Monthly Archives: April 2019

POTUS’ Morning Economic Briefing

After Trump’s comments on the Fed this morning. calling for more quantitative easing this clip from Being There, one of the greatest movies ever is now more real than fiction.   The real Chauncey may soon have some solid intellectual back-up if POTUS can … Continue reading

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QOTD: Go Josh!

QOTD:  Quote of the Day https://twitter.com/reformedbroker/status/1113784568421736449?s=12

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BFTP: The Biggest Risk At The Fed

BFTP = Blast From The Past It’s now been more than a year since this post.   We can’t take a victory lap on such nonsense but we will say, “we told you so.”   The consequences are gonna be … Continue reading

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COTD: Absurdly Correlated Markets

COTD = Chart of the Day W-T-F? We get that if Trump closes the southern border, the U.S only has three weeks supply of guacamole but…come on, man!   As they say, “correlation is not causation” or is it? Do … Continue reading

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Les misérables économies

https://twitter.com/jesuscasique1/status/1112874597576294402?s=12  

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Second Brexit Referendum On The Horizon

The British Parliament is inching ever so closer to a “People’s Vote,” a second referendum on the UK leaving the European Union.   We have never wavered and were way out in front of this issue, BREXIT ain’ gonna happen.  The … Continue reading

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Is this the future of health? | The Economist

Artificial intelligence is already shaping the world, from driverless cars to dating. But according to Dr Eric Topol, a pioneer in digital medicine, perhaps its greatest impact will be on people’s health. Click here to subscribe to The Economist on … Continue reading

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The Power & Paranoia Of Redaction

Grab your popcorn and strap yourself in, folks,  for the coming political donnybrook over the full release of an unredacted version of the Mueller Report.   Me thinks it will be kicked up to the Supremes to decide. The above is exactly … Continue reading

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Beware Of Retrofitting Fundamentals To Price Action

See our post, Newton’s Q1 Law Of Motion For The S&P,  by clicking here   The past few weeks were a classic exercise in how markets tend to “retrofit” price action to their expectations of economic fundamentals and illustrates the … Continue reading

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