Interesting TACs of the Week (June 3 – June 9, 2017)

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…

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Consistent, Determined “Annihilation & Humiliation” Strategy against ISIS – Secretary James Mattis

  The biggest mistake in a war between two different cultures is lack of understanding of the enemy and a consequent supremacist attitude towards the enemy. One manifestation of this comes in “if we do this, what is the  difference between them & us“? The smart victorious side doesn’t waste energy in these self-defeating self-recriminations….

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Interesting TACs of the Week (May 27 – June 2, 2017)

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…

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Interesting TACs of the Week (May 20 – May 26, 2017)

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…

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American Civil Wars & Insurrections – Lessons Forgotten or Relearned?

  Remember the American Civil War – America’s bloodiest war & greatest crisis of morality & will? Abraham Lincoln is now universally regarded as one of America’s greatest presidents because of his leadership in that war. Candidate Donald Trump invoked Abraham Lincoln more than any previous president in his campaign. Unfortunately, President Trump forgot the…

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Interesting TACs of the Week (May 13 – May 19, 2017)

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…

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Trump-Comey – The Central Question

  Among all the sturm & drang of this week’s Trump-Comey episode, the central point was postulated by Ian Bremmer of Eurasia Group on Thursday: ian bremmer‏Verified account @ianbremmer May 11 – I don’t think Trump colluded with Russians on election. Trump just couldn’t help himself on Comey. To his great detriment. [emphasis ours] We totally concur with…

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