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Roy Ho's Blog
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Target Audience: Political junkies; decision makers for overseas assets; professionals who mitigate political risk in North America.
Content: US/Canada politics and its relations to macro economic environment; International politics; Fundraising & activism.
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Did Obama Plagiarize Glass And Stegall?
Did Obama’s Volcker’s Rule announcement contribute to the drop of DJ? Did Obama plagiarize Glass and Stegall? Pundits all over the place say that is the result of the Volcker’s Rule. One, Volcker’s Rule alone did not necessitate the fal...
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Will Haiti Lead 2010 Legislation Agenda: Immigration?
One week after Haiti earthquake, CNN finally talks about Haiti refugees, not that there is any yet. Washington Post started this thread on the 5th after the earthquake. Obama spoke of “unwavering support” to Haiti exactly because of the co...
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Massachusetts Is Pushing Up Your 401k
As Massachusetts comes to a close to their choice US Senator, investors from the rest of world are approving their expected result: Republicans will win this election. How does a local election affect your 401k? Is that the only factor that drive...
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Obama’s Another Banking Show
Taxing on banks is politically convenient since people are angry against the financial crisis. Thus, it is a populist solution. Furthermore, a mid-term election is coming up where the incumbent party is expecting to lose seats. What is interest...
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Obamacare and Copenhagen Accord: Non-Events
US dollar continues its rise against Euro and British pound. The recent news regarding the development of health care bill and Copenhagen accord did very little to reverse this movement. Why does it matter? What does it mean? The appreciation o...
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Obama’s Public Administration Philosophy
No polling result is available to serve as a reaction gauge to Obama’s Afghanistan deployment speech. Obama was an anti war candidate. Now he is making a deployment decision. Is he contradicting himself? What is he after? What does it mea...

