Week in Review

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

The death of Nelson Mandela...a solid jobs report...what will the Federal Reserve do? ObamaCare. Vice President Biden's trip to the tense Far East and a lengthy meeting with Chinese President Xi...the interim nuclear deal with Iran...the death toll in Syria is 125,000...

ObamaCare...Germany's Merkel finds a coalition partner...China's new air defense zone and the threat to Japan...reaction to the interim-deal on Iran's nuclear program...Senate Republicans react to the recent change in the use of the filibuster...Pope Francis on the inequality issue...