Monthly Archives: November 2012

Perspective on Greece’s Great Depression

Posted on November 19, 2012 by macromon

Bank of America Merrill Lynch provides an informative chart with perspective on how bad it is in Greece, The Greek recession has been the most severe in the recent history of crisis and compares only to the U.S. Great Depression.  … Continue reading →

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Ray Dalio on the Global Economy – Foreign Affairs

Posted on November 18, 2012 by macromon

How did we miss this?  The interview with Foreign Affairs took place in September. Good stuff.  Ray Dalio is one smart dude. Here is what jumped out at us, The age of big returns is over.  Of asset classes, in … Continue reading →

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‘Toon of the Day: AAPL Gets Some Therapy

Posted on November 18, 2012 by macromon

Nice ‘toon via Mashable! Is Apple ready to bounce after its horrid almost 30 percent two-month swan dive? Friday’s humungo reversal on humungo volume looks like a decent trading bounce is coming. Even the bears seem to think so, including … Continue reading →

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Global Trend Indicators

Posted on November 18, 2012 by macromon

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Week in Review

Posted on November 18, 2012 by macromon

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Quote of the Day: The True Economist

Posted on November 18, 2012 by macromon

The bad economist pursues a small present good, which will be followed by a great evil to come, while the true economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil. – Frédéric Bastiat,  circa … Continue reading →

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Greenspan’s Dose of Realism

Posted on November 17, 2012 by macromon

Former Fed chairman,  Alan Greenspan, dishes out some real gems to CNN’s Ali Veshi on the fiscal cliff and the country’s current economic situation, in general.   He almost sounds like the inflation slaying Paul Volcker.  Rather than inflation this time, … Continue reading →

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China’s Hu and Wen Economy

Posted on November 17, 2012 by macromon

Nice graphic from the WSJ’s ChinaRealTimeReport blog of the Chinese economy under the outgoing leadership of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao. The upshot?  The country’s new leaders have some tough shoes to fill with a slowing economy and the old … Continue reading →

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Stratfor: China’s New Leaders

Posted on November 16, 2012 by macromon

Stratfor’s Vice President of International Projects Jennifer Richmond discusses the challenges for China’s new leadership. For more analysis, visit: http://www.Stratfor.com (click here if video is not observable)

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U.S. Equity Sector ETF Performance

Posted on November 16, 2012 by macromon

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