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Like it or not, wealthy people are an important pillar of democracy. Read More

California’s wealthy boomers are staying put as young families head for the exits, fleeing the anti-growth politics that make the state... Read More

Ray Brescia: Congress can pass a bipartisan law to help American businesses and taxpayers recover money lost under Trump’s illegal tariff... Read More

California’s $200 billion-a-year Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the nation. Behind... Read More

Some people envision a world in which white-collar workers are replaced by AI, and that could be a problem for the housing industry. Read More

Lomborg’s experience shows what happens when a researcher challenges a powerful narrative with inconvenient numbers. Read More

The Court limited one statutory pathway while leaving others intact. The opinion strengthens the major questions doctrine and clarifies how... Read More

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

Stocks, oil and natural gas know how to deal with regional war. Read More

Personal Financial Outlook Drops 4.6% as Overall Index Falls 2.7% Consumer sentiment edged lower in March as the RealClearMarkets/TIPP... Read More

More Democrats are sounding the alarm on a grim sector of online gambling in which bettors are making bank on Trump’s war on Iran. Read More

I’ve been tracking economic trends and reading economist reports for three decades. The post-COVID period ranks among the most unclear of... Read More

The stock market is a wealth-building machine, and the right strategy can turn small, consistent contributions into a multi-million-dollar... Read More

Predicting the future course of the markets - interest rates, stock prices, commodity prices - is impossible. That is true even in times when... Read More

Elon Musk only takes big leaps. It’s a reasonable bet that there’s no laddered, tax-free, municipal bond aspect to his investment... Read More

President Trump is resurrecting his tariffs, after a Supreme Court ruling that struck down many of those he levied during his first year back... Read More

Last week’s Supreme Court decision striking down President Trump’s invocation of the International Emergency Economic... Read More

Banks could face new citizenship verification mandates under potential Trump Treasury action, with critics warning of higher costs and... Read More

In 2020, the town of Brookline adopted an ordinance banning the purchase of nicotine products for anyone born after the year 2000, touting... Read More

If the West wants to compete and survive, it must revive manufacturing. Read More

As fears of mass unemployment grow, three leading economists advocate some policies to shift the focus from job displacement to job... Read More

Only 18% of Americans believe that affordability has improved since President Trump reclaimed the presidency last January,... Read More

Are we less vulnerable to an oil price shock than we were in 1979? Read More

Some central bank officials have advocated for a more “two-sided” approach to policy, but that doesn’t mean hikes are in the cards. Read More

If the economy collapses at least I'll have my award points Read More

Good and bad patriotism Read More

He is pushing quackery as science as health secretary Read More

The dramatic change in recent weeks in the narrative in markets from “the economy is strong” to “we are all... Read More

The president’s flat 10 percent tariff is most beneficial to nations that previously faced the highest rates. But it’s not clear... Read More

The investment horizon of shareholders itself shapes prices and future returns Read More

HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT (HSA) is the most efficient tax-advantaged investment account because it offers a triple tax advantage. Read More

The K-shaped economy — wealthy Americans propping up consumer spending while poorer consumers increasingly pull back — has... Read More

The unregulated industry at the heart of the US economy. Read More

The outlook for the S&P 500's dividends generally improved since previous snapshot of their future. Read More