09/10/2021
Today
Donald Boudreaux, AIER "I've no complaint against economists who craft their public messages in order to avoid a loss of audience. But I do worry that these efforts subtly create in the minds of many such economists unwarranted doubts about the merits of laissez faire." ~ Donald J. Boudreaux |
Nicole Gelinas, City Journal After 9/11, New York didn't rebuild wisely—and that failure hurts the city in the current crisis. |
Market Minder, Fisher There is a significant gap between dividends' reality and how many investors envision them. |
Michelle Bond, RCM There is a new and complex innovation paradox confounding America's financial regulatory system.Decentralized distributed ledgers and digital assets have disrupted traditional financial services, broadening access to capital and creating new market opportunities and efficiencies. In the same way that the internet transformed many components of our daily lives, these evolving technologies are transforming financial systems to the benefit of mainstream investors, Main Street businesses, and American consumers alike. |
Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice The price correction in August is long forgotten as hedge funds are starting to buy crude futures as they anticipate stronger demand |
Jerry Bowyer, Vident Financial We're looking at a commodity which might be able to help us get a glimpse at what global investors see about the economy, and what experts might be missing. |
Walter Block, RealClearMarkets If you ask any student who took a course in introductory microeconomics about a "shortage," well, one who was paying attention, you'll get the same answer: this means that demand is greater than supply. And if the student had any love for this subject, you would not be able to shut him up at this point. Rather, he would wax eloquent about what would happen next: prices would tend to rise, as many buyers fought against each other in a bidding war to get "their share" of the good or service now in short supply. And, as the price rose, there would be less and less of a shortage These lessons... |
Gary Zanfagna, The Hill Now is the time for businesses to prepare themselves for the new legal landscape. |
Trish Regan, American Consequences The pandemic put a stranglehold on America's foreign supply chain – prompting a resurging need for onshore manufacturing. |
Sara Morrison, Vox Coinbase has gotten the government's attention. |
Jeff Snider, RealClearMarkets Long before the city would become infamous for reasons of viral civilizational hazard, Wuhan had been unappreciated previously as the near epicenter of another symptom of derangement. This one, however, may over time truly end up as illuminating an even darker and far more lasting contribution to human history than what has, and will, come about from COVID. A project called the Wuhan Greenland Center remains, to this day, unfinished even though the working plans for it had been released publicly on July 4, 2011 - more than a decade ago - with groundbreaking ceremonies already held on December... |
Izzy Angeli & Virginia Van Zandt, Forbes While the average travel agent earned $44,690 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, David Eisen earned almost 4 times that amount in 2020. |
Ironman, Political Calculations The growth of trade between the U.S. and China flashed warning signs in July 2021. |
Kathy Jones & Christina Shaffer, Charles Schwab We believe it can, at least in the short term. |
Allison Schrager, Manhattan Institute Many Americans feel as though they can't get ahead: the costs of housing, health care, and education keep rising, while their income has not grown much. Income stagnation has become one of the most pressing policy issues. Regarding the degree to which income has stagnated, we often hear the... |
James Picerno, Capital Spectator It's time to move on from the standard 60/40 stock/bond portfolio. |
Marko Csokasi, Commodity.com Can you guess which US state received over $3 billion in federal aid? Here are 15 states with the most federal aid, including per capita data. |
Jerry Bowyer, Videntfunds Copper price changes are thought to be responsive to the demands of global economic growth. What does the data say for the economic recovery? |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Eric Compton, Morningstar Funds see value in a diverse range of sectors. |
John H. Cochrane, National Review Without numbers, we will follow fashion. |
Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund Every forecast takes a number from today and multiplies it by a story about tomorrow. |
Emily Stewart, Vox Consumer patriotism is the American way. |
Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca, PS Although the US economy has enjoyed a strong recovery from the pandemic-induced recession, its prospects for more robust, sustainable, and equitable long-term growth remain tenuous. Much will depend on whether Congress can muster the will to invest massively in physical and social infrastructure. |
Brett Arends, MarketWatch At least 1.7 million extra older workers have retired early as a result of the pandemic, research finds |
Paul Krugman, New York Times The pandemic hasn't ended; the rescue programs have. |
Matt Welch, Reason What if every one of your noncash financial transactions was automatically reported to a beefed-up, audit-hungry IRS? |
David Streitfeld, NY Times The Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial is set to be a major spectacle, but tech executives generally get a pass when it comes to wrongdoing. |
Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar These wide-moat, low-uncertainty names may be fairly valued today, but they should be on quality seekers' watchlists. |
Allan Roth, Advisor Perspectives I got my MBA at Kellogg nearly four decades ago and have been teaching investing for the last 20 years. Though not much has changed in the curriculum, over time I've realized that some things are downright wrong. Here are the big six. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS The housing market continues to set new records.The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index just reported its highest one-year gain in history, up nearly 19% through the end |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Ken Rogoff took the WSJ yesterday to explain why the infamous Dow 36,000 prediction wasn't wrong. Sorry Ken, I'm not buying it. |
Ben Johnson, Morningstar How low can fund fees go? |
Bill McBride, Calculated Risk Why we're likely to see another winter wave of COVID cases. |
Nick Maggiulli, Of Dollars And Data On relationships and optimizing social wealth over financial wealth. |
C.J. Ciaramella, Reason While Spears' case is the most high-profile example of alleged conservator abuse, there are similar stories from all over the country. |
Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic The benefits of ventilation reach far beyond the coronavirus. What if we stop taking colds and flus for granted, too? |
Charlie Bilello, Compound Advisors There are two types of investors: Pundits and Professionals… The Pundit thinks they know everything. The Professional knows that learning is infinite. |
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