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That value fund may not own what you think. Read More

Lower fees and faster permitting could marginally ease housing costs, but the legacy of cheap credit continues to constrain the market. Read More

Tariffs are great for lobbyists. Read More

Capping credit card interest rates will drive high risk borrowers to even more expensive sources of credit. Read More

Oligarchy has been a central part of our democracy since the founding. The U.S. is a democracy but it is also an oligarchy. Read More

Many crucial global goods are built on supply chains that have one or more Achilles' heels, a critical input, concentrated suppliers or... Read More

This whole sordid mess goes beyond their wayward CEO and his sex life, and it was one of their own making. Read More

How to understand the former Nvidia chief’s stunning departure. Read More

Sooooo … perhaps you have heard, a very large company’s stock is enduring a rough patch, due in part to some CEO turnover. This... Read More

A borrower with a good deal gets told no by a bank every day. Usually it is not because the deal is bad. Banks have limits on which areas... Read More

On Tuesday, conservative commentator Mark Levin took to X to rail against AOL. It seems he was locked out of his email and spent... Read More

In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, Ivan Karamazov observes how “People speak sometimes about the 'bestial' cruelty of... Read More

Investors are excited about Anthropic's IPO. But will the stock skyrocket on launch or is it vulnerable to external business pressures? Read More

I was talking to a family member the other day who's nearing retirement, and when the topic of Social Security came up, he told me he plans... Read More

Minimum wage workers contribute a vastly higher percentage of their income to Social Security than billionaires. That’s because all... Read More

Jamie Raskin's vow to investigate companies dropping DEI programs and ESG frameworks faces sharp criticism as political retribution, not... Read More

Imagine standing in a check-out line when you notice the person in front of you is buying the same item as you, but paying $5 more. Amazed,... Read More

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South Africa is part of a Western climate-finance deal for the developing world, an $8.5 billion partnership designed to move countries away... Read More

This week it seems that another Net Zero domino will fall. The Government is reported to be on the point of announcing that the Zero Emission... Read More

The government's recent investments will eventually go the way of Amtrak.  Read More

A subsidy that could cost up to $325 billion Read More

Common sense says the optimists have the better argument. Read More

Four Republicans who could help Democrats break a filibuster. Read More

Last Thursday, I was speaking at the Paradigm Conference in Nashville in front of about 1,000 investors. I asked everybody to raise their... Read More

Bull markets vs. bear markets. Read More

Big technology companies saw the tide turn against their giant A.I. projects, but they have the means to weather delays. Read More

We were due for some volatility and we sure got it. Read More

We believe the markets are clamoring for companies like these to be built or exposed out of larger companies in the public markets. Calling... Read More

AMONG THE MOST COMMON debates in personal finance is whether Roth conversions are a wise strategy. Especially as the end of the year... Read More

Investors aren't buying what analysts are selling. Read More

The capex-to-sales ratio is approaching a 10-year high, and European listed companies are expected to spend €77 billion more on capex in... Read More

Interest rates can rise for good, bad, or ugly reasons.  Read More