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Authored by Mohamed El-Erian via Bloomberg.com,

"Everybody has a plan...until they get punched in the face."

-Mike Tyson

Paul Alster has an interesting story this month in The Jerusalem Post.  It begins by informing us that...

"A fierce battle is being waged in the north of Israel."

Then goes on to say...

Yesterday, when stocks surged at the market open following Politico's report that Trump is unexpectedly "making strides" on tax reform, we warned that "it can all be wiped away as soon as tonight, when Trump will deliver a speech to his "base", in which he may promptly burn any of the goodwill he created with capital markets following his far more conventional Afghanistan speech last night."Well, that's precisely what happened, because on Tuesday night, in another fiery campaign rally, Trump fiercely defended his response to violence in Charlottesville, made passing remarks from a

Would you pay $1,000 for each piece of equity research you read throughout the day?  How about $5,000 for an industry piece? 

Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

In every nation there are power conglomerates that determine and influence the domestic and foreign policy choices their nations. In the United States, it is important to highlight the concept known as American exceptionalism that accompanies these power centers, often called the deep state. According to this principle, the United States alone has been chosen by God to lead mankind.