Readers in Europe may not be aware of the American phenomenon known as the "fantasy camp." This is a primarily (though not exclus...
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Just say no
Oh dear. So Merrill Lynch (who really ought to merge with Villeroy and Boch ) announces another "kitchen sink" write-off....and ...
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From the Merrill Lynch Stationery Cupboard
Sigh. Another day, another writedown at good old Merrill Lynch . And indeed, another asset sale by Merrill that Merrill itself is financin...
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And the winner is.....
Why is it that the office air conditioning only goes out on the hottest day of the year? Such is the case today; while Macro Man is usually ...
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Dag NAB it!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in that water.....a great white shark from the Great Barrier Reef goes and bites your leg off. ...
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Turning point?
Macro Man forwarded yesterday's modest proposal to the Congressional Budget Office, where it received an enthusiastic response. He als...
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A modest proposal
Regular readers may recall that despite residing in Europe (and, briefly, Asia ) for the past fifteen years or so, Macro Man is an American ...
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20 Questions
While the weekend weather didn't always feel like summer, today's market price action certainly does. What better time, then, to pl...
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You knew it was coming
You knew it was coming.....you knew it was coming...you knew it was coming..... BAM! Yesterday it finally came. Macro Man refers, of cours...
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Buy...I mean sell...I mean buy....I mean sell
Shift F9 . Well, what can you say? Yesterday was a "sell everything" day.....at least until that list included oil....after which...
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Sell everything except....
Freddie Krueger came back to haunt the market again yesterday, as the market adopted the Rod Tidwell approach to the government's plan f...
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A slippery slope
While Macro Man is tempted to hit shift F9 again, perhaps the optimal strategy in this market has been pretty easy. Stay short equities,...
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Fred's dead, baby, Fred's dead
Fabian: Butch, whose bond yield is this? Butch: It's a stock price, baby. Fabian: Whose stock price is this? Butch: Fred's. Fabian:...
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