Let’s Make Some Money – Market Musings

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The bear is starting to find its roar. I just read a tech piece on USDJPY to potentially squeeze lower by a pretty good tech chap who just happened to have got most… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – Cyprus, the wealthy can run but they cannot hide

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In medieval times, when the king is broke, the wealthy took their gold onto a ship and sailed for another continent. The poor was left behind and taxed to death. That was capital… Continue reading

The New Austerity Fad – Start Saving Today

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It’s never to late to start saving and saving appears to be the latest fad. It has had been an unconscious effort for my part so far, but now I am taking up… Continue reading

Be warned ! …. the Ting Hai (丁蟹) effect may kick in

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*Saving General Yang — comes out on 4 April 2013 If you think that the weaker than expected China Manufacturing PMI (official figures or those of HSBC) released in Asian morning were the… Continue reading

ELNs : 10.26%, 10% Or 8.3% ? I Picked 8.3% !

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Starbucks Corp 10.26% p.a. 2823 HK  China ETF 10% p.a. Potash Corp of Saskatchewan 8.3% p.a. All at 95% strike for 1 month. (Banker took aboout 1.5%) Picked Potash for 3 main reasons.… Continue reading

Kim declares war … Is this a playground dare?

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“North Korea has a long history of bellicose rhetoric and threats and today’s announcement follows that familiar pattern,” Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for National Security Council (which advises the U.S. president on matters… Continue reading

Dear Kim … Please don’t Nuke the markets!

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Illustration 1: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un conferring with his Generals with a background map showing proposed flight paths of missiles striking targets in the continental United States Asianmacro relish holidays when most/all markets… Continue reading

Malaysia elections – rising risk of a lose-lose outcome

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I concede – Najib beats me to procrastination, a trait I’m shamefully infamous for, including dragging my feet to write this column. I was in KL nearly a month ago to do a… Continue reading

MAJOR RISK OFF IMMINENT TO APRIL

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Illustration 1: Bitcoin price (from inception 2010 to present) Asianmacro had been busy trading and had not posted and shared any views for 2 weeks till today (*where I made 3 posts within… Continue reading

Good and Bad EUR notes … they are not the same!

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Asianmacro had the pleasure of living and being based in Europe for a period in the past.  The best thing of the Eurozone had always been hassle free travel across one country to… Continue reading