Well, Macro Man thought that Bill the Banker might stir the pot, and he was right. Bill is, as readers immediately twigged, a fictional bank...
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Bill the Banker
The next couple of days are expected to see mass demonstrations in London. Protesters are planning to descend upon the City (tomorrow) and ...
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Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Get Back In The Water
Over the weekend Macro Man christened a recently-acquired Blu-Ray player (his home entertainment Luddism is slowly receding) by watching an ...
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Struggling For Inspiration
What a rubbish week. Markets have been dominated more by positioning than so-called fundamentals, Macro Man's carefully-constructed has ...
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Back To The Pain Cave
Hmmmm. QE promised so much, yet has delivered so little (even less than yesterday after the poor auctions in the UK and US.) And so perhap...
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QE: Shock And Awful
Was it only a week ago that Macro Man was writing about the " shock and awe " of the Fed's dramatic embarkation into the world...
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Channeling the 80's
Ouch. Macro Man was sceptical of the PPIP yesterday and sceptical of the early-doors knee-jerk rally in stocks. He was short. He was wrong. ...
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Here We Go Again....
Here we go again. (Sigh) Another weekend, and another attempt by the authorities to bolster sentiment, restore confidence, and support equ...
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So Now It Gets Interesting
So now it gets interesting. After a sharp rally (bear market or bottom, depending on the coolur of your spectacles), and a "kitchen sin...
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March Madness
For basketball fans, the sweetest two weeks of the year-the NCAA tournament, aka March Madness -begins today. Those of us in financial marke...
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Shock And Awe
In these circumstances, the Federal Reserve will employ all available tools to promote economic recovery and to preserve price stability. T...
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A Popular New Year's Resolution: "Stop Paying My Credit Card Bills"
Well, after a 16% trough-to-peak rally in just a week and a half, things might be about to get very interesting indeed for the S&P 500. ...
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How The Global Economy Is Like A Torn ACL
Macro Man's a bit pressed for time this morning, as he has an appointment with his physiotherapist at a time when he's usually pushi...
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Friday The 13th
So for the second month in a row, we are confronted by the prospect of a Friday the 13th. It was exactly four weeks ago today that Macro Ma...
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Repeat After Me....
Repeat after me: six percent rallies don't happen in bull markets, six percent rallies don't happen in bull markets.... A six perce...
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Has the Euro Become An Instrument Of Chinese Policy?
Macro Man is back in the saddle after being bed-ridden with the flu yesterday. He's not really sure what to make of the fact that he h...
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One Down, One To Go
One down, one to go. Yesterday proved to be eventful, to say the least, as the Bank of England formally adopted QE, announcing that they cou...
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