Brands Up This Week

S&P and Dow new records: Just think how well we might be doing if a Grand Bargain including tax simplification could be reached by the dysfunctional US government

USD: It’s all relative

Google: Tech darling of the moment

Tesla: accelerating

David Beckham, the first global football player brand since Pele

Brands Down This Week

Obama Administration: IRS/AP/OY!: How do you spell Nixonian?

Gold

Bloomberg LLC: I spy you spy, we all spy