09/30/2021
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Eviction "Tsunami" Didn't Happen

Rachel Siegel & Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post

Eviction filings have fallen or remained flat in many areas after the federal eviction moratorium was struck down.

Don't Let Rocky Markets Trick You Into Vy. Bad Decisions

Market Minder, Fisher

Headlines are overreacting to short-term events, in our view.

A Presentation of the Book 'When Politicians Panicked'

John Tamny, C-SPAN.org

John Tamny, vice president at FreedomWorks, argued that politicians from both parties overreacted in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This event was hosted by the Mises Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

He Turned a Private Equity Tragedy Into Billions

Nathan Vardi & Hank Tucker,Forbes

For most financiers, "government" is a four-letter word. But private equity billionaire Ramzi Musallam has turned tragedy into a Forbes 400 fortune by distilling the motivations of the largest player in the global economy.

"Build Back Better": Tax People Like Us

Liesel Pritzker Simmons & Ian Simmons, Time

Taxing America's wealthiest citizens is productive and patriotic, not punitive, Liesel Pritzker Simmons and Ian Simmons write.

Taxing Unrealized Gains: A Bad Idea That Just Won't Die

Andrew Stuttaford, NRO

Such a tax is really a tax on wealth.

The Problem w/'Corporate Values' Is Bottom Line Always Wins

Anna Held, Vox

When values are at odds with a company's bottom line, all too often they won't win out.

The Costly, But Deliberate United States Labor Shortage

Richard Salsman, AIER

"Today's U.S. labor shortage is both uneconomic and unnecessary, yet nonetheless what appears to be a deliberate policy aim. Sadly, the same can be said about a wide range of other anti-capitalist policies being advanced by the Biden administration." ~ Richard M. Salsman

Part of Joe Biden's CEA, How We Should Perceive Work

Heather Boushey, NYT

For decades, politicians have rewarded wealth over work, putting big corporate interests above working families. That has to stop.

Biden Vaccine Mandate Will Crush Sm. Bus.

Rep. Kevin Hern, Washington Examiner

When I first came to Congress in 2018, I knew that I could provide a valuable voice for small businesses at the heart of our government. I campaigned on the notion that small business owners lacked a voice in Washington, D.C., which I knew to be true after 35 years as a small business owner. I never felt represented or understood by my government.

Only In D.C.: Slow Mail Delivery Rates Huge Grant

Paul Steidler, RealClearMarkets

Effective Friday, October 1, mail service will be slower in the United States than it was in the 1970's as slower delivery standards officially go into effect. Mail service is getting worse despite the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) receiving $10 billion as part of the December COVID relief package and potentially up to $9 billion from the $3.5 trillion spending package to purchase electric vehicles and install related infrastructure.

New Era Of Innovation Is Coming To Nuclear Sector

Haley Zaremba, OilPrice.com

Though the nuclear power industry has received mixed criticism and praise in recent years, new innovations could transform the sector's safety and viability to bring it back into the mainstream

Why the Rich Get Richer & Interest Rates Go Down

Servaas Storm, INET

Going Down the Rabbit Hole at Jackson Hole

How To Overcome Biggest Obstacles to Investing

Jeff Troutner, Equius Partners

We've learned a lot about investing over the past 60 years, a period that has seen many breakthroughs in the world of finance. What we know comes from studying public markets and is grounded in serious academic research. The lessons are clear: Investing in markets is an excellent plan for meeting long-term goals, like maximizing your retirement income. When you develop a deeper understanding of public markets, you can cultivate a sense of optimism about investing.

How Wealth Fuels Economic Growth: The Role of Angels

Chris Edwards, Cato

Infra. Plan: Catalyst for Lower Muni Yields?

Lawrence Gillum, LPL Financial Research

Market Blog Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Less Government, More Employment

Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors

Questioning Industrial Policy

Scott Lincicome & Huan Zhu, Cato

Seven Unconventional Economic Indicators

Bill McBride, Calculated Risk

These indicators are mostly for travel and entertainment. It will interesting to watch these sectors recover as the pandemic subsides. ...

