Monthly Archives: January 2018

Nonlinear Thinking: Lifeguard drone completes world-first ocean rescue

Posted on January 18, 2018 by macromon

It has been a while since our last nonlinear thinking post. We think it is time to start up again. We wrote about the coming of the iLifeguard back in in 2013, Nonlinear Thinking: iLifeguards Posted on March 26, 2013 … Continue reading →

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Hardest Working Countries – Statista

Posted on January 16, 2018 by macromon

Interesting stuff from Statista.  Should blow away the priors of the hoi polloi, especially in the EU. Across the globe, people are firmly back in the working groove after all the fun, relaxation and overindulgence of the holiday season. This … Continue reading →

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QOTD: Dr. King

Posted on January 13, 2018 by macromon

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.  – Martin Luther King, Jr .

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Week In Review – Jan 12

Posted on January 13, 2018 by macromon

“Frothy the Snowman, was a jolly, happy soul…. Thumpety, thump, thump, thumpety thump, thump, look at Frothy go!” Momentum is a very powerful thang, especially when powered by a theme of synchronized global expansion and  “blockbuster” retail money flows into … Continue reading →

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Lionel Messi’s 100-Million-Euro Contract – Spiegel

Posted on January 13, 2018 by macromon

Betcha Messi glad he didn’t quit now! Lionel Messi’s new contracts with FC Barcelona exceed all limits. Two contracts that Messi signed with FC Barcelona on June 30, 2017 — an employment contract and one covering his marketing rights — … Continue reading →

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Sector ETF Performance – January 12

Posted on January 13, 2018 by macromon
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Global Risk Monitor – January 12

Posted on January 13, 2018 by macromon
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Merkel secures ‘grand coalition’ breakthrough – FT

Posted on January 13, 2018 by macromon

The German chancellor’s conservative bloc and left-of-centre rivals the Social Democrats have achieved a breakthrough in exploratory talks on forming a new ‘grand coalition’ ► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM .

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World’s Fastest Growing Economies In 2018

Posted on January 8, 2018 by macromon

We have updated with the latest 2018 and 2019-20 average annual forecasts and ranked the world’s country 2018 GDP forecasts in our ginormous table below. The data are from the October 2017 IMF’s World Economic Outlook. The forecasts probably underestimate … Continue reading →

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Week In Review – Jan 5

Posted on January 7, 2018 by macromon

  What a first week to start the year.   Frothy the Snowman refuses to melt! Emerging markets still all the rage. No supply, my friends.  Global markets have gone parabolic. Fixed-income – Greece bond yields hit 12-year low as … Continue reading →

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