Tag Archives: President Trump

Every Little Thing They Do On Trade Is Tragic

Posted on March 8, 2018 by macromon

And Half Baked. Every little thing they do on trade is tragic Everything they do is wrong Even though the politics are more dramatic Now I know trade diversion in steel is on — paraphrasing Sting’s, Every Little Thing She … Continue reading →

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Major Stock Index Recovery Percentages

Posted on March 7, 2018 by macromon

Bouncing around.  Doesn’t seem like many real sellers out there.  Traders and ‘bots push the indices down and then have to cover into the close.  We wrote about this in our Week In Review post this past Sunday. Risks are … Continue reading →

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Inside the bitter Oval Office tariff fight – Axios

Posted on March 6, 2018 by macromon

Interesting story by Axios about the war between Peter Navarro’s economic nationalist camp and Gary Cohn’s free trader-cohort inside the Oval Office which culminated in Cohn leaving the White House tonight. The money quote that says it all: Cohn tried to … Continue reading →

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T-Shirt Of The Day: We Want One!

Posted on March 2, 2018 by macromon

Is Blue Horseshoe the secret service’s code name for President Trump?   Just askin’. Then there is this on Uncle Carl  Whoops! Hat Tip:  Tom Hearden  

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[Dangerous] Tweet of the Day

Posted on March 2, 2018 by macromon

Yikes!  Buckle up, folks. When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with … Continue reading →

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QOTD: On Fed Chair, Jay Powell

Posted on February 27, 2018 by macromon

Larry Kudlow just on CNBC quoting President Trump after interviewing Jay Powell for the Fed chair: “The guy looks like a central banker.” – President Trump (via Larry Kudlow) (QOTD = Quote of the Day)

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Historical Ranking of U.S. Presidents

Posted on February 19, 2018 by macromon

Happy Presidents Day! The American Presidency was one of our favorite college courses, so we find the latest survey and rankings of American presidents (colored by quartiles) always interesting. The following table is the 2018 ranking of U.S. presidents by … Continue reading →

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QOTD: President Trump, The Risk Taker?

Posted on November 8, 2017 by macromon

Context:  China’s Americanologists trying to understand President Trump’s North Korea policy : “There is a major debate in the US right now about whether the US president is really a risk taker or just playing a risk taker,” said Mr Harold. … Continue reading →

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The Most Dangerous Of Presidential Tweets

Posted on September 3, 2017 by macromon

There have been many presidential tweets that have caused us alarm,  but this is the one that concers us most. Not going to happen.  Is there any faster and clearer path to a Category 5 Global Depression, complete market meltdown, … Continue reading →

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General Kelly Is Pissed Off

Posted on September 2, 2017 by macromon

We cited a Washington Post piece in our post yesterday morning citing the growing friction between the President and his Chief of Staff,  General John Kelly,  now dubbed the Church Lady by the White House staff.   The President was quick … Continue reading →

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