20 Things I Learned In January Macro Man Friday, January 29, 2010 23 Comments Macro Man Man, it's hard to believe that it's the end of the first month of the year (and indeed the decade) already. They say that time pass... Read More
A New Broom At Treasury? Macro Man Thursday, January 28, 2010 26 Comments Macro Man While the entire market (at least in London) appeared to be on Greece death watch yesterday, those pesky Hellenes have thus far lived to fig... Read More
Big Day In DC Macro Man Wednesday, January 27, 2010 14 Comments Macro Man It's a big day in D.C. today, indeed it should prove to be a big couple of days. Tonight we've got the FOMC announcement and Obam... Read More
A Convoluted Picture Macro Man Tuesday, January 26, 2010 13 Comments Macro Man Man, it was all looking pretty good there for a while. Futures were up (courtesy of the new Monday effect , which funnily enough is the opp... Read More
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Macro Man Monday, January 25, 2010 57 Comments Macro Man Should I stay or should I go? There must be more than a few people humming the old Clash tune with regularity these days. Not that there... Read More
How Do You Spell W? Macro Man Friday, January 22, 2010 87 Comments Macro Man Wow. Was yesterday a game-changer? It certainly carried all the hallmarks of one. The SPX broke its uptrend line off the March lows, and w... Read More
More On China Macro Man Thursday, January 21, 2010 48 Comments Macro Man Well, yesterday it looked as if equities were preparing to dump after all before a late session recovery mitigated the day's losses and ... Read More
Chronicle Of A Tightening Foretold Macro Man Wednesday, January 20, 2010 38 Comments Macro Man Just when it looked like equities had finally shifted to "sell the rally" mode after ten months of "buy the dip", the S... Read More
The "Great" British Pound? Macro Man Tuesday, January 19, 2010 26 Comments Macro Man Sterling, sterling, sterling. Macro Man's email and Bloomberg inboxes are filled with all things sterling today. The GBP can be a fun... Read More
A Slow Start Macro Man Monday, January 18, 2010 21 Comments Macro Man It's been a somewhat slow start to the week, which in many ways reflects the slow start to the year. Perhaps in this world of bonus li... Read More
A Head-Scratcher Macro Man Friday, January 15, 2010 19 Comments Macro Man Most mornings, Macro Man has a pretty good idea what he wants to write about, and tries to insert a theme underlying all of his comments and... Read More
A Greek Tragedy? Macro Man Thursday, January 14, 2010 27 Comments Macro Man The good news is that the snow has finally started to melt. The bad news is that the precipitation hasn't stopped; we've just rever... Read More
Friction, Baby Macro Man Wednesday, January 13, 2010 40 Comments Macro Man Q. What do you think of global warming? A. I think it would be a good idea! Another day, another day of snow here in the southeast of Eng... Read More
Morning Quickie Macro Man Tuesday, January 12, 2010 23 Comments Macro Man Macro Man only has time for a quickie this morning, as he faces an hour's journey each way to get fitted for a sports knee brace. At lo... Read More
CHINA RULZ, BEARS ARE FOOLZ Macro Man Monday, January 11, 2010 18 Comments Macro Man Perhaps it was always going to happen. After the hawkish drum beat of evidence for the prosecution going into Friday's payroll data, t... Read More
The Evidence For The Prosecution Macro Man Friday, January 08, 2010 15 Comments Macro Man Is Macro Man's non-predicition # 6 about to get thrown back in his face? The stars seem to be aligning for markets to seriously contemp... Read More
Non-Predictions for 2010 (Part II) Macro Man Thursday, January 07, 2010 11 Comments Macro Man Macro Man is still snowed in, but on with the show.... 6) The Fed will NOT hike the Fed funds target rate this year. While this view is s... Read More