11/11/2020
Today Casey Mulligan, The Hill The restrained version of Biden's agenda would reduce median household incomes by an estimated $1,700, rather than the $6,500 for the full agenda. |
Bruce Yandle, Washington Examiner America has been mired in debates over protectionism and other trade policies for several years now, and it hasn't shown many signs of slowing down. Will Joe Biden change things? |
John Tamny, RCM “We have found that students are responding well to our voluntary, convenient, and free walk-up testing sites.” The latter is from a press release produced at Penn State University, and that was released this week to the New York Times. It seems Penn State, much like U.S. universities in all 50 states, has an aggressive coronavirus testing program as a way of keeping close track of the virus’s spread on campus. Please think about the fact that testing for the coronavirus in what is the world’s richest country is increasingly very convenient, and free. Please think... |
John Cassidy, The New Yorker On Monday, Joe Biden, the President-elect, unveiled the members of his coronavirus task force and warned of a “dark winter” ahead. Even as encouraging news emerged about a potential vaccine, case numbers have continued to climb in alarming fashion. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments The drama isn't over yet, but uncertainty is fallingâ?"bullish for stocks. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Matt Egan, CNN The Trump campaign is waging a legal war over the 2020 presidential election results. Wall Street, on the other hand, is already moving on. |
Dan Alexander & Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes Speeches, books and television await. So do more opportunities to receive taxpayer funds. |
Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education |
Jeffrey Tucker, American Institute for Economic Research On March 12, 2020, the memo went out from the pen of Carter Mecher, bioterrorism expert advising the Veterans Administration. It went out to public health officials and others from around the nation. Close the schools. Pull the trigger now. And it happened, and with it, civic freedoms we have long taken for granted – freedom to travel, operate businesses, go to the movies, even leave our homes – were taken away. |
Loren Steffy, Texas Monthly In 1999, Enron CEO Jeff Skilling mocked ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. oil and gas company, calling it a “dinosaur.” Yet Exxon lumbered on, churning out steady profits, even after Enron collapsed in bankruptcy two years later and Skilling went to prison for fraud. But now, as the planet continues to heat up, COVID-19 has blasted into Exxon’s finances like some giant asteroid. |
Michael Brush, MarketWatch The 7 most important takeaways for investors |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network |
Michael Townsend, Charles Schwab Debate over another round of coronavirus aid and economic stimulus likely will be at the top of the agenda for the post-election session. |
Hayden Adams, Charles Schwab Helpful tax tips for your end-of-year charitable contributions, including stock donations. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments As both Georgian Senate seats potentially head to a runoff, we explore the popular theory that a Democratic presidency and split Congress is the most bullish combo. |
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Schwab Stock options can give your compensation a significant boost, but they can also be confusing. Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz explains what you need to know. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Long-term investors benefit from considering a couple of key factors, in our view. |
Benjamin Powell, AIER European countries are imposing harsh lockdowns again as a second wave of COVID-19 spreads throughout Europe. It was a mistake last spring, when most U.S. states followed Europe’s lead in imposing lockdowns during the first wave, and it would be an even bigger mistake to copy the failed lockdowns again today. I was stunned when Italy imposed regional lockdowns in late February and a national lockdown on March 9. In short order, most other European countries did the same. Then, influenced by the sensational predictions from Neil Ferguson’s team at Imperial College... |
Daniel Newman, MarketWatch Apple's transition from Intel to its new Arm-based silicon is almost certain to be a challenging transition. Microsoft, with the Surface, is aiming to build... |
Rishi Iyengar, CNN Less than 24 hours before Election Day, Apple announced it would host its fourth major event of the year the following week. |
Emily Brandon, U.S. News & World Report SAVING FOR RETIREMENT doesn't have to be a chore. A few small changes can result in a much bigger retirement account balance, given enough time to compound. |
Tanisha Sykes, USA Today One of the most important factors that lenders consider when evaluating you for a mortgage is your debt, including any student loans you must pay back. “Student loans can affect a consumer’s ability to get a mortgage because they are a liability that factors into your debt-to-income ratio,” says Adam Selita, CEO and co-founder of The Debt Relief Company in New York City. |
Buck Sexton, American Consequences |
Reeves Wiedeman, New York For the sake of the country â?" and the business model â?" the New York Times evolved during the Trump years: less dispassionate, more crusading. This has sparked a raw internal debate over the paper's mission and future. |
Jenin Younes, American Institute for Economic Research About four years ago, on one of the many days I was lamenting the election of Donald Trump, a friend handed me a copy of Listen, Liberal: Or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? by Thomas Frank. My friend remarked that he was less concerned about Trump becoming president than the circumstances that led to a former reality TV show host with authoritarian leanings attaining the highest office in the land. |
Michael Wilkerson, The Hill As both citizens and investors, now is a good time to take care and take cover. While we should hope for the best, I suspect we haven't seen the worst of it yet. |
Steven Milloy, Washington Examiner Despite the mixed signals from the 2020 election, the exit polling indicated one clear loser: the Green New Deal. |
Sarah Hansen, Forbes The next Covid-19 relief bill is likely to be smaller and it may not pass until next year. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate Core dollar exchange rates have so far been surprisingly stable during the pandemic, most likely because major central banks' policy interest rates are effectively frozen at or near zero. But although the current stasis could last awhile, it will not last forever. |
Ironman, Political Calculations Unfortunately, the negative economic impact to the world from COVID-19 is not over yet. |
Alex Tabarrok, MR Good news on vaccines but the virus is surging again. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS There are always risks in the financial markets, even when there is potentially good news. |
Casey Carlisle, UncleNap.com 6 November 2020 When an American joins the military, he displays at least two prominent personality traits: he cares about his family, friends, and even about Americans he's never met, and, in th |
Philip van Doorn, MarketWatch If you believe that value stocks will come into favor at the expense of growth stocks, start with this list of possibilities |
Balaz Koranyi, CSM Global economic priorities and norms are shifting as climate change and social issues exacerbated by a pandemic change consumer habits. Central banks are rethinking their roles as they ponder why monetary policy is not working the way it once did. |
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