On February 21, we wrote an article* about the now famous rant of CNBC’s Rick Santelli and the arrogant response by the White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Rick Santelli had simply stated his passionate criticism of President Obama’s housing plan and his fellow traders at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange had loudly voiced their agreement. The…
Jon Stewart of The Daily Show enjoys near mythical status as a cult hero of the left for his brilliant parody of the Iraq War and The Bush Administration. Mr. Stewart is an amazing talent and he uses it to propagate his serious views about America and the World under the guise of comedy. Jim Cramer…
Editor’s Note: This is an article about comments made on financial television and financial media in general. It is not an investment article and no one should base any investing decisions or conclusions based on anything written in or inferred from this article. Investing is a serious matter and all investment decisions that should only…
Editor’s Update – August 1, 2009 – The Financial Times reported on July 30 that India plans to build 100 warships in response to increasing Chinese naval might in the Indian Ocean. On June 5, 2008 we watched Erin Burnett of CNBC interview Dr. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale about India. In this interview, Dr. Sonnenfeld made…
In this article, we lay out briefly our interpretation of the Sanaatan thought and its corollaries:Religious Devotion: Religious Devotion is a humble practice in which one surrenders to God in an attempt to become one with the Universal Soul. It is a practice that sheds the human ego and strips away the human attributes of intelligence, valor and wealth. The…
Recently we read an article by a City University of New York Professor blaming “Hindu Extremists” for the protests against Slumdog Millionaire in India. This epithet has been widely used by BBC, New York Times, Washington Post among others. It is a label that European Christian Journalists love to use and their loyal followers in the…
We have been old fans of Rick Santelli, the veteran trader-reporter who covers the bond markets for CNBC. Our nick name for him is “The REF”. When Rick speaks, CNBC viewers listen. So, (to hark back to an old commercial) he is Rick EF Hutton, Santelli; in short, Rick EF Santelli or simply the REF. Does this…
Usually, the anchor of a Television show has a consistent personality and a set of views that establishes his brand. That is especially true of CNBC anchors. But, then Dylan Ratigan of CNBC’s “Fast Money” is no ordinary anchor. He changes his views, his mission, his personality and recasts himself as no other anchor can. When…
We tend to write about CNBC because we believe that the vast majority of our readers are investors and regularly watch CNBC. We receive comments from our readers about our CNBC related articles and some of these articles have made it to our blog’s 10 Most Popular Articles List. The single best comment was from…
There have been a few changes to the top 10 list since our last update on January 10, 2009: A new entry – the article “125th Anniversary of Manhattan’s Brooklyn Bridge – Celebration Bollywood Style” has joined the list in the No. 10 spot. The previous No 2 article “India & Greece – A long, deep…