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Nobody knows

Nobody knows

Macro Man Wednesday, April 30, 2008 14 Comments
Macro Man
Nobody seems to know what to make of this evening's FOMC statement . Equities are up since the announcement- barely- and are now sittin...
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Month-end fireworks

Macro Man Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9 Comments
Macro Man
It's been a slow start to the week thus far, but today could well see an explosion of fireworks. Take your pick as to what could move ...
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Exquisite timing

Macro Man Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8 Comments
Macro Man
Talk about exquisite timing. Earnings season is winding to a close, and while the figures haven't been great, they haven't been un...
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Time to do the Humpty Dance?

Macro Man Monday, April 28, 2008 5 Comments
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Today may, in the fullness of time, be seen as a key turning point for financial markets in 2008 and beyond. Not because of any particular ...
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No, Mr. Bond......I expect you to die

Macro Man Friday, April 25, 2008 12 Comments
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James Bond: "Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?" Auric Goldfinger: "No, Mr. Bond....I expect you to die." It's ...
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The physiology of an 800 lb gorilla

Macro Man Thursday, April 24, 2008 15 Comments
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It's sod's law, isn't it? Macro Man writes a piece that attempts to demonstrate why the ECB ain't cutting rates any time so...
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What is the ECB smoking?

Macro Man Wednesday, April 23, 2008 16 Comments
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As the Greatest Financial Crisis Since the Depression ( TM ) rolls on, complete with continued carnage at the front end of most major yield ...
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Profits of Doom

Macro Man Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7 Comments
Macro Man
Ah, another day in Paradise. LIBOR spreads blow out again, mercantilist central banks ramp EUR/USD higher, and oil prints (yawn) another ne...
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Four points

Macro Man Monday, April 21, 2008 4 Comments
Macro Man
Four issues on Macro Man's radar on Monday morning: 1) BOE Buzz cut: The Bank of England announced its version of the TSLF this morning,...
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How cheap are US banks?

Macro Man Friday, April 18, 2008 9 Comments
Macro Man
How cheap are US banks? Recent price action suggests that market's answer to this is "rather." Merrill reports worse than ex...
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Not to kick Merrill's while they're down....

Macro Man Thursday, April 17, 2008 3 Comments
Macro Man
...but after another earnings shocker , it would be churlish not to post this screen shot from Merrill's website, which is doing the ro...
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Uh-oh

Macro Man Thursday, April 17, 2008 2 Comments
Macro Man
Per yesterday's post, June eurodollars contineu to get whacked... ..and more worryingly, 10 year Treasuries are breaking the uptrend sup...
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A funny thing happened on the way to the rally

Macro Man Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7 Comments
Macro Man
A funny thing happened today as equity markets left Virgil in the rearview mirror and started partying with Beatrice. Sure, equities were...
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Plus ca change

Plus ca change

Macro Man Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3 Comments
Macro Man
Macro Man occasionally has a look into his crystal ball, gazing at what the world will look like in the future. When he had a look last nig...
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As Big As Plaza:  A Farce in One Act

As Big As Plaza: A Farce in One Act

Macro Man Tuesday, April 15, 2008 15 Comments
Macro Man
Dramatis Personae: Ben Bernanke, a central banker Jean-Claude Trichet, a central banker Masaaki Shirakawa, a central banker Henry "Han...
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Putting Holmes on the Hunt for Cheap Gamma

Macro Man Monday, April 14, 2008 10 Comments
Macro Man
Market reaction to the G7 statement has been refreshingly rational, as the dollar's grey-zone attempts to surge have been body-slammed ...
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The beginning of the end of the dollar rout....or the end of the beginning?

The beginning of the end of the dollar rout....or the end of the beginning?

Macro Man Saturday, April 12, 2008 6 Comments
Macro Man
Well, well, well. The G7 appeared to signal some concern over the decline and fall of the dollar empire yesterday, changing the boilerplat...
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Pressure points

Macro Man Friday, April 11, 2008 10 Comments
Macro Man
So much for traction . Macro Man was just starting to get excited yesterday at lower equities and USD/JPY, then at 3.10 pm London time eve...
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Financial accounting, ca. 2008

Financial accounting, ca. 2008

Macro Man Friday, April 11, 2008 2 Comments
Macro Man
Passed on from a colleague..... There are two sides of the balance sheet: the left side and the right side. On the left side, there is n...
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Traction

Macro Man Thursday, April 10, 2008 3 Comments
Macro Man
Are markets starting to get traction again? The last 24 hours have seen many of January-February's popular trades (which were incidenta...
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Wither Earnings?

Macro Man Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8 Comments
Macro Man
Earnings season is just beginning, and low equity volumes and bland price action indicates a lack of interest, or at least conviction. A th...
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      • What is the ECB smoking?
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