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Rousseff Promises Continuity of Brazil’s Economic Policy

Posted on October 31, 2010 by macromon

With almost all the votes counted, Dilma Rousseff was elected Brazil’s first female president, with 56% of the votes versus 44% for her opponent, Jose Serra of the Brazilian Social Democrat Party.    The Miami Herald reports, Dilma Rousseff, a former … Continue reading →

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Rare Earth Day 3.0

Posted on October 27, 2010 by macromon

The Rare Earths continue to rock today in a down market as the story unfolds.  Germany announced yesterday the rare earth supply shortage is starting to hit their industrial base.  The Chinese canceled a three-way high level meeting with Japan … Continue reading →

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Apple Sliced 6% in After Hours Trading on 14% Earnings Beat

Posted on October 18, 2010 by macromon

Wow,  a company beats earnings estimates by 14 percent and they take the stock down 6 percent.  What gives?   Yesterday we posted, Apple Needs “Big Mama” Beat to Keep the Markets Rolling, which stated given the huge stock price run-up … Continue reading →

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Rising Tide (of liquidity) Lifts All Boats

Posted on October 12, 2010 by macromon

Great chart from Active Trader of the S&P5oo correlation with other markets.  Have you noticed recently that all markets are moving together?  U.S. Treasuries, domestic and foreign stocks, Greek Bonds, EM Debt, commodities, and foreign currencies all in lockstep? This … Continue reading →

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Let the year-end chase begin

Posted on October 11, 2010 by macromon

Great heat map of the ETF space YTD performance.   Precious metals, real estate, Hong Kong, India, and some selected Asian ETFs have been been on fire this year.  Rather than chasing the winners,  under invested capital will most likely be … Continue reading →

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Wall Street: The Speed Traders – 60 Minutes

Posted on October 10, 2010 by macromon

In case you missed the excellent 60 Minutes piece on robo/algo traders.  It’s worth the 13 minutes of your time. How Speed Traders Are Changing Wall Street Steve Kroft Gets A Rare Look Inside the Secretive World of “High-Frequency Trading”

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The Ketchup Trade

Posted on October 1, 2010 by macromon

We spoke yesterday how the “catch-up” trade, where laggards outperform,  may be the theme of the markets for the next few weeks.”  So far, so good.  They took the dawgs of Q3, the financials and the oils,  today.  Heinz (HNZ) … Continue reading →

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John Bull’s Tsunami of Dollars Flood the Copacabana

Posted on October 1, 2010 by macromon

We have written how “the tide of yield seeking capital flows will surge” as John Bull can stand many things, but he can’t stand two zero percent. One recipient of John Bull’s dollars (managed by PIMCO)  is the Brazilian bond … Continue reading →

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The “Catch-Up”Trade

Posted on September 30, 2010 by macromon

Interesting chart of today’s activity.  They sold the grains and bought crude, which has been a laggard.  The “catch-up” trade, where laggards outperform,  may be the theme of the markets for the next few weeks.

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Solar “Death Ray” Burns Lawyer. Stocks Up Big!

Posted on September 29, 2010 by macromon

Wow!  This sounds like something out of Shakespeare Star Wars.   The Daily Tech reports, Hotel Accidentally Makes Solar “Death Ray,” Burns Lawyer… Bill Pintas was vacationing in Las Vegas when he decided to stay at the swank new Vdara … Continue reading →

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