RealClearMarkets February 18, 2026 Archives

RealClearMarkets AM Update

It Was Easy to Just Buy the S&P, Until Recently

Joseph Calhoun Alhambra Investments

The Meaning Of the 10-Year Treasury's Move to 4%

Joy Wiltermuth Marketwatch

Anthropic's Altruism & Strategy: Aligned Too Neatly?

Ivan Sascha Sheehan RealClear

Buses & Trains to Nowhere Carrying Nobody

Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity

Wealth Creation Isn't An Act of War, Opposite What You're Told

John Tamny RCM

It Should Worry Us How Much Money Trump Has Made In WH

Ian Bassin MS NOW

Life Goes on Swimmingly As Federal Workforce Declines

Editorial Issues & Insights

Inside Black Box of Prescription Drug Pricing

Lori Chavez-DeRemer RealClearMarkets

Zohran Mamdani Has a Chance To Fight Price Gouging

Tim Wu The New York Times

Newsom and Government Don't Know Best About Housing

Editorial California Post

Meet the New FTC Boss, Same As the Old FTC Boss

Charles Sauer RealClearMarkets

How About Forging Freedom Trade Bloc Right Now?

Richard Reinsch Civitas Institute

Compared to Europe, the U.S. Economy Is Booming

John Phelan The Daily Economy

Signs It Might Be Time to Start Collecting Soc Security

Maurie Backman Motley Fool

RealClearMarkets PM Update

Investors Are Getting The US Debasement Trade Wrong

Joachim Klement Reuters

A Reality Check on Trump’s Tariffs

Caleb S. Fuller & Scott Burns The Daily Economy

Miami Still Isn't The Next Silicon Valley. It's Weirder

Melia Russell Business Insider

AI Won't End Software Engineering — It Will Transform It

Sean Welsh Quillette

Five US Policy Shifts Could Reshape Financial Markets

Dambisa Moyo PS

Do Republicans Remember Solyndra?

Michael A. Woronoff Commentary Magazine

RealClearMarkets Research Reports

What is My Social Security Break-Even Age?

Bob Williams Alhambra Investments

The Risks Of Warsh's War On The Fed Balance Sheet

Stephen Cecchetti FT Alphaville

AI Doesn't Fear Higher Unemployment From AI

Matthew Luzzetti Deutsche Bank Group

Crowded Docket Filled With Backwards-Looking Numbers

Richard Moody Regions

RealClearMarkets Off The Street

RFK Jr.'s FDA Is Killing New Drug Development

Alex Tabarrok Marginal Revolution

We Have Met The Enemy And He Is Us

Allison Schrager Known Unknowns

The Revolt Of The Laptop Class

Ryan Zickgraf UnHerd

We Are Not Our Tools

Eric Markowitz X (formerly Twitter)

Smart Homes Are Terrible

Jason Fried The Atlantic

Have We Hit Peak US Dollar Bearishness?

Robin Wigglesworth FT Alphaville

Some Things That Didn't Happen

Ben Carlson A Wealth of Common Sense