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Tax revenues are harvested from private citizens by means of coercion and extractive measures... Paying taxes to remain free of incarceration... Read More

Total spending in the economy and nominal wage growth can help us see whether monetary policy is on track. Read More

The gigantic and costly industry Silicon Valley is building around generative AI is still struggling to explain the technology's... Read More

Washington is spending another $61 billion to help Ukraine. But most of the money will flow through the US economy first. Read More

Ban or not, this is the end of TikTok as we know it Read More

The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of... Read More

“We’ve always looked beyond the target schools but we’re doing it even more so now given recent events,” activist investor Dan Loeb... Read More

Listeners are tuning out. Sponsorship revenue has dipped. A diversity push has generated internal turmoil. Can America’s public radio... Read More

How does California solve its massive deficit problem and create a new tax scheme? They tax people and businesses who want to move from the... Read More

The nation is facing a retirement income crisis. Too many workers will never be able to retire and maintain their standards of living.... Read More

Due to a historic economic recovery, inflation-adjusted wealth for younger Americans has grown 49 percent since right before the... Read More

Americans like to choose. Just visit a supermarket and feast your eyes on the variety of brands of cereal, toothpaste, or potato chips on... Read More

Recent analyses have identified the price inflation since President Biden took office as a strong headwind against his re-election. Wall... Read More

Meantime the central bank seeks to palm off on the public the idea that its staggering negative capital is a ‘deferred asset.’ Read More

Unpaid domestic work will be fascinating to tally, but will this make economic data more relevant for investors? Read More

Crypto bull markets like this strike only once every four years. And this time, we have a new tool to help us make the most of this boom. Read More

With its latest EV regulations, the Biden administration is playing with the fire that is supply and demand. Read More

Legendary and visionary retailer Sam Walton not only had a private airplane in the early days of Walmart, he also piloted it to Walmart... Read More

TikTok is facing an existential crisis in America. If its Chinese owner fails to sell the app in the next year or so, it could be banned in... Read More

Biden has signed a bill to ban TikTok. But it’s not over yet. Read More

Prices move based on positioning. When investors are primarily on one side of a market, the pendulum swings to the other extreme.  Read More

Inverse and leveraged ETFs and other complex products that have no role to play in a portfolio except to make short-term bets.  Read More

Rising income inequality and falling concern. Read More

Paraphrasing Mark Twain, History may not repeat, but it does rhyme. Cycles of investing are often melodious with significant historical... Read More

The Marshall Plan was 5% of US GDP, and the US fiscal response to Covid was 20% of US GDP. Read More

The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S. Read More

This is one of the biggest questions we want to ask ourselves right now. How many ounces of Silver does it take to buy just 1oz of Gold?  Read More

Many investors are bullish, or not fearful, of the future of stock returns. At Smead Capital Management, we continue to explain to our... Read More

Among wonkish tax topics, perhaps the most controversial is the treatment of parents—depending on whether they’re single or married and... Read More

Actual leading inflation indicators help put March’s uptick—and rate cut chatter—in context. Read More

LPL Research highlights the technical setup for stocks and bonds, and explores historical market drawdowns. Read More