02/13/2021
Today Hadley Heath, USA When I go to a farmer's market or shopping mall, I generally don't ask vendors 20 questions about their background or political opinion before buying their product. I want to know: Is the product good quality? Is it worth the price? Now, there are caveats to this: Generally, I don't want to do business with people who I know are dishonest, immoral, or who are using their business toward ends I find reprehensible. That's where boycotts come in (or, in another context, where tariffs and trade embargoes come in). Consumers are free to pressure companies to act a certain way. That's always been... |
Ryan Cooper, The Week Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. |
Allison Schrager, City Journal We should be wary about dismissing risks that no longer seem relevant; eventually, they reemerge. |
William Watts, MarketWatch Risks slightly tilted toward doing ?too much? in Biden proposal, survey finds |
O.H. Skinner, Washington Examiner The nation's political landscape has seen a momentous shift with the election of a new president, followed by the slimmest of new majorities in the Senate after Georgia's recent special election. As a 50-50 Senate run by Democrats settles in, attention is now turning back to another massive pandemic relief bill, this time shaped in the image of President Biden. |
Market Minder, Fisher The more pundits worry about inflation, the less likely it shocks stocks. |
Paul Sullivan, NYT Tales from two sons whose fathers died without a succession plan. |
Seth Berenzweig & John Tamny, The Capitol Brief Politicians always fight yesteray's battles. |
Veronica Goodman & Ben Ritz, The Hill President Biden should be commended for prioritizing working families and those who have struggled the most during the COVID-19 recession with a bold plan to reduce child poverty |
David Campbell, American Institute for Economic Research Were it to be capable of learning from its ‘achievement,' the Government should now self-consciously abandon the policy aimed at the entire population, the most important part of which would be to end lockdown, tiers, and all such general restrictions. But this would require the Government to acknowledge that its policy has been a mistake from the outset, and the general lack of capacity the Government has shown includes a lack of capacity to make such an acknowledgement. |
Charlene Rhinehart, Motley Fool Here's the secret to having a better financial year in 2021: Don't be so focused on what you missed out on in 2020 that you fail to see the opportunities right in front of you. For example, if you didn't have a chance to contribute as much as you wanted to your retirement accounts last year, you have a chance to make up for it. If your finances allow it, you can still contribute five-figures to a Roth IRA, and benefit later from the tax-free income you'll generate. |
Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN If you've shopped at Walmart recently, you may have noticed more employees snaking through aisles, carrying blue tote bins and picking items off shelves to be delivered, either curbside at stores or to customers' homes. |
Various, Research Affiliates By buying or overweighting characteristics-based factor exposure and selling or underweighting beta-based factor exposure, investors can position their portfolios to reap the rewards of factor investing while bearing less risk. |
David Kastner, Charles Schwab The financial sector has struggled as of late, but we think this is a potential opportunity for investors. |
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, CS Take a lump sum or lifetime income from my pension? The best choice for you depends on your individual circumstances. |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network |
Brian Wesbury, First Trust Advisors |
Hayden Adams, Charles Schwab Understand tax rules to keep more of your gains. |
Cooper Howard, Charles Schwab Many municipalities are under stress, but that's not necessarily a reason to avoid municipal bonds. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Jeffrey Tucker, AIER Maybe widespread ownership and use of Bitcoin and other cryptos can make a cultural and economic contribution to converting us from profligate to thrifty in the way our great-great grandparents could celebrate. |
Willem H. Buiter, Project Syndicate Notwithstanding the recent spectacular surge in its price, Bitcoin will remain an asset without intrinsic value whose market value can be anything or nothing. Only those with healthy risk appetites and a robust capacity to absorb losses should consider investing in it. |
Ezra Klein, The New York Times If progressivism can't work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? |
Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic Understanding America in the giant company's shadow |
Scott Beyer & Ethan Finlan, City Journal President Biden's "Buy American" commitments will conflict with his goal of improving mass transit. |
Julia Horowitz, CNN Ken Goldin has sold sports trading cards for four decades. What happened earlier this month still shocked him. |
John Rekenthaler, Morningstar The good, the bad, and the ugly. |
Eric Boehm, Reason In comments to The New York Times Magazine published this week, the new treasury secretary says free trade has been "so negative" for "a large share of the population." That's just wrong. |
Chris Isidore, CNN Business For a CEO with no base salary, Elon Musk's 2020 payday reached sky-high record levels. |
Veronique de Rugy, Reason The plan would redistribute wealth, create distortions, and grow government. |
Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica The retailer could still possibly arrange a stock-for-cash infusion in the future |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS Dollar cost averaging is boring but it works. |
Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture |
Greg Mankiw, Greg Mankiw Governments are spending a lot. |
Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund A truth that applies to many fields, which can frustrate some as much as it energizes others, is that the person who tells the most compelling story wins. Not who has the best idea, or the right answer. Just whoever tells a story that catches people's attention and gets them to nod their heads. |
Casey Taylor, Vox How shopping for everything from in-demand sneakers to Funko Pop! figures got so competitive. |
Jon, Novel Investor The key to the pendulum analogy is to be aware of the risks and behavior that come with stock market extremes and that those excesses revert. |
Ben Carlson, A Wealth Of Common Sense Japan was the bubble that defines all bubbles. |
Climateer, Climateer Investing A very clear-eyed analysis by Deutsche Bank's automotive, climate policy, energy, transportation and German manufacturing analyst, Eric Heymann. |
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