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Everything that the new mayor wants to do must go through the city budget—forcing him to get specific about his vague plans. Read More

Zohran Mamdani is signaling antagonism toward private housing itself — but other Democrats are realizing that affordability means bucking... Read More

The high court has signaled it wants to protect the Fed’s independence more than that of other federal agencies. Read More

Crypto-related prosecutions illustrate how allegations of crime are used to target privacy-enhancing tools and the people who build them. Read More

Policy matters. Biden’s first move as president was to kill the Keystone Pipeline and declare war on fossil fuels. Trump’s first... Read More

His declaration requires congressional approval to become law and could restrict some consumers' credit availability. Read More

According to Ernest Hemingway, there are two ways to go bankrupt: “Gradually, then suddenly.” It’s a lesson the UK would do well to... Read More

The Billionaire Tax Act isn’t even officially on the California ballot yet, but that hasn’t stopped the rich from fleeing. Read More

The top 400 American taxpayers pay more in federal taxes than the bottom 70 percent of U.S. taxpayers combined. The previous truth is a... Read More

As we near the end of the first year of President Trump's second presidential term, the debate about his economic policies hasn't changed... Read More

When shareholders ask a simple question about how their money is being spent, the answer should be transparency. When the answer is evasion,... Read More

When Mamadou-Hady Sow turned 18 in May 2020, his first order of business was to open a brokerage account and invest in Bitcoin. Mr. Sow was... Read More

Investor confidence weakened by 9% in January, while overall optimism slipped 1.5%. Consumer sentiment edged down in January, as... Read More

Reviving the housing market requires honesty about both Boomers and Millennials. Read More

No government should pressure a bank to cut off customers innocent of any wrongdoing. Yet that is what happened with Operation Choke Point... Read More

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

Litigation funding empowers individuals to challenge powerful entities in court. Read More

While most of us were shuffling to another holiday party, President Trump delivered a big win for workers and their retirements. In December,... Read More

A different world.  Read More

Wall Street takes the blame Read More

It’s both an effort to appease Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his socialist cadres. Read More

Confronted with dreadful news, the Republican did what he tends to do on economic matters: He played make-believe. Read More

Congressional Democrats keep saying they are focusing on the affordability crisis, promising that they will soon come up with an agenda to... Read More

U.S. economic and foreign policy is now based on Trump’s crude delusions Read More

Even as the Trump administration rolled back support for renewable energy in the U.S., wind, solar, and electric vehicles made huge strides... Read More

US tariff red tape will likely grow more again this year, burdening US companies and the economy in the process. Read More

As Trump escalates his threats against Greenland, a new study argues in favor of more conventional mineral diplomacy. Read More

The most fundamental problem for gold is it lacks intrinsic value.  Read More

In the first 10 months of this year, South Korea imported $159m worth of kimchi, almost entirely from China, while exporting $137m Read More

Why have Trump's tariffs not been as damaging as expected? Read More

2026 is a tipping point year Read More

We aren’t just trying to catch the wave anymore. We are on it. The challenge now is staying on the board. Welcome... Read More

Below the surface, sectors rose across the board. Read More

These 12 undervalued REIT stocks look attractive for 2026. Read More