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MacroBusiness Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 10:00 Source

In the last couple of weeks, the recovery in China’s primary property market has slowed. The secondary market slowed too, though not quite so much. Prices are threatening to bottom in both markets. Sentiment sucks. Oh dear! Stimulus lol. Ain’t no future ‘ere. Meanwhile, the wider economy also slowed with the January PMIs. Manufacturing. Services.

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 09:30 Source

The Market Ear with the carnage.  It was late On Thursday we pointed out the logic on why it was “Getting Late To Chase The Market”. SPX has reversed aggressively right in the top of the range. 100 day comes in around 5950 (futures), but the big supports are down in the 5900/5850 area. This

The post Deepseek pops the tech bubble appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 09:00 Source

Big drama on Wall Street overnight as AI dragged tech stocks down heavily with the NASDAQ losing nearly 4% as Nvidia and others lost significant ground. Broader industrial shares were hit as well with European stocks also failing to advance, sending a dark signal for Asian markets on this morning’s open. The USD is getting

The post Macro Morning appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 08:31 Source
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MacroBusiness Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 00:10 Source

CoreLogic’s daily dwelling values index shows that home values continue to decline across Sydney and Melbourne, down 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively, over the past 28 days. Data from CoreLogic also shows a sharp rise in the number of homes listed for sale across Sydney and Melbourne in recent weeks. The number of dwellings on the

The post Aussie house price dominos fall appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 00:05 Source

CTAs and systemics aggressively bought Australian dollars last week, undoing some of the recent bearish imbalance. BofA has more. With trend followers stretched long USD and only moderately long US equities, the SG CTA benchmark posted declines on the week. In FX, our model covered short EUR, GBP, and AUD positions this week and is

The post When robots dream of Australian dollars appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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xkcd.com Monday, January 27, 2025 - 11:00 Source

 I've been banned from the physics department for the way I pronounce "Doppler effect."

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Monday, January 20, 2025 - 19:20
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George Monbiot Monday, January 20, 2025 - 19:20 Source

Trump’s presidency is a reversion to autocratic tyranny. Only concerted resistance can stop it from spreading.  

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  19th January 2025

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Friday, January 3, 2025 - 00:05
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024 - 19:41
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Friday, December 27, 2024 - 03:05

It is that time of year again: Time to look back at information technology in 2024 and make light of it. As with prior year-in-reviews, this one will be arranged like an award ceremony. There are three criteria for the dozen awards given out this year:• The award must be for something involving digital technology.• The key event must have taken place this year, 2024.• The award cannot take itself seriously. The event receiving attention must lend itself to sass, sarcasm, and ridicule. As a reminder, the awards are worth nothing. The only value is fifteen seconds of fleeting fame on this blog post.

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Friday, December 27, 2024 - 03:05
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Digitopoly Friday, December 27, 2024 - 03:05 Source

It is that time of year again: Time to look back at information technology in 2024 and make light of it. As with prior year-in-reviews, this one will be arranged like an award ceremony. There are three criteria for the dozen awards given out this year:• The award must be for something involving digital technology.• The key event must have taken place this year, 2024.• The award cannot take itself seriously. The event receiving attention must lend itself to sass, sarcasm, and ridicule. As a reminder, the awards are worth nothing. The only value is fifteen seconds of fleeting fame on this blog post.

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Monday, December 23, 2024 - 15:59
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The Australian Independent Media Network Monday, December 23, 2024 - 15:59 Source

Plan International Australia Media Release December 26 marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of 230,000 people and [...]

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Monday, December 23, 2024 - 14:53
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The Australian Independent Media Network Monday, December 23, 2024 - 14:53 Source

He looked like a young, freshly sprouting Henry Kissinger, before complicity in war crimes coarsened him, and plagiarism became commonplace in allegedly relevant academic texts.The [...]

The post Concentrated Markets and Iceless Fokkers appeared first on The AIM Network.

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Monday, December 23, 2024 - 14:25
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The Australian Independent Media Network Monday, December 23, 2024 - 14:25 Source

Oxfam Australia Media Release Barefoot children forced to search through rubbish for food scraps across Gaza. Of the meagre 34 trucks of food and water [...]

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Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 22:02
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The Australian Independent Media Network Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 22:02 Source

By James Moore   “If we’re the most intelligent things in the universe, well, that’s just depressing.” – Rekha Sharma, Canadian Actress. In a park along [...]

The post Seeing is Deceiving appeared first on The AIM Network.

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Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 19:46
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The Australian Independent Media Network Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 19:46 Source

It’s been 30 years since the genocide of Rwanda. I recall driving my children to school as the news was on the radio, the numbers [...]

The post Let’s not look at Africa appeared first on The AIM Network.

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Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 15:14
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The Australian Independent Media Network Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 15:14 Source

By Sue Barrett We have reached a critical juncture – not just on climate change, but on societal transformation. The decisions we make now will [...]

The post A Global Tipping Point: Reclaiming Democracy from Oligarchs and Billionaires appeared first on The AIM Network.

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