November 2012 ~ Macro Man

Cliff Up. The Broker Call

It's a quiet Friday afternoon and as we know when there is nothing else to yell about "The Cliff" takes center stage. So TMM a...

Every bar in every town in every wild remote unforgiving desolate landscape has one. No matter how ghostly the neighbourhood, how empty the ...

1. Thanksgiving is a) A time to remember and give thanks for coming through dark times. b) A time for family. c) A time to make wide pr...

We have felt like involuntary bungee jumpers over the last week, praying for the cord to tighten before we hit the concrete. This week sees ...

Our last post saw this as part of an anonymous comment - "I am commenting for the first time to just point out that it feels like the ...

Decoding the soundbites... GREECE - EU-IMF FEUD ERUPTS OVER GREEK DEBT Market response: If even the EU and IMF cant agree on a package what...

A US partial holiday today is being used as an excuse for quiet markets so micro-numbers are of little interest today. But the past week has...

Phone Frustrations I just wrote A poem for you. Took some time. A good one too. Clever words Describing dealing. Lilts that jangled, ...

This afternoon's dramatic moves lower in equities and oil have been pinned on Romney trades being unwound, but we do get the feeling th...

So that's that then. The US X-Factor is over, we hope the winner, as chosen by YOU the voting public, goes on to have many hits and the...

Today is box-ticking day in the US, but we really haven't got anything to add to the debate. Instead we are more interested in the data...

Team Macro Man can't believe that the US administration will take the economy over the fiscal cliff. However we can see some investors g...