Week of February 12, 2018 Archives

RealClearMarkets Evening Edition

Monday, February 12
Nick Foles Is Right: Failure Is The Certain Path to Success
Katrina Trinko, USA Today
Market Volatility & Your Retirement: Who You Gonna Call?
Joseph Coughlin, Forbes
As Market Calm Disappears, Looking for the Culprits
Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch
Making a Case for a Corporation-Funded Childcare Mandate
Brigid Schulte, Slate
Own a Home? What to Know Ahead of Filing '17 Taxes
Maurie Backman, Motley Fool
IRS Veterans Dismiss CA Plan to Skirt the New Tax Law
Jeff Stein, Washington Post
Wasteful GOP Spending Bill Puts the Nail in Tea Party's Coffin
Matt Kibbe, Reason
The Jet Engine is a Futuristic Technology Stuck in the Past
Christopher Schaberg, TA
Tuesday, February 13
Why the U.S. Can't Afford More NAFTA Intransigence
Jason Marczak, National Review
The 'Trump Bump' Is Down, but Not Out, After Market Rout
Adam Shell, USA Today
Solution to Trump's Infrastructure Problems: Raise the Gas Tax
Emily Atkin, TNR
Remembering Jeff Bell: A Man Who Transformed the World
Jonathan Decker, TNP
A New Lawsuit Takes Us Inside Steven Cohen's Fund
Olivia Messer, The Daily Beast
Trillions In Risk-Parity/Volatility Trades Could Hurt Market
Simon Constable, Forbes
Knowing When to Buy Stocks Is Easier Than Knowing When to Sell
John DeFeo, SA
'Smart Cities' Is One of Those Truly Empty Descriptors
Bruce Sterling, The Atlantic
Canada's 'Merit-Based' Immigration Is Not What Trump Thinks
Jeremy Robbins, USA
Wednesday, February 14
Trump's Biggest Conflicts of Interest Hiding In Plain Sight
Dan Alexander, Forbes
With a Big Budget Like This, Get Ready for Calls to Hike Taxes
Editorial, Investor's 
To Fix U.S., Work Tax Code to Neuter Influence of the Rich
Jason Sattler, USA Today
Erosion of Returns Is One Factor in Investor Fear of Inflation
John Schoen, CNBC
Why Investors Needn't Fear the Market Rollercoaster
Caroline Baum, MarketWatch
How Gov't Unions Unfairly Trap Public Workers
Daniel DiSalvo, New York Daily News
Get Ready, the IRS Is Coming For Your Passports
Kevin Williamson, National Review
Forget What You've Heard, Valentine's Not Great for Restaurants
Zlati Meyer, USAT
Thursday, February 15
A Chinese Company Has Conquered a Piece of America
Bloomberg
The Cracks in Trump's Infrastructure Plan
Stratfor, Financial Sense
The Era Of Big Government Is Far From Over
Veronique de Rugy, Reason
The Markets Still Have Plenty To Worry About
Buttonwood, Buttonwood's Notebook
Expect Rates & Volatility To Continue Higher
Edward Harrison, Credit Writedowns
ETFs: Do Investors Really Know What They're Buying?
Rachel Evans, Bloomberg
By the Numbers: The Rise of Monopolies
Emmalina Glinskis, The Nation
Will Amazon Go Capture the Holy Grail of Retail?
Knowledge@Wharton
Everyone Hates Silicon Valley, Except Its Imitators
Erin Griffith, Wired
The 'Real' Reason To Be Worried About Bond Yields
Sunny Oh, MarketWatch
Friday, February 16
No Bubbles, No Crash But Death By A Thousand Cuts
Gary Shilling, Bloomberg View
Comrade Bezos' Single-Minded Pursuit of Efficiency
Malcolm Harris, Medium
If Amazon's So Great, Wouldn't Two Be Better?
Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist
Six Ways to Rein In Today's Toxic Monopolies
Stacy Mitchell, The Nation
Stock And Bond Markets Have Struck A Truce
Sunny Oh, MarketWatch
The Great Promise Of Smart Contracts
Kate Sills, Foundation for Economic Education
Trump's Tax Success Hurts His Trade Agenda
Brad Setser, Council on Foreign Relations
The Great Momentum Crash
Vineer Bhansali, Barron's
A Sustainable Future In The Palm Of Your Hand
Ana Lucia Moya, Project Syndicate
How Stock Buybacks Helped Cause The Correction
Stephen Gandel, Bloomberg Gadfly
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