July 2, 2018 Archives

Week of July 2, 2018 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Monday, July 2

China's "Surplus" Signals Failure To Attract Foreign Investment

David Frum, Atlantic

Answers to the Most Common Retirement Plan Questions

Ken Fisher, USA Today

U.S. Trucker Shortage Further Kills Already Dead Phillips Curve

John Tamny, Forbes

Does Feel-Good Investing Come at Low-Return Cost?

Eric Schlecht, RealClearMarkets

Time Split to the Nanosecond Precisely What Wall Street Wants

John Markoff, NYT

Stick With U.S. Stocks, While Avoiding These EM Traps

Jeff Reeves, MarketWatch

As Amazon's Alexa Checks Into Hotels, Drab Must Check Out

Victoria Buchholz, RCM

Rupert Murdoch's Sale Might Be Most Deft Move Yet

Sarah Ellison, Washington Post

Welfare Reform: Some Face 80% Marginal Tax Rates

Editorial, Investor's Business

How Legal Immigrants Contribute to Econ. Growth

Stephen Moore, Washington Times

How Conservatives Are Hoodwinking Big Technology

Alex Shephard, New Republic

What's at Stake In Climate Change Lawsuits vs. Big Oil

Adam Morey, New York Post

Can Elon Musk & Tesla Reinvent Way Cars Are Made?

Neal Boudette, New York Times

The Path To Building A Better Economic Future For Detroit

Peter Salins, Detroit News

Tuesday, July 3

The Myth of Corporate America's Short-Term Thinking

Steve Rattner, New York Times

To Sustain Economic Boom, Let's Avoid Self-Inflicted Mistakes

Matthew Shay, RCM

Harley-Davidson Needs An Open Road, As Do We

Kevin Williamson, National Review

Big Business Keeps Winning At the Supreme Court

Kent Greenfield & Adam Winkler, TA

To Shrink Budget 'Deficits,' Shrink Federal Revenue Collections

John Tamny, RCM

Trump China Tariff Decision Will Be Big For the Stock Market

Jed Graham, Investor's

Little Known Stock-Market Indicator Says Bulls Have More Room

Mark Hulbert, MW

Will Public Employee Unions Survive Janus Ruling?

Michael Busler, RealClearMarkets

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Can't Think Past Stage 1

Richard Rahn, Washington Times

LeBron James Takes Big Step Toward Being a Billionaire

Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes

How Federal Loans Steer Students Down a Perilous Path

Christopher Baecker, FEE

Chosen or Not, Amazon's HQ2 Contest Improves Cities

Elizabeth Weise, USA Today

Missouri's Economy Indicates That Tariffs Do Not Create Jobs

Ike Brannon, Forbes

Trudeau's Pipeline Purchase Is Bad Economics

Richard Denniss & Fergus Green, Fortune

Wednesday, July 4

International Investment Is Crucial to Growth In U.S.

Carl Delfield, Washington Times

How's the Economy Doing? It May Depend On How You Vote

Paul Davidson, USAT

If You Like Free Trade, It's a Good Time to Drop 'Buy Local'

Ryan Murphy, Arc Digital

How Will Investors Know If There's a Full Trade War?

Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch

Saving for Retirement: How Much's Enough?

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Schwab

Rich and Thinking About Divorce? Better Act Soon

Jim Tankersley, New York Times

Why Made in China 2025 Will Succeed, Pres Despite Trump

Li Yuan, New York Times

Americans Celebrate 4th, Can They Celebrate Independence?

Wayne Crews, Forbes

My American Dream: How I Fell In Love With U.S.

Charles C.W. Cooke, National Review

On July 4th: Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness

John Stossel, Reason Foundation

Thursday, July 5

Socialism's Back: It's Taking Over the Democratic Party

Douglas MacKinnon, Examiner

The Dems' Socialism Can Work In Middle America with a Rebrand

Eric Levitz, NYM

How to Make Donald Trump's Tax Returns Public

David Cay Johnston, New York Times

Congress Must Not Give Trump or Any Pres. So Much Trade Authority

Does American Flag Have Less Meaning If Made in China?

Michael Breidenbach, TA

'Fresh' Quarter Pounder Shows McDonald's Still Doesn't Get It

John Tamny, RCM

The ETFs That Millennials Should Buy & Hold For 40 Years

William Baldwin, Forbes

Revisiting the Macro Narratives That Prevailed in Early 2018

Michael Cannivet, RCM

The Plastics' Solution Isn't to Just Get Rid of It Altogether

Sheila Bonini, Seattle Times

San Francisco Is An Increasingly Putrid City By the Bay

Steven Greenhut, Spectator

The Founding Fathers Would Be Horrified by Our National Debt

Sheila Weinberg, IBD

Why Losing Your Job Can Be a Time to Rejoice, Not Panic

Bob Doll, MarketWatch

The Media's Coverage of Retirement Saving Really is Terrible

Andrew Biggs, Forbes

Some of the More Painless Ways For You To Retire Richer

Dan Caplinger, Motley Fool

Friday, July 6

Rooftop Solar Panel May Be Biggest Scam Of All

Norman Rogers, The American Thinker

The NFL Rooney Rule Runs Amok In Corporate Boardrooms

Justin Danhof, Investor's

America Wouldn't Be America Without Immigrants That Built It

David Skorton, USAT

Trump Threats to Blow Up Econ. Pander To a Domestic Audience

Alex Shephard, NR

Will Trump's Protectionism Be The Death Knell For Free Trade?

Editorial, Investor's

Making America Unemployed Again: Cost of Trade Wars

Jamie Lincoln Kitman, NYT

Foxconn Plant Is a Bad Deal for Wisconsin Taxpayers

Jimmy Quinn, National Review

Trump's Trade War Is Here, & It Won't Be Pretty

Danielle Paquette & Emily Rauhala, WP

Books: The Human Side of Governmental Overreach

John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Illuminating the Intricacies of Swamp Management

Donald Devine, American Spectator

According to New Data,Housing Inventory Woes Are Far From Over

Aly Yale, Forbes

How 21st Century Monetary Policy is Increasingly Upside Down

Jeffrey Snider, RCM

The 21st Century Has Not Been the American Century

Paul Brandus, MarketWatch

Fortnite Is Poised to Rule the Summer. Are Parents Prepared?

Alex Salkever, Fortune

Saturday, July 7

I Gave Up AC To Live Within My Means. America Should Try That

Survival of the Richest & The Future Of Humanity

Douglas Rushkoff, Medium

Frontier Markets: Like Deep Value For The Adventurous

Lara Crigger, ETF.COM

Robots Are Poised To Replace The Working Class

Noah Smith, Bloomberg

How Did America Become a Nation of Slobs?

Jeff Minick, Intellectual Takeout

Why Americans Still Aren't Getting Big Pay Raises

Jeffry Bartash, MarketWatch

San Francisco: Poster-Child For The Failure Of U.S. Cities' Blue Model

IBD

Why The Tech Giants May Finally Succeed In Healthcare

Christina Farr, CNBC

Donald Trump, The Free Trade President?

Joseph Calhoun, RealClearMarkets

Why Soybeans Are At The Heart of The US-China Trade War

Bloomberg

The Economy Is Strong. The Trade War Might Change That

Matt O'Brien, WaPo

All Americans Need To Buy Nails, Pork & Bourbon

Douglas McIntyre, 24/7 Wall Street

Is The White House Trying To Influence The Fed?

Peter Eavis, New York Times

The Weirdness Of The Number Zero Explained

Brian Resnick, Vox