10/02/2021
Today
Alberto Mingardi, City Journal Madrid shows that it's possible to manage Covid without heavy-handed restrictions. |
Ryan Cooper, The Week The moderate from West Virginia has a funny definition of 'fiscal insanity' |
Brian Riedl, New York Post You know things have gone crazy when a trillion dollars is considered a compromise. But this is where today's Democratic party stands. There is no longer any room for moderates, or even Obama-style… |
Paul Krugman, New York Times Now is the time for some courageous gimmickry. |
Editorial, The New York Sun The endorsement by Janet Yellen of the "End the Threat of Default Act" is what caught our attention in the Treasury Secretary's testimony yesterday before the House. One of the bill's sponsors, Sean Casten of Illinois, asked where she stood on ending |
Rea Hederman, RealClearPolicy Democrats in Washington are looking to bolster their tax-and-spend reputation as they try to pass an "infrastructure" package currently slated to cost taxpayers roughly $3.5 trillion in sp |
Andy Puzder, RealClearPolitics Joe Manchin said it best: We have 11 million jobs that we havent filled, 8 million people still unemployed. Somethings not matching up here. The... |
Maria Abreu & Chris Helman, Forbes This Denver tycoon defied convention to crash the gates of construction, fast food and Major League Baseball. It's a long way from her family's two-room adobe house without indoor plumbing. |
Paul Katzeff, Investor's Business Daily You work hard. Does your employer return the love? If your salary is not as high as you deserve, what can you do to win a pay raise? |
Veronique de Rugy, American Institute for Econ. Research "The truth is that no country ever got out of poverty because of income redistribution. If such 'redistribution' could deliver such a happy outcome, the U.S. should have no child poverty at all." ~ Veronique de Rugy |
Emma Kerr, U.S. News Launching a business can feel like an act of rebellion against more traditional professional paths, but that doesn't mean entrepreneurs and small business owners have to do it alone. Business books are one way to learn from seasoned experts and get help guiding your business to success. |
Seth Berenzweig & John Tamny, Capitol Brief Capitol Brief with legal analyst Seth Berenzweig and RealClearMarkets John Tamny |
James Picerno, Capital Spectator After a summer of drifting lower and then holding in a range, the benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield is running higher this month. Does the jump mark a regime change after decades of trending lower? Or is this one more bout of noise? |
Ironman, Political Calculations If you had to pick one aspect of nearly American life that would be most measurably impacted by 2020's coronavirus pandemic, what would you choose? |
Thomas Kirchner & Paul Hoffmeister, Camelot Portfolios by Thomas Kirchner, CFA No Lehman or Minsky moment in sight. China's real estate market to crash. Domestic repression and international conflicts will cover up economic problems. The Evergrande default on $2 billion of Dollar-denominated foreign bonds itself, or the broader collapse of t |
Ryan Detrick, LPL Financial Research Market Blog Thursday, September 30, 2021 |
Servaas Storm, INET Going Down the Rabbit Hole at Jackson Hole |
Jeff Troutner, Equius Partners We've learned a lot about investing over the past 60 years, a period that has seen many breakthroughs in the world of finance. What we know comes from studying public markets and is grounded in serious academic research. The lessons are clear: Investing in markets is an excellent plan for meeting long-term goals, like maximizing your retirement income. When you develop a deeper understanding of public markets, you can cultivate a sense of optimism about investing. |
Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate The Chinese government may yet succeed in insulating the broader market from the financial crisis at real estate giant Evergrande. But the larger challenge is to rebalance an economy that has depended for far too long on the bloated housing market for jobs and growth. |
Eric Boehm, Reason Among Americans who aren't liberal pundits, the debt and deficit rank as major concerns. It's about time Congress noticed. |
Debra Kamin, New York Times Three-dimensional printing can create nearly any object. A partnership in Mexico is putting that theory to the test, building a village for residents living in poverty. |
Paul Ford, Wired The free market has plenty of grandiose ideas about how to fix our broken planet. There's just one problem: We can't afford another bust. |
Izabella Kaminska, FT Alphaville The UK in pursuing net zero carbon emissions has created energy poverty across the country, |
Connor Harris, City Journal Citizens in Germany's capital approve a radical referendum that won't solve the city's housing crisis. |
Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund Being right is the enemy of staying right. |
John Rekenthaler, MStar There is another way to reconcile how ETFs and mutual funds are taxed. |
Eswar S. Prasad, ProMarket Eswar Prasad explores the advantages that central bank digital currency offers relative to cash in battling corruption. |
Stephen S. Roach, Project Syndicate The new dual thrust of Chinese policy – redistribution plus re-regulation – will subdue the entrepreneurial activity that has been so important in powering China's dynamic private sector. Without animal spirits, the case for indigenous innovation is in tatters. |
Liam Vaughan, BBW New research shows insider trading is everywhere. So far, no one seems to care. |
Alex Williams, New York Times The creator of Freemans Sporting Club, who helped define the ye olde aesthetic of the early aughts, opens a country club in the Hudson Valley. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Kyle Chayka, Kyle Chayka Industries How platforms mess with our tastes. |
Zachary Crockett, The Hustle Across the country, school districts are struggling to fill transportation jobs. The shortage helps explain systemic problems in the labor market. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS A noticeable relationship has emerged this year between tech stocks and interest rates:When interest rates rise, tech stocks fall.When interest rates fall, tech stocks rise. But it isn't always that way... |
Mark Rzepczynski, Disciplined Global Macro Policy and economic differences will raise opportunities across all currency markets. |
Eric Lutz, Vanity Fair Companies like Tyson and United Airlines have seen vaccine rates skyrocket after imposing mandates for employees. |
Izabella Kaminska & Claire Jones, Financial Times The MMT solution raises its dismal head again. |
Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar These are the cheapest names in the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index--plus stocks the index has recently added and dropped. |
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