OK, so it looks as if disaster may be averted in Dubai: the latest hot rumour is that the central bank will guarantee all Dubai World deb t....
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A Good Old-Fashioned Panic
Sometimes, those little guys matter. That seems to be the message of the past twenty-four hours where rumours/uncertainty over a possible ...
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Ten Things I'm Thankful For
It's Thanksgiving today, which means heavily impaired liquidity and, thus far, large price swings. Before Macro Man starts to "cook...
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Too Big To Fail
It's tempting to get sucked into writing about today's sharp decline in the Shanghai Composite (pictured below) and what it might me...
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Headbanger's Ball
As we embark upon Thanksgiving week, thus ushering in the low-liquidity holiday silly-season, you can almost hear Slade (or is that Quiet R...
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Window Dressing?
Macro Man is back in the saddle, or at least his office chair, this morning after his first decent night's sleep in what seems like fore...
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The Fed And Bubbles
On the same day that Ben Bernanke made his speech mentioning the dollar, his intellectual blood-brother Don Kohn made one that touched heav...
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Bernanke And The Buck
Following on from yesterday's post, Macro Man received confirmation this morning that Britain is, in fact, going to the dogs. He rolled...
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Cats And Dogs
It's been raining cats and dogs for most of the last week (though sadly not during this turgid displa y, which might have excused the u...
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Blast From The Past
Macro Man is back on the desk this morning, safely re-attired in standard-issue hedge fund costume: sport coat, jeans, and collared shirt. ...
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This Little Piggy Went to Market...
Macro Man is out marketing this morning in that delightful process known as the investor round table. As such, today's entry is limited...
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Off To The Races
On your marks...get set....go! Markets are off to the races so far this morning, as all manner of risky assets on Macro Man's screens ha...
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Random Shots
You've heard of The Longest Yard . You've heard of The Longest Day . Well, this has been the longest week, given the barrage of si...
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QE or not QE? That is the question
Dear Fed, Macro Man speaks to a lot of well-informed, knowledgable punters. Many of you (collectively on the FOMC) know some of these very...
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Turnarounds
It's been a shambolic start to what should ultimately prove to be a pretty important day. Macro Man normally catches a 6.33 am train fr...
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Hunting Season
Yesterday was instructive, n'est-ce pas? The ISM was substantially stronger than exepected (OK, new orders dipped slightly, but employm...
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