Category Archives: General Interest

Models. Behaving. Badly.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by macromon

Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life Emanuel Derman  is a South African-born academic,[1] businessman and writer. He is best known as a quantitative analyst, and author of the book My Life … Continue reading →

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Europe’s Undercapitalized Banks

Posted on October 20, 2011 by macromon

We’ve posted several pieces recently about Europe’s over banked and undercapitalized financial system.   The markets have pounded European bank equities this year and forced the eurozone political leaders to cobble together a bank recapitalization plan, which we all wait for … Continue reading →

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Margin Call in Theatres Tomorrow

Posted on October 20, 2011 by macromon

And maybe to a market near you if Merkozy can’t get it together……… (click here if video is not observable)

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World’s Highest Paid Political Leaders

Posted on October 19, 2011 by macromon

Here’s some interesting data coming to us from Investopedia.com.  Now you can understand the frustration of Frau Merkel as she bails out countries’ with leaders making a higher salary than hers! Top 10 Political Leader’s Salary by Country (2010): 1. … Continue reading →

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Connected the Film

Posted on October 12, 2011 by macromon

(click here if video is not observable)

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Why Do You Need Bloggers?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by macromon

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 →

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Occupy Wall Street: End the Fed?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by macromon

Wow!  Take a listen to this.  President Kennedy had trouble understanding monetary policy and most economists are in the same boat.  We wonder how many in the OWS crowd can.   Long moats in Greenwich.   (click here if video … Continue reading →

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The Wealth of World Leaders

Posted on October 10, 2011 by macromon

Great infographic from visual.ly.   Click graphic to enlarge. by ejfox via (click here if chart is not observable)

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Nobel Peace Prize Update

Posted on October 7, 2011 by macromon

The  Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 was awarded in three equal parts to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for “their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”   … Continue reading →

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The Real Oktoberfest – € 9 per liter

Posted on September 17, 2011 by macromon

As the markets prepare for their Oktoberfest, which usually marks a seasonal low and the beginning of the traditional year-end rally, here is the real deal, folks!.   Oktoberfest opened in Munich with the city’s mayor tapping the first keg.   … Continue reading →

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