10/21/2021
Today
Mark Mills, City Journal Why the switch to a primarily solar and wind-powered grid is a dead end. |
Zachary Karabell, New York Times The markets going up even as wages stagnate is not a sign of a rigged system. |
Adam Clark Estes, Vox This cryptocurrency fad isn't going away. |
Ben McKenzie & Jacob Silverman, Slate The stablecoin Tether appears to be neither stable nor especially tethered. |
McKay Coppins, The Atlantic Inside Alden Global Capital |
John Tamny, RCM The view here is that Peter Biskind's 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll Generation Changed Hollywood, is easily the most influential history of the film industry of modern times, and realistically any time. Most any book about film and the people behind it is a page turner, but Biskind's account of late ‘60s, early 1970s Hollywood would belong on any list of "unputdownable" books about entertainment. Biskind's stories about Robert Evans, Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Hal Ashby, Roman Polanski, Robert Towne, Bob Rafelson, and Bert Schneider (and so... |
Mario Lopez, The Hill The justification for mass surveillance of the average American's bank accounts is littered with disingenuous obfuscation. |
James Bovard, AIER "Government cannot make trade more fair by making it less free. It should not be a federal crime to charge low prices to American consumers. Unfortunately, fair trade demagoguery will continue as long as politicians are greedy, lobbyists are generous, and journalists are clueless." ~ James Bovard |
Theodore Dalrymple, Law & Liberty Theodore Dalrymple considers the limits of calculation and the need for judgment in economic policy. |
Jeffrey Tucker, Brownstone Institute The failure to admit the enormous and shocking policy failures of the last two years is costing us dearly. The refusal to reverse course and re-embrace fundamentals of freedom and human rights is setting the stage for outcomes even more grim than what we have heretofore experienced. |
David Jeans, Forbes High-profile purchases, leasing deals and hiring have seen technology companies threaten to upend Wall Street's historic role as New York's dominant industry. |
Paul Katzeff, Investor's Before Congress Kills It, Use The Megabucks 'Backdoor' Roth IRA |
James Picerno, Capital Spectator Industrial production in US was surprisingly weak in September, falling a hefty 1.3% vs. the previous month - far below Econoday.com's consensus point forecast for a moderate 0.2% rise. That's worrisome, but monthly data is noisy and so it's premature to read too much into one monthly update. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments China's property developers continue seeing stress in credit markets, but the impact still seems limited. |
Asset Allocation Team, GMO Every bubble is unique, but they all share common threads. Making money on companies that make no money is never a good sign when it is done this pervasively and at these valuations. |
Martin Pring, Pring Turner Financial Disclaimer: Pring Turner is a Financial Advisor headquartered in Walnut Creek CA, and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The views represented herein are Pring Turner's own and all information is obtained from sources believed to be accurate and reliable. This information should not be considered […] |
Stessa Team, Stessa Our researchers calculated the percentage change in employment in six-figure jobs from 2015 to 2020 using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Justin Weidner, Deutsche Bank Group |
Derek Thompson, The Atlantic A lasting effect of this pandemic will be a revolution in worker expectations. |
Hazel Sheffield, Institutional Investor On London's crumbling high streets, two massive real-estate investors are banking on opposing strategies. |
Ben Casselman, NY Times Despite school reopenings and the end of some federal aid, many people are in no rush to land a job. Savings and health concerns are playing a role. |
Randall Mayes, Quillette Automobile accidents are the second leading cause of death worldwide, with roughly 1.3 million fatalities annually according to the World Health Organization. |
James B. Meigs, City Journal Proposition 2 could usher in "vigilante regulation through litigation." |
Alex Edmans, ProMarket Profits these days are often seen as a dirty word, but it is wrong to demonize profits. |
Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca, Project Syndicate Although the US economy has recovered faster than many others around the world, persistent labor-market problems lurk beneath the surface. The deep class-, race-, and gender-based inequalities laid bare by the pandemic are getting worse, demanding concerted action by policymakers. |
Greg Bensinger, New York Times Rideharing companies made a lot of promises. They're not being kept. |
Matt McCall, American Consequences If you're experiencing investors' remorse around missing the crypto market of 2014, fear not – you could still turn a grand into six figures. |
Nicole Gelinas, New York Post New York's banks and investment firms are doing great. New York's economy, not so much. |
Ryan Cooper, The Week West Virginia's coal industry is doomed. Joe Manchin wants to take the whole state down with it. |
Willy Shih, The Hill There aren't any short-term solutions to current supply chain woes, only tactical remedies for localized bottlenecks. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution One of the silver linings of the pandemic was the ability to see a doctor and be prescribed medicine online. |
Kevin Mahnken, The 74 Thirteen-year-olds saw unprecedented declines in both reading and math between 2012 and 2020, according to scores released this morning from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Consistent with several years of previous data, the results point to a clear and widening cleavage between America's highest- and lowest-performing students. |
Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar Those with the right constitution may find opportunity in these pockets of the market. |
Howard Rohleder, HumbleDollar ON MONDAY, OCT. 19, 1987, stocks plunged more than 20%. I was relatively new to investing—and the crash shocked me. I realize now that, when you're starting out, no matter how much you study, the trait you're most lacking is perspective. When I began investing, I approached a successful investor and asked for tips to learn about the market. Part of his advice was to watch Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser on PBS. |
Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Would Harry Browne's permanent portfolio work today? |
Charlie Bilello, Compound Advisors The road back to normal awaits. Let's get on it before it's too late. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS Don't focus on the negatives. |
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