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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., recently stated that a 35% U.S. corporate tax rate is too high. Well, it’s excessively high for those corporations that have the ability to domicile billions of dollars overseas,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/05/18/keep-taxing-the-little-guy-n1599995 05853deb-025b-407e-86e8-444171365e1b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT I never thought that I would be saying this, but it’s time we started addressing Joe Biden as “Mr. President.” The U.S. Constitution stipulation of “high crimes and misdemeanors” is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/05/16/president-ford-err-biden-n1598012 d7d65765-ba70-470a-8b97-c5401174b82d Thu, 16 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT “There are no great men, just great challenges that ordinary men out of necessity are forced bycircumstances to meet.” — former Fleet Admiral William F. (Bull) Halsey, Jr., United States Navy I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/05/14/jackson-jefferson-lincoln-or-obama-n1594142 c8fad0b0-0dd3-4662-9704-cc5e28596898 Tue, 14 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT What happens when the music stops? Baseball games usually end after nine innings, basketball and football games normally conclude after four quarters, and in horse racing the dramatic finish occurs as the first... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/05/11/this-time-is-no-different-n1592915 b10f2f8a-355f-4d64-a4fd-b9d35888326c Sat, 11 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Well, it’s happened again. Regarding those fateful hours in Benghazi, I just listened to the testimony of Gregory Hicks, the former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya. I’ve... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/05/10/with-all-of-our-deployments-we-couldnt-get-to-benghazi-in-time-n1592214 ef35f682-0c1b-4ba0-9a04-346f37b0acbc Fri, 10 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT So the Federal Reserve officials create the speculative bubble in the dot-com era due to the accessibility of easy money and then look at each other with the “Louis of Casablanca” facial expression and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/05/07/what-bubble-n1588777 3f27ee05-6018-4f92-9b05-bcca35414271 Tue, 07 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Let’s all follow the central bankers. They are, after all, the money and power centers. The bankers, more than anyone else, should fully understand the concept of “timing” and what it means for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/05/05/follow-the-bankers-n1587365 b600f9e6-7565-41a6-8e19-b20330200dee Sun, 05 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT The central bankers of the world have taken the practice of devaluing currency to a whole new art form. They try to keep it very simple by calling the world press together in order to announce their exact... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/05/03/central-banks-clipping-coins-n1585971 bcdfcfa0-357f-4944-9b53-8a7bb35d8eeb Fri, 03 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT I’ve been waiting in the wings very patiently for the all the uproar to die down before I weighed in on the incredibly stupid 2010 comment made by former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson in which he called me and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/30/the-problem-with-social-security-reform-is-the-gov-already-stole-the-money-n1582386 9d74a83f-8433-4246-9013-9c3f131703b6 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Hurray, hurray! A foremost international financial analyst at Federated Investors has declared that the worst may be over for Europe. She made this proclamation after having met with “European economists,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/27/for-winedrinking-euro-economists-the-end-is-nearer-than-they-think-n1580285 128debe0-111b-4e68-b953-94c93a875425 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT What’s a person to think? Each and every day, some of the most well-read and most-listened- to luminaries continue to proclaim the death of U.S. Treasury securities. “A bond bubble,” they say,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/26/when-interest-moves-past-zero-n1579052 ded75c0e-ae78-4200-a833-d255eb8598d9 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Given the dramatic plunge of Apple, Inc. stock over the past several months, I decided to take a break from all the current ills of the world, as well as seek some relief from President Obama’s latest... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/23/the-bank-of-apple-aapl-n1575609 53b46d8b-6f2c-42b8-88e7-cc79b07cbed8 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT While I was engaged in a very heated radio debate just the other day, my opponent nonchalantly stated, “Cyprus, I could care less about them. They have a population of fewer than one million people and their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/18/the-perfect-touché-n1571190 855b368c-4f84-4d46-8b88-9b7073ce8dac Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Here we go again — just how low can gold and silver go? That’s definitely the “$64,000 question” on everyone’s mind. In order to answer that important inquiry, we must first look... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/16/how-low-can-gold-go-n1568841 5800d990-4877-48c5-9a81-6e0a4f7b8b5e Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT President Obama recently released his 2014 budget and, of course, everyone focused on the aspect of spending. In fact, it was almost like the magician who diverts your attention to their right hand while the trick... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/13/the-great-grab-has-begun-n1566572 a7c3ca5e-b588-46f4-aa11-a2308fdc96f4 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT It appears that bond guru Bill Gross has once again become bullish on long-dated Treasury debt. In my view, this stunning announcement ranks right up there with Gross’s acknowledgment that his 2011 short... