06/10/2021
Today Peter Flaherty, RCM Last week, Exxon Mobil, one of the world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas companies, lost a critical board fight with Engine No.1, a "woke" small investor group. The win was predictably spun by the mainstream media as a David vs. Goliath story as well as a milestone moment for a new type of altruistic Environmental, Social and Governance investor. The truth, however, is more cynical than heroic. Among other things, this is a story of how a billionaire like Larry Fink, a true Wolf of Wall Street, uses other people's money to simultaneously camouflage his checkered past and... |
Paul Katzeff, Investor's Business Many retirees want $100,000 of yearly income. Top financial advisors recommend specific funds to reach that retirement planning goal. |
Ken Fisher, RealClearMarkets Does inflation doom loom? After all, the Fed's humongous monetary "stimulus" exploded the money supply. Then, too, Uncle Sam drunken-sailored nearly $3 trillion in 2020 COVID "relief"--another $1.9 trillion this year—and up to $4 trillion more under discussion. All sloshing and splashing around. With GDP now nudging pre-lockdown levels, pundits near-universally envision increased inflation. But maybe not! First, despite conventional wisdom, Fed policy may not actually have stoked true money creation. Second, so-called fiscal "stimulus" doesn't drive hot growth—a historical reality few... |
Maurie Backman, Motley Fool Low on funds for your senior years? Here's how to compensate. |
Ryan Cooper, Week Why workers are winning the recovery |
John Tamny, RCM How soon we forget. It was 24 years ago this summer that Steve Jobs was coaxed back to Apple. The only thing was that investors weren't interested. Titans of tech at the time like Michael Dell d |
Michael Bellaman, Examiner Our nation's workers can choose how to pursue their own unique career dreams. A worker gets to choose which company they want to work for, which career they want to pursue, whether they work independently or pursue an entrepreneurial path, and whether to join a union or not. These freedoms are just… |
Various, New York Times America loses hundreds of billions of dollars to tax evasion every year. We need to give the I.R.S. the tools to combat it. |
Jeffrey Tucker, RCM Recall that the lockdowns that came to the U.S. in 2020 had an unusual origin. It was from Wuhan, China. That city's experience became the test and the model. We saw all the images of the wicked effects of the virus. People were dying on the streets and body bags were piling up. But the government came to the rescue. It dragged people into quarantine. It locked people into their apartment units. It banned travel. The power of the Communist Party in all its glory was deployed. Lo and behold, the virus went away. |
Benjamin Powell, Hill The American economy would be better off if the whole deal was scrapped and more avenues for greater private investment in infrastructure were created while increasing our overall economic freedom by cutting taxes and lowering spending. |
Alissa Wilkinson, Vox The service's most devoted users were apparently getting scammed by the company. |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Megacap companies boast powerful earnings and deserve their outsized valuation. |
Mike Brown, Expertise An Expertise.com survey revealed how many young Americans rushed to buy life insurance during the pandemic & are now regretting the decision. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Peter Hooper, Deutsche Bank Group |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Liz Ann Sonders, Schwab Peak growth rates for the economy and earnings are likely behind us, setting the economy up for a boom-settle scenario in the second half of the year. |
Tyler Goodspeed, Hill Real wages have been eroded by large month-over-month increases in overall consumer prices. |
Emily Stewart, Vox Biden wants to raise taxes to pay for infrastructure. He might need the world's help. |
Wayne Crews, Competitive Enterprise Institute The GOP should go nowhere near any trillion-dollar infrastructure deal with the White House. |
Jim Parrott & Mark Zandi, CNN It is unnerving to see so little attention given to what may be the most critical infrastructure need of all: the nation's dire shortage of affordable housing. If Congress is to take overhauling infrastructure seriously, it has to tackle the shortfall. |
Diane Mtetwa, Motley Fool Before you take Social Security, make sure you can answer these questions. |
Editorial, Issues & Insights Conservatives in Congress need to speak up about the nasty trend of investment firms using our money to go all woke. |
Karol Markowicz, New York Post My fellow New Yorkers, you know what we are doing is crazy: Unmask. It's time. It's long past the time. What happened to us? How are we entering summer 2021, with many of us still masked, despite a… |
Anna Bahney, CNN This is the best time to sell a home in 20 years. Inventory is near all-time lows and home prices are at peak levels. Even the most 'ho-hum' homes are getting multiple offers and selling lightening fast. |
Michael Fumento, Am. Institute for Economic Research "The idea is always to lock us down both in terms of population and consumption and woe to anyone or anything that allows more consumption with equal or fewer resources. Don't fall for the safety arguments. The argument is against capitalism and humanity. That's no fish story." ~ Michael Fumento |
Karol Markowicz, New York Post Were the masks you bought at your local store important? Now that we're turning the corner of the pandemic, Karol Markowicz writes that it's time to ask some tough questions. |
Jeva Lange, Week The rest of us will be just fine without you |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Ian Birrell, UnHerd Science journals have encouraged and enforced a false Covid narrative |
Tim De Chant, Ars Technica Automaker also plans to offer video games that drivers can play while charging. |
Scott Grannis, Calafia Beach Pundit On the surface, conditions in the US look pretty fantastic these days. |
J.D. Tuccille, Reason Lockdowns, tariffs, and other market interventions made wood an expensive commodity. |
Joe Kesler, Humble Dollar RETIREMENT CAN BE the best time of our life—but only if we manage it right. |
Eric Boehm, Reason The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act is a lobbyist-crafted proposal that funnels emergency spending to politically connected special interests. |
Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate The G7 agreement on taxation of global corporations still needs formal approval from a wider set of countries, and there remain many details to be worked out for it to be effective. Nonetheless, it would not be farfetched to describe the deal as historic. |
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