Category Archives: Geopolitical

Egypt: Revolt or Revolution? – Fareed Zakaria

Posted on January 30, 2011 by macromon

Here is Fareed’s take on Egypt.

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How Poor is Egypt Relative to MidEast & North Africa?

Posted on January 29, 2011 by macromon

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The Macro Picture Going into the Weekend

Posted on January 28, 2011 by macromon

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The Next Shock: Are We Better Prepared?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by macromon

Here’s an interesting video from Davos.  Fareed Zakaria moderates a panel discussion on the next potential macro shock.  The panel includes JP Morgan’s CEO,  Jamie Dimon.  Go to 15 min 55 seconds into video and listen to Dimon’s brilliant response … Continue reading →

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Bulls Eat, Bears Eat, and Pigs Go Limit Up!

Posted on January 27, 2011 by macromon

The hits just keep on coming in the foods.  Futures Magazine reports, Hogs: April futures rallied limit-up on Wednesday. Traders are noting South Korean buyers will cram orders in quickly to get product in under the 60,000 tonne no-tariff limit … Continue reading →

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Shanghai Breaks 200-day, Commodites Next to Roll?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by macromon

During the 1990’s when the emerging markets were still emerging a friend of ours wrote a research report on pre-restructured busted Russian debt titled, No Rush to Buy, No Russians Buying.  The point was the Russians knew the prospects for … Continue reading →

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“Tea Party” Opposition to the Euro Grows in Germany

Posted on January 10, 2011 by macromon

  We can’t believe we missed this over the holidays. Germany’s SpiegelOnline reported on December 27, In a survey conducted in early December by the polling firm Infratest dimap, 57 percent of respondents agreed with the statement that Germany would … Continue reading →

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Equity Bulls Battle on Two Fronts

Posted on November 28, 2010 by macromon

The slow improvement of the U.S. economy, reflected in weekly jobless claims, coupled with QE2 is providing an underlying bid to the equity market, which is surprising to many, given the increasingly ugly global macro picture.  On the Western Front, … Continue reading →

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Run on German Safe Deposit Boxes? WTH?

Posted on November 26, 2010 by macromon

The implosion of the Eurozone appears to be accelerating. But Germany?  Come on!  Yet Ambrose Evans-Pritchard writes the crisis in the eurozone periphery is moving to the core as credit default swaps for German, French,and Dutch bonds have blown out … Continue reading →

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China Rising: THE MARKET for Exports

Posted on November 20, 2010 by macromon

We thought these charts of export markets from Barclays Capital to be very illustrious of the dynamic changes taking place in global trade.  China is becoming a larger export market than the U.S. for many countries, including Australia, Brazil, Korea, … Continue reading →

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