10/29/2020
Today Jean-Luc Bouchard, Marker A look inside the stock market for politics, where traders bet big on whether Trump or Biden will win in November. |
Jon Ogg, 24/7 Investors frequently want to find ways to protect their assets from a crash without selling everything they have and going into cash or bonds. On days when the Dow falls over 900 points, most investors wish they would have hedged with put options or selling out of some stocks ahead time. The question that needs […] |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Widespread pessimism is a contrarian indicator |
Jeffrey Tucker, American Institute for Economic Research I've rarely seen it put so bluntly as I have in the video posted below, in an interview with epidemiologist Paul Elliott. However, I have begun to suspect that this error has crept into the thinking of the lockdowners over the course of the summer. It seems that certain disease experts genuinely believe that they can game the reproduction rate of the virus to get it below 1, and thereby create a mathematical result that will make the virus go away. This seems to be their goal and the metric by which they measure whether and to what extent they have achieved it. The problem is that the... |
Andy Puzder, RCM In the presidential debate last Thursday, moderator Christine Welker asked former Vice-President Joe Biden if it was the “right time” to ask “struggling small businesses” to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It was a good question and each of the candidates’ responses said a lot about how they view government’s role in our economy. Demonstrating that the government clearly has an important role to play in a national crisis, Republicans and Democrats came together early in the pandemic and passed the CARES Act. It included the Paycheck Protection... |
Brad Polumbo, FEE President Trump was elected on an anti-trade agenda in 2016, and promised that tariffs and protectionist measures could restore the US manufacturing sector. After winning the White House, the president imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods meant to discourage imports in pursuit of this goal. He has describedhimself as a “tariff man” and said that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” |
Chris Edwards, The Hill A capital gains tax hike would damage U.S. technology businesses for no good reason and reduce state tax revenues. |
jo jorgensen, Washington Examiner A common charge leveled against libertarians is that we are utopians whose ideas may seem good in theory but don't work in the real world. But this is precisely backward. The true wild-eyed utopians of American politics are the Republicans and Democrats, who think they can just keep on running up spending and debt without endangering the economy. |
Editors, New York Times The people of Illinois, Arizona and California have a chance to make the distribution of state taxation a little more fair. |
Matt Egan, CNN The fragile economic recovery is losing steam. The pandemic is getting worse again. The risk of post-election chaos has never been higher. |
Michael Hendrix & John Hunt, New York Post Gotham's public-health crisis risks becoming a financial crisis â?" including by ravaging the underfunded retirement systems promised to public workers. Four essential steps could avert catastrophe. |
Maurie Backman, Motley Fool We all want to retire with enough money to pay our bills and enjoy a comfortable lifestyle. But saving for retirement takes work, and it means sacrificing other luxuries along the way. Here's the good news, though: There are a few simple steps you can take to increase your retirement wealth and put yourself in a better position to withstand financial surprises as a senior. Here are a few super easy ones to start with. |
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Schwab Having a digital or physical financial "go bag" as part of your emergency plan is more important than ever these days, says Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz. |
Jeff Erber, Grey Owl Capital |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Solomon Teller, Green Harvest Asset Management |
Ryan Detrick & Nick Pergakis, LPL Financial Research |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments A rundown of tax information to help you organize your thoughts as this tax year nears its end. |
Brian Riedl, The Daily Beast From student loan forgiveness to health care, Democrats' proposals will really benefit the upper middle class far more than the working class and poor. |
David Enrich & Russ Buettner & Mike McIntire & Susanne Craig, NYT When his skyscraper proved a disappointment, Donald Trump defaulted on his loans, sued his bank, got much of the debt forgiven â?" and largely avoided paying taxes on it. |
Annalyn Kurtz & Tal Yellin, CNN How does the Trump economy compare to prior US presidents? Here are 10 different economic metrics with charts showing progress over the course of each presidency. |
Brad Polumbo, FEE Progressive politicians are falsely blaming insufficient welfare for the 8 million people who have fallen into poverty since May. |
Chris Edwards, Washington Examiner In this election, many voters will not only be choosing politicians for office but also voting on whether to increase or decrease their state and local taxes. |
Madison Gesiotto, The Hill The White House has made several moves to benefit us. |
Richard Ebeling, American Institute for Economic Research How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill?” When New York Times columnist Paul Krugman’s article for October 22, 2020 was first posted on the internet that was the title of his piece. Someone at The Times must have had second thoughts about it, because now if you download Krugman’s piece the title has been changed to, “When Libertarianism Goes Bad,” but he still takes a named swipe at Ayn Rand in the body of the article, along with libertarians in general. |
Lina Saigol & Paul Clarke, MarketWatch The prospects of tax changes could 'serve as potential catalysts for taxpayers to close M&A deals this year,' said law firm Skadden |
Stephen Moore, RealClearMarkets President Trump promised Americans lower drug prices and in some areas drug price inflation has come down. Under Obama prices rose by more than 50% according to White House statistics. But Americans are still demanding lower prices. How do we achieve that without slowing the innovation process that leads to new life saving drugs and vaccines? The administration is now moving forward with its years-long effort to implement an international pricing index (IPI) for prescription drugs. This time, it includes a “most-favored nation” (MFN) provision that would implement even stricter... |
Anneken Tappe, CNN The government's third-quarter GDP report, released this Thursday, is expected to show the economy partially rebounded from coronavirus lockdowns in the summer months. But economists warn, it's not as impressive as it may sound. |
Marc Busch, The Hill Legal arguments about the nexus between tariffs and foreign policy goals have been sharpened over the past 18 months, both at home and in Geneva. |
Ellora Derenoncourt & Claire Montialoux, NYT Diversity and inclusion programs for elites are tokens. A large wage increase that would most benefit the Black working class is far better. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Jonathon Sine, Quillette American politics can be conceptualized through two questions. The first is "Who gets what?" and the second is "Who are we?" |
David Merkel, The Aleph Blog Ted Aronson is throwing in the towel. |
Alec Stapp, Pro Market The House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust report was a missed opportunity. The 450-page report focused solely on digital markets. But what about antitrust in other sectors such as food and healthcare? |
Rani Molla, Vox Ahead of the presidential election, it's okay to log off. |
Nouriel Roubini, Project Syndicate While hoping for a conclusive outcome on November 3 (or immediately thereafter), market watchers unfortunately must prepare for the worst. After all, US President Donald Trump and the Republicans are not even hiding their plans to steal the election. |
Erica Pandey, Axios For decades, the share of Americans moving to new cities has been falling. The pandemic-induced rise of telework is turning that trend around. |
Ben Hunt, Epsilon Theory Three weeks ago, I didn’t see a narrative path for Trump to win a turnout-based election hinging on four or five swing states. Today I do. It’s the same funny feeling I got in 2016, but with a twist. |
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