Wednesday, July 22, 2015

BLOG COMMENTS - JULY 22, 2015



Dear Friends:

I would like to share with you some of the comments posted by myself in the WSJ Journal Community about important headlines of the Wall Street Journal from July 15 to July 22.

The comments are about politics, economy, business, social issues, technology and other subjects in the United States, Europe and the world.

As you can see for the RECOMMENDATIONS, the majority of these comments generated a good reaction of other members of the Journal Community.

Domingo Trassens
Analyst
World Rethink
July 22, 2015


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BLOG COMMENTS: 2015/07/15 - 2015/07/22



MY COMMENT: The Yahoo’s financial results of its 2015 second quarter don’t show elements to determine trends.

Its revenues were $1.24 billion, +15% y/y: Good!

But it posted net loss of $21.6 million: Bad!

In summary, till now the company is the middle of changes and adjustments. 1 Recommendation 07/22/2015 03:03:17 PM



MY COMMENT: You say: “Iran Inspections in 24 days?” Now, it is late to talk of inspections. A lot of people including officials of different countries are traveling to Tehran for businesses.

Here, we have a sample: At less of a week of the signature of the nuclear agreement, Sigmar Gabriel, German minister of energy flew to Iran with a portfolio of 72 projects that implies 2.7 billion euros. The news was published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on July 21.1 Recommendation 07/22/2015 01:59:52 PM



MY COMMENT: We have to recognize the Donald Trump is very smart. He always acts with a lot of aggressiveness in businesses and he likes to make circus.

But the presidential institution deserves more respect for the politicians and non-politicians who want to lead the country. 1 Recommendation 07/22/2015 01:44:35 PM



MY COMMENT: Wall Street hit Apple for a difference between expectations and real sales of iPhone. But if we compare the numbers of Apple, Microsoft, IBM and Intel, the conclusion is that Apple posted a good earnings report.

In general, the current earning season looks gloomy for the technology sector. 1 Recommendation 07/22/2015 01:26:21 PM



MY COMMENT: The three German luxury car brands – Audi, BMW, Daimler - have money to be non-depending of the Google Maps.

The price of $2.71 billion for Nokia Oy –digital mapping service - is not a high price for a common purchase of 3 buyers.

From the other side, they will have the possibility to gain experience in new technologies needed for the next generation of cars.  2 Recommendations 07/21/2015 02:31:38 PM



MY COMMENT: It is very regrettable to learn about the accounting scandal of the Toshiba.

Toshiba always was in the top list of the Japanese companies with a series of important computing products and also with technology for the different industrial and infrastructure sectors.

Till now is not clear if the accounting scandal will impact in a negative way the engineering and production sectors. 1 Recommendation 07/21/2015 01:25:09 PM



MY COMMENT: 16 candidates for the Republican nomination of the 2016 presidential election show a “fever” to be the new American president.

And in this list, in addition to Ohio Governor John Kasich, we see a series of important governors and former governors of key states.

Only one can be elected to represent the Republican Party. We have to hope the others after that collaborate with the nominated in the best way.

2016 election has to be the start of a new good cycle in Washington. During the last years, we suffered a lot of deceptions.  7 Recommendations 07/21/2015 12:59:59 PM



MY COMMENT: These are the main numbers of the IBM financial report posted yesterday on July 20:

- Q215 earnings: Revenues: $20.8 billion -13.5% y/y. Net Income: $3.34 -16.6% y/y.

Some days ago, Google posted also the results of its 2015 second quarter. Here, the Google’s figures:

- Q215 earnings: Revenues: $17.7 billion, +11% y/y. GAAP operating income: $4.8 billion, +27%.

Three or four years ago, we could not image that one day Google can surpass IBM. But if the Big Blue doesn’t find the way to recreate its business model soon, it will be under Google.

During the last years, IBM sold the majority of its classic units: PCs, Intel servers, hard disk drives, printers and printing solutions, semiconductors… And now with its new units, it doesn’t find the way to climb again. 1 Recommendation 07/21/2015 11:49:59 AM



MY COMMENT: Probably, with this initiative, Hillary Clinton tries to shorten ideological distance with her rival, Sanders, the enemy of the billionaires. .

From my point of view, the punishment of the short-term investors can produce negative reactions from the sector.

Always, when the investors see “hurdles” in one market, they look for other markets and/or alternatives. For example, when French President Hollande came to government, he tried to punish the rich French citizens and companies with high taxes, and a lot of them changed citizenship and/or legal addresses. 2 Recommendations 07/20/2015 2:22:35 PM



MY COMMENT: This is a political movement of the White House without the Congress support.

Till Congress votes, the fully lift of trade and travel embargoes are only in “draft”. And today Congress is not in the same line of President Obama. 2 Recommendations 07/20/2015 02:02:41 PM



MY COMMENT: This is a good idea, but in the case of Chattanooga is late.

