The October nonfarm payroll came in at a pedestrian 80,000, compared to 158,000 in September, a rate that is somewhat less than what matches population growth. But it is the numbers behind the numbers that will deliver the big market impact. The headline unemployment rate came in at a nosebleed 9.0%. August and September were [...]

I am taking my profit in the Euro (FXE) December $140 puts this morning, nailing the high of the day at $5.70, and clocking a stunning three day profit of 107%. This adds 5.63% to the year-to-date return for Macro Millionaire, taking us up to 46%. Non option players who bought the short Euro ETF [...]

Yesterday, I wrote about the Nevadan wrinkle in the housing crisis where distressed homeowners are letting their horses go wild to make their mortgage payment. Now neighboring California is facing a Chihuahua glut, where evicted homeowners are handing over their pets to animal shelters. The diminutive Mexican canine enjoyed a boom in popularity in recent [...]

Thanks to the thousands of new subscribers that have poured into this service in recent months, I have been able to complete a major upgrade of my website at www.madhedgefundtrader.com . Now that the daily traffic is reaching astronomical proportions, it is time to join the big league of online financial services with an industrial [...]

Diary Entry for Monday, October 31, 2011 Dear Diary, 4:30 PM Sunday- Looks like my Monday is going to start early this week. The head of the foreign exchange desk at one of Japan’s largest banks called and told me that the Bank of Japan was hitting all bids for the yen in any size [...]

I certainly made a splash during my recent visit to China, where the local press covered me like a visiting rock star. I guess personally knowing the founders of the modern People’s Republic and being one of the few westerners to survive the Cultural Revolution 40 years ago, didn’t hurt. To read the full page [...]

“How to dress for a riot?” was the question I found myself facing as I prepared to depart for an “Occupy San Francisco” demonstration and march in San Francisco on Saturday morning. I settled for Levis, Nike’s, a black T-shirt, a black and orange San Francisco Giants baseball cap, and a great big handkerchief in [...]