC Championship.
In the NFC, The Los Angeles Rams slipped past the Chicago Bears, 20-17, in overtime to earn the right to meet the Seattle Seahawks, 41-6 blowout winners over San Francisco last week, for the NFC Championship. The winners of each game will meet in Super Bowl LC (60) in two weeks.
- New England Patriots (-4, 42.5) at Denver Broncos 3:00 pm (CBS)
- Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks (-2.5, 46) 6:30 pm (FOX)
NFL Football Picks, 1/23/2025
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of January 18 - January 24, 2026
Friday: Stocks Zig-Zag on Greenland Expectations, May Close Out Week in Red; Gold Approaching $5,000, Silver, $100 per Ounce
Thursday: Markets Buoyed By Trump Davos Drama; Greenland Supposedly Secured by "forever" Deal
Wednesday: President Trump's Davos Speech Was Just More Blathering and Gaslighting; Japan's Bond Implosion, Gold and Silver Advances Are All That Matters
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: $100 Silver in Shanghai and on Ebay; Trump Heads to Davos as Venezuela Gambit Falters; Stocks Flat, Gold, Bitcoin Bond Yields Higher
Money Daily, 1/18-1/24/2026
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip 2025-26 NFL Divisional Picks
NFL Divisional Playoffs Picks
Survivors of the Wild Card Weekend plus the two #1 seeds in the AFC (Denver) and NFC (Seattle) are set to settle matters on the field in the divisional round. Four games spread over the weekend ensures plenty of action, drama, and the best football of the year, winners advancing to next week's Conference Championships
- Saturday: Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos (-1, 46) 4:30 pm
- Saturday: San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks (-7, 45) 8:00 pm
- Sunday: Houston Texans at New England Patriots (-3, 41) 3:00 pm
- Sunday: Los Angeles Rams (-3.5, 48.5) at Chicago Bears 6:30 pm
NFL Football Picks, 1/14/2025
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip 2025 NCAA CFP National Championship Football Picks
It's down to the Indiana Hoosiers and the Miami Hurricanes for all the glory of the national championship.
13-2 Miami squeaked by Texas A&M in the opening round, topped Ohio State, 24-14, in the quarterfinal, and slipped by Ole Miss in the semis to face the topped-ranked, 15-0 Indiana Hoosiers, confident winners over Alabama and Oregon Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, FL.
1 Indiana Hoosiers (-8.5, 47.5) vs 10 Miami Hurricanes 7:30 pm (ESPN)
NCAA College Football Picks, 1/14/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of January 11 - January 17, 2026
Friday: Volatile Week for Stocks, Precious Metals, Oil as Trump Backs Off Iran Rhetoric; Silver Slammed in NY, Though Over $100 per Ounce in Shanghai
Thursday: Banks Not Making Big Enough Profits, Goldman Sachs the Latest; America's Future Doesn't Seem Very Bright
Wednesday: Wealth Effect, Inflation, and Precious Metals; A Massive Change in Wealth Distribution Is Underway: Wells Fargo, BofA May Be OK; Citi Not Pretty
Tuesday: JP Morgan (JPM) Misses Bottom Line, EPS of $4.63 Well Below Estimates, -8.7% from 3rd Quarter, -3.7% Y-O-Y; Trump Targeting Iran Again
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Buy, Sell, or Hold? Investors Face a Multitude of Options as the New Year Begins; Stocks, Gold, Silver, Oil All Higher
Money Daily, 1/11-1/17/2026
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip 2025-26 NFL Wild Card Weekend Picks
NFL Wild Card Weekend Picks - All Games
NFL Playoffs begin with six games. Denver and Seattle earned byes. Winners advance, losers go home:
- Saturday: Los Angeles Rams (-10.5, 46.5) at Carolina Panthers
- Saturday: Green Bay Packers (-1.5, 45) at Chicago Bears
- Sunday: Buffalo Bills (-1, 52) at Jacksonville Jaguars
- Sunday: San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles (-4.5, 44.5)
- Sunday: Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots (-3.5, 46)
- Monday: Houston Texans (-3, 38.5) at Pittsburgh Steelers
NFL Football Picks, 1/9/2025
Fearless Rick & Coin Flip 2025 NCAA CFP Semifinals Football Picks
Winners head to the national championship at the Orange Bowl in Miami, January 19.
- Thurs: 10 Miami Hurricanes (-3, 53) vs 6 Ole Miss Rebels
- Fri: 5 Oregon Ducks vs 1 Indiana Hoosiers (-3, 47.5)
NCAA College Football Picks, 1/7/2026
Business, Money, Financial News for the Week of January 4 - January 10, 2026
Friday: White House Says U.S. Will "Dictate" Policy in Venezuela, Bloomberg Rebalancing Won't Stop Silver or Gold Rallies; Pipe Dreams of Inexperience
Thursday: Carry On, and Don't Panic; Global Condition in Turmoil; Tariff Decision, Earnings Will Add to General Confusion
Wednesday: With No Guardrails and No Competition for U.S. Imperialism, Stocks Will Soar to Incredible Heights in 2026
Tuesday: Stocks Soar on Maduro Capture, Prospects for Big Oil Advance; Gold, Silver Continue to Rally
Sunday: WEEKEND WRAP: Venezuela Under U.S. Control Changes the Global Oil Calculation; Gold, Silver lower, but Steady; Stocks End 2025 on Down Note
Money Daily, 1/4-1/10/2026
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