“…President Obama reassured King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Friday that the United States remained committed to strengthening the moderate opposition in the Syrian civil war…” “…Relations between the two countries have become… Continue reading
I believe that in every generation, there are always people born out of their “time”. Far ahead into the future, slightly ahead, or behind. Jules Verne imagined us trawling the ocean depths but… Continue reading
Does anyone feel that Ender’s Game, the movie, reminds you of the Singapore Gifted Education Programme ? That was how I felt halfway through the show, anyway. An overseas friend commented to me… Continue reading
My head busy is swimming with many threads of thoughts, so I thought writing should help me unravel some of them and make some sense of all these inputs and data. This is… Continue reading
I compiled this list. Fin Ministers/Central Bankers Resignation since Jan 2014. 1. Dutch Deputy Fin Min http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303519404579352201884605822 2. Italy Deputy Fin Min http://www.eurointelligence.com/news-details/article/italys-deputy-finance-minister-resigns-over-disagreement-with-renzi.html?no_cache=1 3. Iraq Deputy Fin Min http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/180220141 4. RBI Deputy Governor… Continue reading
“…Wall Street banks and their foreign rivals have paid out $100bn in US legal settlements since the financial crisis, according to Financial Times research, with more than half of the penalties extracted in… Continue reading
“…now that Putin had largely secured Crimea, he will likely only stage his next major move in the fall [months]….” https://tradehaven.net/market/ad-hoc-commentary-to-counter-russias-rise-america-should-re-pivot-to-nicaragua-and-singapore-should-accept-a-russian-military-base/ Yours truly still expect Putin to stage his next move in Oct… Continue reading
Ad Hoc Commentary – investment-less Abenomics
byAs we mentioned some time back: “…Pundits are still optimistic on Japan Inc investing within Japan. But yours truly believe that CEOs of Japan Inc will first want to see better policies on… Continue reading →