Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Euro End Game: Simon Johnson Gets It

Run, don’t walk, to the Peter Boone/Simon Johnson Bloomberg piece, As European Austerity Ends, So Could the Euro.  While most are clamoring for more money printing by the ECB to monetize bad sovereign debt which has no demand,  the Global … Continue reading

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Week in Review

Key Data Points France’s CAC turns negative for the year; Dow has worst week in 2012; German DAX bounces after its worst week of the year; KOSPI, NIKKEI, SENSEX, and All Ords have worst week of 2012; Hang Seng and … Continue reading

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Eurozone set for slow recovery

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Global Trend Indicators

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Have Markets Priced the Presidential Campaign?

It is our sense the conventional wisdom has assumed an Obama victory in November.  The polling shows a much closer race, in fact, a dead heat.  Romney has opened a 10 point lead among independents, who, on the margin, will … Continue reading

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Weekly Eurozone Watch: Spain at 6.0%, Greece Blows Out

Key data points: German 10-year Bund new weekly closing low at 1.516 percent; Spain 10-year wider by 34 bps, first 2012 weekly close over 6.0 percent; Italy 10-year 14 bps wider; Greece 10-year blows out 425 bps on the week; … Continue reading

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Will 1340 Hold?

The S&P500 has broke its initial support at 1360 and has held above 1340.  The question is will the JP Morgan news be the catalyst for a true test of 1340?   The markets are getting very choppy and its hard … Continue reading

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Tell Us It Ain’t So, JP MO!

This doesn’t come at good time for the markets.    Bloomberg is reporting, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) said it lost about $2 billion tied to synthetic credit securities after positions taken by its chief investment office were riskier than expected. … Continue reading

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Spain partly nationalises Bankia

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U.S. Equities Outperforming

Informative chart from Bespoke showing U.S. equities outperforming all major equity markets x/China in this downdraft. (click here if chart is not observable)

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