* It's been a cracking World Cup so far, certainly the best one that Macro Man can recall watching . The matches have been tense, the f...
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A cheap vol bet (yeah, right)?
It looked for a moment like there might be a flash crash yesterday, as Spooz dropped an almost unbelievable 14 handles in a matter of minute...
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Key day reversals, part II
As he was cycling yesterday, it occurred to Macro Man that he had left out a fairly obvious component in his analysis of key day reversals a...
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A key day reversal from the all-time high: how worried should you be?
It seemed like business as usual yesterday morning, with the SPX marching to yet another all-time high on news that the day of the week ende...
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Trading places
As England prepare to play their final, meaningless World Cup match against CONCACAF titans Costa Rica, Macro Man has unearthed why their de...
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Summer Lovin'
Macro Man is somewhat lacking in inspiration, though how much of it is the disappointing final result of the USA-Portugal match and how much...
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School's out for summer
School's out for summer today, so Macro Man's taking the day off from watching markets to take the Macro Boys to the beach. Normal ...
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What's in the price?
42 and counting....will there be a 43? History says that equities typically rally on Fed days, but as noted previously there seems too be s...
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Abandon All Puts, Ye Who Enter Here
Bloomberg ran a very interesting story yesterday, which unfortunately does not appear to be anywhere online, entitled " Puts Abandoned ...
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This is your market
Is there anyone out there who still doesn't understand what artificially depressing volatility does? OK. Last time. This is your m...
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Who, what, where, why, when, how?
Who is the agent responsible for buying several hundred thousand eurodollar contracts a few minutes after the daily settlement yesterday,...
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So why are stocks so high?
Imagine Macro Man's chagrin when he saw that yesterday's readership was the highest in three weeks- on a day when the daily post wa...
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The worm turns in China
After a PBOC-engineered squeeze that's lasted all year, the worm may finally have turned in China, as Monday's super-low fix followe...
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Oh, Mexico
You could have won a lot of money had you wagered that the most startling market driver last Friday would not have been the US non-farm payr...
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Over-deliverance...but so what?
On balance, Super Mario over-delivered, offering actual or promised easing across each of the four streams identified yesterday: * Interes...
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The big day arrives
After all the disappointment, all the foreshadowing, all of the big talk and hawkish talk and frankly confusing talk, the big day is finally...
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Alternative Universe News Headlines
Macro Man was bemused (and slightly amused) to see a headline from the Fed's very own Comical Ali , Jon Hilsenrath, that " Fed Offi...
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"Do not trade on headlines"
Monday was a perfect example of why Macro Man likes to keep a "DO NOT TRADE ON HEADLINES" sign near his desk. Having a visible r...
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The Biggest Week of the Year (redux)
( Shift-F9 ), though it would no doubt be churlish to point out that the 'melt-up' has occurred on fairly dismal volume in both cash...
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