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/12/oh-gross-welcome-back-n1565358 fd8746d4-a8d2-49df-9c26-a88d5c659924 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT I emerged from this past weekend duly impressed that not only would our president take such a hit in the pocketbook by paying back 5% of his salary, or approximately $20,000, but also that his overwhelming act of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/09/the-nobility-of-our-betters-n1561816 27142bb8-71d2-4727-b647-9647cf4eef08 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT I have been continually reading that the customers should have known better than to keep their money in the “corrupt-Russian-dominated-Cyprus-banks.” In fact, the most recent posted message from a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/04/02/forget-the-guarantee-n1555090 da85e3ff-6e0e-4b92-aa0c-69fcb251cacf Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT What a way to start my long weekend — a pot of freshly brewed coffee, the concerns of the Cyprus banking sector theft, the Wall Street Journal headline “CIA Expands Role in Syria Fight,” and last... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/30/foreign-adventures--part-iii-n1553246 7367baa4-0ec9-417f-bcc3-6c3ab06a8f6a Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT What a way to start my long weekend — a pot of freshly brewed coffee, the concerns of the Cyprus banking sector theft, the Wall Street Journal headline “CIA Expands Role in Syria Fight,” and last... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/29/foreign-adventures--part-iii-n1552449 3817c45a-c10e-45f3-ad7b-c79cf1f3f409 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT I recently read the Wall Street Journal article about the CIA’s expanded role in Syria and our attempt to continue to aid in the civil war. I then happened to read the following quote from Will Rodgers... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/27/foreign-adventures--part-ii-n1550119 4a9340a4-d70e-4b53-82f8-cbc3e2fcab53 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT What a way to start my weekend — a pot of freshly brewed coffee, the concerns of the Cyprus banking sector theft, the Wall Street Journal headline “CIA Expands Role in Syria Fight,” and last but not... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/26/foreign-adventures-part-i-n1549085 ef2af695-7da2-49d7-b606-5a06bb521bce Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Here they come, right on time. I’m referring to all the pundits who proclaim the power of the stock market. It goes something like this: If you had been wise enough to avoid the 2008 stock market crash,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/23/yeah-its-different-this-time-n1546941 aa09bf48-5ea1-4486-bfc7-e153f3e71316 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT The irony is almost overwhelming, as laws have been developed in order to protect the public. Thus, I can totally understand the reason that before every VHS tape, DVD, or Blu-ray movie that I have ever watched,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/21/too-big-to-jail-n1544647 237870f6-bf18-4311-ae3a-ed12e4f10682 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT I can just imagine Jay Leno taking to the streets in order to ask the average American citizen, “What do you think about Cyprus?” More than likely, the answer would be, “I really prefer oak or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/19/do-worry-about-cyprus-it-already-happened-here-n1538020 2805c0ce-36b7-41f7-b871-1594fdb844c3 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT The brilliance of our aged U.S. Senators never ceases to amaze me. There it was, written in bold headlines in a recent article, “Senate grills J.P. Morgan over ‘London Whale’ loss.”... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/16/the-ceo-is-always-the-last-to-know-n1535938 3abe3c8f-b0c0-4a2d-ab8d-f4c58c21ad03 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT First it was the employment reports, now it’s retail sales. Please, please, please, is there any government or corporate number that is not adjusted, seasonalized, defined as a nonrecurring event, or known as... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/15/now-its-retail-sales-that-needs-adjustment-n1534911 1dda0f73-407b-45e6-acaf-47a0f59dccc9 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Every so often, I’m told that I’m tough to live with because I talk about the world all the time. In fact, many readers often email me and ask “why such a backwards slant?” In addition,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/12/bissful-ignorance-n1531567 205b5f2b-4ff9-4b8f-b185-c5fc3c854204 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT “236,000 jobs created in February, how about that! It’s absolutely amazing, who said it couldn’t be done? We’ve turned things around so get on board — the train is leaving the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/09/climb-aboard-the-jobs-train-in-the-age-of-the-airplane-n1529527 d8528a17-363c-4710-86da-47c1b00f40dc Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT As the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits an all-time high, one of my dearest friends emailed me and asked “isn’t this a major bull trap?” At the same time, I was reading how legendary hedge... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/06/planning-this-new-high-n1526749 27db94b5-95c5-4b01-8409-d6bacbf75e7b Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT The Japanese have discovered, or so they think, the secret to ending economic deflation — a condition that is now entering its third decade in Japan. Their so-called solution is to simply flood the market... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/03/01/print-those-yen-n1523236 0fa96f18-7f92-4458-beb6-d9e65446ae7b Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT Thank goodness the most recent Academy Award ceremony was held on February 24th. If it was held one week later, it might have been cancelled due to a lack of Hollywood funding. You see, the impact of cutting... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/02/28/and-the-oscar-for-sequester-goes-to-n1522258 72db0348-fdf3-4468-8a94-405d83f8ef31 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT The whole world waits with bated breath, or at least they should. This weekend marks the greatly anticipated Italian general election; however, this battle of the ballots has become much more than just your... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/02/23/the-people-who-count-the-votes-n1518640 6fa44721-1630-4f2e-9222-a64aafe42dd4 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Just like much of America, I’m a very confused investor. For decades, I was taught that a good investment was worth holding for the long-term. Historically, in most instances, when somebody thinks of an... