Celebrating the Fourth of July is a patriotic tradition. It is a day of remembrance of past sacrifices that have given us today’s freedom, prosperity & peace. This fourth could be a more somber day than recent ones. This may well be a Fourth of July that requires us to prepare for a major…
Last week we discussed one “reality” of the US-India “partnership”, the economic reality that is not ideal at this time. To their wise credit, President Trump & PM Modi avoided this unpleasant reality and focused on what is entirely positive & mutually beneficial. President Trump told America and his base why India is beneficial to…
CNBC keeps saying that they have more Indian-Americans than any other network and that the Managing Editor of CNBC is an Indian-American. Their PR keeps using this to deflect any criticism of anti-Indian behavior by CNBC on-air people including contemptuous mispronouncing of Indian names including & especially PM Modi’s name. But Indian origin or…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week in Treasuries, monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. TAC is our acronym for Tweets, Articles, & Clips – our basic inputs for this article. Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting Tweets, Articles, Video Clips with our comments. This is an article…
Prime Minister Modi (pronounced Mo-thee) is going to visit Washington DC on Monday to meet President Trump. It is an important visit for India but not necessarily for America. The latter conclusion stems from the reality that India is simply not that important to America, at least not at this time. India is always deemed…
The more things change, the more they stay the same – this old dictum applies to today’s Indian cricket team. Remember the glorious partnership in the semifinal between India & NonPakistan in the 2003 World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar & Virendra Sehwag, India’s opening pair, thrashed NonPakistani fast bowling to score more than 300 runs….
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week in Treasuries, monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. TAC is our acronym for Tweets, Articles, & Clips – our basic inputs for this article. Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting Tweets, Articles, Video Clips with…
The past 15 years have been all China with India being a sorry laggard. Perhaps that’s why the recent success of India has not really registered in Chinese minds. Americans know more about India than Chinese do and more Americans have heard of Bollywood than Chinese. That changed recently. So much so that Chinese…
Attorney General Sessions did a good job defending himself in his testimony before the US Senate. He exuded outraged passion and showed gumption, two characteristics we had not witnessed before in him. But that was Mr. Sessions in action in his own personal defense. When will he show the same outraged passion, the same…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week in Treasuries, monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. TAC is our acronym for Tweets, Articles, & Clips – our basic inputs for this article. Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting Tweets, Articles, Video Clips with…