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There’s more practical wisdom packed in this one chart than in all the finance textbooks combined. I hope you’ve used it to guide... Read More

In an economy powered to an outsize degree by the spending of the wealthiest Americans, many are starting to wonder if the U.S. stock market... Read More

For nineteen days this June, the United States conducted an unintended experiment in the economics of technology restriction, and the results... Read More

The scholarly class must cease their pretense about the impossibility of “Fed independence.” They want no such thing. Read More

For a man who has been accused of having a short attention span, President Trump has shown unwavering commitment to impose tariffs on... Read More

Writing here, Peter Navarro warns us of a “Great Transshipment Scam” and its web of foreign staging grounds and back doors... Read More

The summer heat is sweltering outside, but indoors it’s way too cold. This is the paradox that afflicts many people in corporate... Read More

Anyone who believes more than tripling the wage floor is good policy has no business making law. Read More

Self-Checkout lanes are under attack. Lawmakers in several states are pushing fines and staffing mandates to limit their use, arguing the... Read More

Trump is eyeing Australia's retirement system as a model for portable retirement accounts that could reshape how millions of Americans save. Read More

Why Trump refuses to slap his name on the one thing he should. Read More

Most of the news I read about academia is negative. According to many commentators, costs have spiraled past the point of reason, public... Read More

I’ve come to expect pushback on my columns from readers who disagree. I enjoy the back-and-forth. Occasionally, however, I encounter a... Read More

As someone who can trace both sides of his family to that once impoverished but wonderful country known as Italy, it’s easy to come to the... Read More

The AI rally has left many deserving stocks out in the cold. Read More

Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war. Read More

Review your investment portfolio with this seven-step midyear checklist. Learn how to assess asset allocation, rebalance investments,... Read More

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There are reasons to be bullish but it isn't all clear. Read More

Did bonds ever really provide diversification benefits? Read More

It's summer and the weather will be great this weekend. It's the perfect time to host a cookout with enough food to feed ten hungry people.... Read More

The AI buildout is bottlenecked by energy. But America has the electricity to power its data centers; the problem is getting it to them. Read More

Why the catalysts underpinning optimism in Japan are more durable than in past cycles. Read More

A look at how the recent implementation of tariffs has affected small businesses nationally and regionally using the 2025 Small Business... Read More

With a decline of more than 30%, Bitcoin (using the IBIT ETF as a proxy) was the worst performing asset class in the first half of 2026. Read More

You would think AI is a growth story, but it’s showing up in more places than in the obvious “large cap growth”... Read More