February 2026

The Commerce Department’s advance retail sales report for December revealed that total US retail receipts were essentially unchanged from November, coming in flat after a 0.6 percent increase in November and well below economists’ expectations for a 0.4 percent rise in December. Core retail sales, or the measure that excludes volatile categories like autos, gasoline, […]

The reality one would think that most governments are acutely aware of the risk of capital and talent will flee when designing regulatory policies and targeting the rich and corporations for excessive taxation. The dynamic seems to be one of ignorance, or denial that their marxist goals are simply against human nature. The only politicians

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 1,286.60 points or 2.28% to 57,650.54 • Shanghai increased 5.283 points or 0.13% to 4,128.373 • Hang Seng increased 155.99 points or 0.58% to 27,183.15 • ASX 200 decreased 2.70 points or -0.03% to 8,867.40 • SENSEX increased 208.17 points

When Zelensky became president, I warned that all of my sources said that this was the man selected by the Neocon to start World War III. He has simply refused to honor the peace agreements and demands the Donbas which he will unleash genocide and kill all the Russians who have lived there for centuries.

Hungary’s Viktor Orban declared that anyone attempting to dismantle his nation’s energy supply is an “enemy.” “Anyone who says this is an enemy of Hungary, so Ukraine is our enemy,” he said. Furthermore, Orban believes it is not in his nation’s best interest to permit Ukraine to join the European Union. “Hungarians should not want

Donald Trump recently stated that the Dow could reach 100,000 by the end of his presidency, and the usual crowd immediately rushed to either cheer or ridicule the statement without understanding why such a number is even possible. The problem with modern analysis is that it assumes markets rise because governments are doing something right.

Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright publicly admitting that the company is now aiming its marketing and pricing toward households earning over $100,000 a year is a confession that fast food no longer functions the way it used to. What began as the cheap, quick alternative to a sit-down meal has mutated into something unaffordable for the

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 2,110.26 points or 3.89% to 56,363.94 • Shanghai increased 57.506 points or 1.41% to 4,123.09 • Hang Seng increased 467.21 points or 1.76% to 27,027.16 • ASX 200 increased 161.30 points or 1.85% to 8,870.10 • SENSEX increased 485.35 points

QUESTION: Will oil go crazy if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz? Sam ANSWER: It is questionable if Iran would do that, for we get only about 3% of our oil through that strait, whereas 80% or so goes to China. Nevertheless, February was a Directional Change and March remains a key target until we

Autonomous AI robots are outsourcing their work to humans. “AI can’t touch grass, you can, get paid when agents need someone in the real world,” the website states. “Robots need your body.” RentAHuman.ai describes itself as the “meatspace layer for AI.” There is no shortage of stories about AI replacing humans. And yet here we