Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

"I shall not rest quiet in Montparnasse. I shall not lie easy at Winchelsea. You may bury my body in Sussex grass, You may bury my tong...

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The Back Of My Mind

So suddenly, here we are closing in on the end of the month again. And yes, here we are contemplating the passive rebalancing flows that ar...

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Peanuts

Welcome to Macro Man's new digs! The site redesign was rather hastily forced upon him yesterday by what seems to have been an issue wit...

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Fraying

Another day, another dump in equities. Hard as it is to believe, the sense that the (financial) world is coming to an end is becoming alm...

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Good News and Bad News

"The bad news," said the surgeon on Friday, "is that you have indeed torn your anterior cruciate ligament." OK. This w...

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The Sound and the Fury

Perhaps it makes him a philistine, but Macro Man could never stand Faulkner. Over the course of his (l iberal-arts ) educational career, y...

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Turning Japanese

Working from home, as Macro Man is doing in the aftermath of his injury, presents a unique set of challenges. While he remains in contac...

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Fun With Acronyms

Macro Man is having fun with acronyms today. It started with a visit to the hospital this morning, where he got an MRI scan on his injured...

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All the King's Horses

Now that Macro Man has gotten his sob story out of the way (thanks to all for your kind comments and advice), it's time to get back to f...

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Hubris

When the sordid history of our times is finally written, many years from now, the catalogue of explanations for our current plight will be m...

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This 'n' That

Macro Man is taking a short trip from this...... ...to this As always, punters should feel free to use this space as a forum to exchange mar...

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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off!

To quote Hannibal from the A-Team: "I love it when a plan comes together." Although the outcome from yesterday's European pol...

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On Brittania

It's central bank day in Europe today- can you feel the excitement? While Macro Man's bon ami Jean-Claude Trichet has told him no...

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Signs of the Apocalyspe?

Macro Man is back in the saddle this morning and somewhat bemused to see that the world has gone China-recovery mad. Both the comment sect...

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A Brief Update

Macro Man is still snowed in today, though at least this morning's snowfall lasted for 20 minutes rather than 20 cm. While he has very ...

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Snowed Under

Macro Man is at a bit of a loss today. It was always going to be a slow one, given that he stayed up last night til 4 am to watch his favo...

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