Monthly Archives: December 2012

Cue Nonfarm Payrolls

Posted on December 6, 2012 by macromon

Reuters Poll = 93K average Range = 25K (BNP) – 145K (Nomura) (click here if video is not observable)

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Earth At Night

Posted on December 6, 2012 by macromon

Very cool NASA satellite photos via Mashable. (click here if pictures are not observable)

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French Unemployment Still Rising

Posted on December 6, 2012 by macromon

France’s unemployment rate has risen again, with the picture particularly bleak for young people… Using International Labour Organisation measurements, the jobless total reached 10.3 percent of the workforce in the third quarter of this year. The rise in youth unemployment … Continue reading →

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Apple and Tim Cook

Posted on December 6, 2012 by macromon

Nice reversal — again — in Apple. At least when they shake the tree really hard there are still buyers to pick up the nuts.    They tried to sell it into to close but bids came in.  The stock is … Continue reading →

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Cliff Diving – Day 19

Posted on December 6, 2012 by macromon

Not much here. The markets continue to slowly grind higher on strong seasonals.   The S&P500 (SPY) gained 0.34 percent and the Russell was up another 0.16%.   Utilities were strong, financials up 0.32 percent, and the VIX basically flat. Employment number … Continue reading →

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The Most Corrupt Governments

Posted on December 5, 2012 by macromon

Transparency International is out with their Corruption Perceptions Index ranking governments on a scale 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The Corruption Perceptions Index scores countries on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). While no … Continue reading →

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The Great Firewall of China

Posted on December 5, 2012 by macromon

The Chinese regime is famous for its “Great Fire Wall”—a comprehensive Internet censorship system that blocks websites authorities don’t want the public to see. But what about when the website’s hugely popular, like Twitter, and the people wanting to use … Continue reading →

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Cliff Diving – Day 18: Can Kicks Back

Posted on December 5, 2012 by macromon

Lots of divergences today. The markets caught a bid on China’s Shanghai catching a bid from nowhere.   The Shanghai was up close to 3 percent and off a three year low,  which had the index down 11 percent for the … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Jaw Dropping Flop

Posted on December 5, 2012 by macromon

What a flop! Apple’s $37 plus, 6.43 percent sell off was surreal. The world’s largest and most profitable company giving up almost $40 billion of market value while the rest of the market basically yawned? That doesn’t happen often. The … Continue reading →

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Creative Destruction: The Music Industry

Posted on December 4, 2012 by macromon

The iTunes store…reinvented music.  Between 2003 and 2007, more than 2,700 record stores vanished, freeing up real estate and capital that could be used for other things. – Michael Saylor, The Mobile Wave

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