Finance

Peak Complacency

Peak Complacency

Recent stock market action has been notable for its lack of volatility. Moreover, the selloffs that have occurred were quickly met with buying as a “buy the dips” mentality has come to dominate stock markets. The most recent example of this was in mid-May when...

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Great Expectations

Donald Trump’s first 100 days as president were marked by a deluge of analysis over what he had accomplished in his young administration. Media and political pundits were as divided on this assessment as they were over his candidacy, with conservative supporters viewing the glass...

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Mutiny

In the days when Britannia ruled some 25% of the world’s land, it did so because it also ruled the oceans. Both in military and commercial respects, Britain’s sea power was unmatched for over one hundred years. But the long reach of maritime power involved...

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Fed Hawk Down

The movie “Black Hawk Down” recounts the 1993 U.S. special forces mission into Somalia whose goal was to destabilize the government and bring food and humanitarian aid to the starving population. Using Black Hawk helicopters to lower the soldiers onto the ground, an unexpected attack...

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