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The Macro Trader

http://themacrotrader.com

TheMacroTrader.com is a global macro and analytics research firm that strives to find actionable macro trading ideas.

• Added on: Feb 7th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: trademacro
• Listed in: Commodities & Futures Stocks & Bonds
• Tags: currency trading stock trading global macro investment newsletter macro trading macro investing

Recent Posts

• Is The Recovery Slowing Down?

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 06:17 in Economy, risk management, recession, indicators, macro trading, economic surprises

  We have heard about the so called economic recovery for months now and while it is true that markets are higher we have our doubts that any of this optimism is seeping into the real economy.  Because of this we tend to believe that we are headed for...

• Interest Rates and the MOVE Index

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 04:45 in Interest rates, Economy, asset allocation, federal reserve, fixed income, treasury bonds, move index, voltility

  We keep hearing that long term Treasury Bonds are going to tank and that we need to get short before they fall off a cliff.  While this may very well happen, we doubt that it occurs anytime soon.  We are not alone in this view as Bill Gross and the...

• The Euro Is Overvalued

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 04:17 in Currency, Interest rates, Economy, eu, euro, currencies, edge, volatility, overvalued, macro trading

  One of our major themes here at The Macro Trader over the past two years has been to short Europe.  We mean that in a general sense as we have been short Spain and Italy off and on for over a year and are bearish on most things EU relative to most o...

• Real Returns, The Pension Fund Crisis, and Buy and Hold

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 01:57 in Retirement, Economy, asset allocation, buy and hold, pension funds, economic crisis, dislocation, fund managers, real returns

  One of the largest problems that seems to be getting little attention is that of the pension fund crisis.  While it has yet to hit in earnest it is definitely upon us.  The basic problem is that due to poor returns, both nominal and adjusted for in...

• Did China Buy Too Much Copper?

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 11:20 in china, Economy, commodities, inflation, copper, deflation, global macro, commodites, reflation, macro trading

  There is some interesting news out of China that they may in fact re-export some of their copper stockpiles.  Here is the link to the Bloomberg story “China May Re-Export Copper on Stockpiles.”   While not a rally killer by itself this...

• Macro Trading Using Relative Strength

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 08:27 in models, newsletter, risk management, equities, asset allocation, edge, correlation, relative strength, global investing, global macro, foreign stocks, us stocks

  Since the start of our newsletter we have been using a relative strength table that looked at Fidelity Select Sector Funds to show what industry groups are leading and which groups are lagging.  The relative strength calculation is similar to the st...

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