In U.S. equity markets, signs of exuberance are mounting. David Rosenberg, chief strategist and founder of Rosenberg Research, advises... Read More
The family office was once the most exclusive corner of wealth management: a kind of command center for the sprawling activities of... Read More
Kristina Crane gets to watch her grandson’s baseball games. On its own that’s a nice thought, but it’s a miracle in... Read More
The first stretch of two-month employment growth since last May might sound welcome, but April’s 115,000 job gain, which followed... Read More
The newest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 115,000 jobs were added in April 2026. This report follows months... Read More
The cruelty of high fuel prices isn’t just about the cost, but also about the unequal burden it places on American households. Energy... Read More
Every spring just in time for Tax Day Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders put out media releases touting a report by a liberal... Read More
California Governor Gavin Newsom presented his final state budget revision on Thursday as if it were the opening ad of his presidential... Read More
The Senate is expected to vote soon on Kevin Warsh’s nomination to serve as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. Warsh is widely... Read More
The market may be roaring right now. Between rising inflation, subpar GDP growth, poor consumer confidence, and the lingering conflict in... Read More
This might not come as a surprise to the geeks who eat, breathe and sleep all things retirement. But the latest survey from the Society of... Read More
A little over ten years ago, when smartphones were still sufficiently new to mention, I attended a talk by an economist who argued that the... Read More
Most people spend decades planning for the financial risks of retirement. Almost no one plans for the social ones. Read More
It starts with a letter in the mail. A dairy farmer opens it to find new requirements from their milk processing plant. Herd data, energy... Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims the American Revolution was against billionaires, but the Founders believed in capitalism and free markets,... Read More
Even the abundance wing of the left wants "a much stronger government," in movement champion Ezra Klein's words. Read More
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Last year, I wrote a post explaining why defence spending tends to increase economic growth. Read More
Rebuffed by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump is seeking to exploit a different tariff tool to regain leverage. Whether it succeeds... Read More
Inflation is going in the wrong direction Read More
A recent Congressional Budget Office report estimates that the Trump administration’s Golden Dome project will cost a total of... Read More
Fracking has reduced the price of energy, reduced net emissions of greenhouse gases and turned the US into an energy exporter. Read More
There is a big difference between betting on something and investing in meritorious companies with long holding periods. Read More
Why lumping factor funds with stock-pickers distorts the scorecard and misleads investors Read More
The inflation data doesn’t look good, no matter how you slice it. Read More
Default rates are falling, distressed exchanges are declining and the number of liability management exercises are declining, see charts... Read More

So you're about five years away from retiring. It makes a lot of sense to start assembling a list of things to do before your last day at your job. Doing so might make the difference between having a comfortable retirement and one full of stress.... Read More
A little over ten years ago, when smartphones were still sufficiently new to mention, I attended a talk by an economist who argued that the rise of the smartphone was not, or at least not primarily, a technological phenomenon. He argued that if technological feasibility had been the only constraint, smartphones could have become a thing much earlier. We should think of them as an indirect pr... Read More