Category Archives: Global Stock Performance

Global Macro Watch – Octoberfest

Posted on October 31, 2022 by macromon
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The Taiwan Strait Getting Hot, Hot, Hot, Hotter…3.0

Posted on October 7, 2021 by macromon

#CKStrong We are reposting a repost of a piece we did last September.  Our sense is Mr. Xi is testing and doing the calculus if the U.S.is willing to fight WWIII over Taiwan.  Taiwan and U.S. officials have expressed alarm … Continue reading →

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The Taiwan Strait Getting Hot, Hot, Hot…2.0

Posted on September 21, 2020 by macromon

China has released video of a simulated air strike on the U.S. territory of Guam after Under Secretary of State @KeithJKrach visited Taiwan. More @business: https://t.co/je6XM6CaBE pic.twitter.com/YntkbIIQRJ — Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) September 21, 2020 We originally posted the following in … Continue reading →

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Major Stock Index Recovery Percentages

Posted on March 9, 2018 by macromon

Today’s big rally on the back of the Goldilocks employment report, i.e, strong jobs growth and moderate wage pressures, took the Nasdaq, with its 45 percent tech weighting,  to an all-time high.  Not the overall market, however, as the NYSE … Continue reading →

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Watch These Spaces

Posted on February 8, 2018 by macromon

It seems like an eternity since our January 28th Sunday night post, Watch This Space. The S&P500 had closed at the high of the day on Friday and also what was the high of 2018. We warned to watch the … Continue reading →

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Short Sellers In A Bull Market

Posted on January 23, 2018 by macromon

Ouch! I remember days like this guy is having. Shorting a market that is melting up and having the bulls gore you where the sun don’t shine is no fun! .   Shorting stocks willy-nilly is a surefire beeline to … Continue reading →

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Year in Review

Posted on January 1, 2014 by macromon

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VIX Has Largest Weekly Down Move Since Inception

Posted on January 5, 2013 by macromon

The CBOE has a nice piece out noting this week’s 39.1 percent collapse in the VIX was the largest weekly percent down move since the index was launched in January 1990.  The week also saw record volume days for the … Continue reading →

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DAX and CAC Break Out

Posted on December 6, 2012 by macromon

The girls with the Draghi Tattoo are breaking out. That is,  the German DAX and French CAC stock indexes are making  new highs.   Ever since the ECB’s Mario Draghi  “whatever it takes to preserve the euro” speech,  these markets have performing … Continue reading →

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Global Equity Rally Hangs By A Thread

Posted on October 14, 2012 by macromon

This is a critical week for most major global equity indices.   Many are right at or just through their trend support lines and ironically have been selling off since the September 13th announcement of further quantitative easing. With the Fed … Continue reading →

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