The visit of Prime Minister Modi to America was spectacularly successful. His welcome by the Obama Administration and the American Foreign policy establishment was genuinely gracious & festive. We cannot recall another visit that created so much excitement and that was so well received by the Indian-American community. But there was a discordant note among the…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week about the flash crash 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…
Something momentous happened this week. The U.S. Federal Reserve changed its optimistic tone and expressed concern about the slowdown in Europe & the explosive rise in the U.S. Dollar. Big deal, most would say. After all, every central bank talks about its currency & discusses global conditions, right? Wrong. The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) has…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week about 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…
Two major events took place this past week. The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 and an outpouring of affection & admiration in New York for Prime Minister Modi, today’s leader from Gandhi’s home state of Gujarat. Mahatma Gandhi was simply the Greatest Good human of the 20th century, bar none. If there was a…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week about 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…
Sixty years ago, India was defined as a land of snake-charmers & beggars. Some 20 years later, the American image of an Indian was a medical Doctor. Fast forward to 20 years later and the American image of Indians morphed into that of smart people fluent in Computer Science, Mathematics & Science. This week, the…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week about 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…
Relationships are weird. Perceptions count far more than reality in making relationships succeed. This is just as true of societies as it of individual relationships. What is intended as good can often be perceived as horrific. For example, it is very common in India for an older man to call a younger man as…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week about 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…