Source: The Associated Press Author(s): Eric Talmadge Original Post: Chinese ‘carrier-killer’ missile raises concerns of Pacific power shift Date: 08/05/2010 ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON — Nothing projects U.S. global air and sea power more vividly than supercarriers. Bristling with fighter jets that can reach deep into even landlocked trouble zones, America’s virtually invincible carrier [...]
With all of the clutter and insanity due to groups turning into recruiting grounds and advertising forums for esoteric and mindless products, I was compelled to launch my own LinkedIn Group which is being emphatically embraced by the systematic and discretionary proprietary trading universe, to my delight. I know many of you are Prop. Traders, [...]
The Stratfor article, presented in its entirety at the end of this letter, has failed to take into account historical precedents that are now having significant sway over the outcome of the popular uprising in Iran. Moreover, suggesting this to be “isolated to students at elite universities in Tehran proper” is grossly inaccurate. As a [...]
The real action behind the scenes. This is monumental. No, “GENERATIONAL”. No… it’s… it’s … Politics aside, the reality is thus, according to my dogma, the Financial Times: Lawrence Summers, senior economic adviser to Barack Obama, US president, told the Financial Times recently that the Group of 20 countries should agree to boost government demand. [...]
Week of November 3 THUR- Heavy volume on the sell-off. Market’s spooked by the lopsided gov’t. As expected, but didn’t exploit. Monitor airlines for entry levels (see below). Many charts look like gaps from Tuesday were closed. Only problem is volume expanding across the board. So many charts look terrible, I feel like we’re going [...]
Week of October 27th: Wed p.m.- Yesterday, markets rallied 880 points. Today, a 300 point rally reversed to close almost flat. This is a very bullish sign. The euphoria became excessive because we had rallied almost 20% in 2 days. So the late day reversal was a definite shakeout of the fast money, weak hands. [...]
“We’re going to see five hedge funds fail for every bank, maybe more,” A moment of reckoning for many hedge funds may come at the end of this month, when their exposure to credit default swaps must be “marked to market” to reflect the increased obligations at the end of the third quarter. Olivant, the [...]
An Iranian Peacock Revolution and its Global Macroeconomic Implications by Mark Etwiz www.InvestmentCapitalist.com Three former colonial masters of Iran (France, England, U.S.) stare down two rising superpowers (China, Russia) with Iran as their battle ground in a clash of civilizations. As history is any guide, Iran has a notorious track record of dominating regional politics [...]
“Ron Paul is far too intelligent to believe the main pillars of his campaign platform such as abolishing fiat currency , abolishing taxes and turning America further inward through psycho-graphic racism.” Now before you get all emotional one way or the other, it was never my original intention to polarize the message I was trying [...]
It’s great to be a global macro equity trader right now for a couple of reasons I’ll get to in just a second. But first, it’s not often there are widespread global macro strategies being employed by various market participants. Whether you know it or not, there’s a good chance your portfolio has a little [...]
