RealClearMarkets January 12, 2026 Archives

RealClearMarkets AM Update

Why California Should Tax Its Billionaires' Wealth

Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times

Socialism's Human, Economic Toll Reveal It As a 'Hate Crime'

James Piereson TNC

Mayor Mamdani’s Collectivist Warmth Recalls Chilly Bucharest

James Bovard NYP

Mamdani's Disastrous, Marxist Term Calls for His Recall

Editorial Issues & Insights

Donald Trump Is Targeting Mortgage Rates Where They're Set

Peter Navarro RCM

Friendly Reminder That Sentiment Affects Bond Markets Too

Market Minder Fisher

Berkshire's $358 Billion Question & the Money Multiplier Myth

John Tamny Forbes

Waymo Is the Cure For Those Unsure About Robotaxis

Stephen McBride RiskHedge

Do U.S. Oil Companies Really Want to Invest In Venezuela?

Joel Mathis The Week

How a Puzzling 401(k) Plan Changed One Woman’s Life

Ron Lieber New York Times

Writing Off Social Security Will Boost Your Retirement

Maurie Backman Motley Fool

At Last, Europe Is Waking Up To the Follies of Green Energy

Craig Rucker The Hill

December Closes Year of Stalling Labor Mkt.

Christian Weller Center for Am. Progress

Trump Wipeout of Blue Collar Jobs a Flashing Warning Sign

Ja'han Jones MS NOW

RealClearMarkets PM Update

Paramount Sits Waiting, Ready to Upend NFLX Bid

Charles Gasparino New York Post

Trump’s $100B Venezuela Pitch Meets Industry Skepticism

Sydney Carruth MSNBC

The Man Who Could Be Apple’s Next CEO

Kalley Huang & Tripp Mickle New York Times

How Entrepreneurial Freedom Will Surge In Age of AI

Kevin Frazier Civitas Institute

SCOTUS Must Stop Louisiana Grift Against Energy Firms

William Barr Fox News

Are Free Traders Materialistic, or Are the Protectionists?

Donald Boudreaux TDE

RealClearMarkets Research Reports

Economic Data Quantity Isn't Increasing Clarity

Richard Moody Regions Bank

2025 Market Performance by Sector

Market Minder Fisher Investments

RealClearMarkets Off The Street

A Casino In Every Pocket

Shreyas Hariharan Dopamine Markets

Anarchy Is What Donald Trump Makes Of It

Daniel W. Drezner Drezner’s World

How Did TVs Get So Cheap?

Brian Potter Construction Physics

Can Trump Really Personally Control Venezuela Oil Money?

Tad DeHaven Cato

The Feds Need To Bail Out The Pizza Industry

Joe Queenan Wall Street Journal

The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Makes No Sense

Stephen M. Walt Foreign Policy

There's A Lot Of Turnover In The S&P 500

Sam Ro TKer by Sam Ro