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Monthly Archives: June 2011
The Weekend Read: Greek Week
Everything depends on computers these days: the energy supply, airplanes, trains. I’m worried that the Net will soon become a war zone, a platform for professional attacks on critical infrastructure. – Evgeny Kaspersky, anti-virus expert Bonds Munis Dithering in Wake … Continue reading
Is the Fed the World’s Largest Fixed-Income Hedge Fund?
The following data is taken from Congressional testimony of the well respected banking analyst, Bert Ely, illustrates how the Federal Reserve has gone from being a taxpayer subsidized monetary authority to one of the world’s largest and most profitable bank/fixed-income … Continue reading
Posted in Bonds, Economics, Inflation/Deflation, Monetary Policy
Tagged Federal Reserve Balance Sheet, GSEs, MBS, Treasury Securites
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Who Owns the U.S. Equity Market?
The following chart shows who holds U.S. equities, including foreign shares traded in the U.S.. at the end of March 2011. Notice that 36 percent of the market value of shares were held by the household sector. Our good … Continue reading
Question of the Day
Market’s are priced for a G-Pap vote of confidence and will most likely celebrate with a relief rally. But the 12 billion euro question is can G-Pap win over the Greek street? If you believe it, run, don’t walk to … Continue reading
Posted in Black Swan Watch, Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Risk, State and Local Government
Tagged Greece, Sovereign Debt
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Debt and Leverage in Advanced Economies
The following is one of the most comprehensive snapshots of relative debt and leverage in the major advanced economies. The source of the table is the IMF’s Global Financial Stability Report (page 11). We find interesting that U.S. debt held … Continue reading
Posted in Bonds, Budget Deficit, Charts, Economics, Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Risk
Tagged Debt, European Debt Crisis, Japan, Leverage, PIIGS, Sovereign Debt
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Quote of the Day: Golf’s Fat Tail
“The probability of Northern Ireland producing back-to-back U.S. Open champions is a lottery number, it’s bigger than that.” – Graeme McDowell
The New Perfect Storm?
We received the latest Bubble Bulletin newsletter from the Society of Actuaries (SOA) last week and it was, to say the least, “hair raising.” According to the report, Actuary Shaun Wang, a leader in enterprise risk management, and founder and … Continue reading
Posted in Black Swan Watch, Bonds, Commodities
Tagged Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, Soceity of Actuaries, Solar Flares
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Week in Review: Happy Father’s Day!
After another testy week for the global markets the major U.S. equity indices currently sit right at support around their 200-day moving averages. The NASDAQ pulled down by weakness in Apple and Google closed the week below its 200-day for … Continue reading
Global Trend Indicators
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Posted in Global Trend Indicators
Tagged bonds, Commodities, CRB, dollar, Euro, Foodstuffs, Global Stock Markets, Yen
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The Weekend Read: U.S. Open – Boehner v. Obama
Golf Digest estimates Mr. Obama’s handicap — perhaps generously, in the view of some golfers — at 17, meaning, theoretically, that the president would typically play 18 holes in the high 80s to low 90s. The magazine put Mr. Biden’s … Continue reading
Posted in The Weekend Read
Tagged bonds, Commodities, Crude Oil, Golf, Obama and Boehner, Stocks, U.S. Open
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Global Macro Monitor 