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‘Firewall needed’ to prevent cash surge – China Daily

We have written in numerous posts about John Bull’s “Tsunami of Dollars” flooding into the emerging markets.   China Daily writes, China should “set up a firewall” as uncontrolled dollar printing in the United States will drive more liquidity into … Continue reading

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GIDDY-FRICKIN-UP!

Was it Bernanke’s piece in today’s Washinginton Post that a higher stock market is the economy’s healing balm? This approach eased financial conditions in the past and, so far, looks to be effective again. Stock prices rose and long-term interest … Continue reading

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What the Fed did and why – Ben Bernanke

Ben Bernanke published an Op/Ed piece in today’s Washington Post explaining the FOMC’s action.  Here are the money quotes, The FOMC decided this week that, with unemployment high and inflation very low, further support to the economy is needed. With … Continue reading

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Rousseff Promises Continuity of Brazil’s Economic Policy

With almost all the votes counted, Dilma Rousseff was elected Brazil’s first female president, with 56% of the votes versus 44% for her opponent, Jose Serra of the Brazilian Social Democrat Party.    The Miami Herald reports, Dilma Rousseff, a former … Continue reading

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Robert Prechter’s 100 Predictions – 7 years later

Here are 100 predictions that Elliot Wave Theorist, Robert Prechter, made in October 2003.  As my econ professor once said, “if you’re going to forecast, forecast a lot and forecast often.” No mention of the rise of Apple or the … Continue reading

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China to Resume Shipping Rare Earth Minerals – NY Times

The NY Times is reporting China has ended its Rare Earth export embargo just shortly after Secretary of State Clinton announced she would question the policy on her upcoming visit.  Interesting, China never admitted to export restrictions. As expected the … Continue reading

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US Budget Deficit 9th Largest Economy in the World

After falling to a low of 2.33 percent on October 8th, the 10-day Treasury has sold-off closing today at a yield of 2.64 percent.  The recent high is around 2.83 percent, which we will be watching closely. To get a … Continue reading

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All Things Correlated: Stunning Aussie$/S&P 500 Relationship

A good friend in Singapore, who is one smart dude, and former head of Goldman Sachs’ Asia asset management, pointed out the S&P500 trades almost tick for tick with the Euro and the Aussie currencies.    This is reflected in the … Continue reading

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“Emerging markets at risk from a gigantic bubble” – FT

In case you missed it,  great FT piece by Peter Tasker of Argus Research about asset bubbles in Japan and China and the role of FX policy.  It’s all about Macro these days, The message is clear. It wasn’t the … Continue reading

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