10/09/2020
Today Jason Barr, City Journal The city's history offers fresh hope for a resurgence. |
Zachary Karabell, Time The economic harms of the pandemic are hurting everyone, but those inclined to vote Democrat are being hurt even more. |
Tim Worstall, Washington Examiner President Trump has announced that he won't be approving any more economic stimulus or relief legislation until after the election. This may or may not be a wise move â?" it depends upon your views of what sort of recession we're in right now. A rational view would be that it's good news, for the bad news is that we have two different recessionary events to deal with. |
Eric Levitz, New York Donald Trump's reelection hopes are dimming. Mitch McConnell's Senate majority is in danger. And yet, with the economy in turmoil, the GOP pulled out of COVID stimulus talks Tuesday. Here's why Republicans are letting Trump's economy crumble. |
John Tamny, RCM Annual U.S. federal government expenditures can be measured somewhere north of four or five trillion. On the other hand, politicians in Yemen spend somewhere in the range of $5 billion. What’s going on? Are we to assume Yemen’s political leadership is particularly parsimonious with taxpayer money? And is the low level of government spending there the reason for the country’s history of extreme poverty? |
Ellen Wald, The Hill An ERISA plan manager can prioritize environmental or social goals with his or her own investments, but not with others' money. |
Jeffrey Snider, RealClearMarkets Everyone knows the joke about how it was Al Gore who invented the internet. The former Vice President and Senator said as much in a March 1999 interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. Ramping up to launch his own campaign for the Democratic nomination for President, the would-be candidate was eager to tout his own contributions. To Wolf, Gore bragged: “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and... |
Christoph Gisiger, themarket Jim Bianco, founder and chief strategist of Bianco Research, anticipates a surge in inflation confronting investors with entirely new challenges. He warns of potential market turbulence due to the US presidential election and fears that a second Covid-wave will delay the economic recovery. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Vice presidential debates are no more telling than their big siblings. |
Christy Bieber, MF A Roth IRA is a retirement account that comes with powerful tax breaks. Roths are a great option for seniors because while you invest with after-tax dollars, any money you withdraw as a retiree is tax-free. You won't pay taxes on investment gains, and distributions don't count when determining if you hit the threshold at which Social Security benefits become taxable. But in order to reap the benefits a Roth IRA provides, you need to follow certain rules. And while most people are familiar with the requirement that you wait until age 59 1/2 to take money out to avoid early withdrawal... |
Veronique de Rugy, The American Spectator Nobody in Congress is talking about a bailout for Regal Cinemas. Now compare that with the airline industry. |
Mariana Mazzucato, New York Times Skewed public-private relationships, like pharmaceutical companies getting millions from taxpayers then overcharging for drugs, are just one part of the problem. |
Bill Campbell, DoubleLine Capital |
Bernard Sharfman, Oxford Law |
Solomon Teller, Green Harvest Asset Management |
John Holt, Applied Finance This is a follow up piece to a recent article focusing on large cap stocks. This commentary will instead look at small cap value/growth relative attractiveness, as well as compare large and small caps. The [...more] |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Peter Eavis, The New York Times Some corporate bosses who received stock awards this year are sitting on gains of millions of dollars. |
Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar Here are our analysts' top ideas in each sector. |
Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Hundreds of thousands of women - nearly eight times more than the number of men - dropped out of the US labor force last month, as the pandemic continues to exacerbate inequalities in America's economy. |
Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund “Accountable to Darwin, not to Newton,” is a useful way to explain how a lot of things work, and why a lot of people get things wrong. |
Sunny Oh, MarketWatch Polls show Biden widening his lead over President Donald Trump ahead of next month's election |
Dirk Auer, Truth On The Market The writing is on the wall for Big Tech: regulation is coming. |
Jeff Haden, Inc. Because a few fresh perspectives, and fresh strategies, may be all you need. |
Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor President Trump and Congress remain at loggerheads over delivering new pandemic relief for Americans. How's the rest of the "Trump economy"? |
Lakshman Achuthan, CNN Business Understanding where we stand in the economic cycle offers valuable context for what otherwise seems irreconcilable, particularly with respect to two key economic metrics: GDP and employment. |
Dave Sekera, Morningstar As Election Day nears and the coronavirus vaccine trials continue, headlines may lead to volatility, but we expect economic rebound to keep on. |
Editors, The Christian Science Monitor Applications for new businesses are way up in the U.S., a sign of creative and courageous entrepreneurship that defies the social isolation and gloom. |
Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press In a worrisome trend, a rising proportion of job losses appear to be permanently gone. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fred Wilson, A VC Blog Retail will come back after the pandemic. But we will do it differently and more efficiently than we used to. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS 7 things will determine the future course of markets. |
Scott Grannis, Calafia Beach Pundit Interest rates are low because of the incredible demand for money. |
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution Viewership of sports is down dramatically during the pandemic. |
Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism There's very little about the government bond market that is free. |
Noah Williams, City Journal Pay workers for finding a job, not for staying unemployed. |
Zachary Crockett, The Hustle The pandemic has boosted interest in vending machine ownership. But just how lucrative is the business? We spoke to 20+ operators to find out. |
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