Monthly Archives: December 2012

Stratfor: Political Change in Asia

Good background on the changes coming as the result of Japan and South Korea’s elections.   Good stuff. Stratfor’s Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker discusses this week’s elections in Japan and South Korea and the effects on the … Continue reading

Posted in China, Geopolitical, Japan, Politics | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Week in Review

(click here if charts are not observable)

Posted in Week in Review | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

‘Toon of the Day: The End

(click here if cartoon is not observable)

Posted in Cartoon of the Day | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Weekend Lecture: The McWage Index

Good stuff from the London School of Economics and the “best labor economist in the world.”  It’s wonkish and the main target of the lecture are for economists. Hope you have some time to give it a listen. Click here … Continue reading

Posted in Video | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

U.S. Equity Sector ETF Performance

(click here if charts and table are not observable)

Posted in Sector ETF Peformance | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 3bps lower; France 2 bps tighter to the Bund; Ireland 18 bps tighter; Italy 16 bps tighter; Spain 17 bps tighter; Portugal 11 bp tighter; Greece 116 bps tighter; Large Eurozone banks up  -1.0 … Continue reading

Posted in Weekly Eurozone Watch | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Picture of the Day: End of the World

Click picture to enlarge. (click here if picture is not observable)

Posted in Picture of the Day | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Feliz Navidad! Not!

Leave it to the pols to ruin Christmas.   Now it’s either a purely Democratic cliff bill or nuttin’, honey.    Good luck passing the debt ceiling. The House Republican Conference turned its back on Speaker John Boehner Thursday, forcing GOP … Continue reading

Posted in Fiscal Cliff Monitor, Fiscal Policy | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Gold is no hedge for Apple

A friend of GMac Monitor tweets on our last post on gold:  “so gold is no short-term hedge for Apple?” When in doubt go to the charts… Short answer.  Nope! Didn’t the Mayans write about this correlation?  Or was it … Continue reading

Posted in Apple, Gold | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Gold Breaks 200-day Moving Average

The precious metals continue to trade not so precious. Gold broke its 200-day moving average today.  The yellow metal seems to be suffering the same fate as Apple going into year-end.   Some investors are too long and the perception of … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment