China, Apple, Trump and 4 Traps of Magnus
This week the world’s biggest market cap company, the world’s biggest corporate icon, the company that has done more to bring the world toget...
Category: History
2019 – A Cycle Change?
As we stand at the dawn of a new year, it behooves us to ask if there is a cycle change going on. The tremendous volatility seen in US equity markets is ...
Mattis vs. Powell – Tyranny of the Unelected
This week General Mattis, Secretary of Defense, resigned citing differences between his world view and that of President Trump. It caused consternation i...
Fourth Unalienable Right? US &/vs. India
Last week President Trump criticized Fed Chairman Powell in measured tones: “I think he’s a good man. I think he’s trying to do what he...
Friedman, Plato & Trump vs. Think Tanks, Richard Haass, Macron & Bloomberg?
Richard Haass tweeted the following on Friday: Richard N. Haass Verified account @RichardHaass Dec 7 – In an instant Europe has gone from being th...
Is Contagion Poking Its Head Out of Its Hole?
Seemingly all of a sudden, the name General Electric created a pang of panic this week. This old venerable name has been tarnished for years and its stoc...
Trump Unbound – Fed Independence & Obama DOJ Redux
What a morning was this Wednesday? It was a perfect celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights, which spreads joy into every household. The midterm el...
Supreme Courts – America, NonPakistan & India – Common Democratic Sense vs. Power Ego
“Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. In a democracy, a government comes to power via free and fair elections...
Sabrimala & Kavanaugh – Trump & Modi
Most people are aware of India’s first war for independence against British Rule in 1857. What many don’t realize is that East India Company,...
A Moment Greater Than Most People Realize – A Declaration of Independence
In a classic Agatha Christie novel, The Secret of Chimneys, the hero uses the phrase “What do we know of England who only England know?”. Thi...