January 15, 2018 Archives

Week of January 15, 2018 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Monday, January 15

Obscurity: No Longer a Luxury for Bezos

Nick Wingfield & Nellie Bowles, New York Times

Trump's Offshore Drilling Move Reeks of Political Favoritism

Ted Lieu, USA Today

Love Him or Hate Him, Trump Deserves Credit for Booming Economy

Common Scams to Take Your Money, & How to Avoid Them

Ken Fisher, USA Today

IRA or 401(k): Which Investing Option Will Be Better in 2018?

Jordan Wathen, MF

Are Members of the Right Selective Trustbusters? Apparently

Alex Shephard, TNR

In Oregon, State Progressivism Spills Over at the Pump

George Will, National Review

Google Assistant vs. Amazon Alexa: When Will We Get to Choose?

Does the Federal Reserve Need a New Playbook?

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

Why Kodak's Cryptocurrency Move Is a Lousy Idea

Jonathon Trugman, New York Post

Thanks Capitalism, the Refrigerator Is Great

Alexander Hammond, Fdn. for Econ. Edu.

Get Ready, the Jetsons' Era Right Around the Corner For Autos

Joann Muller, Forbes

Tuesday, January 16

Blue States Should Stop Complaining, Start Cutting

Stephen Moore, Washington Times

A Federalist Case for Revival of State and Local Tax Deduction

John Tamny, Forbes

Dave Chappelle Gets China Better Than Most Pols

Allan Golombek, RealClearMarkets

BlackRock to Tell Investors That It's Not Just About Profits

Andrew Ross Sorkin, NYT

I Close My Fund, Making New Plans, Setting New Priorities

T. Boone Pickens, Forbes

Thoughs on How to Invest: Beginner's Guide to Stocks, Bonds, Funds

CFPB Harms the People It Was Supposed to Protect

Beau Brunson, RealClearMarkets

How Investors Can Prepare for the End of This Bull Market

Mark Hulbert, USA Today

Thoughts on What Could Stop the Stock Market In 2018

Howard Gold, MarketWatch

Is the Stock Market Too Quiet for Its Own Good?

Conrad de Aenlle, New York Times

Has California's Cap-and-Trade Program Been Too Successful?

Michael Hiltzik, LAT

When Students Seek Loan Relief, How Should Feds Respond?

George Leef, Forbes

Mercantilists Mistake Money for Wealth

Don Boudreaux, Foundation for Econ. Education

As Trump Loses on Trade, the U.S. Wins

Jimmy Sengenberger & Jacob Dubbert, Examiner

Wednesday, January 17

The Anatomy of Disaster: The Week That JFK Airport Stood Still

Henry Grabar, Slate

Time Has Come to Privatize John F. Kennedy Airport

Jason Rabinowitz, New York Post

Why A Trade War With China Would Surely Backfire

Zachary Karabell, Washington Post

If China Didn't Exist, We Would Surely Have to Invent It

John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Rockefellers v. the Company That Made Them Rockefellers

Reeves Wiedeman, NYM

The Trump Administration Puts Bull's Eye On the Poor

John Cassidy, The New Yorker

Blunt Reminder About Randomness of Investment Performance

Ben Carlson, MW

BlackRock's Fink Is Wrong, With Potentially Perilous Consequences

What You Must Know About Required Minimum Distributions

Maurie Backman, MF

Is Dow Jones 26k a Sign That Stocks Are Getting Too Risky?

Adam Shell, USA Today

IRS Hired Bill Collectors to Collect Back Taxes, Got Ripped Off

Michael Hiltzik, LAT

While You Were Sound Asleep, Technology Soared

Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Attaching Reality to the Great Smartphone Panic of 2018

James Pethokoukis, FEE

Immigration, 'Ratholes,' And a Merit-Based Approach

Richard Rahn, Washington Times

Thursday, January 18

Donald Trump's Lucky He Inherited Good Economic Hand

Paul Brandus, MarketWatch

Stock Market Records Prove Soaring Economy Serves Everyone

Peter Ferrara, Obs.

Soaring Dow Shows Why 'New Normal' Was Never Inevitable

Editorial, New York Post

Can the Donald Trump Economy Trump President Trump?

Joel Kotkin, City Journal

Why Diverse Cities Have Emerged As the Drivers of Growth

Allan Golombek, RCM

Why Is It So Difficult for Americans to Get a Decent Raise?

Jordan Weissmann, Slate

U.S. Workers Shouldn't Be Fooled by Reduced IRS Withholding

David Dayen, TNR

The Uninsured Rate Jumped Last Year, but Careful Whom You Blame

Waste Grows In California No Matter the Governor in Charge

Steven Greenhut, TAS

A.I. Has Arrived in Investing. Humans Are Still Dominating.

Conrad de Aenlle, NYT

The Moves You Need to Make Before You Retire In 2018

Emily Brandon, U.S. News

Why They Fight in Iran: It's Not Just the Economy

Kelly Jane Torrance, Weekly Standard

When It Looks Into the Mirror, Facebook Is Unhappy

Noam Cohen, New York Times

'Who Did Me In?' Harvey Weinstein's Very Frantic Last Days

Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair

Friday, January 19

How to Profit From the Ultra-Tight Job Market Of the Moment

Geoff Colvin, Fortune

When Being Unproductive Can Save Your Career

Courtney Martin, New York Times

Trump Has a Chance to Expand Infrastructure wFewer Tax Dollars

John Tierney, CJ

Trump's "America First" Policy Could Cripple U.S. Solar Industry

Emily Atkin, TNR

One Goldman Takeover That Failed: The Trump White House

James Stewart, NYT

Williston's Junk Debt Is Punchline to Paul Krugman's Delusions

John Tamny, RCM

Trump's Economic Policies Are Restoring American Dream

Anthony Scaramucci, USA

Blindness About Weak U.S. Economy Is Itself Blinding

Jeff Snider, RealClearMarkets

Passengers Are Victimized by Boeing's Crony Protectionism

Charles Leocha, RCM

This Might Be Most Sustainable Market Mania Ever

Simon Maierhofer, MarketWatch

Tax Reform Killed a Key IRA Legal Loophole — Here's What To Do

Paul Katzeff, IBD

The Best Way For FCC to Enable a Prosperous, 5G Future

Thomas Hazlett, Reuters

Look to Bezos and Amazon for True Health Reform

Hunt Lawrence & Daniel Flynn, TAS

The "Climate Change" Doomsday Just Got Canceled

Editorial, Investor's Business Daily

Saturday, January 20

What Amazon's Shortlist Tells Us About What It's Looking For

Pete Saunders, Forbes

How Your Life Experience Could Help You Land a Great Job

Ellen McGirt, Fortune

This Is How Markets Have Weathered Past Shutdowns

Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch

The Trump Economy, One Year In: A Success By All Measures

Editorial, Investor's

How a Battle Over Fair Housing Act Could Be Transformative

Rachel Cohen, TNR

The Republicans' Tax Cut Bill Will Increase Wages and Productivity

Why Private Equity Industry Isn't Cheering the Tax Bill

William Cohan, New York Times

Why Investors Should Avoid Risk and Embrace Uncertainty

Michael Cannivet, Forbes

How Jack Kent Cooke Helped Create the Jaguars

Thom Loverro, Washington Times

The 747 Had a Great Run. But Farewell Doesn't Mean the End

Zach Wichter, NYT

Addicted to Your Smartphone? There's An App for It

Geoffrey Fowler, Washington Post

Forget Apple, Which Companies Will Come After It?

Kevin Williamson, National Review