Every few weeks we publish the list of Top 10 Articles of this Blog. These are articles that rank the highest in terms of viewer hits since the Blog’s inception. Some of the articles in the Top 10 list are also our personal favorites. For example, the highest ranked article on the Blog is also our most favorite article since inception.
There are other articles that are our favorites but these are not included in the current Top 10 List. Today, we would like to share titles of some of these personal favorites:
1. When Did Indian Society Lose It’s Attitude? Our Answer Might Surprise You – April 2009
Indian Culture today is essentially the same culture that was developed on the banks of the Sindhu river about 5,000 years ago. The words India or Indian are derived from the name Indus, the word the British created for the “Sindhu” river. But the attitude of today’s Indian society is far weaker than that of the Indian society of old. In this article, we discuss our theory about the origins of this change.
2. Indian Education System vs. American Education System – Hype vs. Reality – September, 2009
This is an article based on our experiences with Indian Education and American Education as well as experiences of many people we know. We have heard a lot of nonsense about Indian & American education systems from many so-called pandits on TV. This article is our viewpoint.
3. Are CNBC Anchors on a Mission against US Treasuries – A Viewer’s Perspectives – August 2008
This is an article that is valid today as it was in August 2008, almost two years ago. For some reason that we simply cannot fathom, CNBC Anchors have an abiding dislike for US Treasuries. Their favorite question to their guests is “are treasuries are in a bubble?“. Since we wrote our article in August 2008, there have been a couple of excellent buying opportunities followed by spectacular rallies in US Treasuries. It is an indisputable fact that Individual Investors could have protected their portfolios during the terrible bear market in 2008 by keeping a portion of their portfolio in US Treasuries. Yet, none of this sways CNBC Anchors.
The reality is that virtually all CNBC Anchors are “stock-jockeys” and spend the vast majority of their air time in plugging stocks and stock mutual funds. They also recommend commodities and gold. But they never recommend buying US Treasuries.
In their attitude, we detect a real dislike, in some cases a jihadist type hatred, for this simple, pure All-American asset class. America’s prosperity is based entirely on the soundness and safety of US Treasuries. Just watch what is happening to Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy. When investors lose faith in a country’s sovereign or government debt, they flee. Investors around the world invest in US Treasuries because the investment makes them money and keeps their money safe. As far as stocks are concerned, investing in US Treasuries would have given American investors greater returns than investing in the US stock market averages over the past 10 years.
But none of this seems to matter to CNBC Anchors. Their feelings were summarized by CNBC Fast Money Trader Joe Terranova on Tuesday, May 4 (at minute 03:53) when he said “I Hate Treasuries“. Amazingly, Mr. Terranova said this during a week in which Treasuries rallied and stocks sold off.
Even more damning was the opening question by CNBC Fast Money Anchor Melissa Lee who asked her guest “are things so bad that you have to go to this (US Treasuries)?“.
As we said, this article just keeps on ticking.
4. Why I Chose a Non-Exercise Lifestyle? – August 2009
This is a personal article. Friends and relatives have chided the editor for disdain of exercise and for watching TV for hours. There was one unintended benefit of this article. Some people had assumed the editor was a stern and serious personality. They were surprised to see a humorous side to the editor. Didn’t they know that a Bollywood Rasik can never be stern or unduly serious?
5. Cultural & Religious Defamation Tacitly Accepted by New York Times Editors? – Our Perspectives – January 2010
Our general opinion is that American TV & Print Media are insular and uneducated about any other point of view. The lack of cultural or viewpoint diversity is simply awful. As a result, we find articles in American media often reek of cultural bias. Bias we can accept as a sign of ignorance. But some of the articles were actually defamatory in our opinion.
One such was a glowing review of a book published in the New York Times. This article describes our opinions about the review and the actions of the New York Times Editorial Board.
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