03/17/2020
Today Paul Krugman, NYT Republicans, it turns out, can't do economic policy. |
Market Minder, Fisher Sunday's "emergency" action seemingly scared investors. |
John Tamny, RCM What's about to be read will surely trigger all manner of self-identified free market types, but here we go: neither Milton Friedman nor Walter Bagehot were truly for free markets. That they... |
Robert Wright, AIER No, AIER is not breaking science news. The parasites its scholars have in mind infest the body politic, looking to extract resources from others for little or nothing in return. This organization has long complained about these rent-seekers and rent-extractors for decades and it is not about to stop now. |
Michael Hiltzik, LAT Some employers add sick leave in coronavirus quarantines, but others leave workers hanging |
Dan Mitchell, International Liberty I wrote last week about the libertarian response to the coronavirus crisis and made four simple points. Governments should focus on protecting life, liberty, and property. That includes fighting pandemics. A big sprawling federal government will be less capable and competent when responding to a real crisis. International evidence suggests greater government control is not? |
Michael Fumento, Issues & Insights Michael Fumento provides much-needed perspective on the coronavirus hysteria. |
Joseph Calhoun, Alhambra Investments Last week was one of the worst weeks in the history of the US stock market. Thursday's plunge was the worst one-day loss other than the crash of 1987. Friday's recovery was stunning as well but big? |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Four key ratios show valuation picture is a lot better than it was a month ago |
Christoph Gisiger, themarket To contain the economic and financial ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic, Central Banks are going all in. Jim Bianco, founder and chief strategist of Bianco Research, warns that this time, monetary policy might be unable to stop financial markets from collapsing. |
Eric Nelson, Servo Wealth Management Stock prices have fallen noticeably in the last six weeks as fears around the short-term economic impact of the Coronavirus continues to grow. You're probably thinking they'll go much lower. But could now be a great time to buy? |
Paul R. La Monica, CNNMoney The market is plunging and there seems to be no end in sight to the financial damage. But this seems more iike the aftermath of 9/11 than the Great Recession. That's both good and bad. |
Steve Englander, Standard Chartered Bank |
Jay Shambaugh, Brookings Institution The Hamilton Project seeks to advance America's promise of opportunity, prosperity, and growth. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Steven Englander, Standard Chartered Bank |
Matthew Luzzetti, Deutsche Bank Group |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network |
Catherine Brock, Motley Fool Philosopher Daniel Dennett said, "As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: When it hits, your mind starts to thrash, and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive." His conclusion is not exclusive to scuba diving – and is particularly relevant in the current stock market environment. |
Dan Mitchell, International Liberty Back in 2008, the soon-to-be Chief of Staff for President Obama infamously stated that, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." Sure enough, the Obama Administration - elected in the aftermath of the financial crisis - quickly rammed through a so-called stimulus, followed by Obamacare and Dodd-Frank. Now it's happening again. Politicians? |
Mitch Tuchman, MarketWatch Even the Oracle is bad at some things â?Â" and he knows it |
Richard Ebeling, American Institute for Economic Research |
Paul Kupiec, The Hill Americans should receive advance refunds to assist the current situation. |
Cesar Conda, Washington Examiner With the stock market reeling, supply chains disrupted, and consumers engaging in "social distancing" because of the coronavirus outbreak, the economy will slow significantly in the coming months. |
Richard Bradley, Worth They're not as inevitably lucrativeâ?"nor as evilâ?"as people think. And with some changes, they can be a win-win for everyone. |
Dave Itzkoff, New York Times Whether out of habit or to get out of the house, patrons around the country found they had little company in theaters. But for some, that was the whole point. |
Christine Idzelis, Institutional Investor Jeremy Grantham's army is "excited about equity." |
Neil Irwin, The New York Times A sinking feeling reminiscent of the global financial crisis, when all kinds of obscure markets went haywire. |
John Rekenthaler, Morningstar Going where no Treasury notes have gone before. |
Matthew Yglesias, Vox All unhappy economies are unhappy in their own way. That doesn't change the solution. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund Unknowns exceed knowns even in the best of times. These are not the best of times. |
Mebane Faber, Meb Faber Research Don't just do something, stand there. |
Jason Goepfert, SentimenTrader A week of records |
Veronique de Rugy, National Review It is lazy to dredge up standard textbook solutions that are inapplicable to a completely different problem. |
Julie Segal, Institutional Investor Private equity firms have loads of cash to put to work, but uncertainty, travel restrictions, and working at home are crimping transactions. |
Jon C. Ogg, 24/7 Wall St. These dividends are about as safe as you can find. |
Macromon, Global Macro Monitor President Trump shouldn't be taking any victory laps for Friday's rally. |
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