Remember Japan of the 1970s & 1980s? They were all set to conquer the world with their great multinationals, their long term thinking & their smarts. Japanese manufacturing was the envy of the world and in 1989 they bought iconic American properties like Rockefeller Center in New York and Pebble Beach Golf Resort in…
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…
Just a week ago, we wrote about the curse of the 8th year of a two-term Presidency and asked whether 2016 would be a Happy or Interesting New Year? And look what happened in just one week, the first week of 2016? ValueWalk @valuewalk Global Stock Markets Off To Worst Start In History [Chart] http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/01/global-stock-markets-off-to-worst-start-in-history-chart/ … $$…
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…
May you live in interesting times is a time honored call. And nothing has been more interesting than the last year of a two-term President. Remember the last two financial busts? They both happened in the last year of a two-term President – Tech-Telecom bust in 2000 & Housing-Financial bust in 2008. American Presidents are…
One of the most popular articles of this Blog is the one titled Why Does India Tend to Collapse So Often? Written in June 23, 2012, it spread far & wide to the extent that it was copied & posted (without credit to us, of course) on Pakistan Defense Forum. A high ranking veteran of the…
Below are our 10 most popular articles of 2015. 1. Sign This Petition & Support Free Intellectual Expression – July 18, 2015 2. What is the Foundation of Yog & Why Indian Thought Was the Only One To Discover Yog – June 20, 2015 3. Why Does India Tend to Collapse So Often? – Reprint…
We wish a very Merry Christmas to readers who celebrate Christmas and Happy Holidays to those who don’t. We should ideally stop right here. But we just can’t. Something inside us can’t stop us from looking at the bigger picture & commenting on it even though it might get us in trouble. We…
Just as most film rasiks in the world were engrossed with Star Wars, Indians & the Indian Diaspora were mesmerized by a film steeped in earthly war. It is a film that is creating an awakening, that is evoking a deep sense of pride among Indians. It is a stunningly opulent film, magnificent in…
In the section titled “Anti-Obama” in our last week’s article, we had written: “We had introduced the Anti-Obama concept back in July 2014: “We think the 2016 campaign will be run against President Obama’s tenure just as the 2008 campaign was run against President’ Bush tenure. That is why the candidate who is most…