09/16/2021
Today Aaron Brown, RCM The sci-fi noir movie Reminiscence will likely be remembered mainly for having the worst opening all time for a major studio release, but what I found most interesting is the gratuitous alarmism. The movie is nowhere near as bad as the reviews and box office suggest—it suffered from having a simultaneous release on HBOMax which no doubt hurt theater sales, and for being a downer about stuff people worried more about before the pandemic—an unlikely date choice during reopening. I suspect it will do better in future streaming as people appreciate some fine acting and cinematography, and a... |
Simeon Djankov & Gary Hufbauer , The Hill As popular as restructuring the corporate tax landscape may be, finding practical ways to do so remain highly problematic. |
Jonathan Russo, Worth Any way you look at it, the investment climate in China is going through a seismic shift. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Prices are getting back to normal. |
Ed Longanecker, Washington Examiner Advocates for the behemoth $3.5 trillion reconciliation package under consideration in Congress argue that this bill is necessary to jump-start our economy, fund social programs to make us more like Europe, and usher in the low-carbon energy transition that will bring us to net-zero emissions. |
John Tamny, RCM In their 2020 biography of James A. Baker, The Man Who Ran Washington, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser predictably spent a lot of time on the individual Baker most famously served: Ronald Reagan. Somewhat surprisingly, but also happily, they weren't adversarial. Their reporting on a man they clearly admire in Baker seemingly made them more willing to understand Reagan. In particular, they're clear that while Reagan had a vision for limiting government, doing so "proved harder than Reagan's team had imagined - every program they wanted to cut had a constituency, it seemed, often including fellow... |
Maurie Backman, Motley Fool Though 401(k) are very popular, they may not be the best savings option for you. Here's why. |
Hayes Brown, MSNBC Spreadsheets likely won't tell Sinema how many families will be harmed with each dollar cut. |
Josephine Wolff, Slate With this zero-click vulnerability, you don't even have to open a sketchy link, form, or attachment for your device to be compromised. |
Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Shoppers these days may need to take a cue from a Rolling Stones hit when it comes to setting their expectations: You can't always get what you want. |
Steve Cuozzo, New York Post Does Gotham truly want to rebound from COVID? Or do we prefer a permanently hopeless, helpless future of restrictions that are laughably unnecessary and certain to snuff out a recovery be… |
Editorial, Issues & Insights The reason the economy is struggling is that Biden decided to abandon every pro-growth Trump policy |
Marko Csokasi, Commodity.com Find out which 50 US states spend the most money on welfare. We also cover statistics like local spend and cash assistance, and vendor funds. |
Editors, CareerCloud With more than 10 million job openings reported by the federal government and almost 9 million people jobless, the simple math would seem to indicate there's a job for every person. But businesses across the country are facing a huge labor shortage. Some businesses have changed their hours because t |
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Schwab A custodial IRA can be a great way to teach a teen to save for the future—and manage money wisely in the present. |
Ricardo Reis, Brookings Institute Monetary policymakers trying to judge whether elevated inflation this year will persist should carefully track inflation expectations. |
Jerry Bowyer, Vident Financial Has the US entered a period of elevated inflation? And if so, would investors be wise to investigate which investments act as inflation hedges? |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Binyamin Appelbaum, NYT The biggest worry about Bitcoin is that politicians will start taking it seriously. |
Mark Whittington, The Hill The big threat to SpaceX's operation in Boca Chica, Texas, and the SpaceX Starship's development comes from the environmental lobby. |
Rep. Buddy Carter, The Examiner The Democrats in control of Congress and the presidency seek to transform our county. If they are successful in passing and signing into law the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package that is being forced through Congress via arcane budget procedures, to the objections of both Republicans and… |
Michael Munger, Am Institute for Econ. Research "It is becoming clear that the U.S. failure to yoke up with the private sector is the most important, but least-commented on, failure of Covid response overall." ~ Michael Munger |
Scott Morefield, Brownstone It's time to end mask mandates, restrictions on schools, etc. |
Rich Lowry, NYP Benjamin Franklin was right about death and taxes, but new taxes only become inevitable when a Democrat is elected president, and here we are. The House Ways and Means Committee released an o… |
Karen Iorio Adelson, New York Magazine Everything you need to design a dedicated study — or just make your couch-and-a-coffee-table setup more ergonomically aligned. |
Sanjai Bhagat & Todd Zywicki, The Hill Washington regulators and corporate America are rushing to adopt new corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies. |
Alex Pollock, L & L Alex J. Pollock outlines seven possible scenarios where we could have the next financial crisis. |
Cyril Widdershoven, OilPrice The chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. from Afghanistan put many U.S. allies in the region on edge, and it seems that they have every right to be as Biden continues to withdraw from the region |
Nicole Gelinas, NYP The next step in normalcy, after clearing the pit of human remains and debris, would be setting aside space for a memorial, and rebuilding. We were lucky: We would see it happen. How long could it … |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar These names from the Morningstar Exponential Technologies Index are trading at 4-star levels. |
Adam M. Grossman, Humble Dollar Selling fast and buying slow. |
Justin Carbonneau, Validea Market events and periods of time bring about new terms, definitions and areas of focus and importance for investors. |
Charlie Bilello, Compound Advisors By changing the start and end date, you can win just about any argument over what's the best investment. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS According to Bankrate the average interest rate for savings accounts at a bank right now is 0.06%. And there's $10 trillion sitting there. |
Nick Gillespie, Reason The Wyoming Republican explains why she's long on bitcoin. |
Jamie Powell, FT Alphaville Bonds and inflation have parted ways. |
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