11/26/2020
Today Gonzalo Schwarz, Archbridge Notes My American Dream has a number, 4.92. No, it's not the interest rate I got when I bought my house or my car, and it's not a 50-meter dash record, or anything else. I will tell you the story of that? |
Yi-Zheng Lian, New York Times The democracy movement may be quiet. But it is alive and it will survive. |
Hayley Cuccinello, Forbes Europe's richest man stands between the Tesla CEO and Jeff Bezos in the ranks of the planet's wealthiest people, Forbes calculates. |
Steve Forbes, What's Ahead What causes inflation? |
Wilfred Reilly, USA Today The traditional left has the biggest beef with identity politics — although they might not have completely figured this out yet. Complaining about “woke” “social justice” movements centered on racial, gender, and other identities has long been every conservative’s favorite sport. Ben Shapiro does it virtually every day. The heterodox writer James Lindsay has literally drawn up an entire line of flash cards breaking down the various contemporary left-wing meanings for terms like “racism.” President Donald Trump — who... |
Michael Brush, MarketWatch Small and midcap stocks will keep rocketing higher for 5 big reasons |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments A few things to be thankful for over the holidaysâ?"even this year. |
Bonnie Kristian, The Week Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. |
Isaac Schorr, National Review Envy and ingratitude sell, so Farhad Manjoo gets to misrepresent data, twist facts, and sow resentment in the paper of record. |
Jeanne Sahadi, CNN The economic tragedy that is the political reaction to the virus. |
Kimberly Ross, Washington Examiner Playing it safe during a pandemic has been a reality for most of 2020. As the year has progressed, the initial fear and precaution have given way to frustration at the daily impact the virus has on our lives. Unfortunately, this aspect is likely to remain until a vaccine is approved, introduced, and the world can slowly return to normal. It also means the holiday season must be altered. |
Alfredo Ortiz, The Hill Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Jack Dorsey of Twitter testified ... |
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Schwab Is your holiday budget tighter this year? That doesn't mean your gifts can't be just as meaningfulâ?"maybe even more so, says Carrie-Schwab Pomerantz. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Rob Williams, Charles Schwab Five resolutions to reshape your finances in the year ahead. |
Ryan Detrick, LPL Financial Research Economic Blog Leading economic indicators are confirming what high-frequency data has been telling us for weeks: The rate of the domestic economic recovery, while still positive, is slowing. |
Liz Ann Sonders, Charles Schwab Recent positive COVID-19 vaccine may represent a light at the end of the tunnel; but the resurgent virus means we're still in the darkest part of the tunnel. |
Brian Riedl, Manhattan Institute The latest long-term budget estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show unsustainable growth of government debt (Chart 1). This debtâ?"which was 40% of the economy before the 2008 recessionâ?"will surpass 100% this year, on its way to 195% of the economy in 30 years.[1] And this... |
Matt Egan, CNN Janet Yellen checks all the boxes in President-elect Joe Biden's quest to find a Treasury secretary who won't spook Wall Street, alienate progressives or forget about Main Street's plight. |
Christy Bieber, Motley Fool Social Security benefits are an important source of retirement income, but they can't be your sole source. That's because they aren't designed to replace enough of your pre-retirement income to maintain your standard of living. |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch U.S. stocks rise in three out of every four years, especially the first year of a presidential term. |
Chuck DeVore, The Examiner The Fraser Institute is out with its new yearly assessment of Economic Freedom in North America. Fraser, based in British Columbia, Canada, ranks both nations and states internationally and in North America for their economic freedom, measuring factors such as tax rates, government spending, and labor laws. |
Michael Gibson, City Journal A new book argues that Silicon Valley was built on sand. |
Art Carden, American Institute for Economic Research The late 1970s and early 1980s were a turbulent time on the music scene. “Punk rock” came into vogue. Disco was breathing its last. A band of teenage girls called The Runaways went through several lineups and had a minor hit with “Cherry Bomb.” They never really got that far in the United States or Europe, but they opened for several prominent bands. They also made it big in Japan. Several Runaways became stars after the band broke up. Lita Ford went on to solo success. Original member Micki Steele joined the Bangles. The group’s biggest eventual star... |
Steven Kamin, Hill We don't know how economic policy management under the Biden administration will fare. But early signs are promising, |
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Ben Hunt, Epsilon Theory The AMA is a tax exempt hedge fund and licensing corporation. |
Stephen S. Roach, Project Syndicate As financial markets celebrate the coming vaccine-led boom, the confluence of epidemiological and political aftershocks has pushed us back into a quagmire of heightened economic vulnerability. In Dickensian terms, to reach a "spring of hope," we first must endure a "winter of despair." |
David Wills, Quillette A new documentary covers the rise of Freak Power, a grassroots political movement founded by gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. |
Art Carden, AIER Joan Jett was rejected by 23 record labels and finally just did it herself. |
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution We can all admit now that it isn’t a bubble, right? Of course you still might think the current price is too high, as returns are a (near) random walk. |
Ironman, Political Calculations Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday, and for many American households, turkey is the centerpiece of their Thanksgiving dinner. |
Jonathan Ellen, City Journal Vaccine news offers optimism. |
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