Yesterday NonPak-istan released from jail Zauvir Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai. That drew a predictably immediate and helpless reaction from India. The only US TV anchor who discussed this release was Greta Van Susteren of Fox News. Listen to the emotion and disgust in her voice in her interview: Watch the latest video…
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…
Back in 2013, we wrote: “America will have to turn into 19th century Britain and play Middle Eastern players against each other the way that Britain played European powers against each other. That America will have to publicly display the charm of a James Garner while privately engaging in tactics of a Disraeli.” Lo…
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…
US policy in the Middle East took an interesting turn this week. On the right side, US decided to support the Iraqi attack on ISIS held portions of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s home town. The US Air Force launched precision air attacks thereby assisting Shiite militias backed directly by Iran. This positions US directly against the…
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…
Two weeks ago, we featured opinions that suggested a “breather” in the Party Going On In the Indian Stock Market. Interestingly, the Indian Stock Market has fallen by 3.25% in the last two weeks and the Indian Rupee has fallen by about 2.3% against the U.S. Dollar. But this is nothing compared to what is happening to other BRIC countries. 1. EM Currency…
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…
This week, India went through another rape-related convulsion that really was not about rape. A British BBC filmmaker produced a film about the heinous 2013 rape-murder of a 23-year old Delhi woman. An Indian TV network, NDTV, was going to air it in India. Fearing violence, the Delhi police obtained a court order prohibiting…
Think back to the Cold War. That was a worldwide conflict fought by USA & USSR via proxy wars in other countries. Every action by one would result in a response by the other in another sphere or region. The two superpowers were determined adversaries committed to the conflict. But it was a conflict waged with reason &…