Monthly Archives: October 2012

Steve Jobs, The Visionary

Posted on October 4, 2012 by macromon

A year after his death, Steve Jobs’ legacy grows, his impact is still being felt and a newly discovered talk from 1983 speaks to his insightful vision. (click here if video is not observable)

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Quote of the Day: Game Change?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by macromon

10:29 pm.  How is Obama’s closing statement so fucking sad, confused, and lame?  He choked.  He lost.  He may even have lost the election tonight. –Andrew Sullivan

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Portugal’s Bond Swap

Posted on October 3, 2012 by macromon

Interesting swap.  Note Portugal’s 10-year sovereign spread relative to the German bund has come in 423 bps this year.  The 10-year government bond now yields under 9 percent. (click here if video and chart are not observable)

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Unemployment Rates of Selected OECD Countries

Posted on October 3, 2012 by macromon

Nice chart from the BLS. (click here if chart is not observable)

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France’s Youth Unemployment Problem

Posted on October 2, 2012 by macromon

For the first time since the late 1990s, there are more than three million jobless people in France, with nearly a quarter of under 25s currently unemployed. President Francois Hollande has promised to wage a war on unemployment, and to … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Textbook Bounce

Posted on October 2, 2012 by macromon

Classic bounce of the 50-day moving average for Apple today.  The stock’s been behaving badly and let’s see if the correction is over.  Apple’s intraday turn helped reverse today’s market downdraft.   Watch Apple as the market tell. (click here … Continue reading →

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Spain’s Rajoy Delays Bailout Request

Posted on October 2, 2012 by macromon

Conditionality is political poison in Spain on the receiving end and in Nor Euro without it.  Therein lies Europe’s conundrum. (click here if video is not observable)

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Apple Behaving Badly

Posted on October 1, 2012 by macromon

After trading up to $676.75 in the first hour,  Apple slid more than $20 only to close just off its lows of the day.  It also closed below the key support of $660 and the only positive of the day … Continue reading →

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Oktoberfest: The Relative Cost of a Beer

Posted on October 1, 2012 by macromon

Good stuff suds from the Economist, ON SEPTEMBER 22nd, the beer started flowing at Oktoberfest in Munich, an annual Bavarian beer festival which confusingly begins at the end of September. Last year, over the course of the 16-day event, visitors … Continue reading →

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Stratfor: Demographics and Geopolitics

Posted on October 1, 2012 by macromon

Good piece by George Friedman on global demographic trends.  The solution to declining populations?   Technology. …today, countries like Germany and Japan are facing massive population busts… It’s not the falling population that’s the problem…worst of all, it’s a falling and … Continue reading →

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