Monthly Archives: January 2019

The 2020 Senate Map

Posted on January 14, 2019 by macromon

Break out the Lavender crayons.  Again. Hat Tip: @RedwoodGirl   Help keep the lights on at the Global Macro Monitor.   Contribute any amount based on your perception of our value added by clicking the PayPal donate widget at the right side … Continue reading →

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British Pound Trade – OCO Order

Posted on January 14, 2019 by macromon

We have over $8k unrealized profit in our cable trade and expect some two-way volatility around the BREXIT vote today. We are thus putting in an OCO (One-Cancels-The-Other) order on 5 contracts of B6H19 with a limit at 1.3050 and … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: S&P500 Short

Posted on January 14, 2019 by macromon

If you missed it, we sold five S&P500 e-minis at 2582 into the close.   The Doji like daily candlesticks over the past few trading sessions was our sell signal.  Note Doji’s have been the closest to ringing a bell at … Continue reading →

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Brexit by numbers: a few figures on May’s EU divorce woes

Posted on January 14, 2019 by macromon

With just one vote left on Theresa May’s EU divorce deal, Euronews’ Raw Politics team takes at a few Brexit numbers.… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2019/01/14/br…

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S&P500 Key Levels

Posted on January 14, 2019 by macromon

Our daily Doji candlestick, though not perfect but close enough for government work, was triggered at the close.  The S&P rally has stalled and is having trouble cracking through 2600. Squeezey in the overnight session with futures up 16 handles, … Continue reading →

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Shorting S&P500 Futures Into Close

Posted on January 14, 2019 by macromon

Looks like we are going to get the Doji candlestick, or close to it, today, which is our sell signal and entry point.   Selling 5 e-mini futures right in here at 2582.  Stop at 2601.  Target 2400.   May add if … Continue reading →

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JFK-Trump S&P Analog 2.0

Posted on January 14, 2019 by macromon

MarketWatch giving us some nice props in their excellent piece today on the back of the Zero Hedge post about our JFK-Trump S&P analog, which convinced us last February that global stocks had entered in a bear market and would soon “roll-over … Continue reading →

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QOTD: The Fall Of Sears And GE

Posted on January 14, 2019 by macromon

The real lesson is starker. It is that no business, no matter how historically innovative or powerful, is guaranteed immortality. – Robert Samuelson QOTD = Quote of the Day

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The Great Disruption – Gordon Brown, Project Syndicate

Posted on January 13, 2019 by macromon

The collapsing post-War economic order is not even close to being on the radar of the market cheerleaders.  We think it is a yuuge structural risk. Priced?  Are you frickin’ kidding me? As new technologies, globalization, and growing inequality fuel … Continue reading →

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Sterling Set For Interesting Week

Posted on January 13, 2019 by macromon

Prime minister Theresa May brings her Brexit deal to parliament on Tuesday, which is widely expected to fail.  The government will cushion the blow by removing the potential for a do deal BREXIT, in our opinion.   We believe the PM … Continue reading →

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