Category Archives: President Trump

Historical Ranking of U.S. Presidents

Posted on February 19, 2018 by macromon

Happy Presidents Day! The American Presidency was one of our favorite college courses, so we find the latest survey and rankings of American presidents (colored by quartiles) always interesting. The following table is the 2018 ranking of U.S. presidents by … Continue reading →

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Analysis Of Presidential Job Approval Ratings

Posted on September 4, 2017 by macromon

We’ve analyzed the Presidential Job Approval Ratings from Gallup since Truman to Trump.  It compliments our August 27 post,  Presidential Job Approval: Truman to Trump. Political Junkies And Financial Types Since the dollar index is highly correlated to President Trump’s … Continue reading →

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The Most Dangerous Of Presidential Tweets

Posted on September 3, 2017 by macromon

There have been many presidential tweets that have caused us alarm,  but this is the one that concers us most. Not going to happen.  Is there any faster and clearer path to a Category 5 Global Depression, complete market meltdown, … Continue reading →

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General Kelly Is Pissed Off

Posted on September 2, 2017 by macromon

We cited a Washington Post piece in our post yesterday morning citing the growing friction between the President and his Chief of Staff,  General John Kelly,  now dubbed the Church Lady by the White House staff.   The President was quick … Continue reading →

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Transports And North Korea On The Radar

Posted on August 19, 2017 by macromon

On August 1st we warned in our post, Watch This Space – Industrials v Transports, to monitor the Dow Industrials-Transports divergence: Not as relevant as it used to be,  but something to keep on your radar.  Transports approaching 200-day moving average … Continue reading →

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Beware Shorting Impeachments

Posted on May 18, 2017 by macromon

We’ve analyzed the behavior of the S&P500 during the Watergate impeachment hearings and the Clinton impeachment.  If you’re shorting risk markets solely based on speculation that President Trump may be impeached, maybe you should think again. Let’s first look at … Continue reading →

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Circus Trumps Politic

Posted on February 24, 2017 by macromon

A thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly say, hooray for our side  – Buffalo Springfield, 1967 File this one under political analysis. Not partisan as we try to keep our politics out of our analysis.  … Continue reading →

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Reagan v Trump Macro Initial Conditions

Posted on December 26, 2016 by macromon

We hear lots of talk these days about,  Why Donald Trump’s Market Rally Echoes Ronald Reagan’s.    We are big fans of Chaos Theory, Chaos theory is a branch of mathematics focused on the behavior of dynamical systems that are … Continue reading →

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