Today I answer some readers questions, have a note about the Holy Ghost at The Mouth of Hell, a stock downrating, and news from China, Israel, Mongolia, Canada, Britain, and fund updates.

Writing an update for Dick Davis Digest on my pick of Delek Group as the best stock for 2014, I tried to figure out if Yitzhak Tshuva, 68, the Libyan-born chairman of the insurance group had any links with Warren Buffett.

Gazprom OAO ADRs which trade here as OGZPY sound like a great buy: the stock yields 4% and trades at a luscious looking trailing price-earnings ratio of 3x.