Tag Archives: QE

Facebook as the “Ultimate Black Swan”

Posted on May 20, 2012 by macromon

We have half joked about this on Friday after a ton of the Facebook traded around its IPO price of $38 and no doubt many of the shares came back to the Street.   Oliver Stone couldn’t write a better script. … Continue reading →

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Is the Fed ready for the bond market’s Arab Spring?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by macromon

We’ve updated our database of the Federal Reserve’s ownership of the U.S. Treasury coupon curve.  The resulting chart highlights a couple of interesting issues about its structure and holdings of outstanding notes and bonds. First, though nothing new, it shows … Continue reading →

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Week in Review: “The End of Fake”

Posted on August 7, 2011 by macromon

We have no idea how the S&P downgrade of the U.S. is going to play out but one thing that does come to mind is the “end of fake.”  The end of fake demand generated by monetary and fiscal stimulus … Continue reading →

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Don’t Fight the Bank of Japan!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by macromon

The Nikkei 225 has been flying, while the global markets are down to flat,  since the November 5th Bank of Japan announcement that it would be purchasing equity ETFs as part of its QE program (click here for our post).   … Continue reading →

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