January 18, 2016 Archives

Week of January 18, 2016 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Monday, January 18

Slow Growth May Be the 'New Normal'

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

'Secular Stagnation' Is a Myth: Economists Stagnate

John Tamny, Forbes

ND Crude That's Worth Less Than Nothing

Murtaugh & Blas, Bloomberg

The Secret Behind Immigrant Genius

Eric Weiner, Wall Street Journal

For Now, Self-Driving Cars Need Humans

John Markoff, New York Times

Supreme Court Shouldn't Do Unions' Bidding

Diana Furchtgott-Roth, E21

One Man's Plan to Capitalize on the Drought In CA

Rupert Neate, TNR

Four Fin Policy Questions for Dems

Kyle Hauptman, Washington Examiner

What Hillary Doesn't Know About Bush Cuts

Tom Del Beccaro, Forbes

Why Wise Investors Must Embrace Bear Markets

Manisha Thakor, WSJ

Let's Stop China's Market Manipulations

Scott Kennedy, New York Times

Why the Stock-Market Pessimism Is Overdone

Jeff Reeves, MarketWatch

The Wall Street Forecasters Are Full of Bull

Salil Mehta, Statistical Ideas

Useful Clues About the Direction of the Markets

Matt Krantz, USA Today

Case for Chaos In Picking Equity Bottom

Anna-Louise Jackson, Bloomberg

Tuesday, January 19

Why There's Recession Looming in 2016

Richard Rahn, Washington Times

A Recession Is Not What the Markets Are Signaling

John Tamny, RCM

Blame Our Lousy Economy for Wall Street's Woes

John Crudele, NYP

The Chicken Littles Cry That the Sky Is Falling

Zachary Karabell, Politico

The Topic Missing From Presidential Debates

John Chambers, Fortune

Regulatory Relief Could Aid a Shaky Stock Market

Wayne Crews, Forbes

Investors Begin to Wonder When Pain Will End

Adam Shell, USA Today

The Main Driver of Stock Mkt. Returns?

John Coumarianos, MarketWatch

To Hit Big Oil, Unions Side w/Human Rights Abusers

Erik Telford, RCM

Does Warren Buffett See a Bottom In Oil?

Rakesh Upadhyay, OilPrice.com

How Much Money Will You Need at Retirement?

Paul Katzeff, Investor's

Expect More Bad News This Year From the CFPB

Joe Colangelo, RCM

State Pension Funds: Broke As They've Ever Been

Bill Baldwin, Forbes

Lots of Sports Cars In India, Nowhere to Drive 'Em

Joanna Sugden, WSJ

By Catering to Girl Buyers, Lego Angers Feminists

Ryan McMaken, Mises

Meet Real Estate's Ultimate Party Boy

Nancy Keates, Wall Street Journal

Muting the Global Dialogue in Davos

Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times

Wednesday, January 20

Doing Nothing May Be Best Bet In This Market

Chuck Jaffe, MarketWatch

Will the Fed Ride to the Rescue of Investors?

Anthony Mirhaydari, TFT

There's a Bright Side to the Stock-Market Rout

John Kimelman, Barron's

Why Mutual Funds Are Losing Their Magic

Simon Constable, U.S. News

Getting Job Takes Longer than Ever

Sue Shellenbarger, Wall Street Journal

Why the Bullish Jobs Data Can't Be Believed

Editorial, Investor's Business

The U.S. Should Lower the Corporate Tax to Zero

Kevin Williamson, NR

An Old Idea Finds New Life In Post-Industrial CA

Michael Bernick, F & H

How to Fix the Student Loan Program

Jon Hartley & Jeb Bush Jr., Forbes

Are Conservatives Serious About Fighting Poverty?

Ron Haskins, RCM

Are U.S.'s Best Days Ahead, Or In Past?

Eduardo Porter, New York Times

A Wave of 'Epic Defaults' On the Way

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph

The Single, Depressing Davos Refrain: It's Not '08

David Callaway, USAT

What Does Iran Mean For the Global Economy?

Juan Cole, The Nation

Rest in Peace Bitcoin, Time to Move On

Vivek Wadhwa, Washington Post

Black Rock's Formula For Predicting the Dollar

Rachel Evans, Bloomberg

Thursday, January 21

Careful Investors, Mr. Market Has A Very Bad Temper

Tad Rivelle, RCM

Is '16 Salvageable For a Chastened Investor Class?

