05/12/2021
Today John Tamny, Law & Liberty John Tamny remarks on the stupidity of making the restriction of personal freedom the primary tool to fight COVID-19. |
Jules Boykoff, NYT The International Olympic Committee cares about its relentless pursuit of profit, not public health. |
Chris Lehmann, New Republic The heroes of Michael Lewis's new book, "The Premonition," are a band of intrepid policy entrepreneurs. |
Richard Rahn, The Washington Times Bad perceptions can lead to very poor public policy. As reported by Health Care News, a recent poll found that young adults " |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments There is still no indication central banks' tapering quantitative easing bond buying is negative for markets. |
Talal Debs, RealClearMarkets The fusion of technology and finance presents an entirely new regulatory challenge. Indeed, today's financial technology (fintech) ecosystem finds itself in a bind. The realm of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and decentralized finance (DeFi) is seemingly caught between regulatory inaction on one hand and micro-management on the other. Advancements in fintech are providing greater access to financial services for more people, from the non-finance savvy to those trading or paying digitally for the first time. This expansion is especially relevant when it comes to investing and transaction... |
Daniel Freedman, RealClearMarkets COVID-19 made remote work the new normal, giving employees more flexibility to live and work from anywhere. But with pandemic restrictions lifting, many companies now face a challenge: how do they keep the increased productivity and other benefits of remote work while also unifying employees under a common company culture? The answers can be found in organizations that, even before the pandemic, successfully nurtured strong cultures across remote workforces. From the Marines to McKinsey, the Jesuits to the Wall Street Journal, I've seen first-hand how organizations of all stripes built... |
Andy Puzder, Fox Business While the economy created an average of over 500,000 jobs from January through March (770,000 in March alone), that number dropped precipitously in April and the unemployment rate increased. No one should have been surprised. |
Anneken Tappe, CNN America's job market is in a weird spot: it's still millions of jobs short of where it was before the pandemic, but businesses complain they can't find staff. Opponents of enhanced unemployment benefits during Covid say the government aid is so cushy, the jobless don't want to return to work. |
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, The Hill The corollary of the over-stimulus lesson is that the proposed American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan must be carefully designed to avoid further near-term stimulus and instead focus on long-run issues of trend growth. |
Gregory Svirnovskiy, Vox The government's definition of the family could be expanded in Biden's American Families Plan. That's really important. |
Michela Tindera & Eric Fan, Forbes Climate envoy John Kerry, policy advisor Susan Rice and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen all arrived in Washington with oil-and-gas interests in their portfolios. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust |
Hayden Adams, Charles Schwab Although it's not clear what final legislation could look like, there are possible ways to mitigate any potential tax impact. |
Joe Steidl & Tiffany Su, Research Affiliates The performance of a market-cap-weighted index is driven by a handful of stocks with the largest capitalizations, but these stocks do not remain at the top for long. A smart beta multi-factor strategy is a good solution for investors concerned about the concentration risk of a passive market-cap tracker. |
Russell Redenbaugh & James Juliano, Kairos Capital Management |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Michael Townsend, Charles Schwab President Biden has proposed a higher top individual tax rate and changes to the capital gains tax. Both are a long way from becoming law. |
Liz Ann Sonders, Charles Schwab The stock market has been generally cheering strong economic data; but history shows that boom economic conditions may already be largely priced in. |
Joel Mathis, The Week Why Republican states are cutting off jobless benefits |
Dan Mitchell, International Liberty Back in 2010, I applauded Paul Krugman for acknowledging that government unemployment benefits can encourage joblessness. And I even cited Krugman in this 2012 debate on the topic. We're deba… |
Michael Cannivet, Forbes Here are some 'risk-off' signals that make me a little more cautious heading into May. |
Russ Wiles, Arizona Republic The many federal retirement incentives adopted in recent decades have made a difference, but there's still a big divide in the retirement wealth gap. |
Matthew Cronin, The Hill Hong Kong's fate is a warning to any institution that thinks it can do business with China and come out unscathed. |
Donald Boudreaux, AIER "Those of us who decry large and intrusive government should demand that government annually balance its budget. The tighter the constraint on government's access to resources, the freer and more prosperous the people will be." ~ Donald J. Boudreaux |
Jessica Menton & Craig Harris, USA TODAY Billionaires, celebrities and athletes can't get enough of the crypto craze. \nShould you jump in on the mania, too? Here's what financial experts say. |
Bill Walton, TBWS In this episode, Bill talks with Jay Richards and John Tamny about the Covid-19 pandemic and the trade-offs between freedom and government mandated "safety."... |
James Glassman, Kiplinger The main thrust of our book was that buying and holding a diversified stock portfolio is by far the best strategy. |
John Wasik, New York Times Even if your finances weren't devastated by the pandemic recession, many Americans have not yet started saving. Here's what you can do. |
Editorial, New York Post Economists expected the country to add 1 million jobs in April. It added just 266,000 — a sign that Bidenomics is kicking in and already becoming a dangerous drag on the economy. The Bureau of… |
Emily Atkin, MSNBC How Republicans' recent lies about climate action double as advertising for the meat industry. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Niall Ferguson, The Spectator From lockdowns to government central planning, the West is increasingly aping China. |
Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Three things I think I think. |
Nick Maggiulli, Of Dollars And Data On asset allocation, equity exposure, and other lessons from one of the greatest investors of all time. |
Jamie Powell, FT Alphaville All the trash stocks are coming back to earth. |
Steven Malanga, City Journal Economic opportunity is driving the migration trends behind America's political realignment. |
Richard Wiggins & Aaron Bloom, II The grid is old, boring, and the biggest untapped investment since David Swensen championed alts. |
Jamie Powell, FT Alphaville Elon's sketches weren't the most painful thing on Saturday night for Dogecoin hodlers. |
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