Interesting TACs of the Week (December 5 – December 11, 2015)

  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 (November 28 – December 4, 2015)

  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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Syria & Afghanistan – Syrian Rebels & Taleban – Turkey & Non-Pakistan?

  In our article about ISIS last week, we wrote: The reality is that virtually no one considers ISIS as their main enemy or adversary. Saudi Arabia & the Gulf countries, America’s vaunted allies, consider Iran as their primary & semi-existential enemy. To them, ISIS is a counter thrust against Iran’s drive to dominate the…

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Interesting TACs of the Week (November 14 – November 20, 2015)

  Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week in Treasuries, monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. TACs 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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Paris Attacks – 2015 after 2008 after 2001 – Not Contained & Getting Worse?

   “Not contained as President said, It’s getting worse“. That was the succinct verdict of Mike Rogers, ex-Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of US Congress, on Friday on CNN. He is right in a way and wrong in another. We prefer to look at yesterday’s horrific attack in Paris in reference to the attack in Mumbai in 2008 and…

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Interesting TACs of the Week (November 7 – November 13, 2015)

  Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week in Treasuries, monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. TACs 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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Is Britain Moving Away From America Or Just Hedging Its Bets?

  It is hard to imagine a more loyal American ally than Britain. Britain has joined America in every major venture America has undertaken at least for the past seventy years. Britain has benefited greatly from its “special relationship” with America. America rescued Britain militarily in the two world wars of the 20th century. America helped Britain’s…

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