In times of terrorism, all the military and government institutions have to be protected with security. 2 Recommendations 07/20/2015 01:51:57 PM



MY COMMENT: From my perspective, the problem is the “Islamist organizations” used as “branches” of terrorist groups.

Probably, these groups distribute Quran books together with pamphlets instigating to a “sacred war” against Christians and also brochures with terror doctrines and terrorist tactics.

The intelligent services have to look for terrorist literature in the place where Mr. Abdulazeez was living.

By the way, during the times of the Latin America guerrilla promoted by Cuba, a lot of materials with terror doctrine were circulating across the continent. 1 Recommendation 07/19/2015 03:04:47 PM




MY COMMENT: In a presidential campaign with the candidates that we have now, the effort will be huge and the money needed to support the race will climb in levels that we never saw before.

The current list of candidates includes a series of politicians with previous experiences as governors and in other government positions and very aggressive members of Congress.

From the other side, the people are tired for the current problems of Washington and everybody wants profound changes after 2016. 07/19/2015 02:39:39 PM



MY COMMENT: Hillary points against the Republicans to avoid reactions from Sanders.

But in future meetings, Sanders will go against Hillary because this is the only way that he has to put down the image of the candidate with more resources. If the current followers of Sanders see that he plays low, they will leave him. 2 Recommendations 07/18/2015 05:06:50 PM



MY COMMENT: Without any doubt, the shooting of Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez is a serious warning of the spread of the terror war everywhere including the United States.

We have to be alert across all the country every day, every night, in each moment. 1 Recommendation 07/18/2015 04:51:49 PM



MY COMMENT: The Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tries to put down the United States in a way that is really a provocation.

In the end, the nuclear agreement was an act of weakness in front an enemy who vomits hate every time he speaks. 5 Recommendations 07/18/2015 04:44:36 PM



MY COMMENT: This is the effort of Angela Merkel to avoid the total Greece collapse, but a lot of Greeks don’t deserve the German support because during more than 10 years they did make nothing to improve their economy and finance. 07/17/2015 03:11:57 PM



MY COMMENT: It is not surprise that ObamaCare’s prices will keep surging. Everybody who knows a little about economy can see that normally the centralized systems reduce flexibility and blow up the figures for everybody.

For example, the users who care for their health and go to the doctor only for real health problems, they have to pay also for the others who everyday go to the doctor for thousands of minor problems. 1 Recommendation 07/17/2015 02:48:19 PM



MY COMMENT: It is evident that behind the double shooting there are other things.

Muhammad Abdulazeez was not a teenager who stole the guns of the father and went to the street to kill his teacher or somebody who hit him.

He planned the two shootings to military targets for special reasons: hate or the order that he received from other/s.

If he was crazy, his craziness was not a psychological problem of somebody who has social problems. Behind the craziness, we have to see evil and hate. 3 Recommendations 07/17/2015 02:27:40 PM



MY COMMENT: The information available is not enough to determine the reasons of the Chattanooga shootings.

The facts show that it is possible that the suspect Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez had something against members of the military forces. The question is “why”. The news doesn’t say if he had a previous incident with marines. Also we don’t know if he was linked with some special Muslim groups.

The way he acted shooting in two military facilities in the same day reflects a plan. They were not two causal shootings. 1 Recommendation 07/17/2015 10:14:50 AM


MY COMMENT: In the case of El Chapo, all is possible. Maybe the story the authorities of the jail are telling is not true and he escaped with the support of the guards in an easy way. (By the way, this is the second time that the Mexican drug lord escapes of a prison.) 07/16/2015 03:09:15 PM



MY COMMENT: As we said before, Sanders is a Robin Hood of the New Millennium. If all the poor people follow him, he will shake Washington. This doesn’t imply that he will be the new president. Till now, it is early to make forecasts. 1 Recommendation 07/16/2015 02:51:11 PM



MY COMMENT: Since Jeb Bush entered in the race, it looks like the final competition will be between Hillary and Jeb. However, it is early to make forecasts. 1 Recommendation 07/16/2015 02:07:38 PM



MY COMMENT: The European Central Bank is trying to help the Greece’s lenders reopen, while in the Athens streets the Greeks continue complaining and making riots. This is too much! 1 Recommendation 07/16/2015 01:24:55 PM



MY COMMENT: After a short journey across the newspapers of the world, the statement that “99% of the world community” agrees with the Iran nuclear deal looks not realistic. 8 Recommendations 07/16/2015 12:46:15 PM


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SOURCES:

1) External Sources: Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Tweeter and PBS NewsHour.

2) Own Sources: My own research for previous publishing projects like TTT of Comlab Corp, Spanish English Club online and others.

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