05/15/2021
Today Casselman & Tankersley, New York Times In surveys and political discourse, Republicans are increasingly critical of corporations, but not for the reasons Democrats have long held that view. |
Rick Newman, Yahoo Finance Republicans say they want "user fees" to pay for new roads and bridges. That would mean tax hikes on ordinary Americans. |
The Editors, National Review Republicans would be making a huge mistake by striking an $800 billion spending deal with Biden. |
Ben Carson, Fox News The government spends trillions more than it takes in every year. For decades, our politicians have been more concerned with making speeches and raiding the treasury than sound economics and fiscal responsibility. |
Alexander William Salter, National Review In fact, it might even have a few silver linings. |
Peter Jacobsen, Foundation for Economic Education Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released numbers indicating that the average price level of consumer goods has risen 4.2% since this time last year. This is the highest rate since 2008. Some economists say "don't sweat it." This economist says they're wrong. |
Noam Scheiber, NYT A new paper by liberal economists presents evidence that policymakers helped hold down wages for four decades. |
Leah Libresco Sargeant, Week One lesson America's political leaders should learn from SpaceX |
Allison Schrager, Bloomberg Inflation and interest rates will determine how much of your savings you'll actually be able to spend. |
Palihapitiya & More, All-In 0:00 Jason goes behind the scenes of Elon's SNL appearance 23:36 CDC failures, misleading information on COVID spreading outdoors 39:10 Reacting to Stanley Druckenmiller's thoughts on current Fed po |
Jeffrey Gundlach, Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance's Julia LaRoche spoke with DoubleLine Founder and CEO Jeffrey Gundlach about the Federal Reserve, inflation, stimulus, cryptocurrencies, and the economy. |
Editors, Self Financial Ever wondered how much tax you will pay over your lifetime? We've worked it out for each state in the US. See the analysis here. |
Kathy Jones, Charles Schwab Although we expect higher prices over the next few years, a return to that level of inflation is unlikely. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Schwab Leaving your job to be a full-time parent has emotional, professional and financial implications. Be prepared. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust |
Hayden Adams, Charles Schwab Although it's not clear what final legislation could look like, there are possible ways to mitigate any potential tax impact. |
Joe Steidl & Tiffany Su, Research Affiliates The performance of a market-cap-weighted index is driven by a handful of stocks with the largest capitalizations, but these stocks do not remain at the top for long. A smart beta multi-factor strategy is a good solution for investors concerned about the concentration risk of a passive market-cap tracker. |
Matt Taibbi, TK News Much easier to ruin a career than mess with a corporate cash cow |
Dave Sekera, MStar But while increased infrastructure spending will create opportunity, the market has already priced in most of these companies' potential. |
Kevin Roose, New York Times Glauber Contessoto went looking for something that could change his fortunes overnight. He found it in a joke cryptocurrency. |
Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker In eliminating barriers to investing in the stock market, is the app democratizing finance or encouraging risky behavior? |
James L. Caton, AIER We've trod down the post-Bernanke path long enough to learn that the cost of following a policy of resource allocation by the Federal Reserve instead of allowing a modestly higher rate of inflation is lower growth of real income. |
Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund Every investor is different. |
Jemima Kelly, FT Alphaville Not exactly backed one for one with dollars. |
Alberto Mingardi, PS Advocates of active government regard the development of effective COVID-19 vaccines as a case of successful "industrial planning." But the vaccines are a triumph not of state direction but of "innovism" – a private-sector-led, trial-and-error search for good things for which consumers are willing to pay. |
Claus Hecking, Der Spiegel With their next-generation mRNA vaccines, the German companies BioNTech and CureVac are at the forefront of pharmaceutical innovation. But U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to suspend patent protections is threatening that position. |
Ed Yardeni, Dr. Ed's Blog Should we be worried about a wage/price spiral like the 1970s? |
Hanna Ziady, CNN It wasn't long ago that real estate experts were bracing for the worst. |
Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar These stocks are good choices whether you're looking for dividend growth, down-market defense, or inflation protection. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor For decades the general trend has been toward an economy of abundance, not shortages. At least for now, the story is suddenly different. |
James Picerno, The Capital Spectator Is this the start of an inflationary wave or just the latest run of noise? |
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution You all know by now that the measured rate of price inflation came in at 4.2%, much higher than expected. Many people wish to maintain this is not a major problem, and maybe they are right. But here are three views you cannot hold simultaneously |
Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture Why do Republicans only see inflation when a Democrat is President? |
Emory Zink, Morningstar Persistent warnings about rising inflation have proved to be false alarms. Could this time be different? |
Peter Suderman, Reason The economic aid package paid people not to work. So it's no surprise that many aren't working. |
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