Monthly Archives: December 2012

What’s Up With Gold?

Posted on December 17, 2012 by macromon

The Fed expanding its balance sheet by over $1 trillion next year and the Bank of Japan expected to embark on massive quantitative easing and gold can’t catch a bid.  WTF? Mark Dow over at Behavior Macro has the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Gold | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

U.S. Equities Playing Catch Up

Posted on December 17, 2012 by macromon

As stock markets have been breaking out all over the world, U.S. equities have lagged over fiscal cliff fears.  We think the U.S. catches up as the ROW (rest of the world)  takes a little breather. Clearly the two big … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Equities | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Stratfor: Robert D. Kaplan on the Rise of Asia

Posted on December 16, 2012 by macromon

Given today’s landslide election in Japan, which returned Shinzo Abe back to power, we leave you with some great analysis by Stratfor’s Robert Kaplan. I think we have been too long taking Asia’s stability for granted…I can see signs of … Continue reading →

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

The Massive Move in Won/Yen Cross

Posted on December 16, 2012 by macromon

Add currency wars to Asia’s geopolitical tensions next year as a result of the Abe landslide. The Korean won/yen cross has strengthened a stunning 19.8 percent since June 4th.  That’s a big move in relative prices and competitiveness between the … Continue reading →

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

Abe Landslide — Black Swan 2013?

Posted on December 16, 2012 by macromon

Shinzo Abe may put together a government with a super majority in lower house of the Japanese Diet.   Sounds like a mandate to us. Abe has been promoting a massive quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan and public works … Continue reading →

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

Global Trend Indicators

Posted on December 15, 2012 by macromon

(click here if tables are not observable)

Posted in Global Trend Indicators | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Week in Review

Posted on December 15, 2012 by macromon

(click here if charts are not observable)

Posted in Week in Review | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Quote of the Day: Control Your Demons

Posted on December 15, 2012 by macromon

It’s not lack of information that holds us back. The binding constraint is emotions. This doesn’t mean information is not good. It is good, but only AFTER you’ve got your emotions harnessed. And very few of us have… Individual investors … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Weekend Lecture Series: George Soros, Crisis of Economics

Posted on December 14, 2012 by macromon

Great stuff.   George Soros at the Festival of Economics in Trento, Italy.  The lecture was given on June 2, 2012. The upshot?  Economics is not physics. …I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Lectures | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

U.S. Equity Sector ETF Performance

Posted on December 14, 2012 by macromon

(click here if charts are not observable)

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