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Major Pharmaceutical Stocks Are so Utterly Destroyed that they Could be Starting A Big Rally Here
The pharmaceutical industry has had a tough couple of years, or basically a tough decade. The industry has proven to be amazingly innovative; for example, just in the last years Gilead has turned Hepatitis C from a devastating disease to... Read →
Tesla is S3XY
Elon Musk, it is said, wanted his first four models to spell SEXY. His first model S, his second E, his third X, and his next Y would have done the trick, save Ford owned the trademark for E. So the next best was to name the second 3... Read →
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Upside Down World
Imagine a celebrity murderer, yet to be convicted but clearly a murderer, out in the community holding town hall meetings for kids, teenagers and adults on how to commit murder and avoid conviction. Now, imagine Bill Cosby, facing as many... Read →
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Celebrate, Don't Criticize, Uber
By any count, Uber is a brilliant market disruptor. Its founders were prescient and extraordinarily creative. The company joins only a very small group of others, such as Apple, Amazon, BestCashCow and Google that have totally changed the... Read →
Big Dollar Takeovers
America’s most successful high-tech CEOs are quietly taking over public (and private) schools and universities in the U.S. There’s no question that our schools, on the most part, are tired, led by unimaginative educators,... Read →
Withdrawing from the 2015 UN Paris Climate Agreement is An Unmitigated Disaster for The US
I have had the fortune to live not just in my own country (the US), but in England, France, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany. During my many years of living outside the US, I have never dreamed of being apologetic for my country. That... Read →
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Rex Tillerson Should Resign Right Now
Rex Tillerson is in Putin’s pocket and was clearly put in his position at the behest of Putin and the Russians. That is not the reason he should resign. Nor should he resign because he is tremendously unfit and outclassed in his... Read →
Bigly Victory for Russia
Angela Merkel saw too much of Trump last week between the NATO Summit in Brussels and the G-7 meeting in Sicily. She saw him turn against Europe and the Trans-Atlantic obligations by berating Europe’s leaders both explicitly and... Read →
My Time in Russia in the 1990s
I spent 2 ½ years practicing law in Moscow in the mid-1990s. It was a different Russia – one full of hope for a burgeoning democracy under Yeltsin. I wouldn’t even set foot there today. I enjoyed my time in Russia. I... Read →
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Draconian to Terrible
We are becoming accustomed to a new reality. What seemed ridiculous, unbelievable, and unacceptable only months ago, now feels familiar and ordinary. We are no longer surprised and appalled. We have become inured to the... Read →
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Civilization is Paper Thin
The country we know, the democracy we have built over the last centuries, is in the midst of a crisis of significant proportions, one that could change forever the very behavior and beliefs of our people and the fabric of our society.... Read →
BestCashCow’s Roundup of the Most Interesting Financial Blog Articles from Around the Web in May 2017
May 2017 has brought us some interesting personal finance articles from around the web. Here are 4 that we found most interesting. First, Wisebread has posted an article entitled 4 Ways Your Credit Union is Changing for the Better. ... Read →
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Trump's Saudi Arabia Speech Underscores How Lucky We Are That Obama Is Gone
I have made no secret of the fact that I am not a fan of our President. He has already done much to cause real concern. I remain very troubled by the possibility of a Russian conspiracy, and the intransigence of the Republican leadership... Read →