David Malpass, Forbes

Predicting Stocks? Just Flip a Coin Instead

Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch

This Bear Market Is Actually Quite Old

John Cassidy, The New Yorker

How to Make Sense of Plummeting Markets

Neil Irwin, New York Times

How Valeant Went from Street Darling to Pariah

Stephen Witt, New York

Why America Stopped Being a Start-Up Nation

Noah Smith, Bloomberg

Falling Oil Prices Hit Former Texas Boomtowns

Rick Jervis, USA Today

While Global Temps Rise, the Poor Burn Faster

Michelle Chen, Nation

Think Corporate Tax Cuts as Stimulus for Weak Economy

Editorial, IBD

To Reduce Budget Deficits, Simply Reduce Spending

Ryan Ellis, Forbes

Why Are Politicians So Ignorant About Economics?

John Stossel, Fox

In Davos, Cautious Optimism Could Soon Turn Ugly

Jeremy Warner, DT

Investors Are Wrong About China's 'New Normal'

Winter Nie, Fortune

Will the Chinese Economic Giant Stumble?

George Will, National Review

Despite the Rumors, the Economy Is Kicking Into Gear

Mark Zandi, TSC

Why are Companies Hoarding Trillions?

Adam Davidson, New York Times

Friday, January 22

As Oil Dives, Freeport McMoRan Is Desperate Seller

James Stewart, NYT

Plan to Prop Up Big Banks, and Liquidate Small Ones

Paul Kupiec, RCM

Correction Is An Overreaction to Market Conditions

Daniel Kern, TFC

What to Buy For When the Market Turns Around

Crystal Kim, Barron's

Markets Back C. Bankers Into a Corner

Kennedy & Weisenthal, Bloomberg

After Tears We'll Be Laughing At the Fed

Jeffrey Snider, RealClearMarkets

NGDP Targeting by Fed Is Latest Monetarist Error

Nathan Lewis, Forbes

The Performance Review Is Insulting & Outdated

Shawn Murphy, Slate

Why Is There No Uber for Health Care?

Editorial, Investor's Business Daily

You Damn Millennials Don't Get Socialism

Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast

States Should Stay Out of Savings Plans

Ike Brannon, Weekly Standard

Quitting Your Business Idea Doesn't Equal Failure

Neil Powell, Fortune

Davos Is An Elite Gathering About Nothing

Caroline Baum, MarketWatch

Robots Coming For Your Job, Faster Than You Think

Szu Ping Chan, DT

The Voters Won't Reject Bernie Sanders' Economics

Robert Reich, Salon

Saturday, January 23

Do 'Experts' Believe Own Predictions?

Don Boudreaux, Pittsburgh Tribune

'Robo-Advisers' Not One-Size-Fits-All

Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times

Despite Correction, Investors Too Bullish

Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

An Investing Legend Comments on Market Woes

Simon Constable, OZY

Emerging Markets Fearing Yellen, Should Eye Draghi

Benn Steil, Forbes

Is Kinder Morgan On the Road to Recovery?

John Kimelman, Barron's

Why Rates of Economic Growth Are Crucial

Alex Tabarrok, MR University

What's Wrong With Inequality?

Gary Chartier, Center for a Stateless Society

Inequality Myths and the Need for Opporunity

Tom Del Beccaro, Forbes

Not Long After the Crisis, TBTF Banks Are Thriving

William Cohan, NYT

It Might Be Time to Dial Back the Panic About Flint

David Mastio, USAT

Why We Need a Nat'l Internet Strategy

Gary Shapiro, American Spectator

Why the Koch Brothers Drives Left Nuts

Jonah Goldberg, New York Post

Meet the Super Rich Kids of Billions

Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Magazine

How We Know Al Gore's Been Running a GW Racket

Editorial, Investor's

Sunday, January 24

How Stories Drive the Stock Market

Robert Shiller, New York Times

Stock Exchanges Are Eating Your Returns

Larry Tabb, Bloomberg

Why Cheaper Oil Isn't All Good News

Allister Heath, Daily Telegraph

Putin Tries to Underplay a Tanking Ruble

Rob Garver, The Fiscal Times

China's Acquisition Spree Won't End Well

Michael Schuman, Bloomberg

The Man Who Predicted China's Collapse

Christopher Matthews, Fortune

How Immigrants Fit into the U.S. Economy

Gillian B. White, The Atlantic

Larry Page's Obsessions Are Google's Business

Conor Dougherty, NYT

Biggest Roadblock to Driverless Cars: Lawyers

Megan McArdle, NYP

Artist Turns Market Mayhem into $10K Paintings

Robert Frank, CNBC