Macro Affairs is proud to announce the first Macro Moves Prediction Challenge! In the Macro Moves Prediction Challenge, you are asked to predict how financial markets will react to a…
Detailing the Asset Allocation for the Macro Affairs Portfolio. Macro Affairs is proud to be introducing the Macro Affairs Portfolio. The goal is to outperform the portfolio benchmark, which is…
The Macro Affairs Portfolio Invests Heavily in Emerging Markets. If you buy a regular, market-cap-weighted all-country index fund, then just 12% of your portfolio is invested in emerging markets. But…
Avocado Index Shows Millennials Hardest Hit In Inflation-Per-Generation Measure. Different generations have different spending patterns. For example, millennials are alleged eat more avocados than baby boomers. If avocados were to…
Insurance Activity Extends Far Beyond Traditional Insurance Companies. When you hear the word ‘insurance’, you may imagine something boring like car or fire insurance. But insurance is actually a much…
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked. – Warren Buffett In finance and investing, a ‘black swan’ is an unexpected event that has big…
Greek Debt is Only Getting Less Sustainable. In the decade before the financial crisis, Greece had seen a stable government debt at just over 100% of GDP. In 2006 and…
The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe. More than a decade after the global financial crisis, the data is in: Europe has lagged behind the rest…