Currency Positioning and Technical Outlook: Stirred but not Shaken
We have been tracking the deterioration of the US dollar's technical tone over the past three weeks. That ended abruptly. Weak euro area data, a more dovish than expected ECB, and heightened...
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The French Really Are Les Misérables
In France, 48% of the people considered themselves either living in poverty or on the way to living in poverty. The sobering results of a survey released just ahead of the National Conference of the...
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3 Bearish Signs In A Sea Of Negativity
Last week I published the 3 bullish signs in a sea of negativity (click here). So I figured I’d even the score and mark down some of the more bearish economic signs I’ve been seeing lately.Yes,...
View ArticleETF Insider: Stocks Drift As “Fiscal Cliff” Nears
Aside from short-lived spurts of optimism and pessimism fueled by dramatic headlines, equity markets remained fairly calm this week as looming “fiscal cliff” woes kept a lid on investors’ confidence....
View ArticlePizzeria Goes Solar | Utilities Second-Largest Cost After Labor
"The Pizza Oven, a longtime neighborhood pizzeria in Lockport, on Monday became the first private business in the city to win Planning Board approval for a major solar power project.Owner John Rinaldo...
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View ArticleThe Amazing US Consumer Is Saving The Economy Once Again
November monthly data reported this week came in surprisingly strong (or at least un-weak). 148,000 new jobs were created, and the unemployment rate fell to a new post-recession low of 7.7%. Auto sales...
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Another Reason For Americans To Fear The End Of The Year: The 'Agriculture...
This week’s print edition has an article discussing another reason for Americans to fear the end of the year: the “agriculture abyss.”Farm subsidies cost America’s government tens of billions of...
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Raising Capital Gains And Dividend Taxes Won't Speed Up The Recovery
Set aside the relative performance of the current US economic recovery versus, say, past US recoveries or what’s happening presently in Europe.Instead, let’s focus on absolute performance.Right now the...
View ArticleGreat Graphic: Italy's Challenges
This Great Graphic comes from the Economist. It shows that despite the decline in Italian bond yields, confidence in Prime Minister Monti continues to slump. This in turn explains why the...
View Article‘Toon of the Day: Democrat or Republican?
Is that a Dem or Republican? The problem is it is our balls that will get cut off over their little poker game. (click here if cartoon is not observable) Read more posts on Global Macro Monitor...
View ArticleSolar Education | Environmental Plus Financial Conservation
Aerospace Museum of California"Pacific Power Renewables has completed a 177.7 KW solar PV project that will provide all the energy needs for the Aerospace Museum of California in McClellan, California,...
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Inflation Heats Up In China
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual consumer inflation sped to 2 percent in November from 33-month lows, data showed on Sunday, dampening the chance for further policy easing as the economy...
View ArticleCiao, Mario Monti
This is not good. Cue Italy and France in 2013. Maybe.(click here if video is not observable) Read more posts on Global Macro Monitor »Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the...
View ArticlePaul Krugman changes his mind on impacts of automation
In the past discussions at Angry Bear on the impacts automation might have on our lives, and the economics involved, gathered comments such as "You are a neo luddite". As if widespread use of...
View ArticleGreat Graphic: IMF GDP Projections
This Great Graphic comes from Bloomberg's Business Week, which itself is drawn from IMF data. We have noted before how poorly the IMF has forecast Greek GDP and this helps explain why the debt/GDP...
View ArticleCool Video: Does the Universe Have a Purpose?
This is an an example of disciplined analytic thinking . It is also concise and entertaining. Enjoy. Read more posts on Marc to Market »Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the...
View ArticleETF Pop Quiz: Middle East, MLP, and Medical Devices
After busy week in the global market, the ETFdb pop quiz returns with another round of questions about Middle East, MLP, and Medical Devices.As always, all answers can be found using the suite of free...
View ArticleThis Week In ETFs: December 9th Edition
The week began with markets across the board reacting to the normal doom and gloom of the ever-approaching fiscal cliff and European recovery woes, until Wednesday when a slew of better-than-expected...
View ArticleChina CPI inflation rose to 2.0% yoy in November
China’s CPI inflation increased slightly in November. Headline CPI inflation rose to 2.0% yoy from 1.7% yoy in October, slightly lower than consensus estimate of 2.1% yoy. On a month-on-month basis,...
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