To Win the Tech Race, the U.S. Needs a 'Million Talents'

Graham Allison, The Hill

The U.S. needs bold initiatives on legal immigration to sustain its lead over China in the technology race.

"Planning" of Immigration Contradicts What Free Believe

Alberto Mingardi, AIER

"Few of us would endorse the idea of marriages mandatorily arranged by parents for their kids. Why would we be happier with state paternalism deciding how society should be formed?" ~ Alberto Mingardi

Biden Struggles to Find Votes for Econ. Agenda

Jim Tankersley, New York Times

The president canceled a trip to Chicago in an attempt to salvage a pair of bills containing trillions of dollars in spending on infrastructure, education, climate change and more.

The Coronavirus Is the New Global Warming

Steve Feinstein, The American Thinker

Despite their supposed apolitical nature, some issues develop along hyper-partisan fault lines and become a litmus test in identifying where someone rests along the ideological spectrum. One might never think topics like patriotism or meri...

Let Rich Sports Fans Fund the Sports Stadiums

Tom Joyce, Washington Examiner

How should professional sports teams pay to build their stadiums?

A Case for Inflation As a Now and Tomorrow Challenge

Dana Peterson, CNN

Many were relieved to see that consumer prices rose by less than expected in August. But this unfortunately isn't the beginning of the end of inflation for American households. In fact, consumers may not see lower prices until the latter half of 2022.

How One Debtor Settled $350k In Federal Student Loans

Kelly Anne Smith,Forbes

Many Americans turn to bankruptcy when their debt becomes overwhelming and unmanageable. But there's one form of debt that most believe is almost impossible to discharge through bankruptcy: student loans. Melissa Loe, a 47-year-old who lives in Los Angeles, knew that—but decided that hard didn't

Progressive Leaders Eat Cake, The People Suffer

Jennifer Stefano, The Examiner

A picture is worth a thousand words — maybe even 300,000, which was the dollar cost for a table at the Met Gala this year. And there's no denying just how powerful the imagery of that evening was. This year's Met Gala theme was "In America," the irony of which was not lost on most of the nation:…

Speculating On Big Risks That May Be Ahead for Econ

Neil Irwin, New York Times

One concern is that political leaders will mismanage things in the world's largest and second-largest economies.

Biden Is Right: $3.5T Spending Plan Will Cost 'Nothing'

Steve Benen, MSNBC

When the president insists the Democrats' $3.5 trillion plan will cost "nothing," he has a point. It all comes down to net and gross costs.

Biden Has a Lot of Nerve to Lecture About Taxes Paid

Editorial, Issues & Insights

A wealthy president who has apparently avoided his full tax liabilities wants to make sure the rich pay their fair share.

Fisher Investments on Election-Year Uncertainty: This, Too, Shall Pass

Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments

Ken Fisher on Nixing the VIX

Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments

Will Uncle Sam Force Big Tech to Break Up?

Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments

Shattering the Debt Ceiling Myth

Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments

10 Undervalued Wide-Moat Stocks

Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar

These are the cheapest names in the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index--plus stocks the index has recently added and dropped.

Democrats Are Denying Basic Economics

Peter Suderman, Reason

Under Biden, Democrats have decided that their agenda has no costs and no tradeoffs.

Retiring Soon? On Your Way Out...

Howard Rohleder, HumbleDollar

IMAGINE YOU PLAN to retire next year. What can you do beforehand to gain the most later on? Here are some ideas to consider before you log off at work for the last time.

What Do Rising Rates Mean For Your Portfolio?

Louis Sykes, All Star Charts

We finally got a major resolution in the US 10-year yield, which has reclaimed that critical 1.40% level this week. This begs the question as to what a rising rate environment might mean for investor portfolios.

Working From Orbit

Paul Tomlinson, Immersed

VR Productivity in (or Above) a WFA World

The Problem With One-Sided Markets

Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture

What does it mean when markets go long periods of time without a meaningful pullback?

Two Investor Perils: Big and Bad Governments

John Rekenthaler, Morningstar

The latter is worse, but neither are helpful.
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