Category Archives: Quote of the Day

QOTD: Extrapolate This Late?

Posted on November 17, 2017 by macromon

Most of the time the future is indeed like the past, and so extrapolation doesn’t do any harm. But at the important turning points, when the future stops being like the past, extrapolation fails and large amounts of money are … Continue reading →

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QOTD: Free Fallin’

Posted on October 3, 2017 by macromon

I’m old enough to have lived in a country where, if you were willing to work hard, you could have a fairly nice life. You could support a family and even get a shot at owning your home but you … Continue reading →

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COTD: Today’s Cosmic Ballet

Posted on August 21, 2017 by macromon

The “cosmic ballet” today is going to be the first one since 1918 where the path of darkness will cross the Pacific and Atlantic coasts as well as the first that will make landfall exclusively in the U.S. since independence … Continue reading →

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QOTD: Bannon Now Outside The Tent

Posted on August 18, 2017 by macromon

https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/898598100901576704 One theme I'm picking up: Bannon believes next battle is *not* w/ Trump but w/ Kushner/Cohn/Dina/HR McMaster. "Save Trump," as one R put it. — Robert Costa (@costareports) August 18, 2017

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QOTD: Risk

Posted on August 1, 2017 by macromon

You want to take risk when others are fleeing from it, not when they’re competing with you to do so. …But it’s precisely when people can’t see what it is that could make things turn down that risk is highest, … Continue reading →

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QOTD: Jamie’s Rant

Posted on July 17, 2017 by macromon

“It’s almost an embarrassment being an American citizen travelling around the world and listening to the stupid shit we have to deal with in this country. And you know at one point we all have to get our act together … Continue reading →

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QOTD: Ray Dalio

Posted on July 6, 2017 by macromon

“…our responsibility now is to keep dancing but closer to the exit and with a sharp eye on the tea leaves.” – Ray Dalio, July 6, 2017 (QOTD = Quote of the Day)

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QOTD: On Diplomacy

Posted on March 2, 2017 by macromon

Unlike President Trump’s self-vaunted real-estate negotiations, in diplomacy all parties are accountable, first and foremost, to their domestic audiences. And domestically, the perception of what is a good outcome may be  entirely different from the diplomats’ actual desired outcome. In … Continue reading →

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QOTD: Ambiguous China Policy

Posted on February 13, 2017 by macromon

It used to be said that Ronald Reagan’s “Red China” policy was driven by Nancy:  “don’t serve it on a green table cloth.”    President Trump’s policy?  Yet to be determined. …U.S.-China relations remain in the Schrodinger’s cat-like state they … Continue reading →

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QOTD: France’s Presidential Election

Posted on February 9, 2017 by macromon

In the first round you vote for the person you want; in the second you vote against the person you fear. – The Spectator

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