2014 ~ Macro Man

A visit from Janet Yellen

‘Twas the night before Christmas; yup, that time again For punters to go limit long dollar/yen; French SMEs filled out their loan a...

A trader's lament, with apologies to Dr. Seuss: You’re a mean one, Mr. Market You really are a heel It is your common practic...

As of yesterday, your author is out of all his macro positions, buying back the last of the EDZ5 he was assigned from Friday afternoon's...

Price action since last Friday's stonking payroll figure has been rather telling, wouldn't you say? Two trades that have worked a t...

Well, yesterday's ECB meeting proved to be more Titus Andronicus than Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet , with Draghi performing his usual tr...

But soft! What price through yonder support breaks? It is the oil, and HICP is sub-one Arise, oh price, and kill off deflation soon, Wh...

King WEIDMANN and Lord SCHAUEBLE have arranged for DRAGHI to converse with ANGELA. They withdraw to observe the conversation. Exeunt WEI...

The major market development of the past few days has obviously been the ongoing decline in energy prices, spurred by the recent decision fr...

If you're bored of eating turkey and/or watching crude collapse, enjoy the lyrical stylings of friend-of-the-blog Leftback, who sends hi...

"Never short a quiet market," the saying goes. Well, does it get any more quiet than 5 SPX handles for an entire day's range...

26.1% : The amount that retail gasoline margins expanded in the United States last month, even as prices dropped $0.34/gallon. (Hat ti...