Yearly Archives: 2017

COTD: Young Adults (18-34) Living At Home

  (COTD = Chart of the Day)                                                             Source:  U.S. Census

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QOTD: North Korea

Game on and, unfortunately, and it’s not just  Donkey Kong! The North Korean crisis seems even more uncertain now and much riskier after Steve Bannon’s comments last week, which may embolden Kim Jong-un to challenge President Trump’s “fire and fury” … Continue reading

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Dollar Index Breaks

https://twitter.com/simonting/status/902435505513447424

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China Obsessed With Wealth Effect

We discussed the increasing role of the “wealth effect” in U.S. monetary policy and a key driver of aggregate demand in out last post,  The Gold-Bond Correlation And Other Macro Observations. Nothing compared to China, however. Why are investments so … Continue reading

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The Gold-Bond Correlation And Other Macro Observations

We have posted several pieces over this year noting the high correlation of gold and 10-year bond futures. See here, here and here. Here is how the gold ETF (GLD) and the Treasury ETF (TLT) have moved together over various … Continue reading

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Presidential Job Approval: Truman To Trump

  Source:   Gallup

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Week in Review – August 25

Global Stock Indices Kind of a quiet week for developed markets (DM) though with an upward bias. Emerging markets continue to rip higher with Brazil up almost 4 percent for the week on expectations of a massive sale of state … Continue reading

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US Sector ETF Performance – August 25

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Global Risk Monitor – August 25

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Speech By Mario Draghi At Jackson Hole

Sustaining openness in a dynamic global economy Speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, at the Economic Policy Symposium of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, 25 August 201 The global recovery is firming up. In … Continue reading

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