Of Two Minds

There are voluntary ‘Anti-Consumers’ like us, and increasingly, ‘involuntary Anti-Consumers’ who have no choice but to slash all discretionary spending to the bone.

A steady diet of adversity prepares one for both the low-level adversities of daily life but also for the metaphorical droughts and floods that push us to our limits of endurance and adaptability.

I speak not just of magic but of Magick, and my friend Richard Metzger’s latest project.

History suggests being wary of the “strong buys” at $45 when the eventual bottom is $4.

The rollercoaster ride is about to get “fun,” as in unpredictable, volatile and unnerving for those normalized to extreme distortions “fixing” all things financial.

Confidence / complacency doesn’t map the real world, in which liquidity dries up and markets go bidless.