Gold, the currency of dwarfs and taxi drivers Polemic Thursday, May 27, 2010 17 Comments Polemic Following on from the inflation/ deflation debate we had better have a look at gold which appears to be denying the deflation leg of the arg... Read More
Reasons to be cheerful 1, 2, 3...? Polemic Wednesday, May 26, 2010 13 Comments Polemic Due to the restrictions of a monster hangover and the ability to only be able to focus by closing one eye, this is being rationed to bullet ... Read More
The view from the top Polemic Tuesday, May 25, 2010 8 Comments Polemic After yesterdays look at the micro workings of the money markets lets stand back during this interlude in Nightmare on Elm Street and have a... Read More
So clever their foot fell off... Polemic Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4 Comments Polemic So that's why the European policy makers were so quiet... They were coming up with a cunning plan so cunning that their foot has fallen ... Read More
Turnaround Bright Eyes Polemic Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6 Comments Polemic The market has sensed blood and believes that all that stands between it and the Holy Grail of untold profits is the final demise of the Eur... Read More
I Got That Deflatin' Feelin'... Polemic Friday, May 14, 2010 6 Comments Polemic Just when it looked as though Team Europe had finally got its act together and addressed both Liquidity (via the "How Much?!" IMF/... Read More
OK, This Is The Last One...Seriously. Macro Man Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4 Comments Macro Man Wow. Thanks to all for the amazing feedback, both in the comments and offline, to the last post. It's left Macro Man overwhelmed and Mr... Read More
The End....And The Beginning Macro Man Monday, May 10, 2010 93 Comments Macro Man Today marks an important end....but also a new beginning. This will be the last post that "Macro Man" makes in this space, the 1,0... Read More
The Nuclear Option Macro Man Monday, May 10, 2010 12 Comments Macro Man If you went home happy and risked-up on Friday, you've probably seen a mushroom cloud rising over the ashes of your erstwhile-profitable... Read More
The Sea-Change Macro Man Friday, May 07, 2010 28 Comments Macro Man Where to begin? Let's forget the nonsense with P&G , or the supposed fat-fingered futures butchery at Citi ("your tax dollars... Read More
Old Skool Macro Man Thursday, May 06, 2010 11 Comments Macro Man Man, today feels "old skool", doesn't it? First Macro Man's favourite 2008 whipping-boy Jean-Claude Trichet responds to A... Read More
Bye-Bye Gordon.... Macro Man Thursday, May 06, 2010 3 Comments Macro Man ...how soon 'til we're waving bye-bye euro? Read More
OPUD Macro Man Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11 Comments Macro Man Ooooohhhh boy. That wasn't part of the rescue plan, was it? The standard approach to crisis management is "UPOD": under-pro... Read More
Bread and Butter Macro Man Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11 Comments Macro Man After a weekend spent thinking about a) Greece (that's a lot of dough, but they've somehow still managed to disappoint), b) the weat... Read More
Grease Macro Man Monday, May 03, 2010 7 Comments Macro Man It's a bank holiday in the UK today, and you know what that means. With apologies to Frankie Valli .... I solve my problems and I see t... Read More