Those who want to “live in interesting times” got their wish this week. A week so “interesting” that no one was interested in major developments in Afghanistan & Iraq – the two hot spots of US policy. We do feel for Secretary Kerry. He did really achieve a major success by getting the two…
Summary – A weekly top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week about monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting tweets, articles, videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on…
Below are this week’s articles from Macro Viewpoints: Governor Rick Perry – Front Runner for 2016 GOP Nomination? Forged In Crisis – India & USA Since 1947 Interesting TACs of the Week (July 6 – July 11, 2014) Send your feedback to [email protected] OR @MacroViewpoints on Twitter
Every country, every society in the world is different. Local conditions, local cultures, local factors usually dominate discussions about individual societies. Sometimes, with deeper lateral analysis, some patterns become discernible, patterns that transcend the obvious plethora of local differences. Identifying such patterns & analyzing them is what Global Macro is all about. The tradecraft of Global…
Rarely does a book come along and offer sensible, practical, factual, and intellectually unbiased overview of a topic as large & complex as US-India relations. Recently, we came across such a book, a book that we urge every interested American & Indian to read & keep on the bookshelf for re-reading. That book is…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting tweets, articles, videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television, Tweeter, and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any…
On July 4, 1776, a great declaration was passed, a unanimous declaration by the thirteen united states of America. It was a rejection of tyranny. The Declaration stated: “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting tweets, articles, videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television, Tweeter, and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any…
Below are the top 10 articles of the Blog for the first half of 2014 (in terms of viewer hits): 1. State of the Art Defense – First you cry and then you gotta laugh – “Chindia” line of control – June 21, 2008 – This is the 7th most popular article since…
As the world is focused on ISIL in Iraq, this morning’s banner story on nytimes.com is Taliban Mount Major Assault in Afghanistan. Calling it ” … one of the most significant coordinated assaults on the government in years … “, the article states – “the Taliban offensive presents a new worst-case situation for Western officials:…