09/15/2021
Today
Jeffrey Tucker, Brownstone How significant is it that the two top FDA officials responsible for vaccine research resigned last week and this week signed a letter in The Lancet that strongly warns against vaccine boosters? This is a remarkable sign that the project of government-managed virus mitigation is in the final stages before falling apart. |
Gene Marks, Hill These are not big or even costly asks, compared to the demands on businesses made by other governments over the centuries. |
Market Minder, Fisher Watered down from earlier chatter, the framework still faces a tough road to passing. |
Tom Joyce, Examiner Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to raise taxes on the rich. |
John Tamny, RCM The economics profession is captive to endless fallacies, but arguably the most ridiculous of them is the idea that money creation instigates economic growth. As a consequence, politicians and mystical economists have focused endlessly on "the Ms" and other money measures over the years; the belief being that that a planned increase of the various monetary aggregates care of central banks would result in a specific GDP outcome. Reducing "monetarism" to its absurd basics, the recipe for economic growth is "just add dollars." The problem is that the view is backwards. Where there's production... |
Patrick Brown, NYT In focus groups, many said work is the price of admission for eligibility for government benefits like the expanded child tax credit. |
Wayne Abernathy, RCM Who deserves a loan? Is there an answer more fundamental than, someone who is likely to pay it back? The challenge is figuring out who that might be. Finding the answer can cost you. Not finding the answer can cost, too, for it means economic opportunity lost, for individuals and for the nation overall. Consider short term, small dollar loans. These can be the most expensive for a lender to make, precisely because of the cost of identifying the good risks. Lenders report that analyzing borrower risk, together with basic costs of making, processing, and collecting repayment can run to... |
Jonathan Chait, New York Biden's Washington is a huge fight over whether trillions go to the rich or the working class. |
James Bovard, Am Institute for Economic Research "'Taxation by citation' is a license for bureaucratic tyranny. How much longer will local politicians be permitted to plunder drivers and subvert safety with impunity?" ~ James Bovard |
Rep. Warren Davidson, RCM This past May, the Department of Treasury issued their General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposalswhich contained new Biden Administration policy proposals aimed at furthering Biden's tax--spend-inflate agenda. While excessive spending and an ongoing tug-of-war over the tax code has become routine, one Internal Revenue Service reporting proposal was truly jaw-dropping. Treasury's proposed comprehensive financial account information reporting regime may sound benign, but this proposal would mandate financial institutions report gross inflows and outflows... |
Christoph Gisiger, The Market Gavin Baker, founder of Atreides Management, sees inflation setting the tone for financial markets. The influential tech investor says what rising prices would mean for the sector, what's next for the super-cycle in the semiconductor industry, and why the record number of new stock issues is creating attractive opportunities. |
Selena Maranjian, Motley Fool Becoming a millionaire may be much more achievable than you thought. Here's how to do it. |
Jerry Bowyer, Vident Financial Has the US entered a period of elevated inflation? And if so, would investors be wise to investigate which investments act as inflation hedges? |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
John Cochrane, The Grumpy Economist The effect of monetary policy on inflation depends crucially on fiscal policy. |
Rob Williams, Charles Schwab Here are five ways having a financial plan can help you. |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network Despite a recent rally for the markets, Commonwealth CIO Brad McMillan says we may see volatility ahead. |
Bill McBride, Calculated Risk What is happening? Why? And what will happen. |
Sanjai Bhagat & Todd Zywicki, The Hill Washington regulators and corporate America are rushing to adopt new corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies. |
Kathryn Anne Edwards, New York Times The structure of unemployment insurance is broken and does little to help those who pay into it. |
Alex Pollock, L & L Alex J. Pollock outlines seven possible scenarios where we could have the next financial crisis. |
Cyril Widdershoven, OilPrice The chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. from Afghanistan put many U.S. allies in the region on edge, and it seems that they have every right to be as Biden continues to withdraw from the region |
Nicole Gelinas, NYP The next step in normalcy, after clearing the pit of human remains and debris, would be setting aside space for a memorial, and rebuilding. We were lucky: We would see it happen. How long could it … |
Ian Vasquez, Cato A decline in freedom stateside. |
A. Carden, American Institute for Economic Research "Like experts on energy efficiency don't know where to set your thermostat, experts on health risks don't know which bundle of risks and precautions is the right one given your goals and values." ~ Art Carden |
Julia Horowitz, CNN After notching heady gains this year, US stocks could be in for a back-to-school reality check. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments On the 20-year anniversary of 9/11, we reflect on what America lost—and didn't lose. |
Casey Bond, U.S. News & World Report Now could be a great time to become a landlord. Mortgage rates have been hovering near historic lows, and though recent economic uncertainty has a lot of potential homebuyers thinking twice about taking on a mortgage, rental income could be a great way to pad your finances against ongoing turbulence. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Jamie Powell, FT Alphaville Bonds and inflation have parted ways. |
Bryce Coward, Knowledge Leaders Stocks are running well ahead of the economy. |
Scott Grannis, Calafia Beach Pundit With today's release of the August CPI, it looks on the surface as if inflation is moderating, much as the Fed has been hoping. But it will pay to stay skeptical. |
Charlie Bilello, Compound Advisors Investing is never easy, but there's no denying that the last 10 years in U.S. equities have been a far smoother ride than most of history. How do we define "smoother"? In layman's terms: higher returns with lower risk. |
Rebecca Jennings, Vox Their new show on Hulu shows the great American paradox of winning the fame lottery. |
John Rekenthaler, MStar The curious case of target-date funds. |
Ben Carlson, A Wealth Of Common Sense It's entirely possible the internet has created an environment in which mini-manias occur more regularly than they did in the past without creating a situation in which everyone collectively loses their minds. So we could have mini-bubbles that blow and pop without causing as much serious damage as when they were more widespread. |
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