RealClearMarkets Week of February 12, 2018 Archives

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Monday, February 12
Bull Stock Markets Don't End This Way, Fight the Urge To Sell
Ken Fisher USA Today
Stock Market Has Turned Nasty. It Was Long Overdue.
Jeff Sommer New York Times
Don't Freak Out About the Seesawing Stock Market
Jonathon Trugman New York Post
For 401(k) Investors, There Are Upsides to the Correction
Adam Shell USA Today
Don't Bail Out the Postal Service for Missing the Bull Market
Paul Steidler Investor's
Yellen's 'Success' at the Fed Further Confirms Its Irrelevance
John Tamny Forbes
Using Idi Amin's Hideous Mistakes to Correct Econ. Illiteracy
Allan Golombek RCM
Rules-Based Monetary Proposals Won't Create Stable Money
Nathan Lewis Forbes
Snapchat's New Update Triggers a Revolt by Millions of Users
Taylor Lorenz TDB
A Case for Neutering Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
Scott Galloway Esquire
The Story of Steven Cohen Explains Current Economic Age
Sheelah Kolhatkar NYT
The Real Correction Will Spring From Lack of Deficit Control
Kevin Williamson NRO
Why U.S. Is Soon to Pivot from Cheering Econ. to Fearing Debt
Shawn Tully Fortune
2017-2018 Economic Recovery Mocks "New Normal"
Peter Ferrara Washington Times


Tuesday, February 13
What the Wells Fargo Crackdown Signals to Corporate America
Peter Henning NYT
Cheers to Mick Mulvaney for Neutering What Was Superfluous
John Tamny RCM
All the Trump Budget Cuts That Congress Will Ignore
Russell Berman The Atlantic
Is Trump Beginning to Realize the Folly of His Trade Rhetoric?
Dan Ikenson Forbes
Governments Should Not Be Sharing Your Tax Info
Richard Rahn Washington Times
Why Chain Restaurants Dominate Sun Belt, But Not Pizza Belt
Henry Grabar Slate
Washington & Silicon Valley Are Waging War Over Chinese Tech
Moira Weigel TNR
Trump Is Right About Lousy Infrastructure, Should Have Led with It
Editorial USAT
Contrary to Consensus, 'Crumbling Infrastructure' Is a Myth
John Merline Investor's
20 Percent of Americans Are Making Terrible 401(k) Mistake
Matthew Frankel MF
Lessons That Recent Market Volatility Unearthed
John Coumarianos Real Investment
A Nagging Question That May Lie at Heart of the Selloff
William Watts MarketWatch
The Rich You Will Thankfully Always Have With You
Brandon Turner Law and Liberty
Thaler Oddly Won a Nobel For 'Proving' It's Bad to Be Free
Deirdre McCloskey Reason


Wednesday, February 14
Rolls-Royce, Bentley Are Traveling Different Roads to Success
Joann Muller Forbes
The Myth About America's 'Crumbling' Infrastructure
Jonah Goldberg National Review
Feds Want to Replace Food Stamps w/'Harvest Box'
Allan Golombek RealClearMarkets
Boom & Gloom: An Economic Warning for California
Conor Dougherty New York Times
Will Wild Market Affect the Fed's Rate Decisions?
Jim Puzzanghera Los Angeles Times
Stocks Look Attractive Now, and Would Look Even Better If Lower
Gary Smith RCM
These Countries' Markets Were World's Best & Worst Investments
Jerry Bowyer VF
Market Fairness Issue Requires Clear Response
John Michael Huth RealClearMarkets
The Popular Notion That I'm 'Gutting' CFPB Is Flat Wrong
Mick Mulvaney USA Today
Are You Prepared for the Actual Cost of Retirement?
Selena Maranjian Motley Fool
Republicans Have Written a Typically Class-War Budget
Sarah Jones New Republic
Trump Treating Spending As a Serious Matter
Hunt Lawrence & Daniel Flynn Spectator
The Rise of China and the Fall of the 'Free Trade' Myth
Pankaj Mishra New York Times
Sorry, Foreign Trade Is Not Bad for America, Restricting It Is
Gary Wolfram Investor's


