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    Israel and Iran

    Israel and Iran Tensions in the Middle East are way up after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal. Now Israel, one of the U.S.'s key allies in the region, has accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards—in Syria to support President Bashar al-Assad—of firing 20 rockets at...
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    BA

    Boeing, Airbus to lose billions in orders from Trump’s Iran sanctions The world’s largest plane makers were the biggest and earliest beneficiaries of the Obama administration’s detente with Iran. President Donald Trump’s decision to walk away from the deal could leave them the first and hardest...
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    12 Elite Dividend Stocks

    12 Elite Dividend Stocks By Lawrence C. Strauss May 9, 2018 4:42 p.m. ET PHOTO:ILLUSTRATION BY NICOLE FARA SILVER Despite their slightly snooty name, the Dividend Aristocrats didn’t earn their distinction through inheritance, connections, or birthright. The 53 companies in this Standard &...
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    GOOG

    Google's giving Android the iPhone X treatment That's because, after two years of very boring updates, Google's making major changes to its Android operating system, and one in particular may take a lot of getting used to: switching between apps. (Mashable)
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    In Search of God!

    “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” - Amelia Earhart
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    Trump and Xi

    Trump and Xi Presidents Trump and Xi had a phone call yesterday in which the U.S. leader said trade talks must end up benefitting American businesses and workers. Xi called for a "mutually beneficial" outcome, rather than a trade war. A U.S. delegation visited China last week but came to no...
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    In Search of God!

    "I am not afraid. I was born to do this." - Joan of Arc
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    OANDA bought out by CVC Capital Partners

    Considering how private equity industry has behaved IE solely concentrating on cost cutting, this does not bode well for OANDA users...
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    Charlie Munger quote on politics

    On politics “There’s a tendency to think that our present politicians are much worse than any we had in the past. But we tend to forget how awful our politicians were in the past. I can remember a prominent senator arguing with absolute earnestness that mediocre people ought to have more...
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    Hedge Fund Firm Charged for Asset Mismarking and Insider Trading

    Press Release Hedge Fund Firm Charged for Asset Mismarking and Insider Trading CFO Charged With Failing to Supervise Portfolio Managers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2018-81 Washington D.C., May 8, 2018 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the hedge fund advisory...
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    China Risk

    China Risk Sino-U.S. tensions are likely to severely disrupt the global tech sector, according to a piece in the Financial Times. Analysts told the paper that Chinese companies are trying to bolster their own supply chains, due to the threat of U.S. components no longer being available—but that...
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    In Search of God!

    "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen they go mad in herds, while they only recover their sense slowly and one by one." - Charles Mackay ( Extraordinary Popular Delusion and Madness of Crowds, 1814-1889)
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    In Search of God!

    "Some men see things as they're and say "why?" I dream things that never were and say "why not?" - George Bernard Shaw
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    In Search of God!

    "The difference between great people and others is largely habit-- a controlled habit of doing every task better, faster and more efficiently." - William Danforth ( Founder Ralston Purina 1870-1955)
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    In Search of God!

    "We like what's familiar and we dislike change. So we push the familiar until it starts working against us big-time...a crisis. Then MAYBE we accept change." - Kevin Cameron ( Cycle World April 2013)
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    In Search of God!

    “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” - Maya Angelou
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    SBUX

    Nestle and Starbucks Nestle is going to start selling Starbucks coffee around the world, and will pay the U.S. chain $7.15 billion for the privilege. The Swiss firm appears to have struck the Starbucks deal in order to fortify its leading position in the international coffee market. Starbucks...
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    In Search of God!

    “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” - Pablo Nerud
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    Inside the World’s Most Elite (and Secret) Traders’ Club

    The nameless group confers “a hunting license” that lets an investor sit at the “big boy table and make high-level trades not available to stupid amateurs.” By Alastair Marsh Alastair Marsh May 2, 2018, 9:01 PM PDT In an industry where power and influence are measured in dollars and cents, this...
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