Author Archives: macromon

Happy New Year Year! That Song?

#CKStrong Happy New Year, folks! Betcha didn’t know the song Auld Lang Syne was once Korea’s national anthem. Now you do. Repost of a repost. Happy New Year, folks! After this year’s market returns, go out and enjoy one of … Continue reading

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The World Ahead 2022 | The Economist

#CKStrong Excellent video and preview of 2022 from The Economist.  Worth your time.  

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The COVID-19 League Of Nations

#CKStrong Great chart from the Economist on how nations are faring during the pandemic using a multiple of indicators.  Those damn Nordic socialist countries are kicking our arse! The pandemic has created winners and losers—and the dispersion between them is … Continue reading

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Not Quite In Full Flight

#CKStrong According to Exante Data , creator of the following chart, U.S passengers now screened by the TSA is back to 83 percent of the 2019 levels. Getting there but not home yet. I dropped my daughter and her significant … Continue reading

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Envy Always Leads To Misery

#CKStrong Hope everyone is enjoying the Holidays. This is a great video worth a few minutes of your time, especially the FOMO crowd. Look for big changes coming to GMM in the next year. Happy New Year! A healthy and … Continue reading

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How Adam Smith Predicted Uber

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“Consumers Spending At The Fastest Pace We’ve Ever Seen”

#CKStrong NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the nation’s second-largest bank said consumers are spending “at a faster rate” than he’s ever seen but he remains concerned about how inflation and supply-chain issues will influence the economy going into … Continue reading

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Weekend At The Movies: Don’t Look Up

#CKStrong Great flick. Great theme. Great writing. Great acting. Relevant. Check it out.  

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Stock Market Strength And The GDP-Bond Yield Gap

#CKStrong A shout out to our beloved Carol K., who is very sick but still fighting the good fight in a Boston hospital. She has been couped up in medical isolation from family and friends for almost seven months.  CK … Continue reading

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Are These The Charts That Spooked Jerome Powell?

#CKStrong Fed Chair, Jerome Powell finally admitted today, at least, implicitly, there is too much stimulus demand (in the macro context) in the global economy and the Fed will have to accelerate its tapering. The following charts clearly illustrate the … Continue reading

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