05/26/2020
Today Ken Fisher, RealClearMarkets Stocks' surge from March lows may or may not sustain, but the next bull market's base is building now. Few pundits or forecasters agree (citing near endless disastrous news) as most see... |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch The March lows of the coronavirus crash could still be tested |
Catherine Brock, Motley Fool Are you ready to retire? You might be looking forward to saying goodbye to the 40-hour work week, but financial readiness is a different thing. In truth, living without a paycheck requires more than some money in the bank and the ability to cash Social Security checks. You also need to have the right financial habits in place. |
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine Though millions of Americans are still waiting for their first coronavirus stimulus check, Democrats have already proposed a second round of payments â?" but it's unclear if Trump and Republicans will go along. Here's where negotiations stand. |
John Tamny, The Daily Caller Deficits and borrowing are not inherently bad as some budget hawks believe â?" the real problem is government spending. |
Zachary Karabell, Newsweek The polarized and partisan narrative of "you can kill the economy or you can kill people" has Americans caught in the grip of fear, and it is paralyzing us. |
Jeffrey Tucker, American Institute for Economic Research I wanted to celebrate the opening day of breweries in Connecticut. But it was hardly that. Open means freedom of association and commerce. We are nowhere near that point. You had to have reservations for a particular time slot, because they are only allowed a fractional capacity. You can only stay an hour and a half. Beer can only be sold in plastic cups and servers can’t touch the thing after you have touched it. You must bus your own table. You have to sit outside. |
Will Wilkinson, New York Times The liability-protection ruse is an excuse to coerce Americans back to work by refusing desperately needed help. |
Brian Fung, CNN Tech companies such as Google and Facebook have long been revered as vanguards for office culture. Now, the shift to extended telework policies could have far-reaching consequences for the entire industry, |
Elizabeth Ames, Fox It is said that the coronavirus will alter not just our habits, but also our politics. |
Nelson Schwartz, New York Times "Shared sacrifice" in the white-collar ranks aims to avoid the cost of staffing up again. With no end to the crisis in sight, it is a leap of faith. |
Rand Paul & Andy Biggs, USA Today |
Jerry Bowyer, Vident Financial |
Liz Ann Sonders & Jeffrey Kleintop & Kathy Jones, Charles Schwab Recent stock action suggests some investor exuberance is being worked off. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Liz Ann Sonders, Charles Schwab On a day that started with good news on an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, with the stock market showing strong early gains, today's report is more visual and less wordy than normal. |
Richard Salsman, American Institute for Economic Research |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Eric Kober, Manhattan Institute Office-based businesses have long been cutting back on expensive space, as employees switched from offices to cubicles. |
Editors, The Economist Explaining the stockmarket rally |
Eric Boehm, Reason.com A member of the five-month-old company's board has been touting bogus stats about America's supposed dependency on Chinese-made drugs. |
James Rainey, Los Angeles Times Many retailers and consumers fear handling dollars and cents during the coronavirus pandemic. Some experts say it will accelerate the transition to a cash-free U.S. economy. |
Dan Gelston, The Christian Science Monitor If sports fans return to stadiums, what rules will be in place? With social distancing and masks, history shows football could come back strong. While a full comeback to stadiums is a ways off, one thing is certain: Sports will return – just like they did in 1919. |
Ashlee Vance, BusinessWeek Ashlee Vance interviews the billionaire entrepreneur on his Twitter usage, selling off his possessions, and the historic upcoming launch. |
Demonetized, Epsilon Theory “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Winston Churchill |
Stuart Klawans, The Nation Theaters big and small have moved to streaming models as their physical locations have temporarily shuttered. Will moviegoing fundamentally change as a result? |
Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture Market have shrugged off a torrent of horrific economic news. They have powered far above the post pandemic crash lows of March. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Joachim Klement, Enterprising Investor Things usually don't change as much you think they will. |
Jon Evans, TechCrunch We live in a world that’s getting worse, at least this year, likely next, and maybe beyond. |
Anne Helen Petersen, Buzz Feed Our economy is built on Americans of all class levels buying things. What happens when the ability and desire to do so goes away? |
J.D. Tuccille, Reason.com The gifting of a knife is the entrusting of a reliable tool, perhaps the most useful one that humans have invented and can own. |
Megan Molteni, Wired The coronavirus has hit meat processing plants hard. But not in Denmark, where automation makes for safer slaughterhouses. |
Ben Carlson, A Wealth Of Common Sense Dividends are one of the most underrated sources of portfolio income. |
Scott Sumner, The Money Illusion Conspiracy theories are a powerful drug, as Penn Jillette once observed (in a Joe Rogan interview.) So powerful that people rarely stop to consider how implausible many of the claims actually are. |
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