Monthly Archives: October 2011

Germany dampens euro zone crisis hopes

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Belgium Waffles w/ Irish Coffee = No Free Brunch

Over the weekend we posted a chart illustrating how French bond yields are blowing out.  Zero Hedge posted the following chart today illustrating the Belgium – German yield spread has just hit a new high.  ZH has been spot on … Continue reading

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Rhyme of History: Young Pinkies from Columbia & Harvard?

Nice ‘toon floating around the ‘net.   Can you hear the rhyme of history in our current political dialogue?  Marxist rhetoric and all.   Check out Uncle Joe in the corner enjoying the red sunrise. We provide a little historical context … Continue reading

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China’s Dwindling Trade Surplus Signals Weak World Economy

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Week in Review: Swanned Out?

Huge week.  The S&P500, Nasdaq, Russell 2000, FTSE, Mexican Bolsa, and Hang Seng, Euro, and the CRB had their best weeks of the year.   After what we would deem a very disappointing G20, which revealed continued fracture and disunity within … Continue reading

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Global Trend Indicators

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Spooky Chart: French with an Irish Brogue

Here is the one chart via Reuters that scares us most.   French bond yields relative to 10-year German bonds have been spiking.  The market seems concerned that a large commitment by France to backstop or recapitalize its banking system could … Continue reading

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Apple Set to Close at All-time High

Though there is still 2 hours of trading to the close,  Apple is well above its September 20th all-time closing high of 413.45 and could easily ramp another $3 into close to take out its 422. 86 intraday high. After … Continue reading

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Euro Banks Under Pressure on Greek Holdings

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Europe’s Other Bank Problem

One would think the following chart has a data error.   Not so. Europe is way over banked and the chart illustrates the monumental task and cost of recapitalizing some of their largest banks.  The size of the largest four banking … Continue reading

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