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Jeffrey Skilling and the Enron Debacle: Part 6

Jeffrey Skilling and the Enron Debacle: Part 6

Mixed Signals: Cheering & Jeering from Fortune and Others In the wake of the largest corporate bankruptcy the world had ever known, Enron ultimately became a tale of human tragedy forged from financial loss.  There was also a great dichotomy in their downfall: The...
The Unpatriotic Duty of Loyalty: Part V

The Unpatriotic Duty of Loyalty: Part V

Threat Response As previously indicated, the American attitude toward foreign investment was generally a temperate one (absent energy investments or perceived war-time threats) until the aftermath of a major shift in post-WWII global wealth began to emerge in the...
The Unpatriotic Duty of Loyalty: Part IV

The Unpatriotic Duty of Loyalty: Part IV

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Are SWFs the New WMDs? As the name suggests, the primary characteristic of a Sovereign Wealth Fund is that it is a state-owned and operated investment vehicle. But among the many definitions for Sovereign Wealth Fund used in differing private...
The Unpatriotic Duty of Loyalty: Part III

The Unpatriotic Duty of Loyalty: Part III

Strange Currencies: America’s Varied, Volatile and Selective Affair(s) with Foreign Investment   Although numerous regulations aimed at curbing Foreign Investment in the United States have emerged over the past 100 years, America is, quite literally, a creation of...
The Unpatriotic Duty of Loyalty: Part II

The Unpatriotic Duty of Loyalty: Part II

Imagine The Following All-Too-Plausible Scenario… The date is December 21st, 2017 and the typical American holiday shopping fanfare – our Bacchus offering to the gods of modern western consumerism – is noticeably tempered due to increasing concerns about financial...