Archive for 'Foreign Policy'
Cuban Stock Portfolio
Today we posted a new portfolio designed to track stocks that have the potential to benefit from liberalizing relations with Cuba. As of now, these are stocks we have gathered from our previous posts about Cuba.
However, we are absolutely open to any suggestions you might have. Feel free to leave any stocks you feel […]
Posted: May 7th, 2009 under Obama, Trade Policy, Foreign Policy.
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Obama Portfolios
We recently discovered that Dealbreaker.com has been keeping track of its very own Obama portfolio for some time now. We also learned that Teeka Tiwari has been keeping a couple blogs on Obama / McCain stocks. Neither of these portfolios have done very well though; Tiwari’s has a -14% spread against his McCain picks.
Meanwhile, it’s […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2009 under Obama, Defense, Trade Policy, Foreign Policy.
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Cuban Telecommunications
American telecommunication companies have big opportunities to make some cash thanks to Obama’s eased stance on Cuba. Most importantly for our purposes, we can easily link specific stocks that would do very, very well with some Cuban business.
Persons under U.S. jurisdiction will be allowed to activate and pay U.S. or third-country service providers for telecommunications, […]
Posted: April 17th, 2009 under Obama, Trade Policy, The First Year, Foreign Policy.
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Opening Up to Cuba
Raul Castro, in his yearly New Year’s Day speech, expressed a desire to talk with the new Obama administration once it comes into power later this month. Assuming we did have normalized relations with the Caribbean island, there are multiple market sectors that would experience significant changes.
For one, the hotel and casino gaming industry that […]
Posted: January 6th, 2009 under Obama, Foreign Policy, Food.
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International Economic Policy
Obama’s election as President pleased many nations around the world. Among other things, it gives America a second chance to dramatically alter the way it is seen around the world. But by no means does that mean our negotiations with European nations will be sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows from now on.
John Mauldin covered this, amongst […]
Posted: December 2nd, 2008 under Obama, The First Year, Monetary Policy, Foreign Policy.
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McCain and the Dalai Lama
All the recent news seems to be about Obama’s trip to Europe, so jumping off the Obama love train, we are going to report on McCain’s recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. If you haven’t heard, McCain and the Dalai Lama meet in the US on Friday.
After McCain expressed his concerns over China’s mistreatment of […]
Posted: July 28th, 2008 under McCain, China, Foreign Policy.
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It’s a Tough Time for Obama
Today’s New York Daily News has an interesting article about Obama’s foreign policy. In particular, it discusses how Obama has refused to factor in the fact that the Surge is working into his 16-month plan for withdrawal.
This seems interesting considering that Obama has received enormous criticism for his recent “flip-flopping” or as we like to […]
Posted: July 16th, 2008 under Uncategorized, Obama, Defense, McCain, Iraq, Pakistan, Foreign Policy, Iran.
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Debate Please
The way things are going, it seems like we might have to wait until September to see a debate. Despite Obama claiming that he would debate McCain “anytime, anywhere” we still haven’t seen a single debate planned until the major September 18 debate at the Morial Convention Center.
It seems strange that the first debate is […]
Posted: July 11th, 2008 under Uncategorized, Obama, McCain, Trade Policy, Oil, China, Foreign Policy.
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McCain: Too Tough on Foreign Policy
McCain jumps through a lot of hoops to appear different from the current Republican president, but his terrible judgment regarding the G-8 takes it much too far. His actual choice would be to exclude Russia from the G-8 because lately their government has been centralized through less than democratic means.
This begs several questions. First of […]
Posted: July 9th, 2008 under McCain, Foreign Policy, Environmental Issues.
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Obama’s Foreign Policy Advisors
Often times, people educated in the area of politics will say that it’s not the President who makes the decisions, but rather his close circle of advisers. We’ve even know people who vote based on a candidate’s ability to speak because they feel that the candidate’s positions were more or less irrelevant. While we wouldn’t […]
Posted: June 18th, 2008 under Uncategorized, Obama, Foreign Policy.
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