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Fake Waves: Surf’s Up

Posted on August 17, 2019 by macromon

Beach Boys need to make a song about this one… Amazing pic.twitter.com/xEdtL50o0h — Physics-astronomy.org (@OrgPhysics) August 17, 2019

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“Fake Economic Data”: We Did Warn You

Posted on August 16, 2019 by macromon

It was so predictable. Furthermore, it’s only a matter of time before our national economic data is labeled fake news and the product of manipulation by the “deep state.” Dig deeper and sharpen your pencils, folks.  – GMM, May 7th … Continue reading →

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The Short-Term Heavy Treasury Curve

Posted on August 15, 2019 by macromon

Before reading further we suggest you look at our latest post, The Perversion Of The Yield Curve Inversion, for some context.   Gravitational Pull Toward Curve Flattening And Inversions Note the structure of the Treasury curve in terms of the amount of … Continue reading →

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The Perversion Of The Yield Curve Inversion

Posted on August 15, 2019 by macromon

We should be on vacation but it never fails that volatility spikes as soon as we leave our desk.   It must be the Ides Of August. Wait, it is.  Et tu Brutal! Nevertheless, we can’t help ourselves and have to … Continue reading →

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More Monetary Insanity & The Negative Yielding Bond Bubble

Posted on August 13, 2019 by macromon

Had to get this last one in before we hit the surf. We like to look at the Cleveland Fed’s Median CPI calculation as it removes monthly outliers that can pull the averages up or down.  It hit a 10-year … Continue reading →

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It’s That Time…

Posted on August 13, 2019 by macromon

Time for the summer holiday, folks. Happy hunting. See you in September.  

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Deep Fakes Seem So Real…

Posted on August 13, 2019 by macromon

Stunning. Imagine how these will be weaponized in the 2020 presidential campaign. I watched this video last night and it's still freaking me out. A deep fake where Bill Hader *turns into* Tom Cruise and Seth Rogan *while impersonating them*. … Continue reading →

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The Global Consequences Of A Narcistic And Incompetent POTUS

Posted on August 12, 2019 by macromon

The world is starting to move sideways. The market talking heads are so clueless. It’s almost laughable listening to them trying to explain away in isolation how the pieces of the puzzle are starting to converge that will or already … Continue reading →

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Bring It, Richie…

Posted on August 10, 2019 by macromon

It’s dark out, but gotta believe Richie

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Negative Yields Versus Negative Coupon Rates

Posted on August 8, 2019 by macromon

There is a big difference between a bond with a negative yield to maturity than a bond with a negative coupon rate.   Many in the market conflate the two. We are searching for bonds that pay a negative coupon rate.  … Continue reading →

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