06/16/2021
Today Oliver Wiseman, Dallas Morning News A few years ago, Boca Chica, Texas, was a forgettable little village at the point where the United States, Mexico and the ocean all meet. Now, it's home to... |
James Surowiecki, MSNBC The reason Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and the other richest people in the U.S. are so absurdly wealthy is not about their salary. |
Jordan Weissmann, Slate They just have to pay for the interest. That's it! |
John Tamny, RCM One of the most important truths about economics is also the most basic: all human action is a tradeoff. It's ridiculous that something so obvious needs to be stated, but it does. Reduced to simplest form, to turn left is to not turn right. Spending is no different in terms of paths not taken. This is worth thinking about in consideration of the exciting recent announcement that United Airlines has placed an order for 15 supersonic jets from Boom Technology Inc. The would-be innovator intends to have a prototype ready by 2022, after which it expects its jets to be moving paying passengers... |
Mike Konczal & J.W. Mason, New York Times Manage the boom, don't fight it. |
Bill Briggs, RCM While the pandemic appears to be receding as ever more Americans get vaccinated against Covid-19, it's important to remember that many small businesses are still hurting--and as such they should stay top-of-mind for the public and public policymakers. A recent webinar from the Equifax credit report company, which has unique insight into the finances of small businesses, showed that some sectors are clearly still recovering from the economic crisis that accompanied the pandemic. Year over year data from March 2020 to 2021 show that small business loan delinquencies are down. Yet certain... |
Donald Boudreaux, AIER "If you who claim to identify a market failure could, but don't, voluntarily put your own money where your mouth is in an attempt to address that alleged failure, why should anyone listen to your pleas for government to coercively put other people's money where your mouth is?" ~ Donald J. Boudreaux |
Jeffrey Tucker, RCM "Life is about interacting." Wait, it's not about lockdown? Who is this non-compliant rebel saying this? Why, these are the words of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as he announced the opening of New York state, while seeming to echo what many of us have been saying for 15 months. He just said it far too late. |
Allison Schrager, City Journal A number of factors—including some government policies that liberals favor |
Sarah Jones, New York Magazine The company's growth outpaces its ability to care for its workforce. |
Victoria Eardley, Washington Examiner There are more than 8 million jobs available to workers across the United States. |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Second half of the year tends to be strong for U.S. stocks. |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial With inflation a concern, what should we expect from the Fed? Commonwealth CIO Brad McMillan says despite the headlines, the Fed will likely sit tight. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Kathy Jones, Charles Schwab We see the recent plateau in yields as a pause before the next wave higher. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Cooper Howard, Charles Schwab We see several potential tailwinds for municipal bonds in the second half of the year. |
Rob Williams, Charles Schwab Traditional and Roth IRAs have distinct requirements, including eligibility and contribution limits. Here's a guide to help you decide what's best for you. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Maurie Backman, Motley Fool Retirement plans don't commonly offer cryptocurrency investments. That could be changing. |
Chuck Collins, CNN It's time to modernize the federal tax code — not only to raise revenue and ensure the wealthy pay their fair share, but also to slow these democracy-distorting levels of concentrated wealth and power. |
Gary Galles, AIER "Allegations that higher income earners don't pay their 'fair share' of taxes are a mainstay misrepresentation of the political left. When the facts say otherwise, they simply twist the facts and ignore more serious studies. ProPublica's latest effort is just one more of a long line of such... |
Anand Giridharadas, New York Times There is no way to be a billionaire in America without taking advantage of a system predicated on cruelty. |
Lok Siu & Jamie Noguchi, Vox The largest wealth gap in the country comes down to the history of Asian migration. |
Christopher Barnard, AIER "With public opinion lining up with the practical advantages of competitive energy markets, deregulating energy markets and promoting competition among energy sources and producers is a no-brainer - both for consumers and the planet." ~ Christopher Barnard |
Flavio Felice, City Journal Madison and Jefferson can still offer us sage counsel for our heavily indebted times. |
Emma Kerr, U.S. News & World Report What should be on your mind. |
Dan Ferris, American Consequences When it comes to the meme stocks of AMC and Gamestop, the best move as an investor is to watch from the sidelines. |
Kailey Hagen, Motley Fool If you want to retire early without paying penalties, you need to read this. |
Editorial, New York Post Bidenomics is proving an utter disaster for American workers and consumers, and don't bet on it to end soon. With the pandemic all but over — more than half of American adults are fully vaccin… |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
John Cochrane, Grumpy Economist Meritocracy, the secret sauce of growth? |
Russ Greene & Adam A. Millsap, City Journal Supporters of the U.S. free-enterprise system should beware those who would use government to overhaul it. |
Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar An HSA's tax benefits are hard to beat, but there are other options as well. |
Ben Carlson, A Wealth Of Common Sense Lots of smart people have failed at it. |
Charlie Bilello, Compound Advisors Fed meetings are way too predictable. |
Tim Ingham, Music Business Worldwide Rob Stringer-led company meets demand from artist advocates - a policy that some believed a major record company would never openly adopt. |
Edward Harrison, Credit Writedowns As I write this, the US 10-year Treasury bond is yielding 1.457%, well under the trading range it had established during this quarter. And there are a lot of theories as to why this is happening. |
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