Earth moved this week. Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press”, went on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and said the following – “I have a good friend who has refused to buy a gun all along. Now he is seriously considering buying a gun“. Todd added that he is seeing a serious concern in people he knows –…
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…
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…
President Holland of France declared War against ISIS this week. French airplanes began bombing ISIS positions in Raqqa & nearby areas. Russians stepped up their own bombings of ISIS positions in Raqqa & the supply lines of ISIS oil. The political & media scene in America exploded into an orgasm of rhetoric. Forgotten is…
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…
“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…
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…
Today begins the Festival of Diwali, the most important celebration in the Indian calendar and the beginning of the New Year. Diwali is the celebration of the victory of Good over Evil and the victory of Light over Darkness. Diwali is the colloquial term for the Sanskrut name Deepavali – which literally means a row of lights….
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…
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…