Category: Socionomics

  • 1/22/2023 Here is an ad from the internet, note the store o[ens at  5 00 AM!  

  • 11/17/2023   I believe I have posted this every year before Black Friday since the blog began in  2009. It was written in  1844 but may be even more relevant today in this world of advertising and credit cards.  I urge you to read this and think about the meaning of the Holidays.   ____________________…

  • 11/15/2023 Here is social mood on display the car sold originally for  $6 K< what a collector bought in  1985 for  $500,000, shrewd, a bargain as the bull market in stocks got underway What though is the buyer thinking at  $52  M? that money would make  $2.5 M  a year now in T bills and…

  • 11/10/23 Hi Dennis,   I hope you are well.   I just wanted to check in on the 2023 Socionomics Foundation Scholarship. I believe SF set a Nov 22 deadline. Do you expect to have many submissions from your students for the Fall?   We’re looking forward to reading through them all and naming a…

  • 11/2/2023 Dennis Elam Friday  Nov 3, 2023 Word Count Social Mood Trends More Negative National Association of Realtors NAR Lose Anti-Trust Suit  Over  Fees, $1.8 B in Damages WSJ Today Social Mood drives social outcomes. Mood is not motivated by external events which is conventional wisdom. Positive mood is inclusionary and optimistic. This is why…

  • Monday  10/30/23 I was struck by how muuch Arnold's comments in write your ow story irror just what Ralph Emerson tells us – imitation is suicide! Take a read ans see the similarity.   Arnold’s Corner: Monday Motivation I am flying back from the UK, and I loved seeing all of my fans there. I…

  • The Whole World is Watching Social Mood Determines Social Action, not the other way around Socionomic Theory The fall of US Deterrence has been occurring slowly and now suddenly. Russia invades Georgia in 20078 ad Ukraine in 2014. President Obama ignores his  ‘red line’ on chemical weapons in Syria. China builds its own islands in…

  • Monday Oct 16 2023 Wars bring uncertainty. Smart investors take a snapshot in time and then position their portfolios for what they think will change. The terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel were horrific, barbaric. The Israeli reaction may bring long-term peace by rooting out Hamas and, if the Biden administration has any fortitude, neutralizing…