Monthly Archives: April 2018

President Reagan On The ’87 Stock Market Crash

Posted on April 21, 2018 by macromon

President Reagan certainly understood the nature of markets. That is they do whatever they are going to do, sometimes without a fundamental rhyme or reason.   Very different from the current occupant of the White House who seems to think every … Continue reading →

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Alan Greenspan on Debt, Deficit, Tax Cuts – Bloomberg

Posted on April 20, 2018 by macromon

Excellent interview.   Upshot?  Inflation cometh. Apr.18 — Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan joined Bloomberg Television for a wide-ranging discussion about U.S. debt, the current rate hike path, Europe’s new direction and his reading assignment for the Republicans. … Continue reading →

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Vampire Squid Plagiarism & The 1962 Bear Market

Posted on April 20, 2018 by macromon

Not that we discovered the similarities between the recent volatility shock and 1962 we certainly were the first to cite it and write it up.  Goldie cribbed our research. Only three times since 1950 has intraday volatility jumped so high … Continue reading →

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JFK-Trump S&P500 Analog – It’s Showtime!

Posted on April 20, 2018 by macromon

After 363 trading days since election day, the JFK and Trump S&P500 are only 1.52 percent apart regarding price performance. The Kennedy bull run peaked 274 trading days after the November 7, 1960, election rising 31.81 percent and topping on … Continue reading →

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iPhone Demand Sparks New Worries For Apple | CNBC

Posted on April 19, 2018 by macromon

Thought tax cuts were going to lead us to the new economic Shangri-La? Random thought:  We hear much about how the corporate tax cut has changed the game for profits.   Isn’t this just the government jumping into the financial engineering … Continue reading →

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China’s Opaque Financial System And The U.S. S&L Crisis

Posted on April 19, 2018 by macromon

Awesome chart on the opaque China’s Financial System from the IMF’s latest Global Financial Stability Report.    China has been a hedge fund graveyard as short positions on the country have moved sideways if not against the perps. . The … Continue reading →

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Size of Global Economies – Nominal $ GDP (US$ billion)

Posted on April 18, 2018 by macromon

Hat Tip:  Grace E.,  The Gorgeous Ginger From Maria Carillo

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World’s Fastest Growing Economies In 2018 – 2.0

Posted on April 17, 2018 by macromon

Hot of the press! We have updated 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 today’s release of the  April 2018 IMF’s World Economic … Continue reading →

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Week In Review – April 13

Posted on April 15, 2018 by macromon

   

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Sector ETF Performance – April 13

Posted on April 15, 2018 by macromon
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