Seeking Alpha by Adding Beta

Normally I am not into baseball. But given history buff and always trying to find some interesting co-relation, I start following it in Fall when playoffs start. I definitely follow world series since that's kind of movie climax (for readers outside USA, don't fret over calling it as world-series. Americans always thought that America is world and hence they end up calling most of their game finals as world-something). This year Baseball world series started with Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals tied at 1:1 each. Another 5 games to go and it's about time to start predicting winner! Let's look at some interesting connections. I was reading an article in WSJ. As expected "Blue" states are supporting Red Sox (with exception from Texas) while majority of "Red" states are supporting Cardinals. Even New-yorkers who consider Red Sox as arch rival to Yankees are supporting Red Sox. So given this co-relation between politics and sports, I am predictin...

Finally the mess Washington politicians (mainly tea-party hard-core republicans) created had ended for 3 months with Government shutdown over and debt-limit increased. As always it came down to 11th hour and solution had to come from US Senate leaders. Grand Old Party (GOP) managed to destroy itself by falling into traps of likes of Ted Cruz and lack of leadership skills by house Republican leadership to stand against tea-party hostage-takers! What Obama could not do it in last 5 years (of bringing down Republican Party's approval rating), Ted Cruz managed to do it in 2 weeks. As they say, be careful about who are your real enemies. In this case GOP's main problem is not President Obama but their own party members. President Obama came out winner in this - not only he stood firm against ransom demands of few crazy politicians but also got what he wanted without giving in much. Looks like President Obama having good success in last few weeks - first in Syria where he made Assa...