08/21/2021
Today Seth Berenzweig & John Tamny, Capitol Brief In this edition Seth Berenzweig and John Tamny discuss market and world conditions and what the future may look like |
Donald Kochan, The Hill Focusing on shareholder value is the highest social cause because it leads to the greatest amount of wealth creation. |
Andrew Potter, Quillette Can meritocracy survive? |
Ben Casselman, NY Times After waning for decades, applications to start businesses surged last year. If the rebound proves durable, it could provide a more resilient economy. |
David Bromwich, The Nation If you're waiting for Democrats to talk as frankly about wealth as they do about race, don't hold your breath. |
Allie Sullberg, Grub Street And why that's probably for the best. |
Alex Heath, The Verge We spent time with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Horizon Workrooms, the company's new attempt to build a metaverse for work collaboration in Oculus VR. |
Brent Lang, Variety Two key dates stand out in the slender 19-page legal filing that sent Hollywood reeling late last month as Scarlett Johansson declared war on the Walt Disney Co. One is May 9, 2017, the day that a … |
Joseph Bernstein, Harper's Selling the story of disinformation |
Tadas Viskanta, YCharts Tadas Viskanta discusses with YCharts how Gold affects investment professionals' portfolios, and if the asset should be a priority in their strategies. |
Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture I spent a lot to upgrade my house. Did it pay off? |
Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC U.S. oil firms led by Occidental are tackling carbon. ExxonMobil and Chevron have invested in renewable energy. But it's on the margins, and may stay that way. |
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Schwab We can't control inflation or know what it will be in the future, but we can be smart about how we prepare. |
Paul Kupiec, American Enterprise Institute |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
James Picerno, The Capital Spectator Yesterday's July report on US consumer inflation suggested that the recent surge in pricing pressure may be peaking. That's also the message in revised data for CapitalSpectator.com's Inflation Trend Index (ITI). |
Collin Martin, Charles Schwab For yield-seeking investors willing to take additional risk, bank loans may be more attractive than high-yield bonds today. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Derek Horstmeyer, Enterprising Investor How do meme stocks move relative to stock market indices and other meme stocks? |
Robert Skidelsky, Project Syndicate So much of our lives nowadays are determined by the smooth functioning of technologies of which we know little. Even if the risk of a global breakdown remains remote, we will increasingly find ourselves helpless and panic-stricken in the face of even mild upsets to "normal" life. |
Josh Bivens, New York Times These charts break down the data behind the headline numbers. |
Daniel Sotiroff, Morningstar Use caution when chasing yield. |
Allison Schrager, City Journal Why China will never have the world's preeminent economy. |
Chris Isidore, CNN Business At Kevin Smith's home health care agency in Massachusetts, only 52% of his 400 staff members have been vaccinated. He'd like to order them all to get the shot, but he says he can't risk a mass exodus. |
Larry Elliott, The Guardian The decision has led to volatile financial markets, geopolitical tension and inflated asset prices |
Emily Birnbaum, Politico Poorly resourced state governments are no match for the lobbying firepower of Apple, the most valuable company in the world. |
Matthew Goldstein, New York Times The activist short-seller behind Hindenburg Research has become known for research that sends companies' stock sinking. He says he's not in it just to move share prices. |
Alan Cole, Full Stack Economics Deficit hawks have been awaiting their moment for 17 years. |
Justin Bariso, Inc. Amazon just displaced Walmart as the world's largest retailer outside of China. Here's how Amazon did it--and what you can learn from its achievement. |
Jasmin Sethi, MStar Old-fashioned tontines are a modern option to cut fees and manage retirement money. |
Chris Isidore, CNN Business This quarter was supposed to be when computer chip supply and auto production were returning to normal. Instead, the surge in Covid cases, especially in Southeast Asia, is causing a new round of parts shortages and auto plant shutdowns around the globe. That could keep already astronomical car prices high. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Jeffrey Carter, Points and Figures We have lost confidence. |
Steven Vannelli, Knowledge Leaders Capital COVID cases are on the rise again and it shows up in several ways. |
Mike Hodel, Morningstar We think they're better opportunities than Netflix. |
Tom Foster, Inc. Both of Eren Bali's companies are worth billions. He comes from the edge of nowhere in rural Turkey. How does this happen? It actually makes perfect sense. |
Gilad Edelman, Wired The much-maligned fashion trend is actually perfect for stashing your huge slab of smartphone. |
Jamie Powell, FT Alphaville News from the land of the rising sun. |
Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture Where you choose to measure performance from shapes the story. |
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