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In April 2021, the Federal Reserve Board — an institution that employs more than 400 PhD economists — told the American public... Read More

U.S. inflation has risen to its fastest pace in three years, and gas prices have been hit particularly hard. This is not Trump inflation. It... Read More

You know what the most necessary ingredient is for capitalism to thrive? I'll give you three guesses. No, it's not lower interest rates. It's... Read More

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) doesn’t want the artificial intelligence industry to exist. But if it has to exist, he wants the... Read More

In his 2008 book The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson observed that the English speaking peoples are obsessed with housing, and that “No... Read More

The Lone Star State is using corporate law reform to attract business, but Delaware’s legal advantages still make a full incorporation... Read More

Consumer sentiment held near its lows in June as the RealClearMarkets/TIPP Economic Optimism Index, the first monthly reading of U.S.... Read More

High-speed rail in California has become synonymous with failure, a waste, a racket, a punch line. So why shovel $3.5 billion more into the... Read More

Innovation has driven America for the last 250 years. In fact, patents were the only “right” provided for in the original... Read More

Forget all of Elon Musk’s talk of heading to the moon and Mars, or “extending the light of consciousness to the stars.” The... Read More

The policy of President Donald Trump has, thus far, sided with innovation, particularly with respect to artificial intelligence (AI). But of... Read More

Charles Schwab spent a good chunk of its six-hour-long investor day on May 14 explaining to analysts and shareholders how the company is... Read More

Amazon has been one of the best long-term investments of the past two decades. Read More

US household credit card balances fell to $1.25 trillion in Q1 from Q4 2025’s record $1.28 trillion.[i] But celebrations of... Read More

If turbulence is increasing, markets can't stay strong.  Read More

Lately there has been a lot of talk of how the foundational models are quickly becoming like every other iPhone release. They are ho-hum,... Read More

Probably a lot, but not necessarily the kinds people have made money on so far. Read More

A few big companies are betting that data privacy concerns in the AI era will only grow, creating an opening for computing products that rely... Read More

The biggest shift in credit markets over the past six months hasn’t come from banks or industrials, but from Big Tech. Read More

Why having money doesn't always command respect...and what actually does. Read More

Every year, the market teaches you a new vocabulary word. You don’t ask for it. You don’t go looking for it. It just sort of... Read More

How to take the excitement out of your financial decisions. Read More

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AI governance proposals frequently invoke the goal of “alignment.” On its face, that’s just shorthand for ensuring that AI... Read More

Most markets continued to rise in May, extending April’s bounce-back after March’s broad and deep selloff, based on a set of... Read More

Oil prices are now hovering around $95 per barrel, 30% above pre-war levels. Read More

The cost of doing a PET scan, CT scan and MRI has declined 70%, and as a result, many more of them are being carried out and radiologist pay... Read More

Risk appetite remains firmly intact as optimism surrounding a potential resolution to the war with Iran continues to improve investor... Read More