Monthly Archives: March 2018

The $10k 3-D Printed House

Posted on March 28, 2018 by macromon

Stunning! Click link to view video. This 3D Printed House Was Finished in a Day and Costs Less Than $10,000 #3dprinting https://t.co/gc1mBVA0TW pic.twitter.com/IAn3oxaIS3 — 3D Printing News (@3DPrintMaven) March 20, 2018  

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“Many Chinese Would Like To Teach [Trump] A Lesson”

Posted on March 27, 2018 by macromon

Yikes!  Nasty rhetoric from a newspaper under the auspices of the People’s Daily. Me thinks Trump & Co.  are going to be played by Xi & Co. like a Chinese fiddle. China already perceives the Trump Administration as a Paper Tiger. … Continue reading →

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The Key to Understanding Facebook’s Current Crisis – WSJ

Posted on March 27, 2018 by macromon

Facebook’s current data crisis involving Cambridge Analytica has angered users and prompted government investigations. To understand what’s happening now, you have to look back at Facebook’s old policies from 2007 to 2014. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains. Illustration: Laura Kammerman Don’t … Continue reading →

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Our Favorite Pairs Trade

Posted on March 27, 2018 by macromon

Difficult to short such beauty… Long Short

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The JFK-Trump S&P Analog Roadmap – BTFFD

Posted on March 27, 2018 by macromon

We have had lots of requests to update our JFK-Trump S&P500 analog.  Here you go. The Kennedy-Trump S&P500 analog is tracking, on a directional basis, relatively well, with the Trump S&P now 3.56 percent below the JFK S&P, 347 trading … Continue reading →

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QOTD: When Goldie Meets Frankie

Posted on March 27, 2018 by macromon

“I think overall we have been pricing in for Goldilocks and we are closer to Frankenstein to be honest.” — Steen Jakobsen,  Saxo Bank on CNBC, March 27

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China calls on WTO members – EuroNews

Posted on March 26, 2018 by macromon

Beijing urges them to oppose U.S. tariffs targeting China’s alleged theft of intellectual property.… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/26/ch…

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China’s Other Nuclear Option

Posted on March 25, 2018 by macromon

Sorry to be such a downer, folks. We have to stress test the macro scenarios versus current market conditions by looking at worst case events, then calculating expected values based on the most likely probabilities. Especially after such a huge … Continue reading →

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The ‘Bots Are Coming For The Surgeons

Posted on March 25, 2018 by macromon

Mar.23 — This robot may be the surgeon of the future. Created by Auris Health, it is designed to conduct a biopsy. This demonstration shows how the device will operate on and maneuver through a human lung. In the future, … Continue reading →

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Still No Relief From The Bond Market

Posted on March 25, 2018 by macromon

Last week the S&P500 sold down 5.95 percent. We noted in an earlier post, Why This Correction Is Different, in that the current sell-off is different from all other corrections over the past 30 years (except a special case in … Continue reading →

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