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/02/21/confused-investor-yeah-n1516943 f1e27fd9-1044-49e2-af7e-ccacb0786fb8 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Gold is the place to be, or so they say. Yes, I’ve heard the well-stated arguments and they all come right from Economics 101. It’s simple, really. If the world is awash in liquidity, it will... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/02/16/selling-gold-first-n1513826 1b6f5aa4-f4a1-4a4a-a923-db731b5e4a59 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Having not viewed any television programs whatsoever in quite a while (I find that watching TV jades my opinion), I finally decided to tune in this past Tuesday evening hoping to catch a reality show or maybe enjoy a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/02/14/eric-holders-specialty-patsies-n1512172 c4cb1752-38ed-437a-b91f-58ba8f6c6e13 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT When a reporter once asked Mark Twain about the rumor of his death, or if Twain was on his deathbed, Twain famously responded “the report of my death has been greatly exaggerated.” Well, the same can be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/02/12/the-dollars-not-dead-n1510356 93b7668f-1c4c-417d-90c5-ae54e69711a9 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Just when you thought that we had seen Eastman Kodak's final swan song, along comes something that was at the very heart of "The Big Yellow Box's" advertising imprint - the Kodak moment. In its attempt to mitigate... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/02/06/shooting-holes-in-that-kodak-moment-n1506095 760f9123-f127-4b83-94d6-19f4d08b2203 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Sometimes the math just doesn't work. During the Second World War, women did more to contribute to the war effort than just rivet in the factory or tend to the kids; they became an integral part of business, finance,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/02/02/math-doesnt-add-up-n1503557 ce7d4339-5fc4-4438-a8aa-96f8bf1a8284 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Regardless of the recent pronouncements made by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment continues to decline. It's no big secret, except to the politicians and the mainstream media, that day after day,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/29/a-raw-public-deal-for-american-worker-n1500021 40221c08-33ce-4abc-8a6d-e4d1ee1a9283 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Old sayings are very prevalent on Wall Street, such as "don't fight the Fed," "never short a dull market," and, of course, "the trend is your friend, until it isn't" - an aphorism that could be most clearly equated to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/25/trying-to-catch-a-falling-apple-aapl-n1497108 9880d5fa-6464-49d2-a762-d64daa44ec81 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT It's just not the same. Yet, unfortunately, the Democratic tax machine in its propensity to tax, tax, tax, has tried to duplicate a specific moment in time. During the obligatory pomp and circumstance of Obama's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/23/deja-bill-n1495313 3336c71e-fe06-4116-8a65-eb9b03ff487c Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Mr. President, you and I disagree about almost everything. Over the past four years, I've utilized both the written and spoken word through radio broadcasts, columns, emails, and lectures in order to point out what I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/19/my-brothers-gunkeeper-n1492676 95aa1e3a-3c49-416b-b402-ec6393f91012 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT When the average person encounters a household disaster such as a blown furnace, a damaged roof in desperate need of repair, or leaking water pipes that create a major flood, they hope that homeowners insurance will... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/17/forget-sandy-budget-real-disaster-n1491088 29133714-ba61-4a14-b0a0-b5c7f685b4c1 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT I keep reading how the recent "fiscal cliff" debates will seem like child's play compared to the upcoming negotiations regarding the fast-approaching federal debt ceiling deadline, discussions that will also include the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/15/radical-cuts-n1489351 024d05bb-35a4-444a-9493-bce8a2b039d7 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Here's my quandary. From an investment point of view, do I consider the fact that companies are, once again, laying people off as a good thing and therefore worthy of my investment dollar, or, is the downsizing a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/13/cutting-jobs-to-the-bone-n1488100 0f92ba98-2694-4e5c-aa5a-ae80f06bc7c5 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT The media, both liberal and conservative, are currently up in arms that AIG might join the lawsuit against the U.S. government filed by former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg. He alleges the rescue (takeover) was unfair to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/10/outrage-over-aig-a-bit-late-for-media-n1486048 f5f076c6-a5fd-4fc7-8e84-8be68350afbd Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Let me see if I understand this correctly. QE4 is announced and it was declared that bonds will be purchased for as long as the eye can see or until we achieve an unemployment rate of 6.5%. Several weeks later,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/08/bernankes-dustbin-n1483308 fbd92599-a10f-44ac-9ff5-4927e1bb7efa Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT As we start the New Year, the same news articles as last year dominate the investment landscape. "Buy-and-hold is dead; trading is where it's at." "The market has made little progress since 1999." In addition,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/05/the-market-for-fun-not-profit-n1479429 7c6e308b-235d-4288-a962-e08724869d66 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Negotiations generally occur when two parties want the same thing but remain apart as to the size or the extent of the issue in question. On the other hand, war is declared when two parties with differing views are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BillTatro/2013/01/03/sometimes-war-is-the-answer-n1477917 a5f96da8-f200-4f90-8683-d833b0079ee6 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT