Global Macro Monitor

What’s Europe’s biggest economic concern? — Reuters

Posted on September 10, 2013 by macromon

Sept. 9 – Influential thinkers and leaders at the Ambrosetti Forum including Trichet, Roubini and Zoellick give Reuters’ Lucy Marcus their take on the biggest issues facing Europe’s economy.
– Reuters TV

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U.S. Sector ETF Performance – September 10

Posted on September 10, 2013 by macromon

Material and Industrial ETF make new highs. Tech very close.

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Daily Risk Monitor – September 10

Posted on September 10, 2013 by macromon

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The Lehman legacy: Lessons learned? – Economist

Posted on September 9, 2013 by macromon

Five years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the advent of the global debt crisis, our correspondents assess whether the world economy is sufficiently protected from future shocks. – The Economist

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Daily Risk Monitor – September 9

Posted on September 9, 2013 by macromon

Emerging markets reemerging.

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U.S. Sector ETF Performance – September 9

Posted on September 9, 2013 by macromon

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Weekend Lecture: The New Digital Age – LSE

Posted on September 7, 2013 by macromon

Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen are two of the leading thinkers of our time. The New Digital Age is a unique and unparalleled collaboration between these two great minds and will offer us their view on the future of the world where everyone is connected: a world full of challenges and benefits which are ours to meet and harness.

Jared Cohen is Director of Google Ideas and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff and a close advisor to both Secretaries of States Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton.

Eric Schmidt is the Executive Chairman of Google, where he served as CEO from 2001-2011. He is a member of President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and is member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
– London School of Economics (LSE)

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Sector ETF Technical Analysis – September 6

Posted on September 7, 2013 by macromon

The energy, health care, consumer discretionary, industrial, and S&P500 sector ETFs were able to reclaim their 20-day moving averages last week, though the later two just barely. Health care, industrials, and technology moved above the 50-day. Even with Friday’s ugly close it was a week of repairing August’s technical damage. That said, we still don’t think market is out of woods just yet.

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