Macro Economics Archive

Top Gun FP Client Note: Out Here In California

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Hussman: Wave Of Mortgage Resets Coming

March 17, 2010  ·  Category: Macro Economics, Real Estate
To reiterate what the reset curve looks like here, the 2010 peak doesn't really get going until July-Sep (with delinquencies likely to peak about 3 months later, and foreclosures about 3 months after that).  A ...
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NYT: The Debt Comes Due In A Big Way Starting In 2012

March 17, 2010  ·  Category: Macro Economics
An avalanche is brewing in 2012 and beyond if companies don't get out in front of this. - Kevin Cassidy, Senior Credit Officer, Moody's The companies have nearly two years to push out the 2012 maturity wall. - ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: Impressive 4th Quarter Earnings II - Retailers

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Top Gun FP Client Note: Impressive 4th Quarter Earnings

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Mark Hart, The 37 Year Old Texas Hedge Fund Manager Who Bet Against Europe’s Debt And Won

February 24, 2010  ·  Category: Europe, Hedge Funds, Macro Economics
Bloomberg ("Corriente Said to Pay Backers After Europe Debt Bets", Bloomberg, February 23) and The Wall Street Journal ("How A Texan Bagged Europe", Gregory Zuckerman, The Wall Street Journal, February 24, C1) reported, and the internet is abuzz ...
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“Dollar Crisis” Author Richard Duncan On Europe’s Closing Bell

February 23, 2010  ·  Category: CNBC, Macro Economics
Richard Duncan's The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures (1st Edition: 2003, 2nd Edition: 2005) is one of the best books of applied macroeconomics I've read and it is what really stimulated my thinking when I ...
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HP Numbers Tell Same Store Of Tech Recovery As Intel And Cisco

February 22, 2010  ·  Category: Macro Economics, Stocks
[Growth] was pretty broad and pretty linear.  Most of our segments saw very good growth. - Mark Hurd, CEO, Hewlett Packard Last Wednesday afternoon, tech behemoth Hewlett Packard (HPQ) reported earnings for the quarter ended January 31, 2010 ...
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Lowe’s Results Suggest Stabilization

February 22, 2010  ·  Category: Macro Economics, Market Commentary, Real Estate, Stocks
Our fourth quarter results suggest the worst of the economic cycle is likely behind us.  While the psychological impact of falling home prices and an uncertain employment picture continue to weigh on consumers, improving comparable ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: Two Stocks For A Range Bound Market

In range bound markets, 90% of the return comes from dividends.   - Vitaly Katsenelson, author of Active Value Investing: Making Money In Range Bound Markets (Wiley, 2007), on CNBC's Closing Bell, Tuesday February 16 In last week's ...
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