05/19/2021
Today Chris Igou, American Consequences The COVID exodus has pushed droves of Americans out of cities while helping fuel this blazing housing market that continues to climb. |
Alexis Goldstein, New York Times Regulators have shockingly little insight into the inner workings of funds like Archegos. Here's how to fix that. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Under the hood, April's US Consumer Price Index was far cooler than the headline read. |
Jeffrey Tucker, RCM Think for a moment about Directive 10-289. It was passed via executive edict amidst a collapsing economy. Factories were shutting down. Workers were fleeing their jobs. Production was grinding to a halt. People were starting to panic. Government decided to do something to fix the problem. It ordered everyone to keep doing what they were doing before. It tried to stop history. The Directive read: "All workers, wage earners and employees of any kind whatsoever shall henceforth be attached to their jobs and shall not leave nor be dismissed nor change employment, under penalty of a term in... |
Alan Ohnsman & Sofia Lotto Persio, Forbes The electric-car maker's Berglin Gigafactory has hit one speed bump after another and its billionaire CEO may have met his match in strict German regulators. |
Rick Graber, RCM Recently, the Ford Foundation announced plans to provide $1 billion in funding toward social justice programs, an extension of the $1 billion they handed out in 2015. The resulting press coverage, including a profile of their president on 60 Minutes, was effusive. Ford is not alone in their philanthropic wokeism. Many other large foundations have followed suit. The Mellon Foundation, one of the largest funders of the arts and humanities, is now prioritizing social justice in all its grantmaking. The Rockefeller Foundation too is committing $1 billion over the next three years to "catalyze a... |
Alex Pollock, Law & Liberty If the new inflationary era predicted by Goodhart and Pradhan becomes reality, the follies of the present will seem blatant. |
Mark Pulliam, City Journal The city is attracting conservatives and others looking to escape hostile economic policies and cancel culture. |
Gregory Zerzan, The Hill The challenge in switching from fossil fuels isn't a lack of incentives — it's an engineering problem. |
Jeff Wise, New York Magazine On a mass scale, it could be used to fly airplanes or power heavy machinery, replacing petroleum in some situations. It even has a catchy name: eFuel. |
Bernard Sharfman, RCM There is a growing understanding that BlackRock's increased offerings of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment funds, along with its increased willingness to throw its weight around in the corporate boardroom, are an impediment to the world's ability to deal with climate change. A recent op-ed by Tariq Fancy, BlackRock's former chief investment officer for sustainable investing, helps explain why. Mr. Fancy believes, as do I, that we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sooner rather than later. To that end, Mr. Fancy was greatly disappointed to find that while his work... |
Emily Stewart, Vox What the debate about paying for infrastructure misses. |
Russell Redenbaugh & James Juliano, Kairos Capital Management |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Richard Salsman, InterMarket Forecasting Inc. |
Jeffrey Kleintop, Charles Schwab The shortage of supplies indicates risk of economic weakness coupled with rising prices. |
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. |
Ira Stoll, The New York Sun "Thanks, science." The phrase is suddenly ubiquitous on social media posts from individuals grateful that they or their children have just been vaccinated against Covid-19. I'm grateful for the impulse people have to express gratitude. Surely science |
Christopher Russo, The Hill While at the New York Fed, I forecasted Treasury's finances and advised officials on the debt limit. |
Zilvinas Silenas, Washington Examiner Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm gave a pithy response at a White House press briefing last week. A reporter asked her how the government would be responding in the wake of the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack by Russian hackers. |
Matt McFarland, CNN A confused Waymo self-driving car was captured on video as it became stranded on an Arizona road earlier this month while carrying a passenger and then unexpectedly driving away as a worker from the company's roadside assistance arrived to help. |
Sarah Jaffe, Vox Ride-sharing companies are pushing to make a third category of "independent" worker the law of the land. Drivers say the notion of independence is little more than a mirage. |
Daniel Lacalle, Mises Institute The Federal Reserve and European Central Bank repeat that the recent inflationary spike is "transitory." The problem is that investors do not buy it. Inflation is always a monetary phenomenon, and this time is not different. |
Dan Proft, Dan Proft Show More at http://www.morninganswerchicago.comFacebook page at http://facebook.com/morninganswerFollow on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/morninganswer |
Dan Schnur, USA TODAY We can't wait for you to gradually achieve your potential. Amid the pandemic and other crises, we're ready now for Generation Z to become Generation C. |
Richard Gunderman, Law and Liberty Richard Gunderman looks back on the life and failures of Robert Owen, a utopian dreamer. |
Amy Czulada, The Hill Across centuries and geographies, powerful elites have used debt not only as a means to extract profit, but also as a means to silence and coerce the working class |
Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Monday, May 17, is the official deadline for individuals to file their 2020 federal tax return, and in most instances their state tax return, too. Here is everything you need to know. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
J.C. Parets, All Star Charts The magazine cover indicator is flashing red. |
Theodore Schleifer, Re/code The aura that Gates built over the past two decades may be permanently shattered. |
Jim O'Neill, Project Syndicate Although some recent high-frequency indicators have cast a shadow on what previously appeared to be a robust, rapid recovery from the pandemic-induced recession, there is still ample cause for optimism. But much will depend on how well policymakers in the major economies manage the foreseeable risks. |
Christine Benz, Morningstar Not even experts agree about the 'right' withdrawal rate, long-term-care insurance, and annuities. |
Eric Boehm, Reason California has a $75 billion budget surplus, but federal taxpayers are about to send the state $27 billion in additional aid. |
Jack Vogel, Alpha Architect A few weeks ago I saw comments on Twitter regarding the Russell 3,000 Value and Growth indices having approximately the same returns since inception.For example, here is Ben Johnson from Morning |
Joshua M Brown, The Reformed Broker Stimulating the housing market at this point is psychotic. |
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