2015 Outlook -Tough Choices Ahead: From Itau’s Global Connections Dec 2, 2014 While the year-end equity rally continues apace, it is time to look ahead into next year and assess the challenges and opportunities 2015 will bring. …
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Like most of you, I am Thankful, for a loving family, pretty good health and being born in America. But beyond that, to proclaim being thankful for anything material, I’d sound like nothing short of an A-hole. I …
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Tempest in a Tea Pot – What Does It Tell Us? From Itau’s Global Connections Oct 31, 2014: The recent financial market correction came and went in what seems like the blink of the eye. Several …
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With today’s rally, the S&P 500 index is now down only about 1% for the month of October. That’s quite incredible considering that the index was down more than 7% for the month just last …
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There have been no shortage of geopolitical events blamed for the 7% decline in the S&P500 (SPX) since making all time highs on September 19th. But let’s be clear – after a two year …
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Tuesday morning in this space, I detailed the potential for the Ebola scare sweeping the world (warranted or not) to disrupt business in the travel industry, most namely international travel (MorningWord 10/7/14: Fearing Fear Itself): …
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. Yesterday, the largest single day gain in the S&P500 (SPX) in 2014 was completely mental in my opinion, having little to do with the fact that the direction was up. To be fair, I …
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The front page of CNBC.com from a few minutes ago: The caption could have easily read “nothing to fear here, everyone back in the water’. I know a lot of you are in love with …
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If you are like me (nuts), then your are dragging ass this morning because of your early morning e-commerce activities. A week from today I will be the proud recipient of a new shiny, but …
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I’ll keep this short this morning. Yesterday I wrote of how I am often confounded by macro movements in currencies commodities and bonds (In Our Own World) and their effects on the U.S. equity markets (of …
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