09/28/2020
Today Jeffrey Tucker, American Institute for Economic Research Governor Ron DeSantis has proven it: it is actually possible for a politician to wise up and do the right thing. In a sweeping order announced September 25, the governor has opened up the entire economy. He has even limited the ability of local governments to impose more restrictions and collect fines for mask violations. |
Jessica Powell, New York Times What if you are better off without the office? |
James Agresti, Issues & Insights The evidence shows that the "official" number is likely exaggerated. |
Steve Forbes, What's Ahead We badly need a big wave of business startups to ignite a post-Covid economy, but unnecessary barriers stand in the wayâ?"including some surprising and destructive myths. |
Charles Gasparino, New York Post Software giant Oracle's on-again, off-again deal to save short-video app TikTok from a White House ban has been called many things in the weeks since it was proposed. Now let me add one of my own: Clown show. |
John Tamny, Forbes If you represent remuneration, money will always and everywhere find you. |
Thomas Vartanian, The Hill When it comes to COVID-19 relief, policymakers should be relying on data that can determine with pinpoint accuracy what government assistance is necessary |
J.C. Pan, TNR A new Fed report reveals a jump in the number of people able to afford an emergency expense. |
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times California's ban on gas-fueled vehicles calls the auto industry's bluff on zero emissions |
Matt Stieb & Chas Danner, NYM The New York Times' investigation into President Donald Trump's tax returns reveals a pattern of tax avoidance and massive debt. |
Howard Gold, MarketWatch Higher capital gains taxes would do little to hurt CEOs' wealth |
Rachel Metz, CNN Even with years of practice, it can be tricky for humans to understand the back-and-forth and nuances of conversations â?" we interrupt each other, misunderstand things, and sometimes have to repeat ourselves to get a message across. Now imagine how difficult it may be for artificial intelligence, which at its best is far less capable than any of us, to figure all that out and weigh in at the right time, too. |
Various, Charles Schwab Why investors should focus on their financial plans in the run-up to the 2020 election. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
E.J. McMahon, Manhattan Institute Exploring the history of NYC's past budget crises, restoring the FCB's authority over spending could help deliver the city out of this Covid crisis. |
Richard Salsman, InterMarket Forecasting Inc. |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Combination of October?s volatility and average gain can work to your benefit |
John Rekenthaler, Morningstar The longer the time period, the stronger the pattern. |
Stephen S. Roach, Project Syndicate In the second quarter of this year, the US experienced the sharpest plunge in domestic saving on record, dating back to 1947. Because that will continue, and the current-account balance is following suit, the dollar's real effective exchange rate can head in only one direction. |
Alicia McElhaney, II TikTok is Gen Z's financial education hub. That's a problem. |
Louis-Vincent Gave, Evergreen Gavekal Covid came as a shock to the world, but in many cases it is merely accelerating fundamental trends that were already unfolding anyway. |
Paul R. La Monica & CNN Business, CNN Gold prices have soared more than 20% in 2020, and they hit a new record high earlier this year. Silver and palladium are surging, too. But platinum prices are down almost 15% year-to-date. |
Kelsey Piper, Vox A conversation with Matthew Yglesias on families, the economy, global competition, and One Billion Americans. |
Matt Phillips, NY Times Iron ore, nickel, copper and other metal prices are rising as China restarts construction, and the global economy could benefit. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Bill Murphy Jr., Inc. "He is my hero. He is Bill Gates's hero. He should be everybody's hero." |
Scott Sumner, The Money Illusion Trump's rhetoric matters as much as his policies. |
Matt Taibbi, Substack The "FinCen files" story reveals: getting caught doesn't stop banks from taking dirty money. It may even encourage them |
James Picerno, The Capital Spectator Last month the Federal Reserve announced that it was adjusting its monetary policy in a bid to push inflation higher. Based on recent trading in the Treasuries market, the crowd remains unconvinced and may be in the early stages of unwinding a months-long rise in pricing inflation expectations higher. |
Robert Lynch, Quillette Americans have lost the ability to laugh at themselves. |
Tom Bruni, All Star Charts Emerging Market stocks have their place in a lot of portfolios, but for the last decade they've been underperforming especially relative to US stocks. As we head into a new quarter, we thought it'd be worthwhile to highlight two charts worth monitoring to track these stocks' progress. |
John Cochrane, The Grumpy Economist Is economic growth inexorably slowing down? If so, what caused it? |
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