Thursday, February 15
Wall Street Is a Convenient Scapegoat for Our Cultural Maladies
David Bahnsen NR
Trump Administration Is Optimistic About Growth. Be Skeptical.
Neil Irwin NYT
No, Infrastructure Spending Won't Transform America
George Will Investor's Business
Free-Spending Republicans Dance On Tea Party's Grave
Jeff Jacoby Boston Globe
Let's Face It, Republicans Are Part-Time Deficit Hawks
Alex Shephard New Republic
To Curb Illegal Immigration, Stop Criminalizing Human Nature
John Tamny RCM
Will City Voters Roll Back Minimum-Wage Hike?
Steven Greenhut American Spectator
Broadcom's Assault on Qualcomm Threatens Innovation
James Rill RealClearMarkets
'Terminator' Has Taken Over the Market, Expect More Volatility
Ivan Martchev MW
Thoughts on How FBI, Hillary Scandals Could Affect the Market
John Crudele NYP
Mulvaney Wants to Decide How Poor Eat
Robert Graboyes & Matthew Mitchell Fortune
Whirlpool Goes to Washington, Cost of Washing Machines Rises
Tony Mecia TWS
The "News" Of Retailing's Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Eli Lehrer Investor's
How Amazon & Co. Can Shrink The Healthcare Bureaucracy
Marc Siegel USA Today


Friday, February 16
The Monopolistic Secret Behind All of Warren Buffett's Billions
David Dayen Nation
Why Presumed Investor Fear of Rising Rates May Be Overdone
Ryan Vlastelica MW
A Theoretical Combination That Stirs Market Worries
James Stewart New York Times
The Market Has Been Wild of Late, But Certainly Not Crazy
Cliff Asness AQR Capital
Most Workers Want to Retire By the Age of 65, But Will They
Maurie Backman MF
Harvard's Inaccurate Picture of Municipal Broadband Pricing
Johnny Kampis TAS
New Tax Law Will Spur Opportunity In Distressed Communities
Sen. Tim Scott USA 
How Tech Devices Hack Our Happiness
Vivek Wadhwa & Alex Salkever Times of India
Thoughts on What's Actually Behind Cape Town's Water Crisis
Richard Poplak  TA
Death Is Only Difference Between the Fed and FAA
Jeffrey Snider RealClearMarkets
Beware a Coming Cryptocurrency Lobbying War
Brian Darling Investor's Business Daily
What Donald Trump's Budget Possibly Means for Seniors
Howard Gleckman Forbes
Why Nat'l Debt Needs a Response
J. William Middendorf & Dan Negrea Washington Times
Remembering Jeff Bell, Man Who Deserves to Be Remembered
Lawrence Mone MI
Saturday, February 17
Ray Dalio's Big Short: What's Missing?
Nir Kaissar Bloomberg Gadfly
Taxing FANGS To Pay For Universal Welfare Is A Terrible Idea
Editorial IBD
33 Stocks Leading The Market Out of Correction
Gina Francolla & Patti Domm CNBC
Unexpected Outcomes: Plausible Surprises For 2018
David Hay Evergreen - Gavekal
How Can Companies Best Help Society? Make More Money.
Sally Pipes Fortune
5 Reasons Commodities Are the Place to Be in 2018
Richard Mills Financial Sense
Should You Have Bought Stocks On The Dip?
Julie Edde Los Angeles Times
Weekend Reading: Hurricane Boost Dissipates
Lance Roberts Real Investment Advice
Reality Check: Has Shinzo Abe's 'Womenomics' Worked in Japan?
BBC News
Everyone Has Forgotten the Downside to Debt
Jared Dillian Bloomberg View
Deficits Will Cause Rates to Soar & Then Crash
Edward Harrison Credit Writedowns
Corporate America Is Livid Over Trump's DACA Train Wreck
Bess Levin Hive
WWE Is Laying the Smackdown on the World
Kim Bhasin & Felix Gillette BusinessWeek
Billionaires Gone Wild
Alex Pareene Columbia Journalism Review
Monday, February 19
Trump Needs to Return to "King Dollar"
Larry Kudlow Arthur Laffer & Stephen Moore RCM
Thoughts on How Both Sides Have Misread the GOP Tax Cuts
Geoff Colvin Fortune
Last Week's Rally Mocks the Alleged Gurus On Financial TV
Jonathon Trugman NYP
Investors Should Question Their Beliefs Now and Then
Barry Ritholtz Bloomberg
Thoughts on Why Bond Yields Have Some Investors Worried
Sonny Oh MarketWatch
Airbnb & The Unintended Consequences of 'Disruption'
Derek Thompson The Atlantic
Imports Not Killing Steel-Industry Jobs, Progress Is
Allan Golombek RealClearMarkets
Marco Rubio and Ivanka Trump Hit On a Wise Family Leave Idea
Bryce Covert NYT
Looking Ahead, Will You Outlive Retirement Savings?
Maurie Backman Motley Fool
Another Musk - Not Elon - Wants to Bring Farming to Cities
Zlati Meyer USA Today
There's Arguably a Downside To All the Conveniences of Capitalism
Tim Wu NYT
In Praise of New York Times Opinion Section. No, Really.
Kyle Smith National Review


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