07/15/2020
Today Alan Reynolds, RCM "Virus Deaths Climb as Cases Hit New High" was the original title of a recent front-page Wall Street Journal feature, later changed online to "Deaths Begin Trending Higher." Either title portends important news, but the only evidence is gibberish: "The average daily death toll in the U.S. rose to 599 in the seven days through July 8, up from 510 deaths a day as of July 4, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University." July 4 is obviously one of the "seven days through July 8" so the alleged "rise" makes no... |
Peter Navarro, USA Today So when you ask me whether I listen to Dr. Fauci’s advice, my answer is: only with skepticism and caution. |
Jonathan O'Connell, Emma Brown, Steven Rich, Aaron Gregg, Washington Post The Small Business Administration's claim that the Paycheck Protection Program saved 51 million jobs is belied by allegedly false and sometimes inflated figures, a Post investigation has found. |
William Watts, MarketWatch But that also means large-cap U.S. stocks might not be biggest winners when virus is under control |
Steve Forbes, What's Ahead |
Kim Cook, The Hill To combat the long-term economic impact of the current coronavirus pandemic in combination with the rising cost of college, Congress must set the Pell Grant to automatically adjust for inflation each year. |
Thomas Hogan, American Institute for Economic Research The most essential function of the Federal Reserve is to provide money, or liquidity, to the financial system. The Fed is responsible for ensuring that the supply of money is equal to the total amount demanded. It is not responsible, however, for ensuring that each company and municipal government has sufficient cash to meet its obligations. |
E.J. McMahon, New York Post Either way, fiscal and budgetary trends in Washington will tend to further squeeze the top of New York's income tax base. |
Editorial, The New York Times Federal aid is about to lapse even as the coronavirus crisis rolls on. |
Eric Kober, Business Insider Commuting may be staggered and desks farther apart, but Manhattan will remain, says former city director of housing and economic planning Eric Kober. |
Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education The city of Seattle is already struggling. With a new tax on jobs, its city council seems determined to make things even worse. |
Dmitri Solzhenitsyn, National Review It has been many years since Krugman was a man of nuance, but many of his recent takes have been especially simplistic. |
Collin Martin, Charles Schwab We can't rule it out completely, but we believe the risk is low. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Jeffrey Kleintop, Charles Schwab In order to help try to make sense of it all, let's take a look at where the stock market makes sense right now and where it doesn't. |
Mark Mills, Manhattan Institute Policymakers have made a "green" energy shift a priority in economic recovery, but these visions ignore the dirty process of switching to "green" energy. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Michael Townsend, Charles Schwab Here's what we're keeping an eye on in the weeks ahead. |
Mickey Levy, Manhattan Institute |
Brian Blase & Casey Mulligan & Doug Badger, New York Post This month, Congress is expecting to pass additional coronavirus-relief legislation. It's vital that it get the incentives right to encourage work. |
Karen Cheung, The New York Times "Take care tonight/ Things might not look like this tomorrow." |
Art Carden, American Institute for Economic Research At first glance, the package on the step looked like it contained two or three rolls of paper towels. It’s too small to be paper towels, I thought. I picked it up. It’s definitely too heavy to be paper towels. I looked at the return address. And in any event, I doubt we’re buying paper towels in small quantities from Turkey. |
Julian Castro, CNN Growing up in a Mexican-American household, I remember walking into the kitchen to the smell of my grandmother's arroz con pollo with a side of frijoles. There were almost always empty cans of Goya beans on the counter. |
Danny Crichton, CJ Growing investment in U.S. startups by China and other foreign players needs greater scrutiny. |
Sally Pipes, Washington Examiner Thanks to the hard work of scientists all over the world, we may have a coronavirus vaccine, or several, by next year. In the midst of their development, and well before their arrival, lawmakers are demagoguing about what those therapies will cost. |
Paul Merriman, MarketWatch You do have some control over your financial future |
Cody Willard, MarketWatch The asset bubble, backed by the Federal Reserve, sets up a scenario similar to the market top in 2007 |
David Leonhardt, The New York Times The pandemic could shape the world, much as World War II and the Great Depression did. |
Sara Greene & Lawrence Zelenak, The Hill The coronavirus crisis has blocked many families living below the poverty line from their refundable earned income tax credit and even child tax credit; Congress can reverse this. |
Parija Kavilanz, CNN The new work-from-home normal has rapidly recalibrated the fashion code for professional wear. That spells trouble for big retailers who sell clothing normally worn at the office. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Danny Crichton, City Journal Growing investment in U.S. startups by China and other foreign players needs greater scrutiny. |
John Rekenthaler, Morningstar Echoing the sentiments of two Morningstar colleagues. |
Bill Gross, William H Gross He's baaack.... |
Paul Ausick, 24/7 Wall St. Gold prices have been on a tear that began more than a year ago. One segment likely to see increased profits are the gold miners. Here a several that deserve another look. |
Jamie Powell, FT Alphaville Tesla is a lot of things but it isn't the next Amazon. |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Gold?s new all-time high will have to wait |
Ed Yardeni, Dr. Ed's Blog The S&P 500 stock price index includes 500 companies. On Friday, five of the six so-called FAANGM stocks (all but Netflix) occupied the top spots as the largest S&P 500 companies by market capitalization. |
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