Global Macro Monitor

Weekend Lecture: The Next Financial Crisis – LSE

Posted on February 1, 2014 by macromon

Good stuff. Check it out.

Speakers: Professor Julia Black, Dr Jon Danielsson, Professor Charles Goodhart
Chair: Dr Malcolm Knight

Recorded on 28 January 2014 in Old Theatre, Old Building.

The official response to the current economic crisis may create longterm stability or, in actual fact, lay the seeds for the next. The panel of experts will debate what is the more likely outcome.

Julia Black is director of LSE’s Law and Financial Markets Project.

Jon Danielsson (@JonDanielsson) is co-director of the Systemic Risk Centre (@LSE_SRC).

Charles Goodhart is emeritus professor of banking and finance with the Financial Markets Group at LSE.
– London School of Economics

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U.S. Sector ETF Performance – January 31

Posted on February 1, 2014 by macromon

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Daily Risk Monitor – January 31

Posted on February 1, 2014 by macromon

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Breakout Stock – QIHU

Posted on January 30, 2014 by macromon

Tough markets this year. Tough to make money. Grinding up capital.

Nevertheless, here’s a stock we bought today on a range breakout. Qihoo Technology is the top stock in the IBD 50 and has been trading in a $23 range since October. It broke out of the range today and with confirmation and some follow through sets up a measured move to $119.

The recent hire of John Liu as Chief Business Officer enhances the story in our book. Liu headed up Google’s China operations and before that at SK Telecom.

Speaking of Google, note how Qihoo has been tracking Google over the past few months. It will be interesting to watch Qihoo tomorrow with Google up over $40 dollars in after hours on the back of their earnings release. Stay tuned.

Qihoo is volatile, we could be wrong, the breakout could be a head fake, and it was hard to pull the trigger. But it made sense given the stock’s IBD rank and following not to mention the long period of consolidating gains. Always with a stop, folks.

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