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Why Do You Need Bloggers?
To help you sift through the data: The pace of data creation on the Internet is growing at an exponential rate. In any 48-hour period in 2010, more data was created than had been created by all of humanity in … Continue reading
The Wealth of World Leaders
Great infographic from visual.ly. Click graphic to enlarge. by ejfox via (click here if chart is not observable)
Posted in Demographics, Economics, General Interest, Uncategorized
Tagged Michael Bloomberg, Wealth of World Leaders
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Macro Notes from the Supply Chain
Here’s something from Digitimes that should be closely monitored: PCB suppliers see drop in 4Q11 orders Combined orders placed with Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers for the fourth quarter of 2011 are likely to slip 15% or more sequentially, according to industry … Continue reading
UK Services PMI Rises to 52.9
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Spain and Italy Services PMI Continue to Contract
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Posted in Economics, Employment, Euro, PIIGS
Tagged Euro, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Italy, PMI, Spain
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Picture of the Day: Wall Street & Bull Under Assault
This picture really captures the current market and social mood. Three of New York’s finest having to guard Arturo Di Modica’s bronze sculpture of the Wall Street Bull from protestors in Bowling Green Park near Wall Street in Manhattan. The … Continue reading
Posted in Black Swan Watch, Economics, Employment, Politics
Tagged Arab Spring, Bull, Occupy Wall Street
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Ingersoll-Rand Warns, Stock Swan Dives
Here’s what they said: Revenues were negatively affected by slower than expected end-markets in several businesses. Consumer-related businesses, such as residential heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), golf and residential security, were the most significantly affected, accounting for the majority … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Equities, Global Stock Performance
Tagged Earnings, Ingersoll-Rand, warnings
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This Time is Different
Those dreaded words you never want to hear as an investor. But check out the Fortune Magazine graphic of this recession relative to others since the WWII. Yes it’s a balance sheet problem and the economy needs more time to … Continue reading
Posted in Black Swan Watch, Charts, Demographics, Economics, Employment, Fiscal Policy, Policy, Politics
Tagged employment, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Technology
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Spiegel Unloads on Hedge Funds and the Markets
Nasty article in Der Spiegel, Out of Control: The Destructive Power of the Financial Markets, which helps explain what’s behind the financial transactions tax that was recently introduced by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy. The article opens, The enemy looks … Continue reading
Posted in Black Swan Watch, Economics, Euro, Fiscal Policy, General Interest, PIIGS, Policy, Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Risk
Tagged "pack of wolves", Der Spiegel, Hedge Funds, Markets
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This Market Sucks – Going Fishin’
Fug this market. Nothing is working. You get long and lose money. You get short and lose money. You get flat and you lose purchasing power as the dollar melts and commodity staples rise. These are the kind of markets … Continue reading
Posted in Black Swan Watch, Commodities, Crude Oil, Economics, Gold, Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Risk
Tagged bonds, Equities, Gold, Macro Risks, Macro Swans
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Global Macro Monitor 