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China Rejoinder (by Binkius Hippo)

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Hi, Tim: You recently posted an email, “A Response to China Deal” and the article is so misleading and paints such a false narrative that I have to wonder if it’s a Communist Party cyber-ops fake news attempt to obfuscate the truth. If you could post my rebuttal, I would appreciate it.

Let me start with this introductory pre-amble. The single largest problem with business in China is not the negotiations, not the contracts, nor the law. Very simply, what matters in the end is if the terms of the agreement are Verifiable and Enforceable. It doesn’t matter what you agree to, what you sign, or what the law is in China. What matters is if the deal you have made is Verifiable and Enforceable. If you can’t get this, all you got are seashells.

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What’s the Magic?

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Good God, this is getting boring. Between lines of cocaine, Kudlow is slamming the BUY button on his desk any time the ES gets near 2626. Indeed, that was the PRECISE low in today’s trading, then, surprise surprise, we shoot higher. We seem to be trapped between 2626 and the Fibonacci retracement of 2635. I was hoping earnings season would get things rocking, but we still seem to be totally without direction.

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