July 8, 2019 Archives

Week of July 8, 2019 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Monday, July 8

If Everyone Else Is Worried About Stocks, Make a Fortune On Fear

Ken Fisher, USAT

The Gross Profitability Trap

Derek Bergen & John Holt, Applied Finance Capital Management

Stock Investors Want to Have Their Cake and Eat It Too

Chris Matthews, MarketWatch

Americans Are $10T Better Off Thanks to Stocks Under Trump

Stephen Moore, Hill

Why I Got Scammed After Writing Out the Lessons of Madoff

Seaborn Hall, Medium

How To Decode Investment Advisor Speak

Luke Delorme, Amer. Inst. for Econ. Research

At Column No. 500, Wealth Mgt. Lessons Learned Over the Years

Paul Sullivan, NYT

If U.S. Energy Industry Can't Survive $56 Oil, It Needn't Exist

John Tamny, Forbes

Judy Shelton Is Perfect For Fed Despite Washington Post Protests

Facebook's Libra Announcement Was Seismic Event

Craig Stevens, Washington Times

A Man, A Mustang, Some Meatballs: '85 Review of 'Iacocca'

P.J. O'Rourke, Spectator

Big Tech Firms of Today Are Dying, But Not Aware of It Yet

L. Todd Wood, CD Media

More Evidence the Economy Is Growing All Important Ways

Editorial, New York Post

Why This Does Not Look Like 'The Best Economy Ever'

Heather Long, Washington Post

Tuesday, July 9

Why Trump's Reelection Could Hinge on Stock Market

David Bahnsen, National Review

Why Democrats Should Attack the Trump Economy

Alex Shephard, The New Republic

The 'Stupid' U.S. Economy Is Still Stubbornly Good

Glenn Harlan Reynolds, USA Today

Here's Another Potentially Scary Sign from Bond Market

Paul La Monica, CNN Money

Chris Hughes Thinks Libra Could Endanger World Economy

Benjamin Reeves, Worth

Greg Ip's Version of the "Gold Standard" Isn't the Gold Standard

John Tamny, RCM

The Texas Economic 'Miracle' Missed Most of Texas

Jim Tankersley, New York Times

Two Decades of New York City's Struggles with Growth

Nicole Gelinas, New York Post

If You Don't Hate Tariffs Yet, Read the Actual Tariffs Laws

Brian Domitrovic, Forbes

A Nation Is Not Like a House

Donald Boudreaux, American Institute for Economic Research

The Guilty Pleasure of the Wall Street Journal's 'Mansion Porn'

Andrew Ferguson, TA

How Private Sector Can End Student Debt Crisis

Russell Rhine, Washington Examiner

Looking for a Magic Number When It Comes to Retirement

Jessica Dickler, CNBC

Retirees Leaving Trillions of Social Security Dollars On Table

Laurence Kotlikoff, MW

Wednesday, July 10

Taxing Inheritance Won't Fix Social Security

Rachel Greszler & Travis Nix, National Review

Millennial Couple In Kansas Struggles at $500,000/Yr.

Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch

401(k) Investors: Don't Just Save, Save to Create Wealth

Nancy Tengler, USA Today

The So-Called 'Wage Gap' Doesn't Apply to Women's Soccer

Hadley Heath, The Hill

Multi-Employer Pension Bailout Needs Good/Bad Bank Strategy

Alex Pollock, RCM

What Does Big Technology Want From Pete Buttigieg?

Alex Shephard, New Republic

Fed Faces Fire No Matter What It Ultimately Does

Jeanna Smialek, New York Times

Absent Action to Reduce Deficit, Fed Shouldn't Consider Rate Cuts

Judd Gregg, Hill

Fed Shouldn't Be Competing With the Banks It Regulates

Ned Ryun, RealClearMarkets

Kanye's 2nd Act: Inside Billion-Dollar Yeezy Empire

Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Forbes

Trump Admin. Substantially Boosts Health Freedom for Workers

The Jeffrey Epstein Case Is Like Nothing I Have Seen Before

Ken White, The Atlantic

What 'Stranger Things' Gets Right with Capitalism

Stephen Kent, Washington Examiner

The 2019 MLB Moneyball Report: Can $$$ Buy A Winning Team?

