Posts Tagged ‘FXA’

• Oil Crush: Model Portfolio Update
  Gregor Macdonald, March 10th, 2010 at 5:37 pm, Comments: 0

  Fresh figures were released today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing that the big states lost further ground in the battle of unemployment. California, Illinois, Florida, and North Carolina set new highs in their unemployment rates. Interestingly, these are four of the seven large states I identified in February as energy-deficit states. It’s not [...]

• The End?: Gregor Weekly Macro Note
  Gregor Macdonald, March 6th, 2010 at 11:53 pm, Comments: 0

  Apparently the (labor) recession ended while I was attending the MIT Energy Conference in Cambridge-Boston on Friday. Job losses came in less than expected and the economists who are prone to keep things simple were generally quite upbeat on the report. Bloomberg Radio had two macroeconomic observers back to back on Friday, the first being [...]

• Gold vs The Euro: Model Portfolio Update
  Gregor Macdonald, February 17th, 2010 at 8:53 am, Comments: 0

  Despite the rebound in the Euro against the Dollar, the problems which plague the common currency will certainly roll onward for some time to come. The recent drama with the PIGS is of course just part of the larger problem of developed world sovereign debt, affecting the EU and the US equally. But away from [...]

• Roll On Sovereign Hockey Puck. Roll On: Model Portfolio Update
  Gregor Macdonald, February 10th, 2010 at 11:51 pm, Comments: 0

  In this weekend’s Macro Note to subscribers, I posed a question about the spread of risk in sovereign debt.  And, I suggested the following first step to a model for how this turmoil eventually plays out among the candidate countries of the world. I was struck that so many assumed the contagion would proceed in [...]

• Gregor Weekly Macro Note: Sunday 03 January 2010
  Gregor Macdonald, January 3rd, 2010 at 11:20 pm, Comments: 0

  The GregorWeekly model portfolio was initiated the last week of August in 2009, with $100,000 USD notional. My stated goal at that time was to achieve positive absolute returns, while assigning a lesser role to individual equities. In addition, I neither wanted to trade too actively or waste time taking out a series of insurance [...]

• Gregor Weekly Model Portfolio Update: 30 December 2009
  Gregor Macdonald, December 30th, 2009 at 11:23 pm, Comments: 0

  I wish the prospects for wage growth in the OECD were as robust as the outlook for coal demand in Asia. (no need to expand much on this opening line, and so I’ll move on to the next paragraph).
  According to Bloomberg, 2009 will be the worst year for government bonds since 1978. Obviously that was [...]

• Gregor Weekly Model Portfolio Update: 07 October 2009
  Gregor Macdonald, October 7th, 2009 at 10:56 am, Comments: 0

  The Gold/Silver ratio remains a handy and workable portrait of systemic liquidity, and volatility. For those of you who watch more traditional measures of volatility…(this article continues for subscribers through the membership gateway, on the right side of this page.)…

• Readings: Tuesday 06 October 2009
  Gregor Macdonald, October 6th, 2009 at 9:06 am, Comments: 0

  RBA Sounds the All-Clear: Michael Pascoe, The Sydney Morning Herald.
  Drive-By Economics: Hawaii Edition, Paul Kedrosky, Infectious Greed.
  Don’t Blame China: Simon Johnson and James Kwak, The Washington Post.
  High Speed Rail: A No-Brainer: Chris Nelder, Get Realist.
  Tin Squeeze Tests Regulator’s Mettle in U.K.: John Kemp, Reuters Blogs.
  Apartment Vacancy Rate at 23 Year High: Calculated Risk.
  Prosperity Rests [...]

• Gregor Weekly Model Portfolio Update: 05 October 2009
  Gregor Macdonald, October 5th, 2009 at 10:34 am, Comments: 0

  Friday’s USDollar reaction to the unemployment report was telling. (this article continues for subscribers through the membership gateway, on the right side of this page.)…