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Rep. Michael Baumgartner raises concerns about the future of sports and education as hedge funds gain influence over college athletics... Read More

Big Pharma recently announced a marketing campaign posing as patient advocacy. The industry’s trade association and advocacy arm... Read More

Rising repo rates, a shrinking reserve pool, and heavier use of the Fed’s backstop all indicate banks' "ample reserves" are thinning amid a... Read More

Student-loan forbearance offered many borrowers relief — but the resumption of payments is putting an additional strain on those with... Read More

Conservative groups smeared by the Southern Poverty Law Center ask Benevity to stop using the SPLC "hate map." Read More

Louisiana rising.  Read More

IRS employees should remember they don't have Trump's presidential immunity. Read More

The pursuit of equality exacts a price. Read More

“Those of us who call ourselves Republicans have a choice to make: We can choose to stand for our historic principles, or we can... Read More

The homeland security secretary was already a controversial figure. Then her agency bought two private jets for her and other DHS officials. Read More

Claims that the recently imposed tariffs vindicate protectionist policies simply do not hold water. Read More

Yes, we need government. Limited government. Enough to keep us safe. Read More

Political parties and pundits are fiercely debating the economic benefits of President Trump’s landmark tax bill, recently rebranded... Read More

The stock market’s rally has seemed invincible recently, but this past week showed at least one thing that has the potential to cause... Read More

Was that it? Was that the top? A week ago, the market fell 2.7% as President Trump announced an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods... Read More

RiskHedge—Disruption Research, Disruptive Technology Stocks—RiskHedge helps investors profit from disruption by providing research on the... Read More

If it feels as if gambling is everywhere, that’s because it is. But today’s gamblers aren’t just retirees at poker tables.... Read More

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson may not be a consistent defender of free-markets—but he has done an... Read More

A near-zero interest rate on your savings can cost you significantly over time. Read More

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) play a large role in deciding which drugs patients receive and how much they pay. Yet their fees, rebates,... Read More

Planting decisions and food prices hang in the balance Read More

Eliminating the two-person crew requirement will allow railroad productivity to keep up with the challenge of autonomous trucks. Read More

A major change is coming to the structure of U.S. financial markets. Read More

The secrets to sustainable growth and wealth Read More

Let's not kick out all four legs of the current bull market Read More

Artificial intelligence doesn’t run on optimism or buzzwords. It runs on electricity. Read More

The Trump administration’s trade and immigration policies are having negative effects on agriculture, compounding the impact of low... Read More

Mainstream political parties normally claim that populist parties, if they ever got to power, would damage the economy. We have clear... Read More

From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function... Read More

The world portfolio Read More

With the shutdown still going, we turn to alternative private market data to judge the state of the economy.  Read More

In the late 1990s, a surge in technology-fueled productivity enabled rapid growth, paired with subdued inflation, ample jobs, and low... Read More

The US manufacturing cycle is gaining traction.  Read More

Yield curves are steepening but inflation expectations haven't changed. Read More

These companies largely earn their competitive advantage from intangible assets and their stocks are great choices for an investor’s... Read More