Daily Risk Monitor – June 10

Posted on June 10, 2014 by macromon

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How a single principle of physics governs nature and society – TedX

Posted on June 10, 2014 by macromon

Victor Niederhoffer calls this The Most Stimulating Video About Markets I Have Seen in Years.  Hat tip Daily Speculations.

Adrian Bejan is most recently the author of “Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization.” He is also a professor of engineering at Duke University. Bejan pioneered numerous original methods in science, including the constructal law of design and evolution in nature, entropy generation minimization, scale analysis of convection, heatlines and masslines, transition to turbulence, and designed porous media. He is listed among the top 100 most widely cited engineering authors in the world (all disciplines, all countries, living and deceased). Bejan has published 530 peer-reviewed articles and 24 books and has been awarded 16 doctorates Honoris Causa from universities in 11 countries. – TedX  Talks

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U.S. Sector ETF Performance – June 9

Posted on June 9, 2014 by macromon

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Daily Risk Monitor – June 9

Posted on June 9, 2014 by macromon

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Has Draghi opened the floodgates? – FT

Posted on June 9, 2014 by macromon

Mario Draghi is tackling the dearth of small business loans with €400bn of cheap long-term loans, TLTROs. William De Vijlder of BNP Paribas Investment Partners discusses with John Authers whether this will open the floodgates or lead to stagnant water until the Fed raises rates.

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Volatility, markets and monetary policy – FT

Posted on June 6, 2014 by macromon

Volatility, instability and monetary policy. Cardiff Garcia and Tracy Alloway discuss why the calm in markets is making investors and central banks so nervous — and whether they should do anything about it.

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U.S. Sector ETF Performance – June 6

Posted on June 6, 2014 by macromon

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Daily Risk Monitor – June 6

Posted on June 6, 2014 by macromon

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U.S. Employment Situation – May 2014

Posted on June 6, 2014 by macromon

The BLS reported this morning,

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 217,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services, health care and social assistance, food services and drinking places, and transportation and warehousing.

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The ECB moves – is it enough? – FT

Posted on June 5, 2014 by macromon

The European Central Bank has cut its deposit rate to below zero per cent and introduced other radical measures to fight the threat of deflation. The FT’s Chris Giles and Ferdinando Giugliano discuss what these actions mean.

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