RealClearMarkets Week of February 16, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 16
Opposite a PhD. Consensus, Trumponomics Is Working
Roger Kimball The Spectator
Trump Slashed Lots of Federal Jobs. Where They Were Hired
Philip Bump MSNBC
January's Employment: Handy Sentiment Check-In
Market Minder Fisher Investments
AI Job Loss Accelerating, and Washington Won't Stop It
Luke Lango InvestorPlace
Proof of Work Is What's In Your Wallet, Not a BTC Blockchain
John Tamny Forbes
Every Day I'm Increasingly Grateful Amazon's So Big
Richard Vigilante The Israel Test
7 Charts Guaranteed to Stress You Out About Market
Joseph Adinolfi Marketwatch
SOTU Speech Donald Trump Could and Should Deliver
James Carter The Daily Caller
What Not to Say When You're Buying a Car
Kristin Hall-Geisler & John Vincent U.S. News
I Trusted Bezos About the Post. The Joke's On Me
Lydia Polgreen New York Times
The U.S. Has Debated Need for the Fed Since It Opened
Kenneth Pringle Barron's
Roger Goodell Believes Antics Will Have No Consequences
Charles Gasparino NYP


Tuesday, February 17
Dow 50,000, We Hardly Knew Ye. Case For a Market Peak
Randall Forsyth Barron's
A Case for Early Social Security Invested In Gold
Matthew Pompeo RealClearMarkets
Thematic Investing Is Fun, But Is It Good for Investors?
Michael Cannivet Forbes
Buying Stocks They All Admire: Recipe for Bad Returns
Mark Hulbert Marketwatch
Rising Inequality Is Great. Its Downside Is Bigger Government
John Tamny RCM
The Quiet Architect of Trump’s Global Trade War
Ana Swanson The New York Times
How Trump Is Righting the Economic Ship After Biden
E. J. Antoni New York Post
The Real Story of the "Growing" Trump Economy? Old People
Philip Bump MS NOW
AI Market Panic Is Telling, Though Not In the Way You Think
Market Minder Fisher
Bitcoin's Plunge Should Finally End the "Digital Gold" Hype
Nicholas Sargen The Hill
How Much Longer Before California Falls Into the Ocean?
Editorial Issues & Insights
Corporate America Has Decided That DEI Needs to Die
Anson Frericks Fox News
Washington Is What Harms Housing
Edward Pinto & Tobias Peter RealClearMarketsrkets
Los Angeles's “Mansion Tax” Hasn’t Worked As Intended
Shawn Regan City Journal


Wednesday, February 18
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


Thursday, February 19
Estimate Your Soc. Security Payments
Rachel Hartman & Maryalene LaPonsie U.S. News
Paramount Plans To Buy Hollywood Before Cops Arrive
Matt Stoller BIG Newsletter
Don't Crush Homeowners to Pay for NYC's Out-of-Control Waste
Steve Forbes Fox
Human Action Continues to Discredit Theory of Global Warming
John Tamny RCM
Global Warming: Biggest Financial Scandal In History?
Editors Unleash Prosperity
The Senate Is Legislating Reduced Credit, Benefits and Security
Sarah Getzlaff RC
How Gavin Newsom Created California’s Regular Debts
Dan Walters California Post
Rent Check: How Trump's Policy Shift Is Easing Home Prices
Peter Navarro RCM
WH Eyes "Discipline" For PhDs Who Predicted Tariff Harm
Steve Benen MS NOW
Trump Wants Private Equity In 401(k)s. Voters Approve
Daniel de Visé USA Today
Cheers for the House Republicans Against Trump Tariffs
Merrill Matthews The Hill
Why Are Congressmen Such Great Investors?
Craig Eyermann Independent Institute
Ohio's Tax Tactics Threaten Investment, Jobs, Laws
Bob McEwen RealClearMarkets
The AI Disruption We’ve Been Waiting for Has Arrived
Paul Ford The New York Times
Let's Re-focus the AI Discussion on Agency of Humans
Kevin Frazier Civitas Institute


Friday, February 20
Soc Security: Bankruptcy If Nothing's Done
Tiana Lowe Doescher Washington Examiner
If SS Were Going Bankrupt (It's Not), Retirees Wouldn't Care
John Tamny RealClear
Federal Budget: Cutting Through Emotion with Simple Math
Dean Zarras LinkedIn
Kevin Hassett's Disturbing Defense of Tariffs Doesn't Add Up
Hayes Brown MSNBD
GDP and PCE Tell a Stronger Story Than the Pundits Admit
Peter Navarro RCM
What You Gain From Buying Home You'll Never Pay Off
Maurie Backman U.S. News
Mamdani Will Bankrupt Builders by Socializing Housing
Ann Korchak New York Post
The Rich Are Free To Live Well Beyond the Law
Brendan Ballou The New York Times
What the AI Job Disruption Could Mean for You
Jed Graham Investor's Business Daily
What May Cause Oren Cass To Celebrate Dow 100,000
Michael Toth Civitas Institute
Investability Will Define Saudi Arabia's Next Market Phase
Guy Gresham RealClear
The Greatest Wealth Shift In 250 Years Happening Now
Luke Lango InvestorPlace
Stablecoins and Credit: What the Debate Is Missing
Andrew Rodrigo Nigrinis RCM
A U.S. Elder Care Fraud Epidemic
J. Peder Zane & James Varney RealClearInvestigations
India Builds a Fossil Future One Coal Plant at a Time
Vijay Jayaraj RealClearMarkets
Trump Proves Nobel Laureates Wrong, Again!
Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity
Saturday, February 21
No, First-Time Homebuyers Are Not All 40 Now
Craig Richardson The Daily Economy
Trump HUD Secretary Could Make Thousands Homeless
Ja'han Jones MS NOW
Contra Bret Stephens, Freedom Trumps Western Civ.
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
Pres. Trump's Tariffs Are An Economic and Legal Fiasco
Brett Arends Marketwatch
Section 301 Won't Save Trump Tariffs from SC
Marc Busch & Jennifer Hillman The Hill
Trump’s Econ. Win Cancels Out Biden Losses
Peter St. Onge & E.J. Antoni Fox News
Market Effects of War With Iran: Likely Immaterial
Market Minder Fisher Investments
Don't Chase Mkt. Momentum. There's a Better Way To Invest
Steven Sears Barron's
NFLX, Warner Brothers Combination Would Scale Up Woke
Bill Flaig New York Post
Ring’s Founder Knows You Hated Super Bowl Ad
Jordyn Holman The New York Times
Great Decoupling: How AI Is Rewriting the Labor Market
Luke Lango InvestorPlace
A Successful Independent Bookstore. In This Economy?
Casey Cep The New Yorker


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