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Quote of the Day: The True Economist

Posted on November 18, 2012 by macromon

The bad economist pursues a small present good, which will be followed by a great evil to come, while the true economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil. – Frédéric Bastiat,  circa … Continue reading →

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Twitter Goes to War

Posted on November 14, 2012 by macromon

Wow!  Times they are a-changin’! The Egyptians used Facebook to topple their Pharaoh and now the Israeli’s commence their offensive against Hamas using Twitter.    What would King David think? Slate reports. At 9:29 Eastern this morning, the Israeli Defense Force … Continue reading →

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Beware the Dandruff

Posted on November 13, 2012 by macromon

As in Head and Shoulders and the long-term technical pattern that is being hammered out in the NYSE index.  We stumbled across this chart over at Bikini Analytics via SocialTrade. We like how they premise the chart. Major Technical Principal: … Continue reading →

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Quote for a New Administration

Posted on November 7, 2012 by macromon

Time to go bold, Mr. President. “But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? . . . Why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? . . . We choose to go to the moon in … Continue reading →

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Apple – Three Time’s the Charm

Posted on October 16, 2012 by macromon

Apple $15 plus bounce today comes after a triple test of the $623-625 level.  The stock seems to like the triple test of support as it similarly did after the July sell-off.   The stock, in our opinion, still needs some … Continue reading →

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Nobel Prize in Economics

Posted on October 15, 2012 by macromon

Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on matching supply and demand for everything from single men and women to organ donors and their recipients… Shapley, 89, designed theoretical … Continue reading →

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Back to Wartime Debt Levels

Posted on October 15, 2012 by macromon

The IMF’s World Economic Outlook is out with some great charts and we post one of them right here. Last week the Fund’s managing director,  Christine Lagarde, issued a chilling warning on the global debt overhang, Ms Lagrde had earlier … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day: Game Change?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by macromon

10:29 pm.  How is Obama’s closing statement so fucking sad, confused, and lame?  He choked.  He lost.  He may even have lost the election tonight. –Andrew Sullivan

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Weekend At the Movies: Lincoln

Posted on September 28, 2012 by macromon

Wow!  This looks good. Steven Spielberg directs Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd.   To be released in November. (click here if video is not observable)

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Are the Droids Taking Our Jobs? MUST VIEW!

Posted on September 25, 2012 by macromon

We really hope Fed Chairman Bernanke sees this Ted Talk by Andrew McAfee, a management research scientist at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.    QE∞ will not rollback the technological  forces that are shaping the global labor market and risks … Continue reading →

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