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Month: February 2017

Snowing in Sahara

  It has actually snowed in the Middle East. It was 17 degrees (60f) in Aubu Dhabi today – the coldest anyone can remember. Some place that should be...

Trump moves to Revise Rule of Retirement Advice

ELIZABETH WARREN blasts Trump saying ‘Wall Street bankers and lobbyists … may be toasting each other with Champagne’ after he ordered the...

Comments from San Francisco

COMMENT: Hi Marty, I am in San Francisco (though trying to move out)….and attended WEC Orlando. In reading the blog recently there is a lot of talk about...

Is Christianity in Decline?

Pope Francis is rather concerned about what he calls a “hemorrhage” of priests and nuns from the Catholic church. Indeed, the loss of clergy is...

Market Talk – February 3, 2017

One of the main topics of conversation overnight was the fact that the Shanghai market reopened, after the week long holiday, to a surprise reverse-repo hike...

CALPERS Trying to Cover-Up Leaks of their Mismanagement

Here is a board meeting of CALPERS illustrating that (1) the majority of the board is totally without any experience in financial markets and (2) they are trying to...

Global Warming is About Destroying Capitalism?

A shocking statement was made by a United Nations official Christiana Figueres at a news conference in Brussels. Figueres admitted that the Global Warming...

The United States will become Just the “States”

COMMENT: Marty; I believe you are right. We are headed into civil war and the Democrats and press are determined to overthrow the government. Trump’s ban on...

Market Talk – February 2nd, 2017

Another weak session for the Nikkei but also the Hang Seng came under pressure given global large cap weakness. The JPY saw another reach as a safe-haven with...

Private Blog – Dow Update for February 2017

Private Blog – Dow Update for February...