At war without being at war. Operation Epic Fury gone.Project Freedom ballyhooed, then pause.

Little Marco out of a loop.

What’s our goal-status quo ante.

25th Amendment, impeachment? Something is wrong.

Mike plays a doctor on TV.

Doing nothing was the right thing.

Iran is not amused.

Mike’s report on the market: he’s lovin’ it.

The market is not the real world.

Mike says April is historically the best month, and in thisweird world, this April was great in this not real world. Gotta have somethingbad to get something good.

“Sell in May, and go away, come back on Halloween day,” isan old market adage. There is a reason.

We look at the Technicals and they say nothing dramatic.

Warsh coming on to be the big guy at the Fed. Governors sendmessage.

Nothing on Central Bank rates other than Norway raising.Middle East is rationale. Not a shock.

Oil fell to 85 but not end of story as everything is day today.

Was Venezuela a hint?

If we are energy self-sufficient, why is the price going up?

We are topping’ off all the time.

Mike reporting a surge in inflation. Leading indicatorsdown.

Layoffs down, means there are less people to lay off.

Labor force shrunk as folks get laid off and stop lookingfor work.

Where do they go? Mike optimistic but not predictingnirvana.

Our March meeting and a lot of history is going on. The US started a war, and it started it with a murder. We are at war at the behest of another country.Fill that tank up quickly as the prices are rising at the barrel and the pump.It’s a war we did not have to do.Mike loves the Dow, and why shouldn’t he as it’s always up…or was.Now it’s down. The cause, we all know.On the Long Hill Report, Conversations with, we are basically a discussion of the previous month, and it was not bad, considering that February is usually kind of a downer.February saw the first Dow close over 50,000 (and maybe the last).All cancelled now!How will it all end. Will it be our biggest victory since Grenada. Will there be a big victory in Iran parade.The administration does not have a long attention span.Mike was able to come up with some history that’s not to bad. March does have big swings, as we are seeing.And so we had some back and forth, Mike had a chance to go down in history and blew it.Next month, we will have more gallows humor.

Bitcoin dives, gold and silver slide.

The Armada goes to Iran, not to close. The Armada in historymight not be the term he wants.

Trump and hyperbole is getting old. Does not sound sane. Isit 25th Amendment time?

Should we have done it to Biden.

As to the market, January was great, with four highs.

What is the Dow at this point. It ain’t the old days.

Inflation is not good, employment is problematic.

See ya next month.

Lotsa news. Maduro seized...constitutional? Trump want Greenland. Senator Tillis... it's nuts.But markets doing well as Mike knows but can't explain, but gives it a try.Watch out for the mid-terms.Oil price not moving.Touch and go, we had the Santa Claus Rally.Yard sale coming at the White House per Mike.Interest rates coming down. Venezuela has highest.Inflation confusing as reports old.Be positive make money.Mike looks at financials and employment.see ya next month.

Dow at another high, Mike happy. Dow of course ain’t what it used to be.¼ point down, with Powell blaming the tariffs for anything bad, self-serving and dig at Trump.Who can figure him out.12 Billion Farm bill.Big manufacturing boom?Won’t miss all the independent agencies.November is historically best month, this year not shabby.December is 2nd best historically, and looking for Santa Claus rally. let’s watch.Mikes okay with the year.On to looking at technicals, Major News, Interest Rates and other news.

October the middler usually in performance, the worst month ever was the crash of ’87. This year surprisingly, it was up. This October saw 7 all time highs.

Richard did not pull his usual downer.

Bitcoin really dived. Mike’s analogy is Bitcoin is the name brand like Kleenex, so the other cryptos are less than.

Mike likes the leading indicators, but not perfect instruments.

Too early for next year predictions.

and Much more.

Richard dishonorably sandbags Mike with a chart (courtesy ofMTS Observer) that shows where gold vs. the dollar has been going. Mike holdshis own in the discussion, but neither budges.

Mike is sticking with the stock market, and for the averageman or woman, that probably is all there is.

Mike and I review the usual monthy stuff.

Honeymoon at Graveside Manor is the next production at Pasture Prime Players. Stephanie Seymour will be a first time director. The Pasture Prime Players are not averse to doing the macabre in a fun way. This is Stephanie Seymour’s first directorial outing. Horror writers wants to write his story at a former funeral home on a honeymoon. Steph is here to excite you about the production.

John Small is with us to bring to life the lighthouse and its place in the maritime history here in Massachusetts and the U.S. He is the author of The Small Family Legacy: A Journey of Ingenuity, Sea and Story.The Smalls, on Cape Cod, provided the land and personnel for the early light on the far Cape.In 1786, Congress appropriated the money and the light was built on the Small’s land in 1796.John goes into depth explaining the operational history of the light house which was, early on, family history.The Smalls would interact with a famous American man of letters, Henry David Thoreau.The land was always shifting which John speaks to.The work was boring, except when it wasn’t with storms and wrecks. Was it haunted?In these latter days, the light is automated. John will be coming out with a children’s book on the theme of a lighthouse with a mouse family,

We open with “Free Ghislaine” if no crimes were committed.

Things have changed, and it now seems to be the Biden-Trumpadministration.

Fed meeting, not yet for change, but discussion.

Tariffs still going back and forth. Stock market does not like‘em. Market is afraid of rising prices.

Some people like upheaval.

Junes have been good last two years. Odd Junes have seengood months for many years.

Mike is not cursing Trump. Wait to next month.

Nothing spectacular as regards technical and inflation and leadingeconomic indicators. Same on jobless and employment.