06/03/2020
Today George Melloan, American Institute for Economic Research In one of a growing number of Californian protests against the state’s three-month-old coronavirus lockdown, one woman hoisted a sign saying: “We’ve tried communism, now give us back our liberties.” She may have to wait awhile. Individual liberty doesn’t have a high priority these days in Sacramento and some other capitals of populous blue states. |
Kevin Williams, New York Times Developers around the country are grappling with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic as tenants cancel plans and workers fear returning to the office. |
Josh Barro, New York The company is aiming for a reopening in mid-July. But, for many reasons, the experience won't be what you are used to. |
Kelly Scott Franklin, NRO A review of Under the Red White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby, by Greil Marcus. |
Market Minder, Fisher Markets are never "due" to behave in a certain manner based on averages, in our view. |
Bill Campbell, RCM The deteriorating relationship between China and the United States will have profound impacts on the global markets. Nationalism was already on the rise on both sides of the Pacific when the COVID-19... |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Market volume doesn't lead stock prices |
John Tamny, RealClearMarkets A British woman by the name of Sally Challen just inherited 1 million pounds. At first glance this is happy news, but there's a backstory. In 2011 she was found guilty in the murder of her... |
Priya Desai, Sports Illustrated On The Record podcast, former SI writer Richard Hoffer shares how Lakers' legend Magic Johnson had dreams of dominating the boardroom before he even graduated high school and how he set the bar for athletes looking to cross over into the business sector. |
Charles Riley, CNN It could take the US economy most of the next decade to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, the Congressional Budget Office said on Monday. |
Nicole Gelinas, New York Post Midtown Manhattan and Times Square looked like a war zone Tuesday. The mayor and his would-be successors are a lost cause, but if Gov. Cuomo won't stop the looting, we'll lose our retail tax base and hundreds of thousands of jobs â?" for years. |
Christos Makridis, Hill Besides dishonoring his memory, these riots risk undermining the recovery from the "Pandemic Recession," particularly in minority and low-income communities. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Michael Bordo, Manhattan Institute How does the Fed's monetary policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic relate to historical experience? |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Allison Schrager, Manhattan Institute While the increases have been small, data suggests that people are slowly returning to restaurants. |
Jeffrey Kleintop, Charles Schwab Cyclicals typically lead the market higher when stocks rebound from a bear market and recessionâ?"but not this time. |
Binky Chadha, Deutsche Bank Group |
Lawrence McMillan, MarketWatch The rally in the S&P 500 index remains strong and continues to defy detractors |
Ben Smith, New York Times Cable networks are facing threats, and opportunities, in a national crisis. Now, Fox is fighting back and CNBC is looking to the right. CNN is defined by Jeff Zucker, and he may run for mayor. |
Lawrence Clark, Foundation for Economic Education With summer coming, theme and amusement parks trying to reopen and rescue their business face immense obstacles, almost all caused by government mandates. These mandates may result in theme parks not opening, closing shortly after opening, or offering a poor customer experience. |
Tressa Pankovits, The Hill Viruses and economic crises don't differentiate between direct and private student debt. |
Sally Pipes, The Examiner House Democrats are looking to funnel billions of dollars into state Medicaid programs through the HEROES Act, which narrowly passed the lower chamber in mid-May. |
Lenore Palladino, CNN Walmart's shareholders have a chance to take an important step in the right direction by backing a proposal from Walmart employees to add employee representation to the company's board of directors. |
Editors, American Institute for Economic Research There’s an old 18th-century saying about the best-laid plans of mice and men. From such plans – the most prestigious public health professionals working with the most powerful people, deploying for the first time a new way to control disease – we now stand in the midst of rubble. It seems hard to believe. It was only a few months ago that the United States had a strong economy and a bright future. How we went from domestic peace and prosperity in February 2020 to the madness – cities on fire, military rule, curfews, economic desperation – we see today will... |
John Hinderaker, The Dan Proft Show |
Kristian Stout, Law & Liberty Big Tech looms large in the popular imagination because, in many ways, it is everywhere. Search engines provide us with instantaneous information. Social networks allow us to stay connected to friends and loved ones. Nearly any conceivable good or service is available within 2 days at the tap of a virtual button. To understand Big ? |
Mike Isaac & Cecilia Kang, New York Times The companies have similar policies on the limits of what they allow users to post. But Facebook is more permissive when the user is President Trump. |
Joel Kotkin, USA Today The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many things, but also accelerated America’s descent into a new form of feudalism. The preexisting conditions of extreme economic concentration, inequality and reduced social mobility already were painfully evident before, but the pandemic has made them considerably worse. Pestilence has often shaped societies, most notably in the Middle Ages, where populations were repeatedly decimated, particularly among the urban poor. Disease undermined societies and economies, obliterating trade and nurturing the influence of prelates linking pestilence... |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Christian Britschgi, Reason Millions of people out of a job and stuck at home for months is a recipe for civil unrest. |
Amy Arnott, Morningstar There's not much to like when it comes to structured notes. |
Dave Sekera, Morningstar Easy returns have been made; the focus now turns to selecting specific undervalued stocks. |
David Jones, Think In The Morning We live in a beautiful and a bleak America. |
Nick Fouriezos, Ozy While many industries are suffering, parents are still keeping children-focused companies alive. |
Paola Subacchi, Project Syndicate Just because the major central banks can continue to introduce increasingly unconventional measures doesn't mean that they should. The current economic crisis demands primarily a fiscal-policy response, whereas extreme monetary policies carry high risks and produce adverse side effects. |
Jeff Cox, CNBC A global pandemic, racial strife, political upheaval â?Â" and a rising stock market amid the chaos. While it sounds a lot like 2020 it also has echoes all the way from 1968. |
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