Jack Ablin, Worth

Thursday, July 11

Trump and the Market Are Spooking Powell Into a Rookie Mistake

Rex Nutting, MW

The Fed Chief Goes to Capitol Hill

Hunt Lawrence & Daniel Flynn, The American Spectator

These S&P 500 Sectors Show the Bull Has Room to Run

Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

How Eva Longoria Is Flipping Hollywood's Traditional Script

Steve Forbes, Forbes

1960s LA Music Renaissance Questions Chinese 'IP Theft' Story

John Tamny, RCM

Real Reason Millennials Aren't Buying Homes? Too Expensive

Hugh Frater, Fortune

It's Time to Rid Tax Code of the 'Step Up in Basis' Cap Gains Rule

Jay Soled, The Hill

Three Key Questions About Trump and the Economy

John Cassidy, The New Yorker

What Will It Take for the Wind and Solar Industries to Collapse?

Norman Rogers, AT

The Win-Win-Win New NAFTA Deserves Passage

Matt Mackowiak, Washington Times

It's Time for Media to Tell the Truth About Socialism

John Merline, Issues & Insights

Debunking Pres Trump's Tariff Claims

Benn Steil & Benjamin Della Rocca, Washington Post

How Jeffrey Epstein Made His Money: 4 Wild Theories

Matt Stieb, New York Magazine

Friday, July 12

Hundreds of CA 'Public Servants' Earn Over $500K/Yr.

Steven Greenhut, The Spectator

What $100B Frenchman Can Teach You About Investing

Stephen McBride, RiskHedge

How to Reach $1 Million In Retirement Savings

Paul Katzeff, Investor's Business Daily

It's Time for the Federal Reserve to Reduce Interest Rates

Editorial, New York Times

The Fed Has Abandoned Its Usual Roadmap In the Era of Trump

Jeffry Bartash, MW

When Will the Fed Realize that It's Kind of Important?

Jeffrey Snider, RealClearMarkets

Kamala Harris's Housing Plan Will Make Things Worse

Howard Husock, City Journal

Dealing with Huawei: U.S. Must Win, Not Just Ban Firms

Adam Segal, Foreign Affairs

5 Basic Facts About Boeing Missing from 737 Max Stories

Loren Thompson, Forbes

Can Proliferating Robot Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis?

Shawna Chen, Politico

How Private Sector Tools Can Enhance Government Cooperation

Stuart Butler, RCM

Why Tony Robbins Isn't on Worth Power 100 in 2019

Richard Bradley, Worth Magazine

Why Members of the Right Should Cheer Marijuana Legalization

Brady Cobb, RCM

The Golden Rule Is As Golden As Ever

Lawrence Reed, Foundation for Economic Education

Saturday, July 13

Big Banks Cave to Pressure From Ocasio-Cortez

John Jiang, The American Spectator

AOC Is Making Monetary Policy Cool (and Political) Again

Eric Levitz, NY Magazine

CBO Report Should Spike $15 Minimum Wage Legislation

Alfredo Ortiz, The Hill

Democrats: Prisoners of the Past on Economy

Michael Barone, Washington Examiner

Government Needs to End Guarantee for Student Loans

Peter Morici, The Hill

Pressures On China's Manufacturing Sector Will Impact West

Jim Collins, Forbes

Bond Returns Have Been Spectacular. Don’t Count on a Sequel.

Carla Fried, NYT

Avoiding Volatility Can Be Worse Than Stomaching It

Nick Maggiulli, Of Dollars & Data

Walmart Has Already Lost Its Battle With Amazon

Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool

The Lead-Up to Deutsch Bank's ‘Bloody Sunday’

Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune

Want an Extra $10,000? Consider Moving to These States

Susan Caminiti, CNBC

Now That Ross Perot Is Gone, I Can Tell This Story

Rick Perry, Dallas Morning News

The Volkswagen Beetle, Age 81, Is No More

Michael Coren, Quartz