11/12/2020
Today Eoin Higgins, The Nation The Massachusetts senator is lobbying for the position and is expected to meet with President-elect Biden to make her case. |
Vivekanand Jayakumar, The Hill Once the dust settles on the 2020 election, the incoming Biden administration will face short-term economic challenges on multiple fronts. |
Andrew Chamberlain, CNN President-elect Joe Biden's first priority must be to throw an economic lifeline to the workers whose lives have been upended by the pandemic â?" many with jobs that won't be returning for years, if ever, in retail, tourism, personal services and entertainment. |
Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education While the fight continues over the election results, Washington, D.C. is quietly negotiating the details of another COVID-19 stimulus bill. Democrats want trillions more while Republicans argue we should limit further expenditure to “just” $500 billion. |
Ken Paxton, Washington Examiner In 2010, the Democrat-controlled Congress threw out the Constitution and required nearly all Americans to buy health insurance. Despite this so-called Affordable Care Act's obvious unconstitutionality, the Supreme Court salvaged it in 2012 by characterizing the consequences for failing to buy insurance as a permissible "tax" rather than an impermissible penalty. |
Jim Tankersley, NYT Which party controls the Senate will largely dictate how ambitious President-elect Joe Biden can get on taxes, health care, climate change and other policy priorities. |
Victoria Buchholz, RealClearMarkets After a seven-month lockdown, many families are trying to imagine their first trip beyond the local grocery store. It’s an intimidating idea because it’s hard to adopt the carefree attitude of a vacationer when facing a barrage of new requirements, from pre-visit testing to post-visit quarantines. Once upon a time, travel brought the joy of exploration and a glimmer of spontaneity. Think about those vintage travel posters showing the Silver Meteor train coursing through Forida orange groves, or Frank Sinatra’s swinging Come Fly with Me. Nowadays, vacation planning... |
Katie Brockman, Motley Fool Saving for retirement is challenging, especially when money is tight. Nearly 60% of Americans say they live paycheck to paycheck, according to a survey from Charles Schwab, and finding cash in your budget to put toward your retirement fund can often feel impossible. |
Jon Ogg, 24/7 Wall St. Investors get numerous chances to see longer-term forecasts by analysts, strategists and economists. And each year it is common that the larger brokerage firms issue new price targets for the year ahead. The year 2020 has been a roller-coaster ride of epic proportions, and the “impossible” market and economic recovery from the March panic-selling lows […] |
Mitch Tuchman, MarketWatch Get ready for some good news â?" and some shocking twists |
Coryanne Hicks, U.S. News & World Report VALUE INVESTING HAS been overshadowed by growth stocks in the recent past, but that doesn't mean the strategy is gone for good. On the contrary, experts say the markets may be poised to bring value back into favor. |
John Holt, Applied Finance Legendary investor Charlie Munger once said "The whole concept of dividing [indices] up into 'value' and 'growth' strikes me as twaddle. It's convenient for a bunch of pension fund consultants to get fees prattling about [...more] |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments As the Bank of England expands quantitative easing, we revisit the program's flaws. |
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. |
Christy Bieber, Motley Fool Investing is key to building wealth, but you could undermine your efforts if you make some common errors. Recent research from theNatixis Global Survey of Financial Professionals identified the eight biggest investment mistakes financial professionals believe are the costliest errors you can make. Here's what they are. |
Tim Worstall, WE It's possible to put a little too much weight on the importance of politics, as the BBC does when it tells us that stock markets soared as Joe Biden won the election. NBC is rather closer to the truth when it notes that Pfizer's vaccine news has something to do with the stock market surge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 5.9% at opening, hitting record highs, and may even go past 30,000 for the first time. |
Rob Berger, Forbes President-elect Biden is set to make lasting changes to your retirement savings. Here are 5 of the most significant changes he may pursue. |
Amesh Adalja, The Hill Pfizer's news is generating a lot of enthusiasm. |
Kara Swisher & John Zimmer, New York Magazine After the passage of Proposition 22 in California, Lyft president John Zimmer discusses the future of ride-share with 'Pivot' co-hosts Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. |
Therese Poletti, MarketWatch Macs with new Apple chips won?t offer many benefits for early adopters, while Intel-based Macs face an uncertain long-term future |
Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN McDonald's wants to improve drive-thru speeds â?" to help customers, of course, but also in hopes of getting them to show up more often and spend more when they visit. |
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. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Daniel Tenreiro, National Review The canceled Ant IPO may be a big mistake. |
John Stossel, Reason.com Yale University gets government handouts while paying little in property taxes. |
Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar These heavily weighted names in the Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index are all at least 20% undervalued. |
Rebecca Heilweil, Vox Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are bracing for more misinformation. |
Ben Hunt, Epsilon Theory Nate Silver's model is crap, he knows it and doesn't care. |
Tom McKay, Gizmodo Elon Musk is not a nice guy. |
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. |
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