03/22/2014
Week in Review
For the week 3/17-3/21
Crisis in Ukraine...Fed Chair Janet Yellen moves the markets...Syria, Iran...the N.S.A.
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03/15/2014
Week in Review
For the week 3/10-3/14
Crisis in Ukraine...U.S. foreign policy...the catastrophe in Syria...MH370...China's economy...General Motors...ObamaCare...
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03/08/2014
Week in Review
For the week 3/3-3/7
The ongoing crisis in Ukraine...the U.S. economy, Europe, China...Syria, Iran, Israel...Chris Christie, Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio
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03/01/2014
Week in Review
For the week 2/24-2/28
Crisis in Ukraine...Putin's response...the U.S. and West dither. Europe's unemployment crisis continues. U.S. inaction in Syria. Iran still looms. Pollution in China. Thomas Sowell on Ted Cruz.
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02/22/2014
Week in Review
For the week 2/17-2/21
Crisis in Ukraine, scores dead, but potential peace deal is reached. The West awaits Putin's reaction following end of Sochi Games. Kremlin is not happy. Syria debacle continues with no end in sight. Data on U.S. housing market not exactly great.
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02/15/2014
Week in Review
For the week 2/10-2/14
Janet Yellen's first testimony to Congress...a debt-ceiling crisis is averted...the eurozone's fourth-quarter GDP figures...Italy has another change in government...Syria, Iran, Lebanon...the Sochi Olympics and Vladimir Putin
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02/08/2014
Week in Review
For the week 2/3-2/7
Another poor jobs report, market volatility, the Congressional Budget Office's latest update, the projected impact on ObamaCare. The mess in Syria, negotiating with Iran, Russia and Sochi.
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02/01/2014
Week in Review
For the week 1/27-1/31
The State of the Union is pathetic...the U.S. economy and Bernanke's legacy...Europe and China...earnings reports from the tech kings...nothing gained from peace talks on Syria...Iran...Ukraine, Russia...Chris Christie...presidential politics...Pete Seeger
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01/25/2014
Week in Review
For the week 1/20-1/24
My tale of woe in China and a particular stock I have a large position in...adventure in Fuzhou...Stocks suffer worst declines in a long time...Iran's ongoing charm offensive...peace talks on Syria commence...the weather.
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01/18/2014
Week in Review
For the week 1/13-1/17
Better outlook for global economy...the latest budget deficit picture...earnings begin to roll in...the Iranian nuclear deal begins to be implemented and the sanctions bill gains support in the Senate...Syria.
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01/11/2014
Week in Review
For the week 1/6-1/10
The U.S. economy...Europe's fitful recovery, eurozone unemployment...the rise of Europe's far-right and the potential impact on the European Parliament elections in May...potential nuclear agreement with Iran...Syria's three-way war spills further into Iraq...Gov. Chris Christie's GWB scandal...Robert Gates disses the president...
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01/04/2014
Week in Review
For the week 12/30-1/3
2013 and a look at 2014...more on ObamaCare, Europe and Asia...Iran, Syria's war spills over in a big way into Lebanon and Iraq...China and Japan, Xi and Abe...crime in America, the legacy of Ray Kelly and Michael Bloomberg...
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12/28/2013
Week in Review
For the week 12/23-12/27
Where we will finish 2014...why Obama's approval rating will improve...stocks continue to soar...Twitter's wild ride...Turkey's crisis...Syria...Egypt...Japan's prime minister visits Yasukuni...the NSA and Edward Snowden...
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12/21/2013
Week in Review
For the week 12/16-12/20
The Federal Reserve begins to taper...the U.S. economy is improving...Obama and the ACA...Still no agreement with Iran on implementation of interim nuke agreement...Obama's legacy in Syria...Max Baucus nominated to be ambassador to China...Pope Francis...
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12/14/2013
Week in Review
For the week 12/9-12/13
The House and Senate reach a budget compromise that does little for deficit reduction, but keeps the government open...more on ObamaCare...how to handle Iran...the ongoing turmoil in Ukraine...President Obama's poll numbers
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