Republicans Should Embrace A Hillary Clinton Presidency ... Republicans who abandon Trump should admit that a Clinton presidency is hardly apocalyptic. In fact, having Clinton would be a boon to Republicans. – NewsweekThe new Newsweek, complete with a renewed print edition, seems strongly pro-Hillary Clinton and has recently published two eye-opening articles that seem to take journalistic...Read More
Silver jumps 50 percent, but beware the devil’s metal ... Silver prices have leapt nearly 50 percent so far this year, reversing three years of losses, but history shows investors hoping to hop aboard the bandwagon should be wary. -ReutersSilver is back at two-year high as gold marks its first gain in five sessions, according to MarketWatch.But you wouldn't know about that from Reuters (...Read More
By monopolizing the mining of rare-earth metals, China could dictate the future of high-tech ... This year, global consumption is expected to be about 155,000 tons, far more than the 45,000 tons used 25 years ago. Demand will only grow - likely at an accelerated pace - as the world tries to rein in climate change. At the moment, only China can satisfy that hunger. Yet in 2010, Beijing cut rare-e...Read More
A majority of Americans disapprove of the FBI’s recommendation not to charge Hillary Clinton with a crime over her handling of email while secretary of state, and a similar number in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say the issue leaves them worried about how she would handle her responsibilities as president if elected. Most also say the email controversy won’t affect their vote i...Read More
I can’t think of any governance red flags during the Steve Jobs era at Apple (the one exception being the stock-option backdating issue, which was settled). By contrast, there have been many at Tesla. Perhaps the Tesla bulls would say that the combination of Musk’s brilliance as well as the potential size of the electrical car market more than compensates for a few red flags. My gues...Read More
A majority of Americans disapprove of the FBI’s recommendation not to charge Hillary Clinton with a crime over her handling of email while secretary of state, and a similar number in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say the issue leaves them worried about how she would handle her responsibilities as president if elected. Most also say the email controversy won’t affect their vote i...Read More
I can’t think of any governance red flags during the Steve Jobs era at Apple (the one exception being the stock-option backdating issue, which was settled). By contrast, there have been many at Tesla. Perhaps the Tesla bulls would say that the combination of Musk’s brilliance as well as the potential size of the electrical car market more than compensates for a few red flags. My gues...Read More
Voters in the United Kingdom have voted to leave the European Union. The U.S. Fed has signaled that U.S. interest rates will remain lower for longer, perhaps not rising until after the end of the year. And market observers everywhere speculate on the consequences to the U.S. economy in the first year of a Donald Trump presidency. It creates the perfect moment for everyone's favourite fallback in t...Read More
10 candidates for next UN chief to be in “globally televised” debate ... Ten of the 12 candidates who have announced their bids to replace UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will take part in a first-ever “globally televised” debate, President Mogens Lykketoft of the General Assembly said here Monday. – xinhuanet.comThe UN is moving faster now to become the empowere...Read More
Sanders' victory: How Bernie ended the Cold War in 2016 ... Sanders’ dark horse candidacy stripped socialism of its fringe labels and, culturally speaking, ended the Cold War – SalonNow that Bernie Sanders is becoming a Hillary backer, the mainstream media is celebrating him.This article from Salon actually gives Sanders credit for ending a certain kind of Cold War.More:I can remember...Read More
10 candidates for next UN chief to be in “globally televised” debate ... Ten of the 12 candidates who have announced their bids to replace UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will take part in a first-ever “globally televised” debate, President Mogens Lykketoft of the General Assembly said here Monday. – xinhuanet.comThe UN is moving faster now to become the empowere...Read More
Sanders' victory: How Bernie ended the Cold War in 2016 ... Sanders’ dark horse candidacy stripped socialism of its fringe labels and, culturally speaking, ended the Cold War – SalonNow that Bernie Sanders is becoming a Hillary backer, the mainstream media is celebrating him.This article from Salon actually gives Sanders credit for ending a certain kind of Cold War.More:I can remember...Read More
Britain’s central bank is on the cusp of pulling an unprecedented move to stop Brexit destroying the economy ... The Bank of England is on the cusp of cutting interest rates to a new historic low again on Thursday in a bid to mitigate an impending economic slowdown caused by a Brexit. -Business InsiderThis Business Insider article points out how the Bank of England is getting ready to save t...Read More
The true danger to democracy is cynicism, not anger ... "The most amazing thing about the 2016 elections," Roger Porter of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government told me, "is that we are likely to elect someone who close to two-thirds of the country does not trust." The choice offered to Americans this November is the largest failure of the two-party system since (at least) the democratization o...Read More
Government Holds the Promise of Faster Growth ... One of the U.S.’s biggest economic challenges is the slump in productivity. After climbing steadily for many decades, productivity has slowed dramatically since 2011: Productivity is the key to long-term prosperity. It represents a hard ceiling on the amount of valuable things that a society is able to produce. If productivity flatlines,...Read More
Below, see news from our sponsor. You can see an interview HERE.Vancouver, BC / Marketwired /July 11, 2016 / Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (TSX-V: GRG, FRA: GAC (WKN: A0B6XQ), “Golden Arrow” or the “Company”) has structured a plan to capture the positives of the market changes using the Company’s value achievements to date as a base for growth.The top priority...Read More
Britain’s central bank is on the cusp of pulling an unprecedented move to stop Brexit destroying the economy ... The Bank of England is on the cusp of cutting interest rates to a new historic low again on Thursday in a bid to mitigate an impending economic slowdown caused by a Brexit. -Business InsiderThis Business Insider article points out how the Bank of England is getting ready to save t...Read More
The true danger to democracy is cynicism, not anger ... "The most amazing thing about the 2016 elections," Roger Porter of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government told me, "is that we are likely to elect someone who close to two-thirds of the country does not trust." The choice offered to Americans this November is the largest failure of the two-party system since (at least) the democratization o...Read More
Government Holds the Promise of Faster Growth ... One of the U.S.’s biggest economic challenges is the slump in productivity. After climbing steadily for many decades, productivity has slowed dramatically since 2011: Productivity is the key to long-term prosperity. It represents a hard ceiling on the amount of valuable things that a society is able to produce. If productivity flatlines,...Read More
Below, see news from our sponsor. You can see an interview HERE.Vancouver, BC / Marketwired /July 11, 2016 / Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (TSX-V: GRG, FRA: GAC (WKN: A0B6XQ), “Golden Arrow” or the “Company”) has structured a plan to capture the positives of the market changes using the Company’s value achievements to date as a base for growth.The